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Winning at Online Poker My first suggestion is to test out the free tables. There is not a lot of competition on them and they are a good place to learn the speed of the game and the overall basic play of the site. Once you are familiar with the site and the navigation you are ready to begin playing for real money. There are many different types of tables to play here along with types of games. PartyPoker offers No Limit Texas Holdem, Omaha, Omaha Hi/Lo and 7 Card Stud. We will focus on No Limit or Pot Limit Texas Holdem. There are many different types of tables also to play. You can play tournaments or real money tables. Tournements are good when you are begining because you can only lose your entrance fee. They start at $5 a tournament and you can play for an hour. Those usually have 10 players so you get good experience. There are also multi table tournaments. Those have more than 10 people , usually 100 to 1000 players. The entrance fee is similar, starting at $10 going up to $1000, but you can win a lot more money. However, if looking to make money, I would stay away from these. They are hard to place in the money and also take a real long time to play. They can be fun to play if you have the time and are interested in learning, but they wont make you the big money unless you happen to get lucky and win or place in the top few positions. While Texas Holdem is based on skill, there is a LOT of luck involved. Especially in large tournaments.
You can be the best player in the
wolrd, and that doesn't guarantee
you a top spot if you get unlucky on
a draw.
We are going to focus on Real Money
tables. This is where you can
make the most money if you play
conservatively and are patient.
The best tables to play are the $25
No limit or Pot limit tables.
The Regular limit tables keep you
from making the big win, which is
where you will make you money.
Also, try to avoid larger than a $25
table. They have tables up to
$200, but the better players play on
the $50
and up tables. You will make
your money off of the less
experienced players on the low limit
players.
Everyone these days is learning to
play Holdem and there are a lot of
inexperienced players out there and
this is
where they start to play.
playing 3-8 offsuit in the long run.
Sure, you might make a quick few
dollars here and there, but
remember,
you are playing for the long run.
What you want to do is play only the
best 10 to 15 hands. Pretty
much,
if your lowest card is a 9 or a 10,
then you want to play it, as long as
the blinds are not raised.
When you have
one of the top 3 hands (AA, AK or
KK) we suggest raising slightly.
Most of our wins come from getting
say KK
on the flop, raising to $1.50 and
then someone re raising to $3 or $4
dollars. They feel their hand
is strong but
odds are, its not as good as yours.
Then you go on top of his raise and
bet $10 or $15. That will
either take him
out or get him to go all in.
You will make your money on the big
wins. You might lose 40 hands
in a row and
only be down $5, when you get a pair
of Kings and you can double you
money on one hand.
Slow Play
Most people bet big when they have a
good hand. A trick I use
sometimes is to slow play a good
hand.
Say you are on the blind and you
have 5-9 and the flop is 5-7-5.
You have 3 of a kind and probably
the best
hand. I usually check in this
position. People might think
you have nothing and bet to try to
bluff you out or they
might have a 7 and think they have
the best hand out there. There
always is the possibility someone
will catch
something later on and pick up a
flush or straight to beat you, but
in the long run, this will win.
Don't chase
If you have something decent, like
A-Q and the flop is J-J-10, I do not
suggest chasing this,looking for a
King.
When you are looking for one card,
this will not get you money in the
long run. The odds are about
9% of hitting
this. That means 91% of the
time you will lose. If no one
bets, you can place a small bluff to
possibly knock
people out, but small is the key
word. If someone bets strong,
then fold. There will be many
more hands.
Don't get suckered into betting with
A-K, even if you have nothing.
Study your Opponents
later find out they have nothing.
Do they only bet once every 15
hands, showing they only play the
best hands?
You can learn a lot from watching
how your opponents bet. When
someone takes a long time, they
usually don't
have the best hand. If you
just bet something and they are real
slow in calling but then eventually
do call, then
the next time, you raise your bet.
They probably are chasing something.
If a player bets a lot real quickly,
get out. They probably are not
bluffing. The bluffing I have
seen has players taking a while to
bet, then thinking
they will bluff and then eventually
bluffing. That isn't always
the case, but in the long run, it
is.
Watch the big stack when he bets.
When someone wins a big hand and
they get a lot of money in their
account,
they get cocky. They will more
likely try to place a larger bet to
bluff because they have the money.
Never try
to bluff the big stack. They
will almost always call.
Pay attention also to the little
stack. If someone is down to
$3 or 4 left on the table, the will
go all in when they
get a real good hand. They
will probably fold all their
marginal hands, just trying to
double or triple up.
Multiple Tables
We suggest also playing 2 or 3
tables at once. One table can
get real slow if you are only
playing the top hands.
You might only play 1 in 10 hands,
so if you play 2 or 3 tables at
once, you can double your profit
potential.
however, do not do this if it is too
confusing to you. This will
take some time to work up to but the
rewards can
be great when you do this.
Final Words
Finally, we'd like to say, good luck
and stay conservative in your play.
When you are the little blind, we
suggest
almost always calling the $.25.
If there is a raise though, drop.
Poker is a game of ups and downs.
Some days you will lose. But
remember, you are playing for the
long run. Stay conservative,
never chase
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