Poker Influence
Poker is the most popular card game in the world and it has now been taken to the next level thanks to online casino gambling. Online poker may be the most popular form of world wide web entertainment. Online poker has grown from something of an experiment in a single poker room into a world wide craze with hundreds of online poker websites and millions of players all wagering billions of dollars.
With countless new players coming into online poker rooms every single day, it is easy to see how a new player could easily become intimidated at the prospect of gambling real money against real players in the fast paced environment that is online poker. That is why patience is more than just a virtue in the online casino gambling environment. Patience is, without question, a must to survive!
A new poker player will actually learn the game faster at an online poker room than he ever could in person at a traditional brick and mortar casino. That is because of the complete anytime and any day access that online poker offers. Plus you get to play against a higher level of skilled and experienced players that you can learn from. There is no way to get such an education at a brick and mortar casino or, or that matter, in your buddy’s basement or garage.
Most online poker rooms, in fact, offer free tables to train and learn on and low limit tables to play for real money without suffering a real blow to your bankroll.
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Good players will suffer more bad beats than they will ever give out. Good players get their money into the pot when they're ahead more often than when they're behind. This is the reason why good players are good. Good players will pick their spots and make better decisions to get their money in as a favorite. When you're constantly ahead and everybody is trying to outdraw you, they're going to get lucky every now and then.
Poker players need to think more long term than they do short term. Think of a poker session as a life long project. Whenever you take a bad beat and lose a big pot, think long term instead of short term. If you get your money into the pot 1,000 times in that same exact situation, how much money am I going to win?
For example, if you get all your money in the pot 1,000 times with AA vs. a lower expected hand for $300 a pot, you're going to win about 836 times and lose about 160 of them. Out of these hands you'll win about $202,800. Don't get upset over the 160 times you lose that hand and just continue your life long session and wait for your next opportunity.
Posted: February 22, 2007
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