roman9555 asked:


I would like it less than 350$, so I dont need a really really nice one. Maybe to seat 5-7 people? Green felt, maybe spaces for our chips? Any one know a site that sells somewhat cheap poker tables?

Im having a birthday part in 30 days, Im a huge poker player and so are most of my friends, so thats going to be the theme of my party. Anyone have any ideas how to have a fun themed poker party?

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Marty Smith asked:


The most common error with new online poker players is bankroll management. That generally relates to playing in a game or tournament with too much of their poker bankroll at risk at any one game. This may be a shocker for you new players, but if you have just deposited $100 and that is your worldly poker bankroll then you should be playing no higher than $2 sit and go tournaments and .25/.50 limit ring games. Many of you probably thought that depositing $100 was going to last you some time, but playing over those guidelines will prove to be costly for players still learning the game.

The biggest rule breaker in regards to bankroll management is playing above your skill level and your poker account balance. Playing above your bankroll translates into this… those who do so are the fish of this game, because due to the mathematical variance of this game which can be tough sometimes, you will downswing – even when playing to the best of your ability. Now, WHEN you do downswing your bankroll will be adversely affected to a point where you may have to reload – if you were playing at a limit too high. This should hardly ever happen if you are serious about building your skills and bankroll.

In other words, if you lose a tournament or have a losing session, at worst, you may be forced to move down a level, but by sticking to some tight bankroll rules, you won`t have to reload. The pro players often recommend a general rule of thumb to never have more than 10% of your bankroll in any particular game or session. For new players, that is WAY TOO high, because their error variance is far lower than yours. You should consider 5% the maximum while playing even lower is probably better because of the fact, that you are also building skills and getting valuable experience. You want your funds to go as far as they can while you sharpen your skill set and learn to adjust for the wide variety of opponents you will find online.

The absolute, best way to learn and win at online poker is to use OPM or other players ‘ money right? I mean what could be better than not only getting better and learning at the game, but doing it on somebody else ‘ s deposit? With that in mind, stick to a low deposit between $50 and $100 and challenge yourself to make it last as long as you can. I am not talking a few hours here, I am talking weeks. Play at the micro levels because there is where you will find the weakest competition. If you can’t beat the micro limits and $1 and 2$ full tilt sit and go tournaments then you might want to do some more reading and studying. A poker calculator can help, as well as posting your controversial hands in a forum for analysis. You will not find a shortage of other players willing to help.

Eventually you will find that your $50 grows to $100, then $150, then $325 and so on. All taken from your opponents accounts, not yours. That is when you know you can move up to another level, start multi-tabling, and get into deeper analysis with your own play and reading opponents.



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Brian Garvin asked:


Robert Williamson III is an American Professional Poker Player and has been always in the headlines for his unique gaming styles and stunts. The man of great skill in poker did his B.B.A in finance and also has a degree in real estate from Angelo State University. Apart from his interest in the poker, he has some other talents too. For example, Williamson organizes and hosts an annual golf tournament in Costa Rica. He started playing poker from an early age and since then he has mastered the techniques of the game in a fantastic way.

It is said that his father took him in the world of poker where he excelled himself to one of one of the bests. In fact, at his interviews he admits that he learnt a lot from his father. So far his expertise is concerned; Robert Williamson III gives his best in the Omaha games with a lot of notable finishes and has won a number of WSOP Omaha Tournaments ever since his gaming career. Apart from his specialization in the field of Omaha, he achieved two money fishes on the world Poker tour.

The man of great skill underwent two gastric bypass surgeries between 2002 and 2005. However, the operations left much impact in his life as he reduced a drastic amount of weight following the operations and this was the time that brought him to the world of online pokers. So far in his career, Robert Williamson III has won monetary rewards that exceed more than $1,800,000. As per his close friends state, he is completely a family man and the name of his wife is Cate.

In the course of his journey through the pokers, Williamson adopted the name of “Miss. Lulu” in the Full Tilt Online Poker Series and became fourth in the competition among 3,217 competitors. In addition to his fascination for poker, Robert Williamson III has opened a high-end custom gaming jewelry line with his wife that has become profoundly famous in the world of poker and has earned him a lot of money from allover the world of Poker Players.

Although, Robert Williamson III is yet to win any of the bracelets in the poker games, it is expected that this man of immense talent will win the same honor very soon. This we can expect from him as he admits to the world that he wants to win a several bracelets. The man is in great love with the World Poker Tour and thus dreams to win one of them very soon. He is one of those ardent lovers of poker who has sacrificed his entire business only to concentrate in the poker to learn it more and to win thereby.

This trait is very uncommon in the entire history of gambling where a man is leaving well-settled career for the reason of a game that has been his passion since his childhood. Although Robert Williamson III has mastered himself with the finest techniques of Omaha games, he is equally efficient in other games of this discipline and has interest for those games that he wants to learn in the years to come.



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Andy Follin asked:


If you’re looking to make money playing cards online, your first thoughts will probably be Blackjack or Poker.

Blackjack has the lowest house edge of all casino games, so if you play with a proper strategy (like the simple 3 stage strategy) you stand a good chance of beating the house and turning a profit.

Poker gives you the ability to win money from other people, and if you find yourself at a table with players worse than you, the winnings can be considerable.

But both those games have their downfalls. Although Blackjack has a low house edge, the edge is still in the casino’s favour, so the longer you play, the more you’re likely to lose. You may be tempted, then, to look at other card games, like Baccarat or Pai Gow Poker. But, although simple, those games have worse odds of winning than Blackjack, so you’re actually worse off.

