Poker Blogging

When you go on to the internet looking for places where you can play poker you may see sites that invite you to come and play. These online poker rooms will have different poker game choices for you to choose from. You will be informed of the level of playing that occurs at each of these game “tables”. If you need help you will find links that will be of some help.

You should however understand that these online poker rooms do follow the same rules that the live poker games do. Also good game manners are appreciated and unruly behavior will cause you to be restricted from playing in a given site again. These rules are in place so that anyone who wishes to have a clean and fun game of poker will be able to. In the various online poker rooms you will not be playing for real money.

If however you do come across a site where you are required to lay down some money before you can play online then you should quite this site as quickly as you can. For the most part you will find that these online poker rooms have no need for any money before sent. You may instead be asked to become a member of the site.

There are some online poker rooms where you can take a quick tutorial that will introduce you to the game of poker. You will find that these poker games will progress in levels only when you have reached a certain point. So if you feel that you need a more challenging game you need to improve your poker skills.

With these many online poker rooms you can choose which types of poker that you want to play. You will have a choice of games like Texas Holdem, Full Tilt, Empire poker, Absolute Poker, 3 card poker and many more. These poker games are all variations on the same theme but you still need to know how to play that particular game itself. One of the interesting items that you will see in the online poker rooms is how the various poker chips are deposited on the table.

As you are playing in a virtual game you should expect that the game itself will look different from the real games. For the many people who want to play poker without having to travel to a casino or poker game itself these online poker rooms are the best way to have fun.





By: Muna wa Wanjiru

I am 18 years old in Arizona. I want to play a bit of light online poker (15-20$ if possible), just for fun. I was wondering about the legality of this both because of my age and because of my residence in the US.

I was told Full Tilt is a good place to start, and I can afford the 50$. Is there anything I should know? I have heard there are some do and don’t of depositing money on poker sites, so….. any comments/hints/suggestions/recommendations? Thank you.
My friend said that he was able to put only 15$ on Fulltilt using Paypal….is this possible?
Is it safe to assume that my Debit w/ visa from BoA will not make it through? And I need to go get a gift card?
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=10716275

will that work?

Is it possible to transfer real money to online poker websites in the UK through debit cards?? Am living in India. My friend living in the UK is gonna fund my online poker account through his debit card in the UK and am gonna play the game in India and he will withdraw the funds through his debit card. Is it possible to fund the account in the UK and play from India for the same Poker account?? Please help me out with which poker websites this will work in the UK. Thanx in advance.

Do you play home games, casino tournaments or online? Do you bluff very often? Who is your favorite player on World Series of Poker shows?

On the online poker site called Poker Stars, is there a way to play in a fake money tournament, or can you only play with real money to play in a tourney?

To count back history, the very first poker tournament is nothing but a winner-take-all game. It seems logical that whoever won will be the one who will be able to take home all the money. Despite the fact that a huge pot of gold is waiting for someone who is going to win, it never gained favorable support by the people. As poker begins to innovate, it makes sense to have a graduated payout in order for the multiple players to receive incentive to play. Thus, during these days about 10 percent of the total players are expected to receive cash prize.

When the final table of the tournament is reached, the prize money is expectedly still very much heavy, with the bigger portion of it to be distributed among the top three players. The only setback here is that there is a huge amount of instability at the final table of every poker tournament given that the blinds are frequently high compare to the normal stack. In order to deal with this volatility and to prevent thousands of dollar riding over the lick, most players would go into a habit of having a final table deal. Nowadays, such deal is an included part of any absolute online poker tournament tactic.

You don’t have to worry about making a deal since it is completely legal and it is not being disallowed by many tournament organizer. However Series of Poker and World Poker Tour would normally forbid deals given the fact that they weaken the enthusiasm of arriving at the final tables which is normally a huge draw for these kinds of tournaments. Nevertheless, if you wish to play this at your smaller buy-in online as well as local casino tournaments then there is no problem at all. If you desire to make a deal, it would be sensible to have the tournament staff drawn in to guarantee fairness.

The most common kind of deal is known as the chip count deal, wherein the prize pool is dispersed depending on the amount that every player has. Usually ten percent of the total prize pool is given to the players to keep on competing, the other are given depending on the chip count bargain. However, this is not the sole arrangement that can be done since all of the players are free to work on the kind of deal that they wish to do. But if they desire to play poker texas holdem online then this is the most suggested agreement.

For other tips on how to win on poker tournament, you could just watch how other pro players would do. You can jump from one blog to another to obtain various advices. Don’t worry about the time spent during the ’seeking’ process since you could just take these your ticket to fame. Remember that there is always a starting point for everyone; even the most renowned player has to go to this stage before they were able to be known.





