Free and Money Poker sites

Hello I am scubabri258 on Full Tilt, Ultimatebet, Prizewagon, 888, and pokerstars. I am new to Ultimate bet, but the other ones are 1 yr to 4 yrs old.

I am an OK poker player, I am patient, and disciplined. However, I notice on Prizewagon after i've won 7 $25 cash prizes I cannot win. For awhile i've been thinking just a coincidence, but after 4 months of playing without winning I am starting to believe they might be semi fixed. I could have the dominating hand, best drawing hand, or the same hand as my opponent, and I just keep getting beat by the one caller preflop(q-2 vs my AQ). A few times I get people all in after the flop and scream in excitement because they need runner runner. Well guess what runner runner comes. However the weird thing is; is my winning hands on Prizewagon are 3-7's & 5-9's suited usually. Statitstically These are some of the worst hands to be playing, but have about an %80 win on my account. Prizewagon i'm sure knows I fold those hands %75of the time, where i've had my account since December 2006 I am sure they can pull up all sorts of statistics.

Full tilt seems to do a little better at least my AK will win everyonce in awhile unlike on Prizewagon. Normal poker statistics still apply in some places, which makes me happy to see. Of course every site, home game, casino you will get your bad beats, but at least it is not everytime you play.

888 and pokerstars were just fun practice. I went from 888 to pokerstars and haven't been back to 888 since. Pokerstars has 45 man tournaments starting constantly. Yes people are dumb on play money poker, but it inspires me to play tighter. When people are going all in with their k3 suited I just wait for my AK, AQ, KQ, AA, KK, QQ and stick it to them. What Pokerstars has done for me was develope my patience and hone my skills a little. It is a tough transition to go from Play money to real money, but it is still a smart move familiarize yourself with what type of hands are your good hands and to see people doing all ranges of moves for diferent purposes.

Ultimate bet seems like a nice free site so far it is set up sort of like full tilt so it is more than just hold'em. I am currently trying to win some of their freerolls to see what they can offer.

Anyways I am going to the WSOP one day and I will be patient enough, because I play multi-tables with dumb lucky people. I guess its better to be dumb lucky than just dumb.

Poker Tournament

Lets begin with my background and where I am coming from! I am an online junkie you can usually find me at poker sites! I started playing Friday Nights with a couple of my friends for change. We played like this for like six months. I finally got a computer with online access sometime in 1996, 1997.
I started with AOL games of course! I found this wonderful site free pogo games. I found that addictive, mostly turbo 21.
Well they have Texas Hold'em with a payed account; their downfall. They still have free poker games like Omaha and Omaha H/L. They even have sixth street Omaha where you have the opportunty for a six card community. They have sports games, puzzle games. Free pogo games site is great for adults and kids.
After a few years with that i spent like one year on
Free 888.info.
I'm currently and have been a member of pokerstars.
You can read about my opinion on Free and, some real money.

Poker terms and A.K.A.'s

AA=bullets,
KK=?
QQ=ladies
JJ=?
10,10=?
9,9=?
8,8=snowmen
7,7=walking sticks, canes
6,6=?
5,5=speed limit
4,4=?
3,3=?
2,2=ducks

A,K=Big Slick
touching cards like 9,10/3,4=runners
suited=suited

Poker calculator

So I wrote earlier about an odds calculator for Texas Hold'em, holdem, hold em, Poker. Well after looking for a bit I found one Here is a link for a free pre flop odds calculator.
CLICK HERE FOR CALCULATOR

Free Poker

No Limit-NL, Limit-L, (blinds)Fixed-F, Multi-table Tourneys-MT, Single Table Tournaments-ST. They can be used in combos like ST-NL/L/F (Single table tournament-No limit, limit, or fixed.

WWW.888.info F, MT-NL/L/F, ST-NL/L/F, the only site ive seen so far with daily 200+ max 999 poeple, free tournaments daily.
WWW.Empirepoker.com L/NL next one is better!!!
WWW.PokerStars.com F/L/NL, MT-NL, ST-NL. Easy to navigate, Easy to register for real money.
If you know more please comment and i will add them!!!
I think 888 and pokerstars are the best so far depending on what you are looking for! However, if a www.888.info employee/employer sees this. You can really use some better looking formats and someway to get into your tournaments easier.

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.

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.

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)