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Play Poker Using Your Rock Band Guitar

staffadmin — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:30:40 +0000

to play poker using your ever favorite Rock Band Guitar controller? Well, anything is possible! As these rocking controller can now be used for checking folding, calling raising and all-in!As I red this NEW trend omf playing poker in Pokerlistings, I know a lot of Guitar Hero and poker players are now enjoying more of their online casino entertainment.

Here’s the 3 easy-peasy steps to get it done:

3 Steps Of Set-Up

Setting up your guitar (or drums) as your wireless poker controller isn’t all that hard. You can do it in three simple steps, and if you’re not all that adept with computers, don’t worry.

Step 1

Plug the guitar receiver into your computer. Your computer should automatically install the guitar, and it will even show up as a game controller (you can find a link to see those in your control panel). You might have to hit the sync buttons. Also: make sure the guitar is turned on.

Step 2

You now have your guitar working as a game controller. Basically, this means the guitar will send commands to your computer. You need your computer to translate these commands into keystrokes, and then make those keystrokes execute specific commands in your poker software. This program allows you to control your preferred online poker site including Full Tilt or PokerStars game windows using only your keyboard. You need to set this software up to have all the commands you’re going to need.

Step 3

Now that you have your poker windows controlled by the keyboard, you need to bind the guitar buttons to the specific keyboard functions. Although you can use any program that will bind game controllers to keyboard keys, I’ve used Xpadder. You can get it here: Although you can use any program that will bind game controllers to keyboard keys, I’ve used Xpadder.

Once you have Xpadder, you need to set it up. Follow the on-screen instructions initially until you get to the tabbed setup screen. You want to click on the buttons tab. Press the neck buttons on the guitar one at a time. Each time you press a button it should show up as a box in the pink screen. Make sure to click and drag the boxes into the order you see them in on the guitar (buttons 1 and 4 will be swapped unless you manually move them). You should have five squares on the screen. Now tilt the guitar up until a sixth square shows up. Drag that square up above the six squares. Click on the DPad tab. Set “up” to the strummer going up, set “right” to the whammy bar and set “down” to the strummer going down. You don’t need to set left to anything at all. Now click on finish and close. You should see six boxes and one big DPad plus sign on the screen. You want to click on each box and bind it to the proper F command. Set them up identical to how you see them in the picture, then save your settings.

This sets:

Green to the left (check/fold) button, Red to the middle (call) button, Yellow to lower bet amount, Blue to increase bet amount and Orange to bet pot. Moving your guitar into the Star Power position will hit F4, moving you all in. The strummer will act as your right (raise) button, regardless of the direction plucked. And finally, the whammy bar acts as your Time Bank. Now you’re set. Make sure you have Xpadder and Poker Shortcuts running, open your Full Tilt or PokerStars client and log on to a table.

Note: For the software to work properly, you need to have the poker table active and the mouse hovering over the top of the table, but not over the chat box.

Show No Mercy in Poker

staffadmin — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:50:36 +0000

One of the most important factors to become a successful online poker player is to be merciless with your opponents. This may sound easy, but for some reason or another people tend to make bad moves and play too soft due to their mercy.

First you need to understand what poker is. Poker is about winning chips, and chips are usually money, the more chips you win the better you are doing. Again, it may sound utterly stupid but it is good for you to remember what your objective is so you won’t get distracted by things like getting more chips only from some individual you dislike or to make a good and “thrilling” competition.

Let’s put it that way, if you are playing online poker against your grandma your objective is to take all her money for you, if you are not comfortable with doing that do not play against your grandma. Maybe your grandma doesn’t play online poker (or maybe she does) but the big idea is that no matter if you like the player or you have chatted with him for a while or he is your friend or whatever situation your objective is still the same, taking all the chips in his/her stack and add them to yours.

Sometimes you may feel pity for a player who is losing a lot of money and still keeps playing like a fish, this may lead you to play with some kind of mercy to him, and you’ll earn less money than you could. Earning less money than you could is the same as losing money, so if you show mercy you are losing money and you are not playing poker correctly.

One of the advantages you have when you are playing online poker instead of brick and mortar poker is that you don’t see the face of your opponent. You must show no mercy when playing poker and then if you want you can give away part of your winnings to charity if that relieves you.

