Where The Best Free Poker Game Tips Are Found

?Experience is the master of education, however, even experience can be a cruel way to learn. Some poker pro's will argue that the only real way to learn how to play poker is by actually playing. Nevertheless, with a little perseverance, you can discover a lot of the best free poker game tips without risking your entire poker bankroll.

Although the Internet is a great place to pick up free poker game tips, the Poker World online is full of misinformation. Poker forums, personal blogs and sales oriented material all proclaim to know all the secrets to winning at poker online. However, much of this information is tainted by personal opinion, inaccurate math and just downright nonsense. You should cautiously approach any poker tips or information with a dose of reality and ensure that what you are reading is verifiable and holds true in the actual application.

For example, I recall reading a free poker games tips website that clearly stated different percentages for making certain hands. The author insisted that if you hold two suited cards, you have a 35% chance of making a flush. This misinformation is not entirely accurate. In reality you have a 0.84% (1 in 118) chance of flopping a flush, a 19.1% chance of making the flush on the turn if two of your flush cards are on the flop, and a 19.1% chance on the river if two of your suit are already on the board.

The confusion comes from the fact that many people will just assume that they have a 38% chance of hitting their flush pre-flop, when holding two suited cards. However that first REQUIRES you to HIT two more suited cards on the flop in order to have the 38% shot BY the river.

When looking for reliable and honest free poker game tips, you must ensure that you are able to verify and prove that the information you are getting is true and accurate. Look for the facts and prove it works to yourself, before you venture into a game and use inaccurate or ill-advised poker strategies. Do not just assume that anything anybody says is the correct poker strategy or the right information to improve your game.

Discover for yourself all the free poker game tips and then take notes of those tips to use later.

Once you gather plenty of free poker game tips and taken notes of them, begin to apply them to your actual poker tournament or cash game. This will help you gain the valuable experience you need to become a winning poker player.

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Omaha High/Low - 5 Reasons To Add Omaha/8 To Your Poker Repertoire

The game of poker exploded in the early 2000's with the advent of online poker and mainstream television show coverage. The game that everyone was talking about and playing was Texas Hold 'Em. A few years on, many players have made good money playing poker and calling themselves poker players, but in truth they have yet to expand their horizons and become true poker players. Looking beyond Texas Hold 'Em to other games of poker players is part of any good player's maturation. This article addresses some key prerogatives to add other games of poker to your skill set. In particular the focus will be on the game of Omaha Eight-or-Better split pot poker.

Simple Decision Making

Players who have played Texas Hold 'Em their whole poker lives look at the rules and structure of Omaha High/Low split poker and figure it to be a much more complex game. Sure, the fact that players get two extra cards in their hand and that the pot is split between the best high and low showdown hands makes the game harder to understand at first. However, as you get your head around the structure of the game itself, the strategical decision making behind playing and winning at the game is a lot easier to master than Texas Hold 'Em.

It is often said that Omaha/8 is a game of drawing to the nuts, and therefore there is a lot less grey area than there is Texas Hold 'Em where marginal situations are usually where profit is made. If you understand some basic concepts of poker such as outs and pot odds then you can do quite well quite quickly at Omaha/8.

Lower Variance and Bankroll Requirements

Poker players often bemoan the financial variance associated with their chosen pass-time. Much has been written on the size of a poker bankroll that a player should have to withstand this variance at a particular betting limit. The game of Omaha/8 has a lot lower variance than Texas Hold 'Em does for two key reasons. Firstly, the pot is split, so on more occasions a player will be winning some money back and not losing an entire pot. Secondly, given that the nuts is often required to win, good players will only be putting lots of money into the pot when they are big favorites to win all or part of it. The lower variance of Omaha High/Low means that players can play at a given betting limit with a smaller bankroll than they would require for the same Texas Hold 'Em betting limit.

