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Wednesday, June 29, 2005
Your Online Poker Money:Questions and Answers
Where is my money held? All money is managed by the poker room.
How do I get paid? They can send checks or transfer the money directly into your bank account.
Which currencies can I play in? They accept deposits in all major currencies. The poker room currency is US Dollars, and other currencies will be transferred to the poker room using a fair exchange rate (the exchange rate used can be seen in the Cashier section of the poker client); no profits will be made on currency exchanges, and the same rate is applied to both withdrawals and deposits.
Is my transaction secure? Yes it is. Online poker rooms use secure server technology and industry standard encryption to ensure that their financial transactions are as secure as possible.
What is the minimum deposit? Minimum deposits range from $20.00 up to $50.00 depending on the poker room.
Are the online poker rooms secure and honest? Yes! They have made certain that neither your money nor the integrity of the games is compromised. From sophisticated random number generation, to 128-bit encryption, to a range of other measures they have implemented the poker rooms with security as a number one priority.
Do they have promotions, and how do I find out about them? They frequently hold promotions. You will be informed of them by email, the Welcome window when you enter the game, and their Home Page.
Is there a credit card processing fee? No, not at the rooms on this page.
How do I get money onto the site? You must first set up a real money account and then make a deposit using one of the various supported payment mechanisms. When you register with the poker room, your screen name becomes tied to your money account and whenever you take a seat at a real money table you request chips from your money account.
How do I get money out of the poker room? You cash out. Money in the actual poker table is automatically returned to your money account whenever you leave a table. You can make withdrawls from your money account at any time.
Can I transfer money to another player? Yes at most online poker rooms.
The room is cheap, the furnishings stark. The florescent light is so damn dark. When I look up, I fill with fear. The end of this hand is drawing near, this lonely table, a troubled place, their cold dead stares, dealer's empty face. Well, I see no reason to persevere, no reason to laugh or shed a tear, no reason to ponder or even to wait, no cards to come, it's much too late. And so this night I will raise my eyes to imagine the clear but mysterious skies that arch above us, so far from sin. Are you there Q cuz I'm goin' all in?
Lord let me be as a cool window pane set in a church door. The breath of the hopeful fogging my surface, While I remain transparent to their sight. So that I might condense fact From the vapor of nuance, In the tremor of their hands Or the sound of their voice. Give me vision into their hearts and minds, As they offer prayers on your green-felt altar. Let me be your altarboy in the poker room, So that I may gather their donations, Like the whale strains krill from the sea.
Beginners Guide To Downloading An Online Poker Room, Bonus and Rake Rebate
How Do You Start Playing Online? Beginning your poker playing experience at an Online Poker Room is a simple and easy process. To play, you need to download the Poker Room by clicking on the banner add or link at this site. Once you have downloaded the Poker Room , you double-click on the icon and the Poker Room will self-install on your computer. When it completes installing, it will connect to the Poker Room where you will see aregistration window. Once you connect to the Poker Room, you will see the Lobby area. You can look around without registering. To play for free or for real money, you must register. Registration takes just a few moments. Select a unique screen name. Other players in the Poker Room will know you by your screen name. You must also select a password. To play for real money, you must open a cage account with the poker room also. That's all ... you are now ready to sit at a table, get chips, and begin playing poker. We know you enjoy yourself and we wish you the best of luck.
What About Bonus ?
A bonus is extra money the poker room will give you for buying in and playing for real money. It ranges from 20% to 40% of the amount you buyin for at the well established and popular poker rooms up to 100% at the newer poker rooms that are trying to get started. If the the bonus is 25% and to deposit $100 you geta total of $125. I strongly suggest the older and well established poker rooms. One of the deposit options all these poker rooms is a company called netteller. If you use them you normally will get a 10% higher bonus. You can go from poker room to poker room getting the bonuses and it is a fairly common practice known as "bonus whoring". The bonus is for new customers only although from time to time the poker rooms offer a reload bonus. Some people earn their bonus, cashout and move on to the next poker room and bonus.
Rakeback or Rake Rebate?
