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Mastering the Art of Online Poker: Tips from the Pros

06.02.2024
Mastering the Art of Online Poker: Tips from the Pros
Online poker has revolutionized the game, bringing together players from all corners of the globe. It's a game where skill, strategy, and a touch of luck intertwine, offering endless opportunities for those willing to immerse in its intricacies. Whether you're a novice looking to place your first bet or a seasoned player aiming to refine your strategy, mastering online poker requires more than just understanding the rules.
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Best Places to Play Online Poker as a Beginner
Best Places to Play Online Poker as a Beginner
Online poker offers a platform for beginners to learn and grow. It provides a variety of environments, each with its own characteristics. Beginners in online poker can find places that are welcoming and suitable for developing their skills.
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An Introduction to Online Poker
An Introduction to Online Poker
The last few years have seen more people than ever before turning to online and poker fans have been well looked after. But we do understand that the game can seem a little inclusive to an outsider, so how do you take those first steps into a poker playing future?
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Russian blockchain poker room Cash Poker Pro conquers messengers
Russian blockchain poker room Cash Poker Pro conquers messengers

On October, 26 ICO (fundraising) for a quite interesting blockchain project has started. It is a virtual poker room Cash Poker Pro from Russian-speaking developers. They plan on raising $30,000,000 till November, 18th with most of the means going for the needs of marketing (with full-scale ad campaign starting next year) and further development.

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Virtue Poker: Poker Room of the Future on Blockchain
Virtue Poker: Poker Room of the Future on Blockchain

The project Virtue Poker that is about to become the first blaockchain-room with full de-centralization and maximal transparency in operation has inked deals with two famous players – Dan Coleman and Brian Rast. This is an extraordinary event so we’ve decided to have a closer look at this project.

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Spin & Go Max: new format at PokerStars with rake of 9%!
Spin & Go Max: new format at PokerStars with rake of 9%!

We’ve recently told you about the new loyalty program Chests from the most famous poker room in the world. It has been clear back then that the trend we could follow tracing the activity of the company didn’t promise any good news for the true poker fans. The worst predictions have come to life as Spin & Go Max turned out to be an analogue of BLAST at 888Poker – spin-n-go tournaments with the function of forced all-in.

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Chests from PokerStars: new bonus program starts on July, 7th
Chests from PokerStars: new bonus program starts on July, 7th

Starting from July, 7th all the countries implement new loyalty program: Stars Rewards. No more VPP and VIP Steps. From now on, there are only chests… CHESTS! This is another step towards turning online poker to some sort of slot or social network games variation. All the details are below.

The biggest poker room announced this way of rewarding its regular users in April this year, but the details were unclear back then. In May, official blog has a post about what is Stars Rewards.

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PokerStars develops a Hearthstone-like game
PokerStars develops a Hearthstone-like game

Power Up is a so-called poker hybrid of poker and card video game. Currently there is a closed alpha-test, so the final release is far away. The game reminds HoldemX, the development of the company of Alex Dreyfus, one of the most famous innovators in the world of poker.

There was a new trend in gaming-industry that has been formed during the latest years – it is card games. Not poker, but close (or not so close) analogues of Magic: The Gathering, a popular table and online game.

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PokerStars Attacks Regulars Again
PokerStars Attacks Regulars Again

In its new update, the world’s largest room did what it was long asked for: started an active fight against bumhunters and scripts. PokerStars.es is already testing an automatic system of seating of players. Which means that soon it will be impossible to select specific tables or tag along weak players.

The room’s blog summarizes the major changes. The most important one is the Seat Me button. A player selects a game (e.g., No Limit Hold'em) and limit (say $1/2). Then clicks Seat Me to be placed at a random table at this limit.