Some merciful actions are for example on a pot you have nuts and the other player has invested a lot of money into it, let’s imagine a $50 pot, if you got another $50, bet them all on the river. Even if you know the other player will get busted by that action, do not bet $30 if you think he will call $50. If you didn’t earn those $20 is the same as if you lost them.

Other merciful actions are to “give away” chips to players who are almost out of a tournament. You know you have lost the hand because you were drawing and on the river the other player goes all in with his little stack. You know you are going to lose but you call because you want to see his cards and you think it is no problem for you to give away a few chips to a player who is almost busted. This player may be the final winner of the tournament for such a merciful action.

Online Poker: Facts of The Game

staffadmin — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:09:01 +0000

Some things about poker seem pretty obvious. Poker requires a lot of decision making, so a person who is good at making decisions has an edge. We have to look at the kinds of decisions a person needs to make when playing poker.

In playing poker, one should know when to See (it means that you match the bet or poker money of other players), Raise (increase the bet), and Fold (the act of folding is to “give up,” place your cards face down on the table, lose whatever you have bet so far).

Poker is played with a standard deck of 52 playing cards (except for Ross Perot Poker, which is played with less than a full deck). The cards are ranked from high to low in the following order: Ace, King, Queen, Jack, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2. Aces are ALWAYS high. Aces are worth more than Kings, which are worth more than Queens which are worth more than Jack, and so on. The cards are also separated into four suits. The suits are Clubs, Spades, Hearts and Diamonds.

The only way to stay in a poker game is to not fold. If you have a bad hand and want out quick, then you’d seriously consider folding. If you have what you think could be a good hand (if you could take a few new cards and get good ones), then you would seriously consider staying in. If you have an outstanding hand, then you would definitely want to stay in. BUT you do not want everyone to know you have a great hand, or else they will all fold, letting you win the tiny pot money. The trick is to make everyone else bet a lot so you can win more money. It is also known as bluffing.

This is one of the advantages of playing poker en ligne, almost anybody can bluff without worrying that their facial expression is giving them away. Unlike in playing inside a casino, players tend to lose credibility with their bluffing because they are not good at showing a poker face, understandably it is really quite hard to be emotionless especially if one is losing or winning much money.

Jeux Poker en ligne is quite a different game compared to live poker games. There are different tells and different skills you need to learn if you are really serious to make a success of yourself online. Understand that some people win and some lose online. Preparation and learning is the only key to success.

Online Poker: New-Age Gambling

staffadmin — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 03:29:14 +0000

People are turning on their computers to gamble instead of going to the actual casinos. In online gambling, everything is accessible and everything is fun. In a recent survey conducted, almost 90% of the people surveyed play online gambling and almost 50% of them like playing online poker. This is one of the reasons why online poker is now the new-age of gambling. People love it and the game is on.

There are many things that a person needs to consider before playing any poker en linea. News about online theft has been around ever since online poker reached residential homes. So it is better to be very cautious with whom you are playing and what gambling website you are entrusting your money with. There is nothing wrong with asking questions and making your own research about the online website you wish to play with. Besides being careful nowadays is the most important thing to do. Researching and reading forums regarding the services of a certain website will help you track its eligibility and reliability in protecting its players against theft.

Jugar poker online is not always synonymous to security theft. Poker online is one of the best leisure that a person can have in the comforts of his home. Every poker website is unique. A player might find one feature that is not available in another website. Selecting a website that you will patronize is very important for you will be spending some of your money and time in it.

There are many things that you can do in online poker websites. You can play or just observe their daily activities. Most of these websites have software that you need to download to your computer for you to play their games. They usually have helpful onsite agents to help you with whatever you need. Expect that you will enjoy playing online poker more than playing the real thing.

Playing online poker is as fun as playing in a real casino. It is just that online poker is much more accessible and convenient to most people. When you gamble, it is not always about the money and winning. Sometimes a player gambles just for the sake of having fun. Having fun will cost something, but the important thing is that a player is basically having fun while playing. Online poker just gave players enough reasons to stay and consider it as the new-age style of gambling.

Exciting World Of Online Poker

staffadmin — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:22:32 +0000

Want to become a hardcore poker player? Poker is a great way to enjoy your time and also offers the possibility of winning a lot of money. If you are a novice to online poker and are looking to take on some advice that may help you then this is the best site for you!