You must earn your bonus by playing a certain amount of real money poker hands, which varies from room to room. Below is Doyle's Rooms explanation of their bonus and how you earn the bonus. I earned their bonus in 4 days of heavy play. The poker rooms make their money off of "rake". That is a percentage of each pot that the house keeps, ranging from 2% up to 10%. The well established older poker rooms all have rakes at the lower end of the spectrum. "Rake rebate" or "Rakeback" is when an affiliate of the poker rooms, like me, offers you a refund (so to speak) of part of the money that the poker rooms take from your pots. I give all players who use the links at my sites a rake rebate of 20%-40% depending on the site they download. In other words I split what I earn with you in order to encourage you to support my websites and to come back anytime you need another poker room download. For example if you play $25/$50 nolimit holdem you will be refunded about $100 per week for average play. So, at all of my sites you get both the bonus, with no code words required, and rake back too. Note: there is no rake rebate for Party Poker or its skins.
The following is Doyle's Room(one of my favorites) explanation of their bonus and how you earn it:
ACTION POINTS / PROMOTIONS Our Action Points system automatically rewards you while you play! You accumulate Action Points by playing in real money games, including single- and multi-table tournaments. Additionally, from time to time, we may offer additional opportunities for you to earn Action Points that are redeemable for a variety of cool prizes and stuff.The more you play, the more Action Points you earn! If you want to get your hands on Super/System 2, you can get it FREE just by playing. Earn 10,000 action points and get your hands on Super/System 2 absolutely free.Sign up for Doyle's Room and select the Super/System 2 (SS2) option from the registration page. Then accumulate 10,000 Action Points in 90 days and the book will be shipped to you. What if I prefer to receive a signup bonus?Doyle's Room is currently offering a 25% SIGNUP BONUS to all new customers!Upon initial signup to Doyle's Room, players are given a choice between Doyle Brunson's long awaited Super/System 2 or a 25% signup bonus.Make your initial deposit with Neteller and we'll increase your sign-up bonus to 35% -- automatically!Please click here for more details on our bonus program.How Action Points are awarded A pool of Action Points is generated per hand. Each time a bet is made, the Action Points pool increases. So, the larger the pot, the more Action Points there will be *. The available points per pot will be distributed to all players who are dealt a hand in the pot on a pro-rated (percentage) basis. The more you bet, the larger your share of the hand's available Action Points will be -- and it doesn't matter whether you win or lose the pot! Currently, Action Points awarded for tournament fees are credited towards the Action Points usable for freeroll entries and prizes. * For every real money hand that is dealt a maximum of 300 Action Points will be awarded.
All the best online poker rooms, bonus, rake rebate and poker info on the net. http://onlinepokersites.bravehost.com/ Tells you where to find the good online sites and what online sites to avoid!
Melissa "Lisa" Michele Polk, Mom, "IamtheQty" and Poker Queen
Recent Deaths
Melissa "Lisa" Michele Polk Melissa "Lisa" Michele Polk, 32, of Elgin passed away Friday, June 10, 2005 in Crossville, TN. She was born November 29, 1972 in Elgin the daughter of Dale and Carla Adkerson.Survivors include: Her parents, Dale and Carla Adkerson of Elgin; four daughters, Kayla, Kristin, Breanna and Rain; two sons, Zachery and Travis; three sisters, Tosha, Amanda and Tiffany; two brothers, Jack and Dustin; a Grandmother, Geneva Simpson of Elgin; God parents, Paula Kovacs of Poplar Grove & Elmer Wacker of Belvidere.Preceded in death by her great-grandparents.Funeral services will be held at 7:00 PM on Wednesday, June 15, 2005 in the Laird Funeral Home, Elgin with the Rev. Steve Srock officiating. Burial will be private. Visitation will be held on Wednesday from 3:00 PM until the time of services in the funeral home.
