About Poker

I am nearly completed rebuilding all my links. Still just a few more to go. I was lazy on Saturday, and spent much of the day playing poker - for research purposes, of course.

Poker is an extremely addictive game. You could be up or down very fast, or it can drag on back and forth for hours. A good poker site offering bonuses typically awards you based on how much you play and for how long. As time goes on, you accumulate more points, and that means you are making a little money on the side, provided you are not taking a beating in the rooms.

My suggestion for playing poker; do not spend a whole lot of time trying to find a strategy on the net. Just get the basic rules of the game down, and practice, more practice, and keep on practicing. Strategy is like clothes, just because it works for somebody else doesn't mean it will work for you. You need your own system. You can do this by downloading a poker program and playing in a free play room. Here you learn the game without any risk. Yeah, it's different when no money is involved, but you will still gain experience in play by going there first. When you're ready to graduate to actually gambling, go to the penny rooms, with limits - not the no limit rooms and work you're way up. Poker is a self control game, and you need to be totally in control of your emotions before you play. Losing pennies doesn't hurt as much as losing dollars.

One other thing to keep in mind, from time to time, but almost certainly, you will run across some obnoxious, immature, grown up babies. They will get mad at you because they will lose or not like your style of play. The heck with them I say, you play the way you feel most comfortable. Some do this to through you off your game. Don't let them. Stay focus, and if you're winning, keep winning by staying to your own system. Best advice is do not respond or say anything to them. Ignore them. You should not speak at all in the chat portion of the poker site other then to say hello, goodbye, "nh" which means nice hand when you lose, and "ty" when someone else gives you a "nh". This is not about socializing, if you want to make friends, go to a real chat room where betting is not involved. Keep your mind in the game.