Even if a casino or poker room is right down the street, you are going to be limited in the games that you can play. With limited game selection comes limited options for making money. You will often have to choose between a game that is not very profitable and not playing at all.

Online poker is played any time! day or night with tremendous number who played over the Internet! Playing on the Internet requires no tipping!

Usually online poker rooms produce the bulk of their revenue by way of different methods: Rake–is a calculated percentage of collected from most real money of the pot based on a sliding scale and capped at some maximum fee, Tournaments– with 10% entry fee pre-scheduled multi-table and impromptu sit-and-go tournament!, The house—there are several online poker sites that offer games like black jack or side bets on poker hands where the player plays against “the house” for real money, Online poker sites invest the money that players deposit—since they do not have to pay interest on players’ bankrolls. The more players a site has, the more revenue it will generate. For this reason, it seems that every site has bonus offers to attract new players.

And if you want to earn big big bonuses, you need to know how to play!

You can choose from following games that are available online:

Seven-Card Stud

Triple Draw

Omaha High

Razz

Texas Hold’em

Pineapple

Five-Card Draw

Omaha/8

For the beginners, online poker offers a wonderful arena to increase skill, knowledge of the game, and possibly develop a bankroll at the same time and offer a free poker game. Some tournaments can enter for free that pay pay out real money to the winners!

Game selection is terrific because you have the ability, at the touch of a few fingers, to move around within a site and from site to site looking for good games. Unfortunately, most of the Internet players I know don’t take advantage of this prime advantage – content to play in the same game every time they log on.

While playing online poker can be fun and exciting, there are some difficulty to watch out for.

Once you become a little bit more experienced at playing poker you should learn to recognize that choosing which site and table to use can be the decider when it comes to winning.

Every site offers a bonus on a player’s first deposit ranging from 20 percent (deposit $100 and receive a $20 bonus) up to 100 % (deposit $100 and get a $100 bonus). These deposit bonuses are usually tied to a requirement to play a predetermined amount of raked hands.

What are you waiting for? Nothing is better than winning,play poker and poke the jackpot!

Showing A Cool Poker Face

staffadmin — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 08:44:03 +0000

Keeping a poker face is the most important aspect to playing poker. Not only must you inhibit in giving anything away to your opponents, but a good poker player is also a skilled bluffer, and able to mislead opponents into making false assumptions.

Poker faces are also necessary to bluffing as well, its like you’re acting like a robot or else he won’t fall for the bait, or he will call to your bet and have a full house when you have 2 pair.

As a new online poker player attempt to apply what they have learned in a live ring game, they come to the drastic realization that what you say or don’t say, and how your movements or lack of movement gives other players information that they can and will use against you.

When you are playing poker at online casino, one of the most important things you’ll need is your poker face. You can do without a great many things, but without your poker face on, you will find that other players are constantly taking advantage of you.

Here are some tips to keep a poker face:

The “Yes” And The “Yeah”

Remember, never ever say “yes!” or “yeah”, even whispering isn’t good. Why? Because your opponent will think that you are holding a good hand. It is natural for anyone to put the flags out unless you have experience with poker faces.

Your Ideal Poker Face

Try to stand in front of a mirror and think about different things, and watch how your face reacts. Then think the same thoughts, but try to show less.

If you have a hard time observing your face and simultaneously sprinkling up these emotions, use a digital camera or make a short video while you’re practicing. Learn your facial expressions so you can learn how to maintain a poker face.

Killer Eyes

As a poker player, your eyes can be a deadly giveaway if you have a particularly good or a particularly bad hand. If you do make eye contact, don’t hold it unnaturally long; a stare is just as much of a giveaway as not looking at all.

Try to be aware of how often you blink. When you’re under stress, the blink rate usually climbs significantly. Be aware of your blinking, and force yourself to pause if you find yourself blinking more than normal.

The Speaks

You should be clued-up on of what they say and how they say it. Make sure that your not too chatty or too quiet when you have a good hand. Keep your level of conversation and tone of voice at a consistent level throughout the game. You will often find yourself playing against an opponent who keeps a constant mockery going to force a reaction and get a read on your hand.

Once you have mastered the poker face, you can bluff your way through a hand or lure your opponent into making a larger bet.