Melissa Polk, known in pro online poker circles as "IamtheQ" and "Jumbone" among other Ids and know simply as Lisa to her many friends, died last wednesday of a gunshot wound to the stomach. She leaves her beautiful 4 year old daughter "Rain" behind and the many friends whose lives she touched. I am proud to say that I loved my online poker buddy "Q" and I was lucky to have known her. She was a loving friend and wonderful mother. I am sorry I wasn't there when she needed someone. She always was there for everyone else and her true colors always shined through. We were blessed to have had her in our lives.
Goodbye and good luck Lisa. We will miss you and the sun will shine a little less brightly without you...
Albert Einstein and Edgar Allen Poe Teach Online Poker Mastery or Know This and Win the WSOP Main Event
That's right! Professor77 delivers it here first. Old Al and Eddie defined the basis for online poker success. If you incorporate these pearls in your poker strategy you will own the table!
"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."
Albert Einstein
"The measures, then," he continued, "were good in their kind, and well executed; their defect lay in their being inapplicable to the case, and to the man. A certain set of highly ingenious resources are, with the Prefect, a sort of Procrustean bed, to which he forcibly adapts his designs. But he perpetually errs by being too deep or too shallow, for the matter in hand; and many a schoolboy is a better reasoner than he. I knew one about eight years of age, whose success at guessing in the game of 'even and odd' attracted universal admiration. This game is simple, and is played with marbles. One player holds in his hand a number of these toys, and demands of another whether that number is even or odd. If the guess is right, the guesser wins one; if wrong, he loses one. The boy to whom I allude won all the marbles of the school. Of course he had some principle of guessing; and this lay in mere observation and admeasurement of the astuteness of his opponents. For example, an arrant simpleton is his opponent, and, holding up his closed hand, asks, 'are they even or odd?' Our schoolboy replies, 'odd,' and loses; but upon the second trial he wins, for he then says to himself, the simpleton had them even upon the first trial, and his amount of cunning is just sufficient to make him have them odd upon the second; I will therefore guess odd'; --he guesses odd, and wins. Now, with a simpleton a degree above the first, he would have reasoned thus: 'This fellow finds that in the first instance I guessed odd, and, in the second, he will propose to himself upon the first impulse, a simple variation from even to odd, as did the first simpleton; but then a second thought will suggest that this is too simple a variation, and finally he will decide upon putting it even as before. I will therefore guess even' guesses even, and wins. Now this mode of reasoning in the schoolboy, whom his fellows termed "lucky," --what, in its last analysis, is it?" "It is merely," I said, "an identification of the reasoner's intellect with that of his opponent." "It is," said Dupin;" and, upon inquiring of the boy by what means he effected the thorough identification in which his success consisted, I received answer as follows: 'When I wish to find out how wise, or how stupid, or how good, or how wicked is any one, or what are his thoughts at the moment, I fashion the expression of my face, as accurately as possible, in accordance with the expression of his, and then wait to see what thoughts or sentiments arise in my mind or heart, as if to match or correspond with the expression.' This response of the schoolboy lies at the bottom of all the spurious profundity which has been attributed to Rochefoucauld, to La Bougive, to Machiavelli, and to Campanella." "And the identification," I said, "of the reasoner's intellect with that of his opponent, depends, if I understand you aright upon the accuracy with which the opponent's intellect is admeasured." "For its practical value it depends upon this," replied Dupin; and the Prefect and his cohort fall so frequently, first, by default of this identification, and, secondly, by ill-admeasurement, or rather through non-admeasurement, of the intellect with which they are engaged. They consider only their own ideas of ingenuity; and, in searching for anything hidden, advert only to the modes in which they would have hidden it. They are right in this much --that their own ingenuity is a faithful representative of that of the mass; but when the cunning of the individual felon is diverse in character from their own, the felon foils them, of course. This always happens when it is above their own, and very usually when it is below. They have no variation of principle in their investigations; at best, when urged by some unusual emergency --by some extraordinary reward --they extend or exaggerate their old modes of practice, without touching their principles."
