Online Poker tips needed

[dave nz]

Never played online poker before. One of my books has offered me a free invite to a tournament. Any basic tips for a beginner ?

[Shark23]

Dave, here's a real basic tutorial on many aspects of the game.........Click on the various links under strategy.........GL!

[dave nz]

Thanks bro.

[Shark23]

Originally Posted by dave nz

Thanks bro.

Or, you can buy Pasco's Big Book of Poker Tricks at Amazon for 69.76 rupees (one American dollar)..........

[dave nz]

Originally Posted by Shark23

Or, you can buy Pasco's Big Book of Poker Tricks at Amazon for 69.76 rupees (one American dollar)..........

Does that still come with the buy one meal at Arbys and get one free deal ?

[Shark23]

Originally Posted by dave nz

Does that still come with the buy one meal at Arbys and get one free deal ?

Mail in rebate only, and only valid in Nepal until June 30th, 2007.........

[Kramer]

If you're tempted play for real $ :

Let’s begin with the obvious;
it’s important when playing poker not to go broke. Your bankroll needs to be large enough to survive the droughts between winning hands and the badbeats in between them as well.
Most experts recommend 200-300 times the big bet as a starting point for internet play, the high side for limit play and maybe a little less for Omaha or no-limit.

Internet poker actually requires a larger bankroll than live poker due to having a smaller edge over your opponents. Tells are fewer and far less reliable. Is that a housewife playing for the first time calling your bet or a seasoned pro?

You'll never know in Internet poker.

You'll need a larger bankroll to overcome this edge reduction factor. Second, you'll be playing far more hands per hour on the net. A fast-paced player at a 6-player table can play a hundred hands in an hour. There are also 9 and 10 player tables each with a speed difference. Want to play 2 tables at once? You'll need to double your bankroll requirements.

These requirements can only grow as more of the fish bust-out and you find yourself playing more and more against the sharks of the poker world. 500-1000 times the big bet is not an unrealistic requirement. Playing at an appropriate limit is of course very important.

Having a bankroll properly sized for the stakes you are playing will help you weather the storms ahead. Get in over your head and you can expect to find yourself drowning in no time. Some players make the mistake of starting at too high of a stake, getting a little lucky winning a bit, then experience the inevitable losing. The only way to recover is to drop down to a lower limit, but it will take twice as long now to recover the losses from the higher limits. You can easily dig yourself into quite a hole.

Fifty times the big bet is a common downswing, even for professional players, and nothing to become too concerned about if you are still playing well. However, if you start with only 100 times the big bet, and you are down 50 big bets, you have lost 50% of your bankroll. If you had started with 300 big bets and were down 50, you will have only lost roughly 17% of your bankroll.

[dave nz]

Thanks Kramer. Reading what Shark and you both posted has taught me one thing--I certainly don't have the same interest in poker as I do betting on sports. Something I pretty much already knew. Found it tough reading /going.

Its a free tournament with 2K (pounds) in the pot so I may have a go. Thanks guys.

[jaypasco]

if it gets to you and no action just raise

[Romanowski]

apply pressure , dont be passive

[dave nz]

Good stuff Jay, Romo.

[Henry09]

All right, here's the thing. You only play premium hands.
You only start with jacks or better split,
nines or better wired, three high cards to a flush.
If it's good enough to call, you gotta be in there raising, all right?
I mean, tight, but aggressive. And I do mean aggressive. That's your style, Daver. I mean, you gotta... you gotta think of it as a war.

[dave nz]

Originally Posted by Henry09

All right, here's the thing. You only play premium hands.
You only start with jacks or better split,
nines or better wired, three high cards to a flush.
If it's good enough to call, you gotta be in there raising, all right?
I mean, tight, but aggressive. And I do mean aggressive. That's your style, Daver. I mean, you gotta... you gotta think of it as a war.

Exactly, why not be as agressive as anything ? nothing to lose, not costing me a cent.

[dave nz]

Calculated at the same time of course.

[jaypasco]

post doesnt work i dont think henry 09 cause dave never saw movie