By: Sean Moronse

Traditional land-based tournaments have always been favored by poker players, yet in recent years there is no doubt that the real poker action takes place in the online poker tournaments held by the variety of online poker rooms. Before you make your choice of an online poker tournament, it is important that you know everything there is to know about tournaments of poker online:

Just like in a regular poker tournament, all the players begin the poker game with the same amount of chips, and the game continues up until the point that only one poker player has remaining chips, the winner of the particular poker game and tournament.

In order to make sure that the poker tournament will be concluded after a reasonable amount of time, the antes or blinds are gradually incremented, making the poker players think twice before they continue.

Usually the winner does not take it all and the online poker room divides the prize pool between the top positions, and the winner gets to pick the biggest share.

Poker Tournaments can be about ten people in one table or thousands of players in multiple tables, they can be about Texas poker or 7 card stud but the types of poker tournaments are usually fixed and they are as follows:

Sit n’ Go Tournaments: These tournaments of poker online, as their name implies, begin as soon as enough players, usually 9 or 10, have assembled around the table.

Multi-Table Tournaments (MTT): These poker tournaments are scheduled for a predetermined time and involve hundreds and sometimes thousands of people playing Texas Holdem or Omaha poker at various tables.

Knockout Tournaments: This type of poker involves two online poker players with the same amount of chips. The one who cleans out the other’s poker chips will be the winner.

Satellites: This poker tournament is different from the rest in that the first prize is not only money, but a buy-in to another poker tournament. This prize usually includes a package of plain ticket, hotel and spending money besides the desired buy-in to that poker tournament. The idea behind this type of tournaments is to give good players the chance to participate in a big poker tournament which they probably cannot afford otherwise.

Re-Buys: Once your chips run out in this kind of poker tournament, you can purchase more chips. You can make a limited or unlimited number of purchases depending on the establishment or online poker room you play in.

Freezeouts: Once your chips run out in this type of poker tournament, you have no choice but to withdraw from the race to the prizes since no re-buys are allowed here.

Now that you are familiar with the different types of online poker tournaments, keep in mind two very important things:

First, avoid risky calls. Think about every bet you make while you play poker. Don’t forget that if you move to quickly you might find yourself out of the tournament. Be patient and make your moves wisely, it’s worth it in the long run.

Second, don’t waste all your money in the first few rounds of the poker tournament. Keep a tight control on your budget, and on the rising blinds. Keep your bets relative to the rise of the tournaments: low blinds – low bets and vice versa.





By: Josh Andrews

Does it make sense?? Or should I stick to UK sterling sites only..

This is the deal.. some of my friends are gonna join to play some poker, bout we dont make it lenth too much… make it like 40 min per tournament…. Cause dealing with 15,000 dlls… 100-200, then 200-400, 300-600…. the other night we spend 2 hours.. How can we deal to make it more faster..

Mansion has shown its commitment to developing the Asia Pacific timezone market by shifting the schedules of its USD100,000 daily guaranteed tournaments. From 19 March 2007, these daily tournaments will be held as follows:

1. 11:00a.m. GMT – meaning 7:00p.m. Singapore and 10:00p.m. Sydney on Mondays, Wednesdays and Friday

2. 8:00p.m. GMT on every other day.

Players will find that not many major online tournaments are held at such favourable times for those based in the Asia Pacific.

It is not, however, just the timings of these events that are attractive. On 19 March 2007 (Monday), only 350 players registered for this tournament (the buy-in is only USD100) – To break even for these daily events Mansion requires 1000 players!!!

This therefore represents significant player value for players playing at such timings. If the 8:00p.m. GMT guaranteed tournaments are included, Mansion averages 529 players per day and even then the prizes are still very significant in value for the individual player. As per most tournaments the top 10% of players are paid-off, so this means that you have to beat a fairly small field to be ‘in the money’.

In fact this allows for more interesting tournaments as well, players will find. A quick view of the names of the players’ lists show that the scheduling as such attracts different players from different parts of the globe. This makes it more interesting for the dedicated players amongst you who may wish to play a larger variety of players.

On Mansion’s part, all indications are that Mansion too is succeeding in attracting more players to play in its online poker rooms.

Kudos to Mansion for its commitment to developing its online poker market through quality scheduling and high value tournaments. Mansion has upped the ante on its rivals and it is hoped that more online poker rooms would commit to developing the Asia Pacific market – small matters like scheduling go a long way to creating opportunity for players in this region.





By: AKSuited