Free Poker Strategy

The first time deposit bonus at Pokerroom.com is not the best online at 40% but there are other features that the site does excel at. Help and support is fairly swift, competent, and is available 24 hours a day 7 days a week.

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I think that this aspect of poker sites is imperitive, as people play poker at all times of the day or night, and knowing you can always have someone on hand to solve your problems is reassuring. The only downside being, that there is no live chat on offer as such, but emails appear to be replied to promptly.

There are many different ways to deposit onsite too, which is also convenient for players. If you need a break from the poker side of things they also have ‘casinoroom’ if you fancy something a little different, but with nice graphics and an enjoyable playing experience at the tables, you are unlikely to want to stray from the poker side of things.

Pokerroom.com is reputedly the right place to find weaker players online, and so if you are a serious player, there are opportunities to make good money here. The lobby is well set out, and the tournaments on offer are of a good variety too, and despite the avatars being a little bit dated, Pokerroom.com is a good place to play poker. Overall, I think that the first time deposit bonus could be improved here, and I would like to see live chat support on offer too, but this does not detract from the fact that playing at the tables is a fun and potentially profitable experience.

There are many people with a limited understanding of the game of poker, who will tell you that the game is comprised of luck, as you can’t change the cards you will be dealt. Whilst there is truth in the statement that ‘you can’t change the cards you are dealt’ what you do with those cards is where the skill factor of the game comes in.

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When the poker gods deem it fit to deal you a very strong hand, you have been lucky. However, that luck is meaningless if you do not have the skill to extract the maximum profit from the situation. Similarly, if you are dealt a good hand, which is ultimately the worst hand out there, your skill will dictate how early you decide you are beaten, and thus, how much money you save yourself. In this way, the most skillful players will gradually make more money than the less skilled players, because all luck evens out over time, but skill is constant. This is the theory of the game, and despite my frustrations sometimes, I for one, feel this must be true.

The problem is, that even the most skilled of players can only hold out for so long, with luck repeatedly and firmly set against them. Sometimes you can play the perfect hand, or the perfect tournament, and lose regardless, and this is probably the only game in the world where this is the case. This does not negate the effect skill has on the game however, and I feel that league tables are a good idea in poker because they allow luck a chance to even out for all the players involved.

The only thing we can do as players when our luck is poor, is quietly and calmly outplay our opponents the best we can, and wait for the results to go in our favour, as they undoubtedly, at some point, will.

Whilst it is certainly true that all of us must begin our learning and understanding of poker somewhere along the line, it is also true that even the best of us sometimes make a mistake. These are some mistakes that you will see more often from amateur players in my opinion.

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For most beginners, there always seems to be a mindset that any cards that look pretty, have to be playable. On many occassions I have seen a (J,Q) suited, clung onto as if it were pocket aces by inexperienced players. Some of these players cannot comprehend putting any two paint cards down preflop, even if they are reraised. More experienced players will know that these cards are sometimes playable in the right circumstances, but also that their biggest weakness is being dominated by an (A,Q) or (A,J). With that in mind, you would not usually call any sort of preflop reraise with them.

Another mistake new players seem to make, is over estimating the power of small pairs. Of course a pair of any sort can be in front quite easily preflop, but to call raises on a flop of three overcards is of course very foolish. Leading on from this, is the beginners tendancy to not raise too heavily preflop when they have a strong hand. They happily let four players into the pot because they feel their (K,K) in invincible, only to find out otherwise.

Despite all these commonly found flaws with the new players game, we should all be sympathetic and helpful to any new players I feel. Because every one of us was once there, at the beginning of a very long and bumpy rollercoaster, and only experience and helpful words from experienced players, will teach us how to play good poker.

One of the key issues in the world of poker in recent months, has been the delaying of the Holdem WSOP main event until early November. Some players may think it is pointless, or a money making excersise, and some even think it is detrimental to the game itself.

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My personal view is that a break of a day to give the final table players a brief rest before the game of their lives, would be perfectly acceptable. Mainly because the reasoning behind it would be to help make a better tournament for the players involved. Sadly I think this more lengthy, forced break is not for those reasons and I do not think it is a good idea.

Having said this though, it does offer the players a chance to maximise their chances of victory by using the extra time they are given wisely. If it were me, I would be practicing playing this final table with my friends, each of them in the same chip stack positions of my opponents. I would do my homework on each player and write out a profile of what I know of their play, and I might even assign my practice games partners their appropriate, corresponding instructions on how to play.

Although most of the players at the final table of the main event this year do not seem overly keen on the delay, you have to admit, it does afford them opportunity to prepare well.
For me though, this is not what poker is, or should be about. Playing great poker is about instinct and spur of the moment instances where you have to think concisely and quickly about decisions. The player who is in form, is the sharpest, and has the run of the cards should emerge the victor, but after a few months waiting, this could all change. If you have made it to the final nine, surely you would want to carry that momentum through.