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If you’re not ready for
cash stakes, you can play in mock games for play money on the
Internet. Your opponents may be anywhere in the world. They won’t be
in the same room with you, but they’re real folks looking for a
game. You’ll have to make a few adjustments when you move into
online playing. internet poker games take place in cyberspace, the
universe of electronic connections that is at once everywhere and
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At first
it’s a little disconcerting to hear a disembodied voice
ask for your blind, or to have your cards yanked away by
invisible hands instead of folding them yourself! The
internet game designers have done all they can to
simulate the sights and sounds of a real poker game: You
see yourself represented in pictogram form, seated at a
virtual table with other pictogram players, whose real
counterparts may be anywhere in the world.
-Your player
name or "handle" and the amount you have in play are
listed above or beneath your virtual representative.
-Vibrantly colored cards, tables, chips, and player
costumes mimic the visual elements of real casino poker. |
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-An
invisible dealer announces bets and raises and declares
winning hands. (However, he doesn’t accept tokes.)
-You hear
the sounds of cards being shuffled and dealt, and chips
clacking when the pot is pushed to the winner.
-You
"converse" with other players in the "chat window" by
typing messages back and forth on your keyboards.
-To check,
bet, or raise, four click on
-screen
choices with your mouse.
-Help and
hand history are easily summoned by clicking other
options. internet play
-money poker
isn’t real poker, but it’s not supposed to be. Real
poker is played for real money. Even so, you can
practice many skills in these cyber games. For instance,
you can brush up on-Evaluating hands-Reading hands
-Folding,
betting, calling, raising, and re-raising
-Categorizing opponents
-Figuring
pot odds |
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As in most
free (or nearly free) things in life, there are some
inherent limitations when you play in online
play-money poker games: you won’t be able to watch for
tells (the involuntary physical and emotional slips
that often give away a player’s hand) unless you’re
psychic. The opportunity to fire in a raise because
you’ve seen fear in an opponent's eyes is an
experience you won’t have in internet games. You won’t
be able to practice tricky strategies. You’ll probably
have to "show down" a real hand after all the cards
are out -forget fancy moves and bluffs. Players will
usually call with anything when no money is involved.
The games are generally slower than live games and
much slower than interactive software where you play
against computer opponents. Many people play in the
games while doing other things, or they may have slow
computers or problems with their internet service
providers (1SPs). |
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Most
Internet play-money games are loose action games.
(That’s putting it mildly!) Players enter pots with guns
blazing, firing bets and raises at will. Much of this
activity is just smoke and mirrors, but when the smoke
clears, someone will have made a hand. Don’t expect to
win a pot without a struggle! There are many family pots
(pots in which all players participate in the action),
and you won’t find many wallflowers sitting on the
sidelines hand after hand. Betting is frequently capped
(when players put in the maximum number of raises
allowed). Hang on for the ride – if you have a hand.
You’ll see players call or even call raises with cards
they should have folded ‘ without a moment’s hesitation.
You’ll see people calling with a bottom pair, with
backdoor draws, even with as little as one over card –
hoping to get lucky. After all, it’s fun to play and no
fun at all to fold! Your challenge in these games is to
keep from joining the party! At a good play-money site
you will find at least Texas Hold’em and Seven-Card
Stud. Omaha is another popular offering, and if you’re
lucky you’ll have a choice between Omaha High-Only and
Omaha/% The trend is toward a wider selection of games.
You can also find tournaments. Game menus change with
popular trends, and even game sites themselves come and
go. To find out what games are currently available, post
an inquiry at the Internet poker newsgroup rec .
gambling . poker (RGP). |
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