And though Poker can give you the chance to beat lesser players, you’ll eventually come across a table where you’re the ‘fish’ and someone else is the shark.

Even if you could find a ‘casino’ card game with a great house edge, in the USA all forms of online gambling are considered illegal.

If you want to make money from playing cards online, your ideal game will be skill-based, completely legal, played against real people, easy to learn and based on real strategy.

Such a game exists.

The game I’m talking about is Kalooki, a version of Gin Rummy, the world’s 3rd most popular game. Kalooki is a skill-based card game where you play against 1 to 3 opponents – at a single table, or in multi-table, multi-game tournaments against hundreds of opponents.

Buy-ins are low, but the winnings can be huge – if you know how to play and have the correct Kalooki strategy.

Imagine being in at the start of the online Poker boom, being one of a handful of players who knew the skills of the game. With Kalooki, that time is now!

Online Kalooki is still relatively new. Firms like Rummy Royal are actively pushing the game to the likes of online Poker players and online Bingo fans. As a result, the tables and tournaments are filled with new, fresh players still learning the game.

To make the offer more tempting, they’ll even offer you a welcome bonus. But if you know how to play, that money will soon be dwarfed by the winnings you’ll earn.

I’ve put together all my tips into one easy-to-understand format and published them on my Kalooki tips website, KalookiExpert.co.uk.

Why am I doing this? Well, to be honest, I don’t need easy money. What I want is the thrill of beating top-class Kalooki players from around the world. Fancy your chances of beating me? Bring it on!



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mazarate21 asked:


I’ve made quite a bit of money last year playing cash game poker on the side and I’m thinking of quitting my day job and going full time. How does a professional poker player file taxes and their annual salary? How does the IRS verify the income reported is true? Must you report every cent of your winnings minus the losses?

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Stacy Maxgate asked:


The fish is a poker term for the player who is going to be easiest to take money from. It is said that if you can not spot the fish at your table then you are the fish.

To avoid being instantly marked as the fish make sure not only appear as if this is not your first time in a texas holdem poker room in a casino but that you are there often. Make sure no matter how impressed by the place you are, you appear as if this is just another day playing texas holdem in the casino. If your skills at texas holdem will not allow you to go unnoticed then pick another game like roulette or blackjack.

Make sure you know how to play. Do not come into a casino poker room to thinking you will learn Texas Holdem as you play. This is not Uno it is Texas Holdem Poker and played for real money. I promise you that before you learn the game this way you will be broke and homeless. You should learn to play at home with friends or online in free money poker games against others or against the computer. Then as you improve start to play in online poker rooms for money.

If you were a spy trying to infiltrate into Russia during the cold war the CIA would have you trained on how to speak Russian and the proper idioms and accent as well so that you blend is as a local, well texas holdem has its own language as well and if you want to blend in as an experienced player you have to know the language as a native speaker. This means understanding what others are saying and being able to use the common expressions correctly in normal conversation. Not laughing at a joke because you did not understand it will make you stand out and some people are bound to notice and figure out you are not all you seem to be.

I am sure most of us have seen texas holdem on ESPN television and have sent he way to professional poker players dress. Many of them are wearing clothes will advertisements for poker related items. These players are being paid to advertise these items because of their high likelihood of being put on the TV. Some players wear disguises to try and hide their faces from the other players by wearing hats and glasses to hide their eyes. These players know that a small slip up can cost them the chance at winning the million dollar prize, so to make sure they do nt give up any information to another player they try to hide their faces. You are not playing in the big leagues so to try these things will just make you look stupid since everyone will know you are not a professional player by the fact they do not recognize you. This will then make you stand out and risk you being marked as an inexperienced player or “The Fish”.

Every player at a texas holdem poker table that spots you as the fish will then begin to focus on you till they find your tells, and believe me we all have them. It is just experience that allows some of us to hide them better then others.



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clz19872005 asked:


I am not sure what I have to do. I want to have a 50/50 thing going on with it. 50 percent going to charity, 50 percent going to the prize pool. Do I have a lot of stuff to go through to get this going. I also want to know if it would be ok to have a 50/50 (again same payouts as the poker game), beverages, food, and alcohol (all profit proceeds going to the charity) and maybe some other side games. Is this possible in Ohio.

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sincity usa asked:


I was playing in a tournement this week and i want to get your take on the what took place. It was the first hand and i was dealt two queens and i made a raise, and two other players called my bet. The action got to the next player who right away pointed to the floor where there was a jack and a king on the ground. Right away the dealer called over the floor and he had the dealer count down the stub, he found out that the deck was short and the floor said it was a misdeal. I tryed to explain that since there was action on the hand it coulden’t be a misdeal and that the two cards should be show and the hand be played out, but he would not change his mind. Now i deal poker for a living and i think i was right in asking the hand to be played out, but was he right in any way to call it a fouled hand.

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Jim C asked:


What do people generally link poker players with?
I am doing a university study on gambling(specifically poker) so anyone’s replies are appreciated. It seems to me that many people aren’t very enthusiastic about the notion of people playing poker for a living.

What do females and/or working males think about poker in general? Would you be weary of dating or befriending someone who plays poker? is it seen as ’sleazy’ or in a negative light by alot of people?
what do you friends think?
thanks a lot for your input.

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Wonderwoman asked:


I know there are 2,598,960 different 5 card poker hands but I don’t know how many would only contain a single suit.

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