online poker

Wednesday, March 29, 2006

Playing against poker cheats

If you are playing online poker beware!!! I have not seen any of this for myself, as of now. I was searching the Web for an article idea and stumbled upon this webste http://www.cheat-at-poker.com/ . note* i do not agree or know about this product. I the poker sites come up with counter measures to stop this type of hardware or it will be cheats vs. cheats.
I Entered my alternate e-mail address and this is what i got:
Hello There Brian,
Many People are under the mistaken impression that some combination of skill and luck is the winning recipe for making big profits at online poker. As you read every word of my special report you will soon understand why this is simply not the case.
Secret #1 - Break The Rules and Forget Playing Fair!
I know that this might come as quite a shock to most of you, but it is 100% true ... You do not need to be a good poker player to make a ton of money playing online. How can I be so sure? Well let me tell you a little story.
Back when I was a security consultant I used to play online with a co-worker. The thing was he always used to win even though I knew he was a horrible player! It used to drive me absolutely nuts watching his bankroll grow while mine barely moved. Things just did not add up. That is until he explained what he was doing.
As it turns out he and another player were colluding at the tables in a very clever way, virtually guaranteeing success. By playing together as a team, among other things, they were able to overcome there lack of skill and still make a huge profit on a consistent basis.
Collusion of course is nothing new. It is also quite difficult to execute since it requires at least two people. I bring it up just to make a point that there are clever ways that you can exploit the online environment to give yourself an unbeatable advantage. Collusion is just one example.
To learn many more ingenious tricks that will have you bringing in pot after pot grab a copy of my book No Rules Poker Before they are all gone! Your next secret will come tommorow!
Remember when It Comes To Online Poker - Take No Prisoners!
Day two
My next Email consisted of an autoplay computer Bot Program link and it guarantees success. It is able to see your hand and calculate its odds at all times in an instant. It folds, bets, Raises, and checks. So it says even Autoplay so you can leave your computer and it makes you cash money $$$!!
I dont agree at all with this and I hope you dont use it, if you scroll down their is a site for a free odds calculator.

Monday, March 27, 2006

So you think your good

The biggest mistake made by most card players is playing TOO MANY HANDS. For example, tell me if this thought has ever crossed your mind... "It's worth calling the flop even though I have bad cards-- because who knows, I might catch three-of-a-kind... or two pair... or something really good!"
Every poker player has had this thought from time to time. Even the pros. But the problem is, thinking like this will cause you to LOSE BIG TIME in the long run. And the reason is because of the ODDS. Even though you might make a "great hand" once in every twenty flops, those other nineteen hands will cause you to lose MORE than you won. When you are playing for fun, money is not involved… but you don’t want to lose your bragging rights!
So here's the thing: The right odds calculator will show you EXACTLY how strong or weak your starting hand is... based on a PERCENTAGE and will show you the appropriate " Starting Hand Group". What this means is you will IMMEDIATELY know how good your hand is, as soon as the cards come out. For example, at a 10-man table pocket Aces has a hand rank of 100% and is GROUP 1. Pocket two's has a hand rank of 63.3%, which is in GROUP 7. (This is for hands to the river.) But let's be honest... understanding how "good" those hands are is EASY. You don't need an odds calculator for that.
But let me ask you, which of THESE hands do you think has the highest "Hand Rank"?
a.) Queen-9 suited
b.) Ace-5 suited
c.) Jack-10 suited
d.) Ace-Queen offsuit

If you answered B or D you are WRONG!!!!
If all the hands stayed hand C would be the best ODDS!!
However, if A and C were the same suits the odds would significantly drop. Also Hand C you would want a straight possibbly but hand A has one maybe two cards you need another odds killer.
If you are confused by this; practice makes perfect and while playing online it is easy to use a free odds calculator.
When your sitting at the WPT in 5 years please make sure to remember my site, and if all goes well i will see you there.

Thursday, March 23, 2006

Poker Basics

The game of poker is gaining in popularity, with televised poker tournaments, online poker sites, and traditional "poker night" games being played in homes across the country. The old image of poker as a game played in smoky, dimly lit back rooms populated by con men and criminals is fading away.
In this article, we'll learn the basics of poker, how to play some of the more popular forms of poker, examine the strategies that can lead to poker success, and take a look at the shady ways of poker cheaters.

