Party Poker is a very well respected online poker site that has been online since 2001. Party Poker is one online poker site that players can go to knowing they are going to be able to get in on a lot of great poker games any time they feel like they want to play. Back when they allowed US players, they were the world’s largest online poker site. They still have a lot to offer their customers, though.

From the moment a new player goes to the Party Poker site they will see that it is a very busy and popular online poker site where players from all over meet up to enjoy playing poker in a great environment that can be counted on to entertain them and offer them a lot of opportunities for as long as they remained logged in and want to play.

Games: Party Poker is most known for its ability to offer online poker players some of the best Texas Holdem games online. The Texas Holdem games here are always in full swing. Some of the other games available for player to enjoy at Party Poker include Omaha, 7 card stud, and many other poker variations. One thing a player can count on with the games here is that there is always going to be some great competition and plenty of table choices which have various numbers of players.

Promotions: One of the first things that will capture a player’s attention when they check out the promotions section of Party poker is that this site offers many different bonuses and promotions. There are a very impressive number of promotions here which allows players to get in on a lot of opportunities.

One great promotion is the Bad Beat Jackpot. This promotion will allow players to have the chance to not feel so bad when they lose. Any player interested in this or other great promotions will want to read all of the information on the promotions section of the site so they make sure they understand the rules and conditions of the promotions. Also for new players, you can receive a 100% Welcome Bonus worth up to $/£/€100.

Software: Party Poker also makes sure its players can enjoy an error free gaming environment so they can concentrate on playing poker and having a great time rather than dealing with problems and issues. The graphics at Party Poker are also great and leave players feeling like they are sitting at a real table.

Party Poker also offers their players the ability to download the software on to their computers, or choose the instant play feature which will allow them to play directly in their web browser.

Customer Support: Party Poker also offers players all of the customer support they could want from the online poker site they play on. The customer support team can be reached by email and by telephone. They are available to assist their players 24 hours a day, seven days a week. There is also a helpful FAQ section that can answer many of the players more commonly asked questions.

Site Navigation: Party Poker is a very user friendly poker site that makes it a point to include a lot of helpful information on their site so players can stay well informed of how things work on the site.

Deposit Methods: Party Poker provides players with many ways to deposit their funds into their online poker account so each player will be able to find the best one for them. The accepted deposit methods which are available at Party Poker include credit cards, NETeller, FirePay, Western Union, eChecksby, wire transfers, IGMPay, bank drafts, money orders, cashier’s checks, and checks. This gives players all of the choices they should need in order to make their deposits in a way that will work the best for them.

All new from the Littlewoods Gaming network is a brand new poker site called GameOn Poker.

Littlewoods Gaming was established in 1923 and has been a trusted and well known name in the UK for a long time. Rest assured that Game On Poker will also get the most experienced and reputable poker experiences on the net.

Currently, GameOn has a 100% welcome bonus worth up to £200 for new players on their first deposit. Unlike many other poker sites that makes you earn all of your bonus money before you receive it, GameOn has decided that they will give you 25% of your total bonus upfront to play with. The other 75% is to be earned in a fashion similar to how you would at most other poker sites. You must accumulate bonus points to receive the rest of your bonus. 15 bonus points will earn you £1.

Also, there are satellites that are currently running now at GameOn Poker and you can win a chance to play in this year’s Irish Open, which takes place from April 2nd – 5th in Dublin, Ireland. These satellites are played every Sunday at 20:05 GMT until March 21.

The Irish Open package includes the $5,240 tournament buy-in, $1,260 for travel, $800 for 7 nights accommodation, $500 spending money and $200 towards exclusive events.

GameOn Poker’s game selection

One of the great things about GameOn Poker’s site is that there is a How to Play section that explains anything you want to know about the games that they offer, how the tournaments work, how to play multiple hands at the same time, how the jackpots work, etc.

They have single table, multi table and tournament games to choose from for the following poker games: Texas Hold’em, seven card stud, seven card stud hi/lo, omaha hi, omaha hi/lo. Each game can be played either with no limit or pot limit on betting.

GameOn Poker also has Double or Nothing tournaments where half of the people who enter double up and the other half get nothing! With so many interesting ways to play, why not give GameOn Poker a try?