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HighStakesDB opened an access to graphs of all online high rollers
HighStakesDB opened an access to graphs of all online high rollers

New Year holidays came a little bit earlier for poker players as in the biggest high stakes database HighStakesDB opened a public access to closed-before accounts of the highrollers on some unknown reason in the middle of December. Now we all know how much really did Red baron, Alexander Kostritsyn, Ragen70, Ben Tolleren, Nanonoko and many other top pros earn.

HighStakesDB shattered pink glasses of many. The website suddenly decided to open the graphs of the players to the public eyes, though no permission was granted to them. Still, we have an opportunity to know how much did the most famous online players earn this year and throughout their careers.

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Alexander “joiso” Kostritsyn – Best Online Player of 2016
Alexander “joiso” Kostritsyn – Best Online Player of 2016

During the previous year, Russian high roller Alexander “joiso” Kostritsyn earned about $1.5 million and was the only one to show a seven-digit result in the positive range. All this became known through HighStakesDB that opened for public access the previously closed accounts of most of online high rollers.

It stands to mention the significant decline in activity at the highest stakes. At the moment, online high rollers can only play on PokerStars at very castrated stakes (as compared with the old Full Tilt), and the field itself has tightened significantly while big fishes now deserve to be listed in a database of rare species.

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How Much Money Do Top Players Actually Have?
How Much Money Do Top Players Actually Have?

Everyone loves to count other people's money. It is bad taste, but that is human nature. Poker is all about money, after all, so little wonder. Let us cut to the case. Do you want to know what bankrolls the world’s top live and online players command? Do you want to know how much they make a year? We will use the help of Douglas Polk, one of the world’s top online high rollers.

This is by far not the first time we have talked about the earnings of MTT and cash players. We have tried to figure out if it is hard being a tournament player, compared potential profits in the two disciplines, and once even tried to find out who won the more money in a given year, live or online high rollers.

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Poker in China: Red Bull cans instead of prize money
Poker in China: Red Bull cans instead of prize money

As you might know, gambling is officially prohibited in China. It doesn’t stop poker enthusiast though. Just like in any other country where gambling is prohibited, the Chinese think of their own ways and tricks to bypass the law. Besides, donэt forget about many underground games around the country.

At the moment, official poker life in China is centered in Macao, and is quite poor in comparison with Vegas, for instance. This comparison isn’t correct even. Vegas is head and shoulders above Macao.

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Red Baron of the high stakes
Red Baron of the high stakes

One of the major peculiarities of online poker is that players remain relatively anonymous. When you are playing cash games or tournaments in poker clubs – you will be identified in the future this way or another. But when you only see an avatar, some random nickname and country of the player – it is easy to create atmosphere of mystery around yourself.

We seldom write about online poker. It is not our profile. However, sometimes there are interesting stories there. And it doesn’t make sense to leave them without our attention: why limit ourselves with some unnecessary borders.

Besides, the topic of the article is somehow connected with live poker as well.

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"Limit Hold'em King" Feruell is incriminated in brazen buttoning

Should one eliminate respect from poker – there will be only market relations. Soulless chips trade, pure competition with no conscience involved. Limit Hold’em is pretty close to that. It is quite regular to use sitting scripts at top stakes for a long time. There are also various forms of angle shooting in practice. Russian top regular Feruell is accused of heavy buttoning and he admits it.

“King of Limit” Feruell, one of the most famous Russian regulars, was banned at PokerStars in July 2013 for buttoning (avoiding posting blinds).

Stars sent Feruell a warning – should he continue breaking the rules, he will imminently receive permanent ban. And so it happened. Elite regular with still secret name (what gives him some sort of being fantastic) can’t play in the biggest poker room on the planet:

“Well, I have my PokerStars account closed. Forever… I had a warning before that for some bullshit, I wrote about this on 2+2 with the text from PokerStars support. Now I have permanent ban.”

Despite all the irreversibility and strictness of punishment, Feruell got his right to play at PokerStars back. Looks like he found “the right words” in conversation with the security department.

And now we have this thread in the end of March 2016 where the mysterious player gets old accusations in the other room.

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