How to Make Money in Online Poker Texas Hold em

staffadmin — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 22:02:28 +0000

Every poker player’s dream is to make money playing poker. Most poker players love to play Texas Hold em, and many other poker players love to play poker online. Just imagine the looks of their faces if they find out that they can play texas hold em online for money! The best part of this is that THEY CAN play texas hold em online for money. This puts these poker players in a pressure packed situation, however, as they need to refine their poker play to the point where their poker play is guaranteed to win them money. Here are a number of ways where you can play Texas Hold em online and make money doing so:

#1: Participate in Freerolls. Most of these freerolls will give you cash if you place high enough, and some other freerolls grant access to more prestigious tournaments where you can win money if you place high enough, and the best part about it is that you do not have to pay any money whatsoever to participate in poker freerolls. The poker players do have to deal with some kind of pressure, however, because they have a chance to win some money (although the amount won in freerolls is usually lower than the amount won in other tournaments,) and gain access to many prestigious online tournaments, so don’t take poker freeroll tournaments lightly.

#2: Participate in Online Poker Promotions. Here’s where you can win some serious money playing poker online, particularly Texas Hold em. Some online Poker Promotions offer Prize Pools that exceed $1. 5 million! In prize pools a certain amount of places will be paid money, so if a Prize Pool pays only the top 20 players, and you finish in 20th place, you will get paid. In prize pools, the better you finish, the more you get paid, so if you win an Online Poker Promotion, and the Prize Pool is $1. 7 million, you might just walk away with $700,000 to $1 million! The pressure cannot be any higher when you’re playing for such big amounts of money.

#3, and perhaps the most important way to make money online playing Texas Hold em, change, refine, and refine once more your poker strategy. If you’re playing a Poker Promotion, this is particularly important, because refining your poker strategy can win you a lot of money. Playing “tight” may work in early rounds of such a poker tournament, but it surely will not work when you are playing later rounds of a poker tournament that rewards players that place high with a lot of money. Knowing when to play tight, and when to play aggressive will be key when you’re playing for a lot of money playing Texas Hold em online.

Well, there you go, the main 3 ways to make a lot of money playing Texas Hold em online. Now that you know how to make a lot of money playing such a game online, participate in online poker tournaments, and good luck.

Using Psychology in Online Poker

staffadmin — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 06:09:26 +0000

Poker is one casino game, which requires much more than luck. Unlike roulette, slots or playing craps, winning poker is a blend of luck, great strategy, experience and convincing bluffing. With the advent of online poker and more players opting to play online, the age-old component of this game – tell has lost its importance. A tells is basically a visual hint you can pick from the behavior of the opponent player which he or she displays while playing. For instance, in case of a bluff you may see the player getting excited or may be getting too calm and aloof. A tells is not stereotypical and can be deduced by observing the player and thinking retrospectively. Poker is essentially all about mind games and reading the body language of the rest of the players in the game. The key thing here is to play a guessing game as to what your opponent thinks and play accordingly. Understanding what a player thinks also plays an important role. However, with the beginning of online poker all the old fashioned poker psychology has ceased to exist and it is harder to guess what players are thinking. Just like conventional poker, an online poker essentially needs to tackle 3 important questions. The first is what cards the opponent has. This is the question which will practically win the game for you if you knew the answer to it but in a fair game is almost never answered. The second question you will have to deal with is what the opponent thinks you have. This is a very essential question as the opponent is busy figuring it out just the way you are his. It is at this point that your role comes to mislead him and put him off guard. This question although more striking in casino poker has emerged as an important tell even in online poker. Fast playing, auto betting, slow playing and other patterns deduced through experience help you build your strategy against key players. The next important question that is there to consider is what the opponent thinks you think he thinks. To put it differently, it is basically the second question from his viewpoint. In even online poker it is possible to manipulate the answer to this question as per your desire. It can be done along the same lines of speed of play, pattern of bluffing and not getting too stereotypic in your own behavior. Also never let the reward underplay the risk you are taking. Keep a perspective and don’t push your luck to hard in online poker. One great feature in most poker card rooms is the offer of poker bonus. With poker bonus you can increase your winnings by a good margin and win more with less deposit. Poker bonus is of two types- cashable poker bonus and non cashable poker bonus. So make sure you make the best of it and see all the kinds of bonuses in different card rooms before you join one.

