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Poker Games online are the same games that are played in Poker Rooms around the world. The biggest advantage of online poker play is that it offers the opportunity to play poker at your convenience. The poker game you wish to play at the stakes you wish to play can almost always be found. If you are new to poker online or looking for a new place to play poker this site's directory of Online Poker will give you a look at what features each of the site has and what the tables look like. Online poker rooms can be very large, Party Poker has as many as 45,000 players online at once. The prizes and promotions they offer are huge. Many bonuses are available to new depositors! Once you have selected an Online Poker Room at which you would like to play just click to link to their site. The Poker Room's main page will appear with more details about the site. Usually to begin play you will have to download the games. Downloading may take some time if you have a slow internet connection. Once downloaded you will then be prompted to install the games. You then may have to restart your computer to begin poker play. Two sites featured here (PokerRoom and PacificPoker) are no download sites. Many sites offer instruction and Empire Poker offers lessons on how to play poker. Opening an account will require some personal information. If you only intend to play free games usually you only have to provide your name and email address. We recommend trying the free games at an Online Poker Room Site before playing for real money if you run out of fun money you can request more. It allows you to get used to the site and practice against real poker players from around the world. There is no better way to learn how to play poker than by playing. Playing online poker allows you to select your actions before your turn by pushing down a button or highlighting a box, it is important to get accustomed to these buttons and where they are located on the site. You will also be able to select auto-blind to post you small and big blinds and auto muck to auto muck your hands. The poker games are pretty much the same from site to site but the pace of play and the look and feel or the sites can be quite different. Try a few sites to find one that suits you. If you intend to play real money games you will have to provide more information like your address and your preferred method of funding your account. Most sites feature an incentive to sign up for real play, a first time depositor bonus is the most common. It can be advantageous to register real money accounts at several sites and not deposit immediately as the Poker Rooms may increase the signup incentive if you do not immediately deposit. To play real money poker games requires you to deposit money into your Real Money account, this can usually be done by Credit Card or by one of several Online Banking Methods Details of funding methods are available here. Once you account is funded you are ready to play, go to the game menu and select a game that you wish to play, try to find a level of play you are comfortable with. Usually you winnings will sent to you by mail or to your online banking account. Credit Card purchases usually will be refunded to your credit card up to the amount you purchased on the card, anything over and above that will usually be mailed to you as a bank draft sent to your Neteller or Firepay account.. The Poker Games themselves are the same games as played in Poker Rooms everywhere, the cards are dealt the rounds of betting take place and the pots are won. Some sites allow you to play more than one game at once, it is even possible to play games at different rooms at once. It is advisable before playing any game to make sure you know the rules of the games. It is extremely important that you also know the rankings of hands for the games you play, it can be hard to make decisions at the table if you don't know if a flush beats a full house or if a straight is a high hand or a low hand in a hi/lo game. We would like to stress again that online poker gives an opportunity to learn the game either by playing against real people for free or for whatever stakes you would like to play. Start slowly at low stakes or play money games. Chat is another feature of online Poker Rooms. Usually there is a chat box with a line where you can type your messages. By using chat you can communicate with the other players from around the world. You can also turn chat features off or just listen in. Some sites allow you to chat even if you are not playing. Do not discuss the hand currently in play. Player support is provided at each of the sites and allows to communicate with the site and get help when you need it, use it if you are having trouble with the games or other players. Problem resolutions for disconnection problems are described here. |
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