Online Poker

[nyhockey6 1]

Here is my experience/tips

I just went to my 1st poker room at a dog track down in Florida, it was $1/2 Hold Em, The Buy in was $50. First night I went I bought in for $50 and cashed out with $40. The next time I went I bought in for $50 and walked out with $110. If your not the blind right away, fold a couple of hands to get a feel on everyone, see how they play and stuff. I was able to catch a few tells just by sitting out, like one guy would go over the top making it expensive to see the flop and then he would check after the flop and on the turn and river as well, then fold as soon as someone made even a small bet. If you win a decent hand, I would tip the dealer more than a buck. I know a dealer in AC and they don't get paid much so the tips are a big help. I have to agree with Lego, don't wear sunglasses. No one at the room I was at was and it was pretty big about 20-25 tables.

[LegoDoom 0]

If you're sitting at anything under $15/30, tipping a dollar is perfectly fine. If it's a big pot and the dealer is very good, then tip an extra dollar. Between the rake, tips for the dealer and waitress, you'll be cutting into your profit way too much. If the dealer can get 30 hands in an hour, that makes $30 an hour if everyone tips a buck. Trust me, a dollar is standard.

People do wear sunglasses into a poker room.... they're just generally thought of as tools.

And noticing players actions is important, but there are a few things wrong with nyhockey's statement about it. First off, only come into the game in the BB, don't post. So, you'll immediately be in the blinds. I'm a tight-aggressive player myself, so I always fold bad hands when there's not enough money in the pot. And I think you said you're going to play limit? If that's the case, players can't really bluff you out of a pot. And if you catch someone trying to buy it, just make a note of it and call him down next time with any kind of decent hand. Limit is more strictly about odds, since the bluff aspect isn't as effective as it is with NL.

[MNdgame 0]

I cant stand limit poker, people play way too many hands since you cant bet weaker hands out before the flop. Its fun, but I always seem to lose huge hands to weaker hands down to the river because its so cheap to keep seeing cards. I've gotten called with crazy hands before online, live its not nearly as bad. Online on party poker I saw quad 8's lose to quad kings a few months ago.

[LegoDoom 0]

You want worse hands to call you. And there are ways to force hands out. Like making people cold-call raises or 3-bets to get into or stay in the hand. If they cold-call with worse hands, then you want to keep playing with those guys. It's very profitable.

[MNdgame 0]

You want worse hands to call you. And there are ways to force hands out. Like making people cold-call raises or 3-bets to get into or stay in the hand. If they cold-call with worse hands, then you want to keep playing with those guys. It's very profitable.

Yeah bet when 4 people call it just kills my odds. I mean Im still ahead, most likely, but somebody is bound to catch something. Even when I play 3/6 online Ill reraise the initial raiser and like 3 people will call me with low connecters and low/lower pocket pairs and somebody is bound to make a straight/flush/set and its usually not me.

[LegoDoom 0]

You gotta play the odds. And the odds are, your hand will hold up more often than not. In the long run, it's very profitable to be playing with idiots.

[kosydar 0]

Anyone have any suggestions for poker books? I'm looking to pick one or two up to read on the beach, but don't know which ones to get. I think I'll probably pick up Supersystem, but I don't know whether to get 1 or 2.

[Kobe 0]

I heard the second one isn't as good as the original. You have know your math too as the Super System isn't for beginners. Are you going to be playing online or in real games? Also, are you playing no-limit or limit? For limit hold'em, "Hold em Poker For Advanced Players" By Sklansky and Malmuth is quite good. Sklansky is generally known as being the man when it comes to hold'em instruction.

[kosydar 0]

I've been playing quite a lot over the past year, so I'm not a beginner. I'm hoping to gain more insight and knowledge into the game, and at the same time, I don't want a book that just goes over the basics. I looked on Amazon and have pretty much narrowed it down to Super System + the Sklansky and Malmuth one you mentioned or Caro's Book of Poker Tells.

