Questions For Online Poker Players

[Back Country]

I have only played once on a friends account. I know how to play and how to buy in but that is about it. Im considering playing online because it is continuously geting harder to get live games together.


What do you think is the best poker site and why?



What site offers the best bonuses?



Are there any sites less likely to pull out of the US then others?



Do all sites accept credit cards? That is likely my only option for deposit.



Are there any odds/percentage calculators on the internet that are free and accurate? Or possibly any sheets for calculating odds? I have always done the ruff math in my head, but counted more on reading players and tells. Since that is not an option online, I figure it wouldnt hurt to get better at the math aspect.



Thanks for the information guys, greatly appreciated.

[Snowman]

By your reasoning above..definitely go with Full Tilt. They are also a sponsor so make sure to sign up through here.

[Kramer]

Before getting into sites and calculators ,
here’s the most important thing to know in on line poker :

The online game moves much faster.
Without the need to shuffle the deck between hands, or sell chips to players, or wait for players to act, online card rooms have the ability to deal anywhere from three to five times the numbers of hands to you per hour than live dealers.

This means that the blinds come around three to five times as quickly, and your chips are at risk three to five times as often. All of this creates greater fluctuations of your bankroll than for live games.

Make a promise to yourself that you will always follow
the Ten Percent Rule.
Promise yourself that you will not lose more than 10% of your bankroll in the same day. And when you sit down to a game, don’t buy in for more chips than represents 10% of you total bankroll.

If you make money, great. In the next session, your bankroll will be slightly larger, and you can buy in for more. If you keep winning, then you will be able to risk more, and keep winning by higher and higher amounts .

But if you are losing, either from sheer bad luck or from playing less than your best game, you won’t be crippled in a single session. The worst thing that can possibly happen if you follow the Ten Percent Rule is that you’ll have a short, losing session, and have to put poker aside until the next day.
And when you’re losing, isn’t that the best thing to do anyway?

So if you’re only going to risk 10% of your bank in a single session, what games can you play in? you’ll probably start a great deal lower than you’re used to.
If you have $1000 in the bank, you might be playing $5-$10 or $10-$20 limit, or maybe a $300 No Limit game, or a $200 tournament.
Not anymore....

If your bankroll is $1000, then you have $100 to play with,
which means that you are playing $2-$4 or $3-$6, or buying into a $100 cash game or tournament.
Think in terms of how much you can risk TODAY
not how much you have total.
And only play at the level your bankroll can realistically afford.

The advantage of this is that you should never run out of bankroll. If you keep losing, you will simply play for smaller and small stakes until you find a game that you can beat. Then, you can start winning again, and earn enough to get back to the levels at which you belong.

[BigdaddyQH]

Good advice Kramer. I have used the 10% rule for well over 40 years now, in all table games. Obviously slots are a different story.

[Back Country]

Thanks guys

[T100]

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[revnecro1273]

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