Nov 01 2011

Free Online Poker Games at Bwin

Category: Texas Holdem FAQbill @ 6:08 pm

Free Texas Holdem Poker

Selecting an online card room is very similar to picking a live room. While poker players can disagree on everything under the sun they mostly look for the same thing in picking a room. Which is unusual because for every player saying never limp pocket aces there is another suggesting you do it 80% of the time. Once you start comparing the attributes of one room to another you’ll get just as vehement disagreement. Some rooms are smoke free these days and while many appreciate the opportunity to play in clean air there are a few players who yearn for the old smokey days of poker. Some rooms comp the players free drinks and while that may be the sole reason certain players prefer that card room, it likely chases away a number of players that don’t want to put up with drunks.

What live and online players can agree on is that they want to play in an honest Texas Hold em game. There is nobody as hated in live poker and online as a cheating player. Actually, that’s not true, most hated is a crooked casino and its staff, then crooked players. Card rooms that spread a random deal, have sensible floor decisions, and don’t put up with collusion or cheating players always will get a strong reaction from players. Another thing both sets of players can agree on is the option to jump right into a game. Nobody wants to show up and see incredibly long wait lists. They like to be able to get chips, real and virtual, as easily as possible. They also like to get those chips transferred back to real money as quickly as possible or if playing Free poker games to transform those virtual winnings into live money.

Saftey may be the primary concern of players whether it’s walking to their cars or protecting their hole cards they want security when the play. Successful online rooms like bwin understand that offering the best security for a player and his money is tantamount to winning the trust of the players. Live players transitioning to online poker want the best of the real poker world applied to their new online poker. They’ll also get some extras they’d never get in a casino.

When playing at home, a poker player can wear, eat, and watch whatever they want. They can play for as short as they want or for as long as they want. They can play with players from down the street or across the world. Instead of seeing the same old faces at their casino they are always a game click away from a whole new table. Live players will also enjoy the benefits of playing Free Texas Holdem Poker online.

How to play free poker at bwin

Not too many live card rooms offer free poker but bwin is one online poker room that does. Free online poker can be found in the form of freerolls all day at bwin. Nothing better than having the chance to win cold hard cash without risking anything. There is a saying that you can’t get something for nothing but that’s not true in poker at least anymore.

Signing up to play at bwin is easy and straight forward. Even players inexperienced with computers should make short work of the sign up process. If you can type an email or surf the web you can play online poker. Within minutes those players can try a hand or two at Free Online Poker. With freerolls running all day and all week there is never a long wait before the next one.

Choosing an online card room, is a lot like choosing a live card room. When you make your choice go with an industry leader, that spreads great Texas Hold em online games, and offers the security of your favorite casino. When you factor in a free poker school and constant free rolls the choice should be easy one to make.

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Dec 01 2009

Are The High Stakes Poker Games Now Too High?

Category: Poker Blogmalcolm @ 5:52 pm

Online poker rooms offer many different types of player the opportunity to participate in many forms of poker. You can play in Stud, Texas Hold ‘em, HORSE and Omaha in a variety of different limits. The higher limits you play the more money that you can win (and lose) by playing online poker. Those that want to make a living playing professional online poker must play at a level where this is possible and work to improve their online poker game so they can achieve this goal. You must also have the right mental approach.

Coping with swings of up to $100,000 in a day used to be essential tolerance for a high stakes poker player. The high stakes online poker games today have developed into super stakes games where it is possible that you can lose or win up to $1 million in one day, often more. Isildur1, the unknown poker player from Sweden, was in profit by $5 million within ten days of beginning to play the high stakes games, lost it all and then made another $3.5 million very quickly. A quick check of his statistics shows him now showing a loss of $500,000 overall, meaning that he has lost $4 million again in a matter of days.

Many online poker players’ bankrolls were swelled by Guy Laliberte, the founder of Cirque De Soleil, who lost around $28 million playing high stakes online poker in 2008.

As a lower stakes poker player who likes to make a bit of money from poker enough to bolster my standard of living and income a little I struggle to imagine how a poker player carries on playing when they amass such a life changing sum of money. The high stakes poker games are verging on being too high where all value of money is lost. This is worrying for a young person to move into adult life thinking that earning money is very easy.

In the global climate to which we now live, having $5 million would be enough for a full life of luxury with the right investments. Working in traditional businesses it is very hard to make this sort of money. Perhaps the wrong message is being sent by this irresponsible approach to money by the top online poker players who are happy to win and lose millions each day.

A better message is being sent by many of the top live players. Howard Lederer, Phil Ivey and Chris Ferguson invested their expertise into developing Full Tilt Poker, which now earns them in excess of $1 million per month each in earnings. This is just a reported figure and the actual figure may be higher. Daniel Negreanu has lots of outside interests that earn him money and Phil Hellmuth is reported to be a co-owner of Ultimate Bet and has his own brand of poker clothing and accessories.

Poker players currently grinding often do not aim to reach the ultra high stakes online poker games. Many are content to grind their way through many hours of lower stakes games knowing they earn more than they could in Industry. There are very few players making a healthy living from the highest stakes games, even Patrik Antonius, Tom Dwan and Cole South (all known as top players) are showing heavy losses for 2009. The question must be asked on why they do not drop down and crush the slightly lower limits.

The answer is because the action is what dictates their involvement. Antonius is part of Full Tilt now as is Dwan, so it is others like Benyamine, Townsend, South, Dang and Ziigmund and others that are the big gamblers playing simply to participate in online poker. Are they simply out of control gamblers who happen to be good at online poker? We all know that assessing our own poker game is the hardest thing to do in poker.

I would recommend that you enjoy watching the high stakes games, but never forget the value of proper online poker bankroll management and an ongoing appreciation for the value of money at all times. Enjoying any profits you make will remind you on why online poker is so much fun when things go well and the reasons we all look to improve our poker game. Moving up limits is fine providing you are comfortable with the extra risk exposure.

By Malcolm Clarke

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