[LegoDoom 0]

I realize you've been playing for a while, but start at the bottom with the Sklansky books.

Do you play limit or no-limit?

And you don't need Caro's book of tells, especially if you're just playing online.

[kosydar 0]

I play no limit when I play home games, limit when I play online and limit when I finally make it up to the casino. To be honest I was a little sketchy on Caro's book just becuase I didn't think that I could learn all that much from it. But everyone who I know who has read it has raved about it. I think I'm probably better off like you said with a Sklansky book.

[LegoDoom 0]

Honestly, I'd start of with Small Stakes Hold 'Em (Miller, Sklansky, and Malmuth). I play 6-12 and 10-20 live and think that book works really well for anything up to those limits. Hold 'Em for Advanced Players is for players who are more than average players. Not saying you can't handle it, but I'd read SSHE a couple of times before I even bought that book.

Caro's book gives general tells, like a player who stacks his chips neatly (all stacks of the same height and generally neat structures) is a tight player while a player who has messy stacks (for example, different denomonation chips mixed in the same pile or big towers of chips) is a loose player. It will take all of 2 orbits around the table to figure out generally what type of a player a person is. Lederer makes huge towers and is not a loose player. Gus Hansen has need stacks and he's as loose as it gets.

[MNdgame 0]

Theres some stuff online that isnt too bad. Namely Negreanus atricles are pretty good usually. A few others have wrote some too.

[JR Boucicaut 3760]

Negrodamus?

[2048 0]

Negrodamus?

Why do white people like Wayne Brady so much?

[Kobe 0]

Does Wayne Brady have to choke a bitch?

[cantor22 0]

i play pokerroom.com and i love it, they also have a sweet tutorial, and i downloaded it on my cellso i cna play whenever

[MNdgame 0]

i play pokerroom.com and i love it, they also have a sweet tutorial, and i downloaded it on my cellso i cna play whenever

I did that and it charged me minutes when I played without knowing. A couple of times I'd be waiting or whatever for half an hour and play and thats a fast waste of minutes. Make sure yours isnt doing that...

[hockey_puck 0]

POKER STARS is the best

[kosydar 0]

Honestly, I'd start of with Small Stakes Hold 'Em (Miller, Sklansky, and Malmuth). I play 6-12 and 10-20 live and think that book works really well for anything up to those limits. Hold 'Em for Advanced Players is for players who are more than average players. Not saying you can't handle it, but I'd read SSHE a couple of times before I even bought that book.

Caro's book gives general tells, like a player who stacks his chips neatly (all stacks of the same height and generally neat structures) is a tight player while a player who has messy stacks (for example, different denomonation chips mixed in the same pile or big towers of chips) is a loose player. It will take all of 2 orbits around the table to figure out generally what type of a player a person is. Lederer makes huge towers and is not a loose player. Gus Hansen has need stacks and he's as loose as it gets.

I picked this up today. I read part of it, and its exactly what I'm looking for. Thanks for the suggestion.

[Squirrel 0]

id have to recommend http://www.holdempoker.com or the poker games on yahoo arn't even bad

[leafsrule1 0]

I have enjoyed using Tiger Gaming, I play with the play money chips

[SLy MaLLone 0]

I play Empire but I don't play with real money. I have found that it's really easy to make a ton of money. There's a lot of new players on it.

[CaptainZbubble 0]

I play Pokerstars, playmoney for now. I used real money but pokerstars has a bad reputation for horrible beats. I floped a Full house(A44) and some guy didnt even have Ace or 4, caught running 3's with his pocket 3's for the quads. Needless to say, goodbye $75 in one hand.

For casino's- The best tip you will ever get is DONT BLUFF and play about 1 in 10 hands. The average hands that *might* be playable should always be folded b/c you get stuck in a deep hole quick when pot- commited.

CaptainZbubble

[vivaotravez12 0]

Full Tilt has been serving me well, lot's of dead cash, and lot's of not so dead cash, especially with pros playing in some of the smaller tables every so often.