| The differences between online poker and
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| | intimidating, particularly for the new
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| more traditional poker table games are
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| | player and just is not that inviting for
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| sometimes not as obvious as they may
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| | the beginner. They are apt to feel out of
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| seem.
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| | their league, and, if others at the table
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| Unlike sitting down at a poker table with
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| | have more experience or are strangers,
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| friends, online poker has an added
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| | they are apt to feel intimidated.
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| dimension these days. There is a lot of
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| | The online poker experience is quite
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| pressure from many quarters to make
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| | different. There is an anonymity which
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| online poker illegal, particularly in the
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| | protects the psyche of the "newbie". They
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| United States. You will almost always
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| | can watch games as long as they want
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| know if the table game you are playing is
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| | before actually taking part.
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| in an area where poker is legal, but it
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| | Additionally, most online venues will
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| is getting harder to know if this is true
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| | have tutorials and practice games for
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| about poker played online.
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| | beginners that help ease the learning
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| In spite of these gray areas, millions in
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| | process. Sometimes the main site will
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| the U. S. and around the world regularly
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| | actually have a completely separate site
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| enjoy participating in online poker games
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| | set up strictly for the beginner. Another
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| from the comfort of their own homes. Just
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| | helper for the beginner is that online
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| to give this some perspective, in 2005,
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| | games tend to have buttons labeled for
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| the revenue from online poker was
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| | the various actions and often include
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| reported to be in the vicinity of $200
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| | on-screen prompts for the appropriate
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| million.
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| | action.
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| Not only is online poker generating huge
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| | Internet poker sites also offer a range
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| amounts of revenue and creating new
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| | of limits so that the beginning player
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| millionaires, among players, site owners,
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| | can actually start betting pennies. Not
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| and affiliates of poker sites, but, due
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| | only is the betting easy, but so is the
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| to its pervasive influence, the appeal of
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| | access. Unlike a table game, an online
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| poker in general is growing. The public
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| | game can be found 24 hours a day from
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| is not only gaining knowledge about
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| | anywhere in the world that there is a
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| poker, but is showing an interest in all
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| | computer and an Internet connection.
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| things poker. From the tables to the
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| | There are, however, two drawbacks to
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| chips at the table, to the people who
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| | playing online, particularly if one's
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| play at the tables, poker is huge.
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| | goal is to eventually participate in the
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| Poker players such as Chris Ferguson
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| | highly televised poker tournaments
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| (Jesus), Annie Duke, and her brother
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| | occupying more prime time slots on TV.
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| Howard Lederer (The Professor), and Hoyt
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| | First, there is the hurdle of actually
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| Corkins (The Alabama Cowboy), to name a
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| | sitting and playing at the table itself.
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| few, had never been heard of by the
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| | No amount of online preparation can
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| public a few months ago. Now they are
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| | duplicate or offset the first few times
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| celebrities in their own right. Even
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| | you find yourself in a chair across from
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| people who have been celebrities, such as
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| | a Doyle Brunson, Chris Moneymaker, or
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| Jennifer Tilly, Ben Affleck, and Mimi
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| | Daniel Negreanu.
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| Rogers have traded in the bright lights
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| | Second, although it IS possible, it is
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| of Hollywood for the green felt of the
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| | exceedingly difficult to bluff at an
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| poker table - at least on occasion.
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| | online poker game and even harder to
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| While many of these famous people play in
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| | learn how to read your opponents.
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| tournaments sitting at the table with the
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| | Look on the bright side, however. It IS
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| celebrities of poker, most mortals enter
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| | easy to learn basic poker skills and
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| the poker arena via online poker websites
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| | improve your technique online, and you
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| such as partypoker.com, pokerstars.com,
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| | won't have to worry about your poker
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| or
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| | face!
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| Sitting at a poker table can be
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