Mental Break/Fresh Perspective

Texas Hold 'Em poker can become a real grind after a while. If a poker player puts in a good number of hours every week, there is a good chance that after a long period of playing they are going to experience some sort of burnout. Often the lure of making money keeps them playing even though they aren't enjoying it as much or aren't as sharp. Developing skills in other poker games though provides an outlet for new experience and an opportunity to change things up a bit. The great thing is that if you can turn other forms of poker into winning games for yourself then you are not giving up your profit making while you take a break from Texas Hold 'Em.

A Lot of Players Have No Idea What They Are Doing

There is far less literature and discussion about good Omaha High/Low poker strategy than there is about Texas Hold 'Em. Just do a web search and you will see that the resources available for Omaha/8 players are very limited. Hence, you can expect the average opponent you come across at the Omaha High/Low table to be worse than the average player at a Texas Hold 'Em table. If you put in the time and effort to learn about the game then you will be in a position to exploit these players.

Great for Releasing Bonus

A lot of online poker players make good money just from receiving online poker room bonuses and promotions for playing at particular sites. These bonuses are usually released to players when they have satisfied certain playing requirements, usually measured in raked hands. For hands to be counted as raked, the pot must be of a certain size. Often times in Texas Hold 'Em games, the pot never reaches this level. In Omaha High/Low though, players are striving for two different sides of the pot and action can become quite heated. The average pot size for Omaha/8 at the same betting level is much higher than that of Texas Hold 'Em and therefore bonuses and promotions are released at a faster rate while playing Omaha/8.

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Video Poker History

The video poker machine is one of the most popular gambling machines in existence today. Part poker, and part video game, it's the perfect combination to make it a modern day gambling sensation. Although today's video poker machines are the epitome of our current high tech in gambling, they have existed in simpler form for about two hundred years.

Video poker is of course based on the card game of poker. The video poker machine of today is the result of the game of poker being manifested into different types of games at varying levels of technology through the generations. The game of poker has been played in America since the early 1880s, with the game being referred to as 'Poker' in 1834 by a man name Jonathan Green.

The earliest recorded ancestors of the video poker machine were coin operated machines which used poker cards. These machines came into the scene in the late 1800s, and were manufactured by a company by the name of Sittman and Pitt of Brooklyn. The poker card machines were placed in liquor stores and cigar shops, and shortly worked their way across the U.S.

These machines worked by the player putting a coin into the poker machine and pulling a handle, which spun five drums that held the poker cards. The player would wait for it to stop, while hoping for a winning hand. A winning hand was paid out in cigars or drinks. Sadly, and unbeknownst to the players, the Ten of Spades and the Jack of Hearts were left out of the deck to reduce the chances of winning.

In 1901, Charles Fey made the next big improvement to the poker machine by adding the first 'draw' feature to the already wildly popular machine. Fey's addition to the poker machine allowed the player to actually use their poker skills in the game, as opposed to being left to the mercy of blind luck.

Charles Fey's improvement allowed the player to hold certain drums still after the first spin, while pulling the handle to spin the remaining drums. This in effect was the first 'hold' and 'draw' combination.

Over the following years, people's interest in poker card machines diminished, with only an occasional hiccup of interest every now and again. It wasn't until the late 1970s that the poker machine was reborn into the video poker machine, thus rekindling the love of video poker.

The first of these machines appeared along side of the personal computer. It was this technology which made the video poker machine a reality. With its solid state circuitry, and its television like monitor, this clunky machine would give rise to the poker machines of today. These machines have made their homes in bars, casinos and even online.

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General About Poker

POKER GENERAL

Pacific Poker has been called the national card game of the United States, but it is also an international game, popular almost anywhere cards are played. It has many forms and is played differently in different lands and communities, but the basic principle is everywhere the same: to build "structures" consisting of two or more cards of a kind ... sequences of cards

hands composed all of the same suit.

There are no official laws of Pacific Poker in the same sense that there are official laws of Contract Bridge. Poker is a game for the rugged individualist, and every game reserves the right to make its own laws. But any game will profit by adopting one set of published laws and abiding by it, and the following Pacific Poker laws are offered as worthy for adoption.

