27 Aug 10

[ English ]

I continue my articles about learning to master net poker at low limit stakes. In the last article I wrote about the possibility of winning in a gambling establishment. So you can ask why poker is different.

In web poker you do not wager on towards the gambling house, you bet on versus other gamblers!

That is why your opportunity of succeeding (not losing) is so various than in the case of gambling den games.

A number of additional thoughts: Of course the betting house has its revenue on this casino game too, but this just isn’t a prize rather a fix or percentage fee. It is possible to imagine this charge like a hosting charge for the game. Live gambling establishments used to collect hourly fees but on the internet there is the so-called "rake". It signifies that at the end of every single hand the casino gets a number of percentage of the prize (the pot).

Back to the point, the poker is not bet towards the betting house it is played in opposition to other players. That’s why there is certainly no system determined in advance versus which you cannot earn, the probability of succeeding only depends on your game wager on and the playing style of your opponents.

So in case you wish to earn you might have to pay attention to 2 things:

  • You ought to play greater and better.
  • You must play with weaker competitors.

The 1st point goes without having saying except let us talk concerning the second. What if everybody in the table plays with the very same knowledge? Depending around the hand one will win a bit then other will win except in the long run nobody will win. The gambling den will collect the rake so all of them will lose. It implies that you are able to earn if the difference of the average abilities of the other players and your knowledge is bigger than the rake. ( Because you might have to pay for the rake).

How can you win then? The two extreme cases are:

  • You are the ideal poker player for the world.
  • You bet on only with someone who does not even know the rules.

Regrettably none of the cases seem to achieve easy, except there is certainly no require to. It’s enough if you take into consideration them in the very same time. When you happen to be a new gambler attempt to locate opponents weaker than you, and in the event you gets lots of experience you’ll be able to try with stronger opponents.

You can say here that it can be ethical to have the money of a weaker player? Well, let’s see this question from an additional point of view. Those who read this content want to acquire money in the poker. So we can see this like a business. And in the business entire world you’ll find competitors. And in the business world the weak will become bankrupt. A little bit cynical? Yes. But that is what the poker about.


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