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Posted in Online Gambling at 9:43 am on 20 Jan 2009
Thomas Kraemer asked:


Read this article if You are looking for good online poker rooms. It will show You what exactly makes up a good online poker room and how to find one. I will discuss all the aspects You should look for before You decide to join online poker rooms.

First of I want to give You a list of things to consider when choosing a poker room. Some might be very obvious to You while others won’t. So let’s get started.

The most important thing in my opinion is the poker client or poker software the room uses. There are many different poker softwares on there on the net. Some are used by many poker rooms, like the microgaming or the boss media client. Other poker rooms have developed their own software.

As important as the software is the reputation of the poker room. You will not want to play at sites that are not fully secure or where You encounter problems when trying to cash out Your money.

Third thing is customer support. You should check this out before signing up, just by contacting the room and see how long You will have to wait for a response.

Fourth important point is the quantity of games offered and how many players are online, as well as the quality of Your opponents.

Now let’s get back to the poker software. If You play poker a lot then You will use it for many hours. So if the look and feel of the client doesn’t appeal to You then You will not enjoy the game as much as You should. It is also important that the software supports all features that You as a player needs. If You play at multiple tables at the same time then it is vital to You that You can freely resize and move tables on Your Desktop. Not all poker rooms support this. A great software for this is Full Tilt Poker where You can even store multiple layouts for different numbers of open tables and easily switch between them while playing.

The reputation of the room. Check out the website of the poker room. Are their games monitored by a third party to ensure that the games are fair and the random number generator used to shuffle the cards is truly random? Which authority or legislation is the poker room regulated by ? You will want to avoid offshore sites that are barely regulated by anyone at all. Have there been payment issues in the past?

Good customer support is also a must have for a good online poker room. If You send them an email You can expect them to get back to You within 24 hours. At least during weekdays. In my experience the customer support is usually a good way to measure how long it will take for Your payouts to be handled. If a simple email takes them more than a day, then You will probably have to wait even longer when requesting a cashout.

The quantity of the games offered is important too. Not everyone likes to play No Limit Hold’Em all day long and good poker rooms will offer You many more games like Omaha, Stud or Draw Poker Games.

The quantity of players online is also important, especially for people who prefer the not so popular varieties of poker. It’s of no use to You when the poker room offers Omaha games, but it takes hours before a table is filled because there are few opponents.

The quality of Your opponents is vital to You of course. Rooms with many weak players will give You more profit, but unless You have access to poker databases ( there are some available online, but usually You will have to pay to use them ) it will be hard to know in advance. On the other site rooms with many good players enable You to learn from them and become a superb player Yourself faster.



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Posted in Online Gambling at 11:59 am on 19 Jan 2009
Michael Wittmeyer asked:


If you play online poker, you’re probably always looking for ways to win more money at your favorite online poker site. There are a variety of ways to do this, including improving your strategy, analyzing your opponents to find tendencies, and qualify for reload bonuses that the poker site offers. These methods are all effective, and can increase your winnings drastically, but they take time and money to achieve. One way to really increase your winnings without missing a beat is simply to switch poker sites, and we’ll explain why.

After you play at the same poker site for a while, you’re unlikely to have any bonuses left to clear. Also, odds are you’re playing at one of the major online poker sites such as PokerStars or Full Tilt Poker. These sites have so much traffic that they don’t really have to reward players to get them to hang around, so you miss out on a lot of bonuses and VIP reward programs. Also, since these poker sites spread the biggest games online, they attract sharks and professional poker players. Obviously the above is horrible for you, because you don’t get bonuses and you’re playing against high quality players who are likely to beat you.

The solution to this is to choose a new online poker room. The first criteria you should look for is easy competition, because you’ll make a ton more money when you’re playing against poor players. A few good indicators that a site has soft competition is if the site offers other verticals besides poker such as casino or sports betting, because often times the casino players or sportsbook bettors will try out poker, and they’re bad players. Also, if the site is a specialty site such as a 3d poker site they’re likely to have people who only play for the graphics as opposed to the actual poker.

Also, a secondary benefit to choosing a new online poker site is the fact that you’ll get their initial deposit bonus, which is usually a pretty big number, right around $500 or so. This is basically free money as long as you’re a winning player, so make sure to deposit the full amount to receive the full poker bonus.

If your search for a new poker site comes down to two rooms, and one has a better bonus, and one has worse players, always choose the one with worse players. In the long run you’re going to make way more than $500 from playing against terrible opponents, so it makes more monetary sense to play against the bad players than to take the bigger bonus. Good luck!



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