The unending cycle of online poker strategies

A lot of resources about online poker playing have been distributed worldwide – whether online or in books. They can speak about poker tips and strategies that a player could use in his game. The more it would be helpful to a gamer if it came from poker experts and those who have been in the game for quite some time. Hence, beginners would know the ins and outs of poker playing and would learn how to play the game effectively in just a quick span of time. What these experts have learned for months and years of playing can now be learned in a matter of hours or days. That is most possible with online poker since a player can play hundreds (or even thousands) of tables in a day.

But as strategies are often being used and as game play progress, individuals would see the strategy pretty much repetitive, would find it pretty boring, and would want to start something new. Thus, the need for a refresher.

While experts expose their gaming secrets, individuals who are learning them are also discovering strategies on their own making a counter-strategy. When all seems so “usual”, their counters would be the next masterpiece in online poker playing. And the cycle starts there.

In online poker, once a strategy is learned, practiced, and perfected, a counterpart would always emerge as a winning strategy. And as the discovering of strategy and trends goes on, so does the counter-strategies. How this would end is unknown. How this started is much easier to answer – it started with one good strategy.

Tips for Online Poker

Poker enthusiasts are always in search for tips and strategies on how to have a better game in online poker. Each tip and strategy they learn would all be a part of winning the game. Simply sitting, joining and playing in an online poker room can give lots of ideas to players on how they should play poker.

The game of online poker is pretty tricky. You learn a tip here, but what you learned could also be used against you. Just like fast check. If your opponent checks instantly, it is a good sign. You could wager in a reasonable amount and possibly earn the pot. However, the experts would use this against you. They would probably check so that you’ll raise the amount in the pot not knowing they have a better hand.

Another tip that can go around against you is to wait before you put on a wager. When you got a good hand, you need to wait for the others to place a bet in order for you to place your bet and hopefully get most of your opponents’ money. The caution here, however, is to be careful for those who are also taking a longer time to bet. They might be just after the same goal as you are or they may just be bluffing.

But there are also tips that can work really well with you, whatever game of online poker you are player or whatever is your strategy. You probably have read in various websites and blogs on this one: betting patterns. A player should note the betting patterns of his opponents – when they bet high and when they bet low, and how much they bet with strong cards and weak cards. Cliché it may seem but this is one good poker tip one should take note of. It is in observing how others would play will you know how to play the game.

Basically, poker tips are just for guidance and not for strict compliance. It is not your 100% ticket to winning. It’s a matter on how one would take on the tips and use it in their online poker game.

Reference:
http://www.internet-poker.co.uk/Poker-Strategy/Top-Online-Poker-Tips/

On Ireland’s Online Gambling Industry

With the rise of online gambling, probably every corner of the world has been venturing in the said industry, and many more are making their moves to legalize online gambling in their respective places. As much as the government would push the disadvantages of online gambling – like gambling addiction and probable frauds – it is still undeniable that this said industry could possibly bring great revenues to a country. That has been the hold of online gamblers in what seems to be a very long debate on online gambling’s legalization.

However, in Ireland, their country’s online gambling industry is way far behind and probably, you could say, is living in the past. Their gambling industry remains regulated by the Betting Act of 1931, “an act to make provision for the better regulation and control of persons engaged in the business of bookmaking, and for that and other purposes to amend the law relating to betting and betting-houses”; and the Gaming and Lotteries Act 1956, “an act to amend the law relating to gaming and lotteries”. These laws barred Ireland to make online gambling possible within Ireland, making it quite a waste for Ireland’s big contribution in the online gambling industry.

According to the co-director of Gaming and Leisure Association, David Hickson, Ireland has “a great opportunity to expand into the online casino sector”. This means that Ireland is a potential country to operate online casinos but are just really prohibited to be so because of their online gambling laws.

If only Ireland would make a move, like the US, to legalize online gambling in their country, they could possibly provide approximately 5,000 new jobs and can give their employees a worthy salary for them to enjoy. Also, this could be a good avenue, like other countries, for Ireland to get good revenues by placing the right percentage of tax on the possible online casinos that they could produce.

And if Ireland would make a move, they should move now or they might lose a big opportunity in online gambling now that every country is starting to, also, make a move about it.

Online Poker once again hits the TV screens

It’s one reality show after the other for online poker. After the launching of G4’s “2 Months, $2 Millions”, another poker reality TV show is set to hit the airwaves soon.

Rounders House is a new reality TV show that, like the rest of online poker reality shows, will feature poker players playing poker inside a house surrounded by camera 24/7. The concept is more of online poker playing and Big Brother in one. The show is set to be filmed in Las Vegas this autumn.

Rounders House contestants should compete and win in various online poker tournaments to qualify for the show. What’s at stake is a 4-days stay in Vegas – airfare, food, and lodging provided, play poker and receive instructions from the pool of poker pros, live tournaments, and of course, money and fame.

Every day, the qualified contestants will be faced with challenges, play poker, and win some cash for themselves and (here’s the twist!) for their chosen charity.

Online poker doing publicity to hopefully gain attention is probably one of their ways to promote online poker for officials to consider the game as “acceptable”. This might be the most credible evidence they could hand on the table to prove that there is nothing illegal with online poker gambling.However, the contestants being set to play in the show should also show the earnestness towards this goal and be responsible in the kind of gaming that they would put up in playing online poker in the show – and they should try to see what the show’s goal is. They should know that this show is for not just for the money, but also for the future of online poker in United States – even if they’ll just play pretend, it would be the least that they could do.

Online gaming laws in Italy changes

Being a worldwide concern, a big change in Italy’s online gaming laws would seem like a big leap to people’s plea on legalizing online poker.

Brought about by recent events, Italy’s online gaming regulator Amministrazione Autonoma dei Monopoli di Stato (AAMS) would be allowing operators to offer poker cash games, casino games and new forms of betting by the end of the year. Due to the earthquake that happened last April, and the failure of Italy’s ISP blocking system, the future legal changes of the country’s egaming is closely possible to fully legalizing online gambling in the country which most of the involved parties are delighted about.

According to Carlo Gualandri, chief executive of Italian poker site Gioco Digitale, in his Right to Reply written last month that this move of Italy’s online gaming regulator has come to no surprise. What they’re more concerned about is to how and when this implementation and legalization would happen. All that they need to do is “to provide a complete portfolio of online products defined in a legal and regulated form”.

These legal regulations on online gaming set by Italy would soon be copied and followed by France, but having this situation however, would not really assure an effective egaming regulation in different parts of the European market.

This issue on legalizing online gaming and gambling isn’t just an issue in Italy or in the United States, and it is not merely an issue of the government holding tight on their present laws or the people pushing their plight to change it. This is more of freedom, what people would want and knowing that there are limitations in what they are asking for. As of now, people could just settle on this stage of pushing and fighting the tug-of-war of online gaming legalization.