STANDARD POKER LAWS

Applying to all forms of the game

PLAYERs. Any number from two to fourteen, but the original players in a Draw Poker game may by agreement limit the eventual number of players to seven or eight; in a Stud Poker game, the original players may by agreement limit the number to nine.

CARDS. The pack of 52, with the cards in each suit ranking:

A (high), K, Q, J, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2. There is no rank of suits.

Wild Cards. Any card or cards may be designated as wild The holder of a wild card may designate any other card for which the wild card stands. It is quite usual to play Pacific Poker and Downloaded Pacific Poker with a 53-card pack, including the joker, the joker being wild.

The Bug. The joker in a 53-card pack is often designated as the Bug. The Bug is a wild card with limitations: It may be counted as an ace, and it may be counted as a card of any suit and rank necessary to make a flush or straight (which terms are defined in the next section).

Onscrs OF THE GAME. Each player endeavors to hold a better poker hand than any other player in the game. A poker hand consists of exactly five cards.

Rank of Poker Honda The following list states the combinations that make up valuable poker hands, and their rank. Fiue of a kind ranks highest when there is any wild card in the game.

Straight flush rank8 highest when there is no wild card. It consists of five cards in suit and sequence, with the ace ranking either high or low: 0 A-K-Q-J-1O (the highest possible hand, also called a royal flush), or 054-3-2-A, or any sequence in between, as + 10-9-8-7-6.

Four of a kind is next highest. It consists of the four cards of any one rank together with any fifth card; for example c7. 07-+7.+7-OQ constitute four sevens.

A full House ranks next; it consists of any three of one kind and any pair of another kind, as +6-&.06-+A-+A. It is referred to by the three.of.a.kind it contains; the example shown would be "sixes full."

A flush, ranking next, consists of any five cards of the same suit, but not in sequence, as 0 J- 09.08-06-03, referred to as a "jack-high flush."

A straight consists of any five cards of two or more suits in sequence of rank, with the ace ranking either high in the sequence A.K-Q.J.1O or low in the sequence 54-3-2-A. It ranks next under a flush.

Three of a kind are any three cards of the same rank plus two other cards which do not constitute a pair and do not include the fourth card of the same rank; +9-09-9-4K-03 would be referred to as "three nines."

Two pairs, which rank next under three of a kind, constitute two cards of one rank, two cards of another rank, and any fifth card which is of neither of those ranks; it is referred to by the higher of the two pairs. Thus, +Q-4'Q.+8-48-+4 would be "queens up."

One pair--any two cards of the same rank, together with three other cards which do not combine with the other two to form any of the higher-ranking hands above: + K- 4K. 7-

are a pair of kings.

No pair--the lowest-ranking hand--losing to any hand con taming a pair or any better combination, consists of any five cards not meeting the specifications above.

Object of Betting. The players in the game bet with one another as to which has the best poker hand. Each deal is a separate game, in that its result does not affect any preceding or subsequent deal. All the bets are placed together and form a pot. A player who does not wish to bet that he has the best hand may droA thus relinquishing any chance to win the pot

The ultimate object in Poker is therefore to win the pot, whether by actually holding the best hand or by inducing other players to drop and leave the pot to be taken, uncontested, by a single player still willing to bet.

SEQUENCE OF Play

Rotation. The turn to deal, the cards as they are dealt, and the turn to bet all pass from player to player to the left. Once a player has dropped, the turn skips him and takes up with the next player to his left who has not dropped.

Chips. The unit of exchange is almost invariably the poker chip, which may represent money.

Procedura First the cards are shuffled and dealt by the proper dealer; then there may be one or more betting intervals in which the players may bet on their hands (or, if unwilling to bet, may drop); and, at the end of the last betting interval, there is a showdown at which each player who has not previously dropped exhibits his cards face up. Whichever of these players has the highest-ranking poker hand wins the pot.