Quick and dirty holdem odds calculation for my holdem buddies at the online poker rooms
Quick and dirty holdem odds calculation On the flop multiply your number of outs by 4. On the turn, multiply your number of outs by 2. This gives you a rough figure. If you have a gutshot straight draw after the flop you have 4 outs.With two cards to come, you multiply the 4 by 4 and you get 16% chance of making the straight(true odds are 17%). On the turn, with 1 card to come you multiply the 4 by 2 and you get 8% chance of making the straight(true odds are 9%).
OUTS and ODDS on FLOP and TURN 15 OUTS-openend strt flush draw->strt or flush or strt flush-54%, 33% 12 OUTS-gutshot strt flush draw ->straight or flush 45%, 26% 9 OUTS-four flush->flush 35%, 19% 8 OUTS-open ended straight-> straight-32%, 17% 7 OUTS-set->fullhouse 28%, 15% 6 OUTS-no pair->pair 24%, 13 % 5 OUTS-one pair->twopair or set, gutshot & backdoor 20%, 11% 4 OUTS-gutshot->straight 17%, 9% 3 OUTS-single overcard draw 13%, 7% 2 OUTS-pocket pair-> set 8%, 4% 1 OUT-3 of a kind->4 of a kind 4%, 2%
The Man Responsible For 100s of Online Poker Cheaters: He developed and sells WinHoldEm poker cheating software
Ray Edward Bornert II is responsible For 100s of online poker cheats; he developed and sells WinHoldEm poker bot cheating software.
Look at where the immoral s.o.b. who developed and sells WinHoldEm poker bot cheating software went to school, Oral Robert's University and Christ For The Nations Institute. He's an evangelical Christian theologian for Christ's sake! First we learned that a police officer developed and is selling cheat-at-poker and pokerbot-pro, and now we find out that the motherf###er who sells winholdem is a priest. What's this world coming to?
I uge you not to contact him and tell or show him what you think of online poker cheating and how much we all appreciate having our hard-earned money stolen. Note: I absolutely discourage any illegal activity such as giving him a "columbian necktie" or a forced 10 gallon hot soapy enema.
P.S. Be sure read his hobbies to see how this immoral cheating priest wannabe used his "blood money" to buy a " jogging track" , "swimming pool" and a "2001 Convertible Corvette." If you go against my advice and have a "thoroughly... life changing conversation" with him, tell him "Professor77" says hi!
Date : 2003-AUG-4 Name : Ray Edward Bornert II Address : 4143 Red Laurel Way City/State/Zip : Snellville, GA 30039 Phone Home : 770-736-7870 Phone Fax : 770-736-7890 Phone Mobile : 770-309-7870 E-Mail : ray.bornert@hixoxih.com DOB : 1961-OCT-02 Family : Wife & Two Children
Education History Oral Roberts University Tulsa, OK 1987 Bachelor Degree Computer ScienceI was able to finish a 4 year degree in 3 years while maintaining a 4.0 GPA in my major with a 3.1 overall. Christ for the Nations Institute Dallas, TX 1981 Associate Degree Theology Plano Senior High School Dallas, TX 1979 High School Diploma
Poker Professional Currently involved in developing professional online poker client/server system. I fully developed the entire client/server technology and it can be seen at http://www.pokerprofessional.com. This is an excellent example of the caliber of my graphics ability as well as client server communications and n-tier development. Project developed entirely with VisualC++ and SQL 2000 on a Win2K platform.
Realtime Gaming For 2 years I was a Senior Project Engineer for Realtime Gaming. I was involved in all aspects of the development/production n-tier client/server systems. I developed several new technologies. I performed end user market analysis and database research. I developed 6 new Blackjack games that are currently in production in 40 online casinos worldwide. I invented 2 entirely new casino games both in production. I was also involved in staffing decisions and managed the third party contractors.
Heuristic Park I worked for over a year as a Senior Systems Developer & Designer for Heuristic Park in Atlanta on a large cutting edge 3D game. During my time there I developed the following game systems.
Origin Systems I took a full time job at Origin Systems, Inc. as a Senior Systems Consultant. During that time I worked on their core technology for their star products - Wing Commander & Ultima. I assisted the programming staff with developing new technology and provided advice to the producer groups and tools groups company wide. We worked with Win95 platforms using Visual C++, C and Assembly.
