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a tournament is that it has a fixed cost. Players know exactly how much they are risking to play in the event.
No-Limit Texas Hold’em can be exciting, and it is a great format for tournaments; however it can be extremely expensive for the novice player to sit down in a no-limit cash game. (Non-tournament games are called “ring” games.) In a no-limit game one losing hand can cost you all of your chips.
Limit poker has structured betting rounds and players can pick a limit that fits their budgets. If you make a mistake, it might cost you a bet or two, but you
“Perhaps the greatest advantage of Internet poker is the fact that you don’t have to travel to play. Many people don’t live near a casino and it may require a lot of effort to get to one to play. On the Internet, you can play
24/7 any day of the year
from the comfort of your
own home.”
that there were some advantages to playing online.
Perhaps the greatest advantage of Internet poker is the fact that you
don’t have to travel to play. Many people don’t live near a casino and it may require a lot of effort to get to one to play. On the Internet you can play 24/7 any day of
at a table with nine strangers can be very intimidating to the newer player. Playing online is like sitting down at a video game because you are looking at a monitor instead of into the face of your opponents.
You can play games for lower limits online. Since there are no dealers, rent or utilities to pay, the online sites can offer games and tournaments at very low limits. In a brick and mortar room, spreading a poker game with limits of a dollar or less would not be practical or profitable, but it can be done online.
won’t lose all your chips. The majority of the ring games in the card rooms are limit games. Many winning players start at the lower limits and then move up as their bankrolls grow.
Online Poker
At the same time that poker was
becoming popular on television,
it was also making its way to the
Internet. Many online poker sites
opened up as the popularity of poker
increased. Many players discovered for new players is less
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the year from the comfort of your own home.
Another advantage
intimidation. Sitting down