What is the poker withdrawal curse?
When people lose money at online poker, they look for reasons other than the obvious – which is that they are bad poker players overall, or they just had a bad run of cards. They like to come up with excuses, and the poker withdrawal curse is one of those wild excuses. The theory is
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What Online Poker Rooms are Reliable when Playing with Real Money?
The first thing you want to do when starting to play online poker is pick out an online poker room where you know you can trust your money and know that the poker room is not going to go under overnight, stealing your money. Most people figure every room is trustworthy and will deposit their
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What are the rakeback rates for the Pokerstars VIP Club?
You can’t get rakeback at Pokerstars in the traditional sense, however you can get rakeback via their VIP Club. Pokerstars have one of the best VIP Programs on the internet for online poker rooms, with a variety of tiers like Bronze Star, Silver Star, Gold Star, Platinum Star, Supernova and the very special one –
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What ewallets can Canadian Poker Players use to deposit at poker rooms?
The list of ewallets at online poker rooms is always changing, so honestly the first thing you will want to do is check with the poker room that you are interested in signing up at. If you are looking for a poker room that is very easy to deposit for Canadian Poker players, Bodog is
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How can I be a better Texas Hold’em Player?
No Limit Hold’em: Top Pair On my recent excursions to the wonderful world that is online poker, I’ve noticed a common, but debilitating, mistake that most amateur players make. Too often I see inexperienced players overvaluing their pocket pairs and their top pairs. Since no limit hold’em is anything but forgiving, such errors will leave
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When should you raise in poker?
Raising in poker is a very valuable play as it can get more money in the pot, or win you the pot straight out. Many people like to refer to David Sklanskys seven reasons for raising. They are in short: More money in the pot To drive out opponents Bluffing Free Card Information Drive out
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Should you show your hand in poker if you don’t have to?
This is a question many people wonder about – should you be revealing your hand in poker when you don’t have to? You’ve bluffed an opponent out of the pot – should you now show your cards so people know you bluff, and then take advantage of this table image? The best answer is no,
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What is the expected hourly rate in online poker?
Trying to calculate the expected hourly rate in online poker is extremely difficult, as there are so many variables. Variance is of course the obvious factor. You have no idea how good the cards will run for you, and so you could be up five buyins in an hour, or down five buyins. However based
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