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Reading Your Poker Opponents

June 6, 2019   Personal game   No comments

Playing poker at online casino is not only a lot of fun, but it is also an exciting way to earn extra cash. However, when you start to lose continuously, the fun gets out of the game. To avoid this, you need to learn how to read your opponents.

Most poker players give away what they think, and the ability to read these thoughts is a significant factor in poker. Learning the non-verbal cues of your opponents sets you in a position where you can carefully plan your next move.

Perhaps for beginners, reading your opponent’s mind is not as easy as clicking your fingers, but learning from experiences and applying wits and a little bit of bluffing can help you win big time. But being aggressive is not always the key, unless you’re an expert.

Acting

Acting is an important part of poker. When you lead your opponents to believe you have a weak hand when in fact you have a strong one, and vice versa, you are using common game assumptions to your advantage. When professional poker players use this, they reverse these assumptions to bluff other players.

Talking

Try to spot any changes in their behavior or any kind of giveaways. Some quiet players start to talk when they have a bad hand, while others may start to hold their cards protectively when they receive a good hand.

Gestures

Like a red face, shaking, deep breathing and jittery gestures usually mean a player has a good hand and is unconsciously “giving away” that he has. Of course, always be aware of your own gestures and behavior so you would not send out giveaways to your opponents.

Gazing Sideways

If your opponent is gazing sideways as if he is not interested, remember this is a deception. Your opponent has a strong cards and is going to raise when the bet come to him.

Pre-Flop

When an opponent checks on pre-flop, then either checks again on the flop or calls somebody’s raise, only to raise on the turn, things should be pretty obvious: this guy has been slow-playing something, a hand on which the flop hit him head on. He starts raising on the turn, or there are people who wait all the way to the river hoping that somebody else will start the betting and then they can check-raise him.

Raise-Bet-Check Pattern

This is a big sign of weakness. Generally, if somebody raises and then checks, it means he wanted to bluff and he just admitted he couldn’t pull it off. Make sure you don’t get yourself into this situation.

Playing hand right after a bad beat

This is usually a sure sign of tilt. A strong, tight player should be selective in the cards he plays. Unless he’s in position or playing out of the blinds, he’s probably just playing angry and on tilt. He’s liable to play foolishly aggressive, trying to win back the money he lost at any cost. Exploit this weakness.

Every player has certain poker tells that will tell you all you need to know about their hand. When you see these patterns, you’ll be able to read right through his poker face even in online poker.

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Casino games: Online poker. Part two. (Page 1 of 2)

May 8, 2019   Game guide   No comments

How to choose an online poker room. Choice of the poker room for the poker game is very significant. It is prudent to pay attention to the following factors: convenience of depositing and withdrawal options, availability of the required games and consequently – total amount of players, level of opponents, software, support, bonuses, etc…

If you intend to use only credit for depositing and withdrawal funds and bank transfer, then it will immediately limit the list of the available poker rooms. If you can use several methods of depositing and withdrawal funds, for example, you have an account with e-wallets such as moneybookers or neteller then this issue will not restrict your choice.

The next question is: what poker game and at what limits are going to play? Texas hold’em limit and no limit, also single and multi-table hold’em tournaments are popular at any online room, but those who prefer Omaha poker, and stud poker have to choose the most attended rooms (Party, Stars, Full Tilt) to find the opponents. The same refers to those who love high stakes, not all online poker rooms even in holdem have players who stake $50/$100 or higher.

Most poker players want to win money, so they look for weaker poker opponents. Lately the trend of leveling the poker opponents in different poker rooms is becoming more and more obvious, nonetheless Party and casino poker rooms are considered to have less professional poker players (Prima networks, Boss Media, Playtech, Pacific Poker).

Poker player may have specific requirements to the poker room software, for example, non-downloaded software is offered by poker rooms of Ongame, & 1042;2& 1042;, Prima and Party Poker. Many poker rooms allow to reduce the size of tables, and the computer screen without overlay holds four table with the resolution 1024& 1093;768. For somebody the facility of Poker Tracker can be a criteria. One can buy Tracker and use it, other poker players prefer poker rooms that are not allowed the Poker Tracker.

In general, it is not about WHERE you play but HOW you play. So, choose the poker room with sufficient number of opponents at your selected limit, convenient depositing and withdrawal funds options, maybe good bonus and go ahead!

The game. After registration, log-in and enter the lobby of the online poker room. Here, as a rule, a poker player will find out the number of players, latest news, choose options, enter the cash desk to make deposit. But the main thing is the choice of the poker games. A poker player may choose the necessary game (holdem, Omaha, stud, etc.), its type (limit, unlimited, pot-limit), cash or tournaments (sit&go or multi table), limits. The number of poker players and anticipants is shown for each poker table and also average jackpot, number of poker players at the flop and number of hands per hour. The poker player can view information about all the players of the selected poker table in anew window. The player may join the vacant table, or wait list (the player can wait for the first vacated table at the particular limit or particular table).

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