Does online poker require different skills to the real game?

August 8th, 2009

Poker is a game where players need to have a certain degree of skill. To win at poker you need to have a really good memory and be great at reading other people whilst all the while maintaining your own unfailing ‘poker face’. Because of all these factors you have to wonder how online poker is so successful – if the whole point of the game is for players to be able to read each other’s expressions, then wouldn’t it be incredibly difficult to win against unseen opponents? But this could work both ways, and knowing that other players can’t see you might make it easier to hide your intentions behind that poker face even if things are going really badly.

Whichever way you look at it, online poker is a very different game. If nothing else, poker sites like Party Poker have brought the game to a much wider audience and give them the chance to bet as much or as little as they like. It’s much easier to bluff online, as the other players can’t see you so won’t be able to tell if you’re telling the truth. Of course this also works both ways because you can’t see them any more than they can see you and have no way of knowing what hand they have. You have to rely a lot more on memory alone but after a few games you can become just as skilled at online poker as the real game.

The danger of course is that a player who was new to the game and lost a lot of money could be tempted to go back and keep trying to win until they have nothing left. But as long as you’re careful and only bet what you can afford then online poker games could be a really good way to learn and have fun doing it. The only disadvantage to playing on popular sites like Party, Betfair and Everest Poker is that they make their money by taking a cut of every pot, called the rake, as commission. It’s worth looking around for a good online poker deal before signing up to a poker room, sites like raketherake.com have loads of great rakeback deals for most of the main online poker rooms.

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How I Made a Fortune With Poker

June 27th, 2009

A lot of folk try to stay away from gambling because they think that they will get addicted and end up losing all of their hard earned money, but I on the other hand think that if done correctly gambling can earn you a nice bit of extra cash like it has for me.

I personally began playing when I was about 20 years old and to be truthful I lost quite a bit of my cash when I first began, I believe it was because I was a bit naïve and thought I was the best player. But I made the decision to become a much better player, so I practiced and practiced and eventually became a very good player.

The game I was best at was poker, I was basically the king of the bluff and beat everyone in my local casino, which earned me a bit of extra pocket money. It was not until I got my first internet connection that I got obsessed with something called online poker, but it was a lot different online and a whole new ball game, things were a lot harder because you could not see who you were playing against and the whole purpose of poker is being able to tell when someone is bluffing. I again lost a bit of cash to start with but then I started to master the art.

There was a much bigger player base online and the jackpots that I was winning were huge amounts and I started to make a good fortune. Within the matter of a few years I managed to compile enough money to live nicely, so everyone that moans about gambling should at least try to play it.

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