Five Online Poker Tips For Advanced Players

staffadmin — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:00:08 +0000

Winning at poker might seem to be tough but it’s not! It can be easy. . . You might have noticed that books written by poker pros can be redundant in information and off topic. This is because the audience is usually for beginners and not for experts. When playing online poker, you might need to have a strategy that is smart and strong. Here are a few poker tips that I have found useful when playing online to win and wipe out the calling stations.

Tip 1: Using your Table Image

If you have reflected an image when you join a table, use it to your advantage. You should remember that other players have understood your play and must use it to your advantage. When you play tight to take away blinds then you should take advantage of this and get rid of players at the table. If your image is that of playing loose, avoid stealing blinds, instead you can chase tight players that have higher hands and you stand a better chance at a pay off.

Tip 2: How to change your game style

Play exactly the reverse of how the table is playing. This is an important step when you want to win at poker. You should be able to get a feel of the pulse at the table and play opposite to the technique that is being played at the table. Tables that have a tight game going on need you to play in a loose place and win the blinds. When the game is loose, you would need to play tight and ensure that you play with the best hand. When you play tight on a tight game on the table there is a strong chance of wasting the win and similarly when you play loose on a loose table.

Tip 3: Using a strategy – Deep Tournament

Using the deep tournament approach when playing poker is one of the best online poker tips. It is essential that you play for the winning place. Every evaluation you make should be with thought of paying for the first position on the table. Don’t be hesitant with your strategy, you can always decide to have a 15 hand and still drop the sword. When you play with a short hand at the finishing two table is the tournament. World over expert players are aware of this strategy and take advantage of tight players every now and then. The chips that you have won at this point are the chips that you can utilize to intimidate other players and get the win!

Tip 4: The hand you select

Another poker tip when you are online, and this is the most important. When you are in an online poker casino, you might not win the hands always. You needs to play the right hand and maintain a strong position. This rule has been used for the last half of the century and still is used at every poker table. Play the good hands initially and you can get a little loose as the game moves on. At a later position, you can play all sorts of random hands. It is advisable to play the better hands initially and build an image since that will decide your game for the next rounds. If I know that the table is playing tight, I will raise to 100s.

Tip 5: Making a raise

Call when you trap, till then raise and continue to. Eighty percent of the time, players take control before pre-flop of the hand. Remember, you should take control! Your personality at the table decides your dictate for the rest of the game. But bring in the raise. When you are in a late position, you can trap player but in no way re-raise a player that has not played a hand in the last fifty minutes. Re-raise them when you have loose players on the table.

Since you are keen to win at online poker, you can use the listed tips and win the competition.

Online Poker Game

staffadmin — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 08:40:33 +0000

You might be wondering how your friends play poker games online and getting victory and you might also be thinking of playing online poker and win just like them, in order to achieve that you try your best by reading all the references available, watching television etc. , here are some advice for you regarding poker game, which will help you win. You must remember one thing, poker game is all about chance and little bit skill, if you are lucky you will win, but that also is no true always, you also need some skill to win poker game. A skilled player will always take advantage of visual signal while playing poker in casino, but the same is not possible in online poker game, in online poker game, player has to bet in order to get success as he is not physically present and hence he may not get any helping hint, so he has to fully depended on betting. In online poker game too you will get all the required information about the participating players, pot size, the number of hands being played and the details of those who are waiting and you can make best use of this information in selecting best game for you. In online poker game too, players has to keep in mind that game and table selection is of prime importance. Here, in online poker game, players come and go very quickly, so player has to be very attentive and should be all set to change table as per requirement. In broad perspective, it’s all about decision making ability of a player that decides the faith of a player whether it is played online or in a casino. Winning decision making ability is a must in this poker game. When you get the cards, you have to make the decision whether to continue or play, in case you decide to play, keep in mind that you will reach a stage where you are forced to raise (make a bet larger than the previous bet) or call (place an amount of chips in the pot equal to the previous bet). Also, you have to remember that everything depends on your ability to make fast decisions. The other interesting thing with online poker game is – a player can participate in multiple games and the same is not possible when poker is played in casino. Many players find this feature useful, but it does not work well with all players especially if you are new to this game, playing multiple games will be dangerous as concentration gets divided, but as you get used to online poker game, you can play multiple games at a time with ease.