What's a must have when starting to play poker online?

[markerk]

Hi All, I hope i will have a good time on this forum!

I'm new to this game and forum, but I just bought 3 poker books, and I'm gonna start to study this game. Escpecially the Texas holdem variant during my vacation of a few months :-)
Just want to know if you guys have some various tips for me before I start registering at online rooms? I am planning to deposit 200 dollars straight away on a suitable room.

gr Maarten

 

 

[ValDes]

Hello there

 

I'm afraid, I'm not the biggest expert when it come to poker, so let's hope some of the other members would try to give you some advices. Wish you luck anyways.

[LordCronal]

I am not so big expert either, but I have played it sometimes, though I play mostly Razz-variant in poker. 

 

I suggest you to first play only with playmoney, and you might learn something and it is risk-free anyway. Also take part to freeroll-tournaments.

Start with that, and good luck.

[markerk]

Thanks for the reply's

Lordcronal, on which room did you play? I did not yet register on any room but I want to know what is the best way. I see a lot of bonusses online, is that for real?

 

greetz

[LordCronal]

Thanks for the reply's

Lordcronal, on which room did you play? I did not yet register on any room but I want to know what is the best way. I see a lot of bonusses online, is that for real?

 

greetz

 

 

Nowadays I play only Igame Microgaming-poker, but there is many of rooms also and good bonuses. Maybe someone who knows more of bonuses can help you more.

[bigdk88]

i am no expert but I have won a few freerolls at poker770 and came 39th out of 1500 on wsop tournament.

My best advice to you is for big blinds only go all in if you have at least a high pair or suited cards of a fairly high variety best to be connectors this means you can make a straight/straight flush with them depending on the flop turn and river. The other piece of advice is to be calculating for example on normal blinds when on the flop, If you have either low cards with nothing associated to the flop or have few outs of making a good hand or most importantly if a pair appears on the turn and you have no cards matching and not even a high hand fold there and then.The odds of the one you need is much greater than that one dark horse who has a 3 with 3s on the turn. 3rd piece of advice is be confident with your hand if you have 3ok at the turn and its all diff suits you should go all in here as you have an incredible chance of winning unless someone has a pocket pair which is higher. Same goes for if you make a straight without the turn go all in here if all cards are of different suits. hope this helps mate!

[markerk]

HI, thanks for the clear replies,

 

In the meantime I kept looking online and found some rakeback deals on <snip> , they say over there that it is a must when playing poker. Is that correct or is it a scam?

 

Furthermore I allready joined pokerstars through them and i am playing now

Wow the tourneys over there are really big!!!!! 11 dollar for 300k gtd?!

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[szirtisas]

Pokerstars is a not bad poker site, but i recommend the paradise poker, because they don't have usa players.

[Rachel Charlie]

I came across while playing Poker games:

 

Poker games needs a specific skill set pertaining to the choice of discarding the cards. In video poker games, you need to play from 1 to 5 coins wherein machine gives you five cards out of which you choose to keep and discard a few. The discarded ones are replaced by the machine and
thereafter you are well paid proportional to the value of cards in your hand. Many people misunderstand video poker as an expensive mode of gambling which is not so. It is only mistakes and casual behavior that take heavy toll on players. Don’t hurry while playing as you have infinite time to make decision about your next move. Video poker is the game of intelligence instead sheer excitement as it pretends to be.

 

Enjoy playing poker!!!   

 

Rachel 

[ValDes]

Hello Rachel and welcome to the AskGamblers forum!

 

I really like this statement of yours:

 

Don’t hurry while playing as you have infinite time to make decision about your next move. video poker is the game of intelligence instead sheer excitement as it pretends to be.

 

The only trouble is that everything in the video poker is predifined by the Random Number Generator, or the so called "RNG" and what you see on the screen does not depend so much from any of our decisions!

[LordCronal]

There is still tips for Video Poker strategies and just google if you want to find.

[aemakgol]

You should have a lot of patience, really, a lot of patience. Sometimes you will lose to players who play like total idiots, but you should be calm, and did not made bad moves.