HixoxiH SoftwareI am currently the President of HixoxiH Software. I founded the company 1993-JAN-1. I started this company as a means to enter the Computer Video Game Industry. In the beginning our primary asset was a 3D first person graphics engine called ‘XOX’. I completed the first version in late January 1993 and sold my first license in February 1993. We worked with PC platforms using C++, C and Assembly. We currently do a wide range of software development.
Hobbies In my spare time I usually enjoy playing real-time strategy PC games. My wife and kids and I love the movies and we collect our favorite DVD's. Once in a while I tinker with a chess program I wrote that plays at or near a rating of 2000. I also evangelize 3D chess from time to time especially the version I invented seen here at http://www.hixoxih.com/games/chess/3D8.htm. I own a jogging track next to my house and I enjoy running 1-6 miles on a regular basis and then swimming laps in the pool afterward. I would ski regularly if it were possible. When I turned 40 I bought a 2001 Convertible Corvette - something I wish I'd done when I was 30. We also love to BBQ and entertain friends and family in a relaxed atmosphere. Our idea of a fine night out is sushi and a movie followed by a cup of coffee and a book in the Borders coffee shop. I also thoroughly enjoy life changing conversation (Portions were deleted to save space)
What glory for those busted out as dead money? The clatter from their departing former chips. Only the death rattle mutters of “nice hand”, Will patter out the losers' heartbroken trips. No mockeries now for them; no prayers nor bells; Nor any voice of mourning save the choirs, The shrill, demented choirs of frustration’s hell; And their hearts' despair of lost lifelong desire. What applause may be given to speed them all? Not from the hands of hopeful fans but in their eyes Shall shine the holy glimmers of unsaid goodbyes. The pallor of railbirds’ brows shall be their pall; Their trophy the tenderness of patient minds. They all know that they have given their all, And each new deal brings a posting of the blinds.
Not only is poker good for you, it's the American way, where winners play fair, have the right stuff, and nothing else matters, except, perhaps, a bit of luck every now and then.Lou Krieger
Poker is a microcosm of all we admire and disdain about capitalism and democracy. It can be rough-hewn or polished, warm or cold, charitable and caring, or hard and impersonal, fickle and elusive, but ultimately it is fair, and right, and just. ~L.K.
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If I am not for myself, who will be for me? And if not now, when? Leon Pinsker
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Understand all of the potential consequences of your actions so that you may properly balance the competing goals of survival and chip accumulation.Every time the action passes to you whether it is to bet, check, raise, or fold, any action or inaction you choose will have consequences.Therefore, it is imperative that you consider all of the consequences prior to making a decision.In no limit hold âem tournaments, a failure to consider all of the consequences can be fatal.If you make a substantial semi-bluff bet from early position after the flop, you must know what you will do in the event of a re-raise.Any tournament strategy should revolve around two main driving forces â chip accumulation and survival.These two forces will frequently be at odds with each other because in order to survive, you must protect your chips and in order to advance, you must accumulate chips.Therein lies the paradox of tournament poker.You must accumulate chips without jeopardizing your own stack.How do you accomplish this?While it is impossible to play poker with zero risk, careful consideration of all of the consequences of every action on your part can certainly minimize your risk and give you a significant advantage.Poker is a game of imperfect information, which is why it is so important at least to know all of the available information each time it is your turn to act.Maximizing your knowledge will open the door for you to pick up chips at minimum risk.To learn more about this principle and other principles, read Tournament Poker and The Art of War.
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Whether he likes it or not, a man's character is stripped bare at the poker table; if the other players read him better than he does, he has only himself to blame. Unless he is both able and prepared to see himself as others do, flaws and all, he will be a loser in cards, as in life.Anthony Holden
In fact, good poker players are more likely to be the victims of luck than the beneficiaries. Michael Craig
http://www.pokerplayernewspaper.com Poker news, tournament reports, strategy, biographies, stories and reviewsCopyright 2005Tue, 26 Sep 2006 12:30:12 -0500http://www.lasvegasvegas.com/pokerblog/http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss - - -
In the early nineteen-eighties, I defined a concept that would become central to my teachings about poker and the world beyond. It explains the enigma of relationships. It defines a world of comparative talents that isn't always easily listed in ascending order. Understanding it will make your life less confusing. Here is a lecture I delivered about a decade ago on the subject...