THE SHUFFLE, CUT AND DEAL. Any player may shuffle the pack of cards, have them cut by the player at his right, and deal them one at a time, face up, in rotation beginning with the player at his left, until a jack falls to any player; that player becomes the first dealer.

The Shuffle, Any' player may shuffle, the dealer last. The cards must be shuffled at least three times.

The Cut. The player at dealer's right must cut the pack, leaving at least five cards in each packet. (Traditionally, the player at dealer's right could refuse to cut) Dealing. The cards are dealt one at a time in rotation to the left.

Betting. In any form of Poker there are one or more betting iateruak In each betting interval, one player in the game has the privilege or duty of making the first bet. Each player in rotation after him may either

(a) dro by discarding his hand; in this case, he no longer participates in the pot, and cannot win the pot regardless of what may later occur;

(b) call, which means that he places in the pot enough chips to make his contribution during that betting interval as great as the contribution of any other player, but no greater;

(c) raise, which means that he places in the pot enough chips to call, plus one or more additional chips.

To illustrate: If there are seven players designated as A, B, C, D, E, F and G, A is the first bettor. A bets one chip. B calls by putting in one chip. C drops, discarding his hand face down, D raises, putting in three chips--one chip to call and two to raise. E calls, putting in three chips. F raises, putting in six chips--three to call and three to raise. G drops.

It is now the turn of A again. A calls, putting in five chips; this makes his total contribution to the pot six chips during this betting interval. B drops; he relinquishes his chance to win the pot, and the chip he previously put in the pot remains there. D calls, putting in three chips to bring his total contribution up to six. B raises five chips by putting in eight chips. F raises by putting in ten chips. A drops, thus losing the chips he had already put in. D calls, putting in ten chips. B calls, putting in five chips, and now the betting interval is ended. 1), B and F are still in the pot, and each has put sixteen chips into the pot.

A limit is usually established for betting and raising.

A betting interval ends when every active player has had at least one turn to bet and when the bets have been equalized--that is, when every player has contributed the same amount as every other player, or has dropped, or when all have checked.

A player may drop or bet only in turn.

Checking. In many forms of Poker, a player in turn is permitted to make "a bet of nothing" by saying "Check," provided no previous player has made a bet during that betting interval. The effect of the check is that the player merely wishes to stay in the pot by making no additional bet. If the first bettor checks, each active player thereafter may check until any player chooses to bet, after which a player may stay in the pot only by at least calling the previous bet.

Tus SHowDowN. When the bets have been equalized in the last betting interval, every player who has -not previously dropped must expose all his cards face up on the table. The highest-ranking poker hand wins the pot.

It is not necessary for a player to announce the value of his poker hand as he puts it down, nor is he bound by any such announcement if he makes it. "The cards speak for themselves." The player with the winning hand takes in the pot. (If a player begins to take in the pot even though he does not have the winning hand, a player with a better hand must protect himself by promptly objecting.)

If any wild cards are being used, the player holding them

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must indicate their rank or suit when he shows them. Thereafter, the cards speak for themselves. If he fails to designate a wild card as such, it is taken at its face value.

If at any stage of the game every player but one has dropped, the latter takes the pot without showing any of his cards.

Breaking Ties. When two players have hands of the same type, the higher-ranking hand is determined as follows:

If each has a straight or straight flush, the one including the highest card wins (6-54-3-2 beats 54-3-2-A).

If each has three of a kind, four of a kind, or (with wild cards) five of a kind, the one composed of the higher-ranking cards wins. When there are many wild cards, two players may have thaee or four of a kind in the same rank. The tie is then broken by the unmatched cards, as described in the two next paragraphs.

If each has two pairs the one with the highest pair wins; A-A-3-3-4 beats K-K-Q-Q-5. If each has the same higher pair, the hand with the higher of the two lower pairs wins; A-A-6- 6-5 beats A-A-5-5-9. If each has the same two pairs, the one with the higher fifth card wins; A-A-6-6-7 beats A-A-6-6-5.