This is a unique online poker tournament unlike any you’ve probably seen before. At Doyle’s Room, they are hosting a special bounty tournament in which you can receive $500 for beating any one of the three “Brunson 10″ poker pros that will be playing in this tournament. The three poker pros are Amit “Amak316″ Makhija, Chris “MoormanI” Moorman and Zach “CrazyZach” Clark.

In addition to the bounty out on each of the pros, every player participating in this tournament will have a bounty of $10 on their head. That means every player you knock out is another $10 for you.

Tournament Information

This tournament cost a total of $22 to enter. $10 goes to the prize pool. The second $10 is for your bounty chip.

The “Beat the Brunson 10″ poker tournament starts tonight, February 1 at 9 PM Eastern. In order to play in this tournament, you must have a DoylesRoom account. If you do not have one, you can click on the banner below to sign up.

Doyle’s Room Bio

Doyle’s Room is an online poker room that is endorsed by the one and only 10-Time WSOP legend Doyle Brunson, the most trusted name in poker. If you sign up at DoylesRoom, you can receive a 110% signup bonus worth up to $550 free on your first deposit. For existing customers, you can also take advantage of a 25% reload bonus.

Couple things to note for Doyle’s Rooms bonus:
1) Initial deposit of $30 minimum to be eligible to receive this bonus
2) You have to play a lot to be able to receive the whole amount of this bonus

The way the bonus works is that you get 1 Frequent Player Point (FPP) for every $1 Rake you contribute and 7 FPPs for every $1 tournament fee. You will receive bonus money in $10 increments for each 167 FPP you earn. If you played only tournaments with a $2 fee, like the one tonight, then it would take you approximately 12 tournaments per every $10 earned.

Any time is a good time to play poker at Doyle’s Room. There are hundreds of table games and tournaments with up to a million dollars guaranteed each week.

You can play any of the following poker games at Doyle’s Room:

• Texas Hold’em (Fixed Limit, Pot Limit, No Limit)
• Omaha High (Fixed Limit, Pot Limit, No Limit)
• Omaha Hi-Lo (Fixed Limit, Pot Limit, No Limit)
• 7 Card Stud (Fixed Limit, Pot Limit, No Limit)
• 5 Card Stud (Fixed Limit, Pot Limit, No Limit)

Doyle’s room is open to US players except for the following states: Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington State, and Wisconsin.

Tip #4 – Simple Steps to Improve Your Poker Game

Ok, its a little bit of a more general post this week. Here are some of the simple steps you can take to improve your poker game.

Everybody loves to play poker. Why not, since it can bring a lot of money and bragging rights when you win your home poker game. Being even a little bit casual and not focused on the game and you will find yourself losing your money. So you need to keep some simple things in your mind while you are risking your hard earned money in this game.

These are more guidelines to follow while you are playing and are some of the more basic tips for those who are just starting to play in tournaments and against their buddies. Some simple steps are listed below.

No need of playing every hand

Beginners always play too many hands and this causes them to lose early. Here’s a couple of pointers. The number of people at your table should dictate how much you play. If there are 9 or 10 people playing, then the most you will want to get involved is about 1 out of every 4 to 5 hands.

Once there is 6 or fewer, you have to change up and start playing more. If you don’t, then people will fold when you bet and take your blinds away from you. When you get down to the point where people are concerned about holding on to win some money, that’s when you start to bluff and take advantage of the other players weakness.

What hands should you fold? At a table with 9 or 10 players, depending on how many people are in or have yet to act, you may want to fold anything worse than a King-9 suited, Queen-jack or a pair of 8′s.

Drinking Deteriorates Thinking

I’m kind of proud of myself for that rhyme. Drinking too much alcohol may be fun and your more unpredictable. But you will predictably lose most of the time. Your judgment goes to crap when your Irish eyes are smiling.

Plus, you negate any advantages that you can take away from others like who is full of BS and who is likely to fold.

Don’t bluff too much

This especially holds true on the internet. People just love to call, even if they only have a small pair. Bluffing is an art which needs to be learned. You should never bluff too much, or otherwise people will be expecting it and will try to use that to take you out of the game.

Also, you have to know who your bluffing against. Is it the person who hangs on to their chips and won’t commit? Then that person is very easy to bluff against to win. Did that person just raise you? Time to pack your bags or fold your hand.

Never be in a hand because you are already in it

I know your the big blind and it’s tempting to play that 6-2 off suit. But if someone raises you, don’t call. Best case scenario is that you fold after the flop and feel stupid. The worse case scenario is that you actually make something on your hand, then promptly lose your money to a better hand.

