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How to choose suitable game and table online?


If you are planning to join to thousands of the internet poker players who wait every day for the new challenge, it is worth to know where to start the game to multiply chances to win. There are some practical advice, which could help you to choose the virtual chair.

 

If you paid your money into your account it is time to start but how to pick the right table for yourself? Let's begin from the choice of the game. We would like to play – Holdem, Omara, Stud.... Remember, the more players chooses Texas Hold the easiest way to find opponents. If you do not know the rules of any kind of poker, before you start the game for money we suggest to try and 'play money' to know the rules and course of the game on the internet.

 

 

 

Another issue,where you have to be more disciplined and reasonable is matching the right stake. According to the rules of the proper bankroll management, for no limit tables you should have more or less spare 20 buy-ins. Maximum buy-in for the certain table is as usual blind multiplied by hundred times. Let's count, from which table we could start and find the right one in a poker room. Let's have a look at a few tables. There are tables 0.10-0.25$/ 10-25 cents/. They can be known as 25$ max tables. Big blind- is 25cents, buy-in is 25$/25x100times/. According to the rule we have mentioned before for that kind of game you should have about 500$ on your account.

 

 

 

Next matter is the number of players by the poker table. For the beginners the better are the 9 and 10 players tables than 5 or 6 players. In the second case the action is more vivid, you have to play more hands and do it more aggressive, and you need more experience. Without any hesitation in wins and losses they ae higher on shorthanded tables.

 

 

 

Choosing the table is worth to have a look at the statistics displayed with the list of tables. Average pot tells you about the level o the aggression in auction, the higher the average pot the more chance that there is lots of money we could win. The number of hands per hour defines the speed of the game. If it is low it is possible that some of the players have got slow connection or they have to think long before they can make a decision. The number of played hands is incomparable higher on the shorthanded tables. The most important ratio is percentage index of the average number of watching flop. The higher the percentage is the easier to play. It means that the players play loose, which means there is many hands. Tables below 30% tells you about high level of players.

 

Using all the above information you can choose the tables to let you find weaker players and make the game more profitable / in theory!/. Definitely it is better to sign on waiting list to the proper rates table than sit wherever.

 

 

 
 

Choosing the tournament.

 
 

That is enough about the tables, what if we are more interested in tournaments? There is a huge choice. You can play multitable tournamens, one table or even one to one / headsup/. Multitable ones start at a certain time, the smaller ones wait till there is the appropriate number of players – it is called 'sit&go'. There are the bankroll management rules here. We should not play in a tournament where the entry fee is higher than 5% of our account.


 

In rebuy tournaments the percentage should be even lower.

 

Choosing the tornament we should have a look at the structure of blinds, especially the time of certain levels. If the change evety 5-7 mins, they are called turbo tournaments, not everybody likes them. Another types of the tournaments are so called satelites, you do not play for money, you try to get the entrance ticket for the bigger tornaments on web or even live tournaments. The choice of the right table or tournament is not difficult, but you need some experience to do that.

 
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