A quick tip on standard preflop raises in no limit Hold’em and what your preflop raises should be based on:
Are Antes included or blinds only?
How is your stack size?
Limpers in the pot?
Will your opponents fold with a larger raise more frequently than with a smaller raise?
The standard preflop raise with no antes ranges between 2.5 to 4 times the big blind with 3 times the big blind being the most conventional preflop raise meaning when the blinds are at 10/20 the most common preflop raise will be 60 but can vary between 40 to 80.
Moving All In preflop as the first to raise is silly regardless of the cards you may have, going all in preflop narrows the chances of anyone playing the hand and accumulating a larger pot and generally you will only be called by other top hands thereby reducing your chances and equity.
The inverse of raising to the minimum is poor poker as chances are you will be giving the big blind great odds to call you besides almost no pro players make minimum raises preflop.
There are of course always exceptions to this rule, as poker is a game in which many different styles of play can prove to be successful, however it’s important to understand that minimum raising preflop is unorthodox play that requires exceptional post flop abilities.
So, you have tried out poker at a home game and probably won some cash or at the very least have a grasp of the rules of the game, you enjoy and have seen how the pros do it on TV but playing your weekly home game doesn’t fill the gap anymore and you are looking to expand your horizons.
Well then, this Ultimate newbie guide to playing poker online is dedicated to you in the hopes that you will choose the venue that best suits your needs.
When it comes to poker online for a novice the concept itself seems overwhelming particularly for unsavvy occasional internet users, this guide hopes to steer you in the right direction.
The plethora of poker rooms, different protocols and software variations available on the internet seems daunting for a newbie player to say the least we have compiled a listing of what you should be looking for when choosing your new internet poker venue.
Choosing an Internet Poker Room
One of the first choices you will be confronting in your quest is that of finding a suitable internet poker room that meets and hopefully exceeds your expectations while avoiding the many rouge sites that unfortunately do exist.
If you are an American you have an additional choice to factor in, i.e. many rooms no longer offer their online poker games to USA citizens since Bush passed into law the UEGIA, so your options have been narrowed down, yet there are still some excellent choices for you to choose from, simply use our right hand navigation menu under “Poker Bonuses”, poker sites that still allow USA players real money play have a small American flag adjacent the room’s these are the internet poker rooms that continue to allow poker players from America including two of the most popular internet poker rooms in PokerStars and FullTIltPoker.
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While PartyGaming still has a firm foot in the door in the online poker world currently number 4 globally in terms of player traffic the former giant has suffered a major blow ever since the UIGEA was passed into USA law where the LSE based company opted to take the safe road by blocking all USA customers their major source of revenue at the time.
The company has since adapted remarkably well without the US market by extending their services to include PartyCasino, PartyBets and PartyBingo.
PartyCasino has since evolved into becoming the single largest online casino operation worldwide and boasts profit figures that are just short of those generated from Party Poker.
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