Online Poker

Is anyobody a member of an online casino? I signed up with one or two but found the standard was too high as I'm pretty new to the game, I'd be interested to know if theres any that have rooms just for beginners

Hi magoo,

A great place for beginners to play online is Royal Vegas Poker, they offer a bonus of up to $100 when you deposit, they match what you put in. I've heard nothing but good things about this place.

There is also party poker which is just poker for fun if you want to play just to practice.

www.pokerstars.com also has the option of playing for fake money, it's great for trial and error although people bet crazy because they know it's not real money involved

Yea that's what's bad with those fake money ones

I am glad I am not the only one that is a beginer at poker I am going to check some of those sites out.

A good way to find easier card rooms is to go to the online casinos first. They're ususally full of people that like to gamble a lott, instead of people who like to compete at poker. The people are a little easier to beat than at a purely poker site (i.e. Paradise poker, Ultimate Bet, ect.) just because they are more interested in the excitement of winning money than taking it from you by making the right move. I've made quite a bit on Pacific poker (it's part of www.888.com casino). Just be carefull, I've heard of a lott of horror stories about online casinos.

I get frustrated playing at the play money tables. People hold on to crap hands all the way to the river just about every time. You know that wouldn't happen, even at a 10c/20c game.

quote..I've heard of a lott of horror stories about online casinos...what you mean is the game fixed?..as i only play with demo..usually i do well..need to say more?..anyway like to know what you actually mean if i am wrong..regards mafig

Yep,
That always happens, so learning through playing with fake chips is really hard, as playing with real money is totally different.

Yes I have to agree with you here, you tend to find more beginners on sites that aren't solely based around poker as more of the big time betting people like to try their luck at the poker tables. But then you could argue the best players go there so that they can make the most money

The horror stories I've heard don't have anything to do with the game being fixed. From what I understand the games themselves are almost always legit. The horror stories I've heard are from people playing for money and doing really well. Then, when it's time to cash out everything looks great (complete with "checks in the mail" emails) from the site, but the check never shows. If you're at the wrong site and they decide not to let you cash out, there's really not much you can do, since most of the online casinos are based in other contries. I read a story about a guy who has been going round and round with automated systems for and online joint for months and still hasn't seen his check, and good luck getting our government to go to bat for you with an offshore internet company.

I don't see why those online poker sites even stay open. If that happened to me, I would blab about it to the other people that are playing the game at that site so no one visits it anymore.

Well people are always looking for easy money and online casinos are easy money if your lucky.

Also the fact that they earn billions and billions per year so one customer doesn't make much of a difference to them.

The best advice I can give after playing online for years, most of those weren't for money though.

I like bugsyclub they have lots of freeroll tournaments for points which you can use to enter other tournaments for actual money. Its slightly different to cash games but you will find them a lot more competative as there is something to win.

Also a lot of the prima poker sites have plenty of freerolls though registration fills up really quickly from what i remember.

Or the other thing to do is play on the sites that have micro limit tables.

Final bit of advice I can give you is to FOLD FOLD FOLD, unless you have the nuts (best possible hand) you will often find bluffs don't work, if you don't have the goods or your starting cards are weak then don't play them.

Definitely, folding is a very good technique that all the big money makers online use.

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Folding most hands is the way to win, especially at the low limits

never bluff cause people will call you with stuff as bad as ace high

when you have the nuts (best possible hand) raise as much as you can as people will call it anyway

playing at low limits you just go through the motions, bet with the best fold with the rest, players at that level are either not sophisticated enough to notice your bluffing or the amount to call is too small for them to worry about losing it

even on the $3/6 limit tables some players will still play this way, you have to pay attention to how people are playing, smarter players are capable of folding hands, ergo you can bluff them, do it too much though and they will lose any respect for your cards and start calling you with marginal hands

having said that you can still make profit just playing the best hands folding the rest at this level, it can get boring but thats the way to play if you want to win

patience and disipline are your friends here

Patience is an issue (something I don't have too much of) and getting bored is also bad. However, you can save your excitement for that odd hand when you take the pot

I dont think low stakes is the solution of this..
If you want to learn the game. Play with your friends, read articles and books on hold'em..
Low limits is terrible and you wont be able to learn so well..
But thats only my opinion!

I agree with not bluffing in low limits. Unless you've seen your opponent act smart and fold, it is almost safe to assume that he is a kamikaze in low limit. That means anything bet under a dollar he will probably call. Almost all the players in low limit are like this. If youre patient and wait, you can drain almost all of their money on one hand.

Best poker games are at Full tilt poker

I love the free rolls at Full tilt poker

Pot limit poker is not nearly as fun as playing no limit poker

Online poker is a hell of alot more difficult than anyother online game

hi,

you may want to try everest poker.

you can play for free for real money.

it is a .10 torny table.

then you can move up to .50 and $1. pots, etc.

great way to learn.

good luck,
donvic

pacific poker is supposed to have some of the loosest games around ie the easiest to win