This also includes calling all the time to try to make your straight or flush. It seems like if your one card away from the flush after the flop, you should have a 1 in 2 chance of making the flush. You don’t, its more around the lines of 1 in 4 because of the cards in your hand and on the board.

Don’t check to see what your cards are until it is your turn to bet

This is a great tool to use, it prevents people from picking up tells about your hand. People will see what you do when you fold and what you will do when you have a great hand. Don’t give them more information than you need to.

Never play with money that you can’t afford to lose

This is the most important of all. Winning in poker is far from guaranteed. You should always play within your limits so that you can take care of your business.

Tip #3 – Spot and Exploit the Weaknesses in your Opponent’s Poker Game

No matter which game you are playing, being a master of your own skills is not the only thing that is going to make you win. To over power your opponent is necessary to know about him strengths and weaknesses. Of these two, knowing the weaknesses is more important.

If you are on a table with 5 players, having an idea of their game plans and the loopholes in it can give you a wonderful opportunity to actually exploit their weakness to your advantage. Every player on the table is human and every person has a unique style.

These styles can be put into categories according to the basic nature of game play.

Different types of poker players

Tight Poker Players

A player may be called ‘tight’, if he makes his bets very restrictively. He may think too much before making a bet can even if he makes one, he will not make it big.

In case you are playing against a tight player, you will face problem in knowing what they up to. They don’t make their moves easily. So, it becomes very difficult to make out their hands. The best solution is to try to steal their blinds. Make your efforts to steals from the blind and from the dealer and the player sitting on the dealer’s immediate left.

Most times, you will find that these players will only play hands like QJ, K10 or A8 or better.

Loose Poker Players

A player, on the other hand can be ‘loose’ if he makes his bets very freely. Such player will not think too much making his bets and raising them. Loose players are a double edge sword. You want to play them because you will win the most money off of these people. You just have to have your wits about you when they are actually are holding onto cards.

If you’re playing against a loose player, he will play his cards freely. In such a situation, you have to take your time and wait for the right card to be played by him. Once you get the correct opportunity, you should strike. The best thing about the loose players is that they want to increase the size of the pot and this can be very beneficial if you looking to get the big win.

Aggressive Poker Players

A player may be called ‘Aggressive’ if he looks to bet on cards which may not even be worth of betting on. His motive is try to get the other players into making bets and making haste. He knows well that ‘haste makes waste’ and is trying to make the other players make the ‘waste’.

You have to play carefully with the aggressive players as they can drive you in the wrong direction. You can think that you can beat this aggressive play, but these players will often lure others into a trap.

A favorite move I often see is that the aggressive player will show when he has beaten you with a bluff. This will make the player who folded more suspicious and thus the aggressive player will more easily get a call out of them. Usually, the next time you play the aggressive player, he’s waiting to set a trap or get you to call each time.

Passive Poker Players

A passive player on the other hand is the one who sits back and watches the game. He will just look what’s happening and will not make any striking decisions He will just flow with the game and not try to turn the table in into a battleground like the aggressive player.

You have to take the benefit of the passive players as they just go with flow of the table and thus their moves are easier to guess. They are relatively easy to play against. Bet on the flop to get them to fold. If they didn’t fold and just call, they have one of a couple of things: top pair, second pair with a high kicker, two over-cards or a draw of some kind.

Passive players do not raise often, so fold when they do.

Timing is everything

Now, what you have got to do is to recognize every player, as the right type and make your strategy according to your observation. Players of each type have their own weaknesses and knowing them will enable you to exploit them.

Also, the timing of your exploitation has to be right. Usually, the longer you wait in the game, the bigger the pot gets. The right time is when you make the most things. If you make your moves too early, you might end up winning a ‘mini-pot’ and if you are too late, you may end up losing the game.

Here’s a great example that I will sometime use. Late in your home tournament, there are still several players left (between 4 and 6). If you have stayed silent for several hands, you can wait until your at or close to the button and put a moderate raise up to try to steal the blinds.

However, don’t wait too long until you are short stacked. If you do that, you have already gone to the phase where you will inevitable be all-in if someone calls.

In any of the above cases, the right thing to do is to have patience and to keep trying to recognize the playing styles of the players. If you get their weaknesses right, you will be able to exploit them to your advantage.