If each has one pair, the higher pair wins; K-K-5-3-2 beats

J.J.A-K-Q. If the two pairs are the same, the winner is determined by comparison of the other three cards in the two hands, depending first on the highest card (J-J-A-3-2 beats J. J-K-Q-1O); then on the next higher card (J-J-A-4-3 beats J-JA-3-2); and finally on the third card (J-J-A-K-7 beats J-J-A-K 6). If each has a flush, or if each has a hand of lower rank than one pair, the hand containing the highest card wins; A- 7-5-3-2 beats K-Q-J-74. The highest cards in the two hands being identical, the winner is determined by the rank of the next-highest card, and so on down to the lowest card in the two hands, if necessary.

When two players have hands which are in all respects identical, except fo the suits of the cards, and when they are jointly highest in the showdown, they divide the pot as evenly as possible and determine ownership of an odd chip or chips by lot. In determining the rank of poker hands, the suits are meaningless.

IRREGULARITiES. Incorrect Pack. If proved before the pot has been taken in, that deal is void and each player withdraws from the pot as many chips as he has put in it, but results of previous deals are not affected. Misdeal In the event of a misdeal, the next dealer in turn

deals, after a new shuffle and cut; any ante placed in the pot remains there, but the regular ante is made for the next pot aloe. It is a misdeal: if attention is called in time to an irregularity in the shuffle or cut or to a deal out of turn; or if the pack is discovered to be imperfect at any time before the pot has been taken in.

Incorrect Number of Cards. If in dealing the dealer gives a card to the wrong player, he may rectit' the deal before proceeding, transferrmg such cards as are necessary.

Incorrect Number of Hands. If dealer omits a player, he must give his own hand to the omitted player nearest his left. If dealer deals too many hands, he must assign one hand to each player and any excess hand becomes dead.

Irregularity in Betting. In correction of a betting irregularity, no chips once placed in the pot may be removed.

If a Poker Nettet player beta, calls or raises out of turn, the turn reverts to the proper player. When the offender's turn comes, he is deemed to have bet the number of chips he put in. If he put in too few chips to call, he may add enough chips to call. He may not raise, and if he put in more chips than he needed to call, those chips are forfeited o the pot.

If a player announces a bet, in or out of turn, and does not. accompany the announcement with a contribution of chips to the pot, the announcement is void, if he puts into the pot more chips than he announced, the additional chips are forfeited to the pot unless the improper announcement was a slip of the tongue and is corrected before any other player calls attention to it.

Was written by the Poker Nettet Site Editor

Cashing In: The (Over?) Abundance of New Poker Books

Since 2000 (a number somewhat arbitrarily chosen) there has been a plethora of poker books released. There are, in a nutshell, two different categories that all of these books can be categorized under. These categories being strategy and 'non-fiction'. Obviously strategy books are 'non-fiction', but I am describing books that either tell a story about a professional poker player, playing in a certain event, etc.., bu they do not offer any type of instructions, tips, or ideas to make one a better poker player (though, some could inadvertently do so). These are not the topic here though, because most people do not read those in order to become better poker players. They are generally read for entertainment purposes and any incorrect information will not effect ones poker ability (of course, either will correct information from these books). Strategy books, on the other hand, with incorrect information, can be detrimental to ones bankroll. The problem with this is that beginning poker players will not know what to look for and not only will waste money on the book, but lose money by following advice they didn't know was wrong. Below are some books that are recommended for beginning and intermediate poker players. Before the list is an explanation of why certain books were eliminated.