History of Poker
The origins of playing cards and poker are difficult to pin down. There are dozens of theories. Some say playing cards were developed by the Chinese as a variation on dominoes. In Europe, Tarot decks used for fortune telling are an obvious link in the lineage of the playing card. Gaming has been popular in every culture throughout history, so it is likely that different versions of the playing-card deck were developed independently by different cultures at different times.
Early French settlers who came to New Orleans played a card game called poque, which involved bluffing and betting. Persian sailors, at port in New Orleans, taught the French settlers the Persian game called as, which uses decks of cards comprised of five suits. Most likely, these two games came to be melded together into one, and as travelers spread the game up the Mississippi River, they changed it to suit their own purposes. Con men who plied the riverboats adapted the game, using it to relieve their victims of their "poke," or cash. At some point, this Anglicized version of the word poque became "poker." The first written mention of "poker" was in 1834.
In the 1800s, the game quickly spread to the western frontier. The "wild west" period of American history was a boom time for poker, with a poker table in almost every saloon.
Legendary Las Vegas casino owner Benny Binion decided to host a poker tournament for the best players in the world. In 1970, he held the first ever World Series of Poker. This $10,000 buy-in, no-limit Texas Hold'em game is now televised on ESPN.

Poker Basics
Most poker games use a standard 52-card deck of playing cards. There is no national or international regulating organization for the game of poker; the rules are simply passed down through tradition and experience. Knowing the standard poker rules gives you a good foundation, but there are dozens of house rules that may be in effect, depending on where you play. If you play on Friday nights at your cousin's house, your cousin decides the house rules. If you're playing in a major tournament at a casino, the casino's rules apply. Make sure you know the house rules where you plan to play, and don't be afraid to ask -- before you buy-in. Although the days of poker players getting shot over a big pot are for the most part behind us, it's still a bad idea to violate a house rule at the table.
In most poker games, money is traded in for chips before the game begins. The chips are what the players are actually putting into the pot. At the end of the game, they can trade their chips for money ("cashing out").
In this article, whenever a dollar amount is mentioned in relation to a hand of poker, we're actually talking about chips that represent that amount.
Poker Hands
Poker hands are ranked based on the odds against drawing them. The rarer a hand, the stronger it is.
Some poker variants use alternate hands, but the rank of hands shown below (and at right) is standard. Hands that are tied in terms of rank are decided based on the highest card in the hand. In other words, a Pair of Kings beats a Pair of Tens, and a Straight 7-8-9-10-J beats a Straight 3-4-5-6-7.
The lowest possible hand is no hand at all -- no pairs, no Straight, nothing. This kind of hand is known by the highest card it contains, so K-7-5-3-2 of different suits would be "King High."
From lowest to highest
High Card
One Pair
Two Pair
Three of a Kind
Straight
Flush(5 cards same suit)
Full House
4 Of a Kind
Straight Flush(Royal flush if ten through Ace)

Wednesday, March 22, 2006

online gaming

The Online Gaming industry is a rapid growing Business that can leave you happy and entertained or sad and crying in pain. How many of you know people that put money into the online poker sites over and over.
What stops people from cheating? How do we know the computer doesnt play favorites for say the web designer(or someone close).
Well we really dont know but we can still have fun with minor losses.
lets learn where it started
The first online gambling Web site opened 10 years ago, paving the way for the hundreds that exist now on the Internet. A review by the Australian government in 2001 estimated the number of online gamblers worldwide at just fewer than five million, with more than $11 billion spent in online casinos. according to the ( Interactive Gambling Act 2001 (CTH) review)
But does online gambling differ from casino gambling, and what's the appeal of playing at home by yourself instead of in a casino? Where their are women, men , money, and drinks. What else could we want in life.
Women i know their are no bon-bons.
There is a difference in the odds between the "play for fun" version and the real money versions of online games. Although it can't be confirmed, trying out the "play for fun" versions at several online casinos often results in hefty imaginary bank accounts. If the real money games also paid off that big, the casinos would quickly go bankrupt. Success in the "play for fun" games doesn't equal sucess when real money is on the line.
(this is solely opinion)
So dont get trapped thinking you are the next moneymaker(Professional Poker Player) If online Gambling seems to be for you their are plenty of websites on how to play.
Well go play have fun If you find yourself addicted get help.