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when does the World Series of Poker 2008 start ??? can you watch it online live free?

I’ve played poker for a while. I don’t however play online. I’ve only played with other people or on play money. I know play money is supposedly very different from real money. On Full Tilt Poker free rolls i usually end up in the top 100’s but lose when they throw one of those -one person gets a really good hand (2 pair or so) and the other gets like a set. Anyways how different is real money online poker and would i be good at it? Throw in some tips while your at it i guess.

I am trying to build up a bankroll from nothing like Chris Ferguson just did at Full Tilt ($10,000 starting with 0). I opened a new account at Poker Stars, entered a freeroll, and won a dollar. I then entered a $0.02/0.04 ring game and built my bankroll to a whopping $1.20. Now I have enough to enter a tournament, a s’n'g, or the micro ring games. I play medium stakes single table s’n'gs on FT for my poker income, and I usually cash about 2/3 of the time. That’s my strongest game. The only problem is that if I enter one on PS it’ll be for my entire bankroll. I could enter tournaments for as little as a dime, but the likelihood of cashing goes down and I’m moderately weaker at multi table tournaments. Then you have limit ring games, which you can play for pennies, but they’re my weakest game. Obviously the most disciplined maneuver would be to grind the ring games until the sng wasn’t such a huge % of my bankroll. But it’s less certain that I’ll win. Any thoughts or opinions?

One table in standard on-line poker tournament is the same as a microcosm within a large many table tournament. Gamblers or players normally play tight in the initial few tables of online poker tournaments. At minimum 9 to 10 players will complete in a single poker table. The initial stages of online poker tournament are seen as being very aggressive by most people.

Below are some of the on-line poker tournaments strategies.

Remember that when you are playing online poker tournament, it I imperative that you know a few tested strategies of play. Whether your main intention is to win the top prize or maybe just to hung around the game for some time and possibly get be rewarded, any player should equip himself with numerous strategies.

In any poker tournament whether it is a live tournament or an online tournament some factors are the same. The blinds will increase at set increments. Usually online you will see more hands then in a live game therefore it is not uncommon for the blinds structure to be shorter. For example live poker tournaments will range from 15 minutes to 60 minutes blinds. When the blinds increase slowly the structure will be more geared towards skill. The shorter the blinds the more luck will be needed or you will need to be more aggressive sooner to keep from being blinded out.

Another factor is the antes most live poker tournaments that are run by a casino will have an ante after the first hour or so or at a certain blind, the ante will start and increase right along with the blinds. IN online tournaments you may or may not have antes, You will find most online poker doe not have antes. A payout structure is also another thing live and online play has in common. Pay close attention to the payout structure. Online you will find the payout structure in cheap tournaments is set where many players are paid but the amount is lower. In live tournaments the payout structure tends to be final table or top 10 percent. Online poker tournaments also come in the turbo variety where the blinds go up every 3 minutes or so. This is not a tournament for a poker player with skill. Since the time frame is so short you do not have time to make a mo

Betting Strategies in online poker tournaments are a vital tool to success. Betting strategies are merely ways of betting that will put the pot odds in your favor and will possibly induce a mistake on your opponents part to show a profit for you.

One betting Strategy in an online poker tournament is the continuations bet or follow up bet after raising before the flop. These are also feeler bets in a way the let you know where you stand in the hand as well as possibly giving you a chance to win the pot right there. These types of bets are usually used when you raised preflop representing a strong hand. Lets say you raised preflop and the flop didn’t help you and there is 400 in the pot you make another bet of 200 or as little as 100. If everyone folds you will show a profit. If someone calls you will have to put them on something and then depending on your read and your cards play accordingly. Now lets say that when you make a bet of half the pot 1 out 3 times you will win. If this is the case you will win right there. This bet will show a profit for you. Lets say you only bet 100 now if you take the pot one of 4 times you will show a profit. This is a common betting strategy. You will see your opponents use this quite a bit.

Another betting strategy in an online poker tournament is to stop the chasers by putting the pot odds against them. Lets say you have AK and the flop comes AK9 and two are suited. Now you will need to bet an amount that will deny your opponent 3 to 1 odds in order to chase his flush which is the likely chasing hand here or maybe a open end straight draw. So lets say you bet making the pot odds 2 to 1 and he chases it. Sometimes you will have to fold because he will hit but he will only hit 4 out of 1 times or so. Therefore this play will show a profit for you if he continues to chase and you should eventually come out ahead.

Betting Strategies in online poker tournaments are basically ways of either winning the pot cheaply when you don’t have anything or betting the right amount to deny proper odds for a draw but to allow a call from someone with a hand not as good as yours.

So this is the basic idea of betting strategies. There is much more too this than we have covered here. You will also have to make some adjustments depending on the table.





By: Abhishek Agarwal

Ok, here is a scenario for you. First one to get this right gets the 10 points:

6 players in a satellite tournament. Top 5 players get a seat into the WSOP Main Event. 6th gets a pat on the back and a better luck next year.

You are on the big blind. Blinds are 5,000/10,000 with no ante, and you have the biggest stack on the table. You have pocket Aces. The first to act, who is on the short stack, raises all-in. The next player folds. Player 3 also goes all-in. Small blind folds, big blind calls both all-ins, covering both. What is your play?

First one to get this right gets the 10 points(Hint: Check out my poker blog to find the answer, and the explanation)
I screwed up the scenario. I meant to say that the button folded and the small blind called both all-ins. My fault.
The first poster was right, although a very good explanation in part to the second poster. 10 pts to the first poster. To the second poster, you should have read the scenario fully. 6th place gets a pat on the back and a better luck next year. I didn’t say anything about money on the side that 6th could play for.
The amount of chips doesn’t matter in this situation. There is no reason to. All you need to know is that you are the big stack, and two players went all-in with a caller. No need for an amount of chips, since the correct answer is to fold anyway.

Am living in India. I want to play real money poker but am unable to since no deposit methods would allow me to. I have tried all of them but in vain. Is it possible for me to transfer real money to my online poker account from one of my friend’s bank account who lives in UK and play online poker in India?? Does the poker websites scan me on basis of IP Address?? Is it possible for me to withdraw funds?? Am gonna tell my friend to create and fund an online poker account in UK through NETELLER with pokerrrom.com and let me play online in India and go ahead and withdraw funds to his bank account and he will transfer me the funds. Is it possible friends?? Is it possible for me to only transfer funds and withdraw funds through my friend who lives in UK but its me who gonna play online from India. Is this possible?? Please help me out… Thanx in advance.

apologies for the noob questions,

but if a card game says its $5/10 with $10 ante…… i know the 5 is the small blind, 10 is the big blind….but what is an ante?

also, if a tournament is advertised as; $100 + $20 , the $100 is the buy-in fee, but what is the $20????

also, i know a ‘rake’ is a % that people pay per hand to play live poker. if a rake is advertised as 5% or $5 … the casino takes 5% or $5 … whichever is bigger … do they take it from EACH player at the table? each person that saw the flop? the turn? the river? or the winner of the pot?

many thanks