One type of strategy book, and I use 'strategy' loosely, are the 'inspirational' books posing as strategy books. Though the front covers (and sometimes the contents) will claim to make somebody a great poker player, they are usually filled with anecdotal evidence and anecdotal advice. Any mention of 'poker' could easily be replaced with any profession, sport, etc. Some things that are mentioned in these books are being patient, eating healthy, sleeping enough, not being rude, keeping a good attitude, not letting your emotions effect your decisions. Most people buying these books have finished Kindergarten and know that these are important things to do. I am not saying it isn't important, because it is, but it isn't specific to poker and by doing these things alone, one will not become a better poker player. If one wants to become a good mechanic, their diet and sleep schedule will have an effect on them, but knowing about cars will still make them better mechanics than someone who knows nothing about cars, but happens to have a good attitude and has a balanced diet. There will be some actual strategy in these books, but not enough to make it a good book and the incorrect information will more than cancel out the correct strategy in these books. They are purely filled with fluff, designed to make a profit for the author and publisher (with no concern for the consumer), and though sometimes with a few tidbits of good information, not enough to justify the amount of time spent reading the entire book. Well over half the poker books fit into this category and are not recommended.

The other type of book that was eliminated from the list is those with incorrect information. These are much harder to spot and there can really only be tips given to avoid them. One thing to remember is that just because someone is a poker celebrity or has won a major tournament, does not make them an expert or make them a good writer. The latter doesn't mean that they are bad players, but they might write about what would appeal to more people, hence selling more books, than what would make one a better poker player. Quick and anecdotal evidence is usually enjoyed by people more, but why read poker books to be entertained? Generally one is reading the poker book to become a better player.

Strategy and theory should be the prevalent discussion in the book. There should be tables, charts, simulations, studies, etc... to back up their concepts and ideas. Isolated and anecdotal evidence does not prove anything. The reasoning behind why they recommend an idea or theory should be well documented and be mathematically sound.

The books should also not give many absolutes. People are fairly dynamic and cannot be lumped into a specific category. A particular hand should not always be played the same or even played. Sometimes you will fold with a hand that you will sometimes raise with. This needs to be discussed in any beginners book and especially in a book for advanced players. It should also be mentioned that the concepts that work for no-limit don't always work for limit and the same goes with the different limits. If a poker book says it will teach you about every form and limit of poker, it is either very basic or false.

If a book is recommended below it fits all the criteria mentioned above, but just because a book is mentioned, does not mean that it is not a good book. I have not read every poker book and I am sure that I have not read some that are worth reading. But, all the books below will teach you how to think about the game and understand it better. This is really all one should hope for in a poker book and any book that guarantees or claims to make you a lot of money will not hold up to that lofty claim.

Small Stakes Hold Em: Ed Miller (a definite must read for all limit players)

The Theory of Poker: David Sklanksy

Hold Em Poker for Advanced Players: David Sklansky and Mason Malmuth

Getting Started in Hold Em: Ed Miller

Harrington on Hold'Em Expert Strategy for No Limit Tournamtnes, Vol1 and 2: Dan Harrington

No Limit Hold'Em Theory and Practice: David Sklansky and Mason Malmuth

Internet Texas Hold'Em Winning Strategies from and Internet Pro: Matthew Hilger

Pot-Limit and No-Limit Poker; Stewart Reuben and Bob Ciaffone

Middle Limit Holdem Poker: Bob Ciaffone and Jim Brier

How Good is Your Pot-Limit Omaha: Stewart Reuben

How Good is Your Pot-Limit Hold Em: Stewart Reuben

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Is Poker a Game of Luck?

Professional poker players hate to be called "professional gamblers" because it's not a valid title for them. Why? - Because for good poker players, poker is not a game of luck. For good poker players, poker is a game of a lot of things, like focus, discipline, intelligence, psychology, math, patience - the list goes on, but one thing is for sure and it is the fact that luck is not one of the words on that list.

Ok, so poker is a little bit of luck at certain moments perhaps, but when you play poker with the intents to make money consistently, than you have to think about the long run. In the long run, the better poker player is always going to win more money. The better of a poker player you are, the less luck there is involved. To be a good poker player, and to decrease the limitations of luck, you have to master the skills of psychology and mathematics.