Caro's Conception: The lecture
It is a concept that takes us far, far beyond just the basic strategies of winning at poker. "Caro's Conception" makes us aware that there is a level of poker prowess that is very real, yet nearly not definable. This doesn't just happen at poker, but in real life, too. But, I'm getting ahead of the story. First, I've got to tell you what the Conception - or concept - is based upon.
It's based upon a puzzling truth, long known to those who ponder such things - the truth that strengths are not always ordered by hierarchy. Sometimes stren... Continue reading Today's Word is... Conception
If I told you that you could win a half of a million dollars playing poker without leaving your house or apartment, would that be something you'd be in interested in? Of course, you are! The World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) sponsored by PokerStars allows you the opportunity to play in the largest online poker tournament with prize pools that rival the World Poker Tour and the World Series of Poker. The most appealing aspect of the WCOOP is that you do not have to travel long distances to play against some of the best players in the world. All you have to do is turn on your computer and log on to PokerStars.
On September 16th, PokerStars kicks off the 2006 World Championship of Online Poker featuring 18 different tournaments, ending with the $3 million guaranteed NL main event on October 1st. Just like the winners at the WSOP, every event winner in the WCOOP will also be awarded a gold bracelet. The 2006 WCOOP will be the largest series of online poker tournamen... Continue reading 2006 WCOOP
In my prior article I addressed starting requirements of stud and how they differed from hold 'em. Let me address the later streets in this the second part of this two part series.
If you are selective on Third Street, you will generally continue to bet your Premium Pairs, even if they don't improve, unless you see opponents who seem to have surpassed your hand. On the other hand, if you are going for a straight or a flush with a drawing hand, you generally want to call or check, sticking around cheaply until you make your hand.
In Stud, unlike in Hold Em, you have extra information available to you to help you determine where you stand relative to your opponents - both in terms of your hand's current value and its prospects for improvement. You need to take advantage of this information.
You need to keep an eye on the cards you need to make your hand, as well as the cards that may help your opponents' hands. Stud is a game of live cards. If... Continue reading A Stud Lesson for Hold'Em Players, PART 2 OF 2
Last issue I revealed how our local maniac stumbled onto an extremely effective strategy in tournament play. The wording here has double meaning as Doug was usually plastered at this point in the tournament as a result of his intake of alcohol. While everyone else was tightening up their play hoping that someone else would get unlucky and bomb out, Doug was stealing pot after pot and increasing his stack size even more. It didn't matter to Doug whether he won or lost and as a result he had no fear. This made his aggressive play even more effective than usual and doubly so in tournaments (at least on the sober and reasonably minded players).
There are several strategies that one can utilize to make it deep in a tournament ( the structure of the tournament does influence these strategies ). The two most common styles that are successful in most tournaments are loose aggressive play and tight aggressive play. There are definite advantages and disadvantages to each style of ... Continue reading A Maniac Named Doug
]]> http://www.pokerplayernewspaper.com 3Mon, 25 Sep 2006 12:00:00 -0500 - - - I've run into people even now who do not know that I have not dealt a card in over 5 years - sans some extra curricular activity that I am waiting to divulge. No matter, to them I am still that dealer that dealt them broke, a jackpot or have always given them good cards. So, even though your opponents at the table are either betting, folding, or receiving cards, the one person that players remember just as well are the dealers.
Conversely, when I dealt the cards and then played afterwards, I would make mental note of most of the player's tendencies as it related to some unconscious gestures they would do.
That brings me to the point that I was illustrating in my last paragraph in the last issue. People reveal more about themselves unconsciously than if they were to engage you in conversation. Before there was ever card games people were revealing "tells" about themselves on a daily basis.
Why else would a person gifted in this respect -readi... Continue reading Listen Carefully