Poker is a game of percentages. Calculating things called pot odds, implied odds, and outs are something that is essential to a winning poker player. When you watch poker on T.V. you will always notice that the screen always shows the chances that a player has of winning the hand percentage wise. When you play at the casino, and you are in a hand against someone else and they are taking a long time to make a decision and they are talking to themselves, they are usually calculating the odds in there heads. You have to become a human calculator to be a winning player and being able to do so is one of the keys to being successful in the long run - the other one is psychology.

Knowing the math usually gives you the edge on other poker players, but to decrease luck even more you have to master the psychology of poker. You have to be able to make tremendous reads on people and you have to make those reads by carefully evaluated every single move they make. If you just know the math, and you are unable to play the "nitty gritty" of poker then you will be susceptible to being bluffed at a lot and it will result in folding a lot of winning hands. Poker isn't just about what cards you get, everybody gets cards at some point - it's how you play those cards. You have to be able to make losing hands win, and you have to be able to call people when you have the best hand. The better you become at doing this the more luck you take out of the game and the more skill you add to it.

There are two reasons people quit their jobs and become full time poker players. One of them is because there are great poker players out there that overcome luck with great amounts of skill, and the other reason is because there are a lot of people that think they are good but actually just have gambling problems; make sure you are not the latter of the two before you decide to play poker as a part time or full time job and make sure luck is not the main ingredient of your poker game.

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Casino Poker Rule - Before Entering A High Stakes Game At The Casino You Must Know The Rules

If you want to learn about each Casino poker rule, there are certainly many different ways to go about this. Very simply, casino poker is becoming more and more popular around the world everyday; very simply, since people are in a gambling mood while at the casino, many figure they might as well play a game of high stakes poker.

Once you learn the rules of casino poker, you realize just how fun and entertaining this game can rally be. Keep in mind, in the vast majority of casino games the player is paid via a payout at the end of the game.

However, in casino poker the house always takes a commission on the final fee, known as the rake, from each player who plays. This dollar amount always comes directly from the bets each player places. Remember, the casino will only offer this if they can be sure they will profit.

Therefore, if you don't win at this, you stand to lose a considerable sum. Of course, if you are at the casino anyway, you probably have a better chance of winning at a skill game than a game where you rely completely on chance, so this might be a fun option for you.

Remember that casino poker is quite different from your typical poker game at home, and therefore many casinos actually offer free lessons to help you be well versed on the different rules that apply.

Make sure that you learn these rules before putting your money on the line. These are typically practiced games that are simply models of a real game, and the instructor will generally give you tips and info during the game to help you to improve your casino poker skills without actually having to worry about losing any money in the process.

Before you start putting your money on the line, be sure that you have read books on casino poker rules so that you are well versed on the topic. For this, you can quickly do an Internet search and find hundreds if not thousands of e-books available that will teach you how to play casino poker effectively as well as the different rules that apply. Keep in mind that the vast majority of your competition will never take the time to read these books, so this will give you a big advantage right off the get go.

Also, tutorial software programs are available to help you improve your skills as well. Finally, by far the best way to improve your casino poker skills is to play online poker against other players, in both freeroll and for money games. Very simply no matter how much how to material you digest, nothing beats actually getting out there and doing it yourself in a real life game situation.

Before playing online poker, however, make sure you've read poker room ratings to help you find the best poker room to play in. This is very important, because if you play in the wrong rooms suchas sites that don't receive much traffic, you will probably face poor competition and therefore won't be very well prepared to face the high level of competition at the casino.

Some great reviews to start out reading would be a Sun Poker Review, Pacific Poker Review, Bodog Poker Review, etc. These are some of the most popular poker sites on the net, and while I'm not advocating any one, reading reviews of each will help you decide on the best one to take your game to the next level.

Make sure you have practiced thoroughly whether on or offline before taking your game to the high stakes world of casino poker. Hopefully this information will help you to become well versed on each casino poker rule and help you to start profiting from this very lucrative and fun game on your next casino adventure.

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