New at poker

It is time for me to learn how to play poker. I have several friends that have done it for years and tried to make me interested, but I have never really given it a try.

Yesterday, however, I decided to give it a go and see if I could impress anyone. We all met up at a friends place in the suburbs, took a seat at the poker table and put 10$ each in the pot. I don’t know if it was because I had a lot of luck or if I actually performed well – but somehow I managed to score time and again. The others blamed it on beginner’s luck, of course, but I’d like to state that this was just skill.

And I actually beat them, one by one. In the end, when it was just me and a friend left, my hand wasn’t particularly good. Fact of the matter was that I wasn’t holding anything, and my mate looked calm in a way that disturbed me. The others had started taking interest in other things, but between us it was deadly serious. For him, in particular, since he didn’t want to lose against someone who had a lot less experience than himself. Just in the end, I got two sevens, and since I was already holding one I knew that I could already start bottling up the champagne. I could barely keep my joy to myself. The whole thing ended with me winning the whole pot, and also beating all of my friends, who had more experience than I.

Not bad for a first-timer!

Now I have decided to try to learn the “science” in online poker, to see if I am as successful there. It is a bit different, I know that. One of my friends only plays online, and he has scored hundreds and hundreds of dollars. It took him some time to learn the techniques and which poker rooms suited him and so on. But once you start to manage all that, there is a chance that you’ll be so good that you can make a living from your gambling! At least to a certain extent.

And even if I don’t get better than this at poker or online games, I still had a nice evening. Hopefully there are more to come.

Bad weather, party and poker

I am throwing a party on Saturday, which I’ve prepared for weeks and invited thirty people to. My apartment is really small, but luckily enough I have a little yard where guests can go out and smoke and cool down. The problem is that I now, after many enthusiastic visits to different weather sites, have realized that it will probably be really bad weather. And I am not talking cloudy here, it will pretty much be storm, with minus degrees. Fine, people could stand outside if it was just chilly or dark, but if it is really windy and rains, than it is really not a good idea any longer. And it doesn’t matter how great music you play or how tasty your food is. My apartment simply is too small for thirty people to fit in it, so I had no idea what to do. First I thought that I had to cancel, or postpone, the party. But I think that there is a fair risk that I will never throw the party in that case, and that would really be disappointing for everyone. The last days I have given this a lot of thoughts, and checked several different alternatives when it comes to warmth. It is possible to buy and infra heater rather cheap, but the electrical bills would go up the roof. It is also possible to buy a party tent, but it feels a bit too expensive if I am just going to use it for a few hours.

Finally I just stopped thinking about the whole ordeal and started playing online poker instead. It always pushes away bad thoughts. I didn’t win more than I lost at Texas Hold’em, but at the stud poker it was easier. I won about $100. Despite of that I gave up early, and when it was time to sleep I still hadn’t poker in my head, but the party.

Today I have decided that it just has to be crowded. There is a small chance that the weather gets better than what the meteorologists now claim, and if not, then I guess that everybody will have to stand up or leave at the door. The most important thing is that I look forward to the party with expectation, not concern.

And that $100 I won in poker… Maybe they can come in handy when it is time to bulk up the wine storage for the party. Logically, the guests will be less bothered by the crowding if they’ve gotten a welcome drink, right?

Online Casinos

There are many great online Casinos that you can get familiar with and I will tell you about some of the best ones out there that you should enter and try your luck at.
Roxys Palace is a great casino with an amazing reputation world-wide and stunning graphics and design of the place.
Europe Casino is one of the best places aswell, they have great service and are among the best in bonuses and so on. I highly recommend you to visit some of these places.

World Series of Poker

The WSoP is the Olympics of poker and there are million’s of money involved it is held at Binions Horseshoe Casino every year.
It started of with Nick the Greek coming to Las Vegas and wanting to play the biggest poker game ever to be made. He asked Benny Binion if he could set him up with it. He would do it if it would go in front of the public, they agreed. Johnny Moss was going to play against him. The game lasted for 5 months and the only pauses were to sleep and eat and the final winner was Johnny Moss to win with 2 million dollar.

Video Poker

Video poker is like a mixture of playing at the slots or the one armed bandit and a real poker game. It is quite a blast when you get to learn how to play it. The game is played so that you bet how much you want to bet and then play like a real poker game except that you are playing on a slot liked thing.

The start of poker

The earliest signs and where poker is believed to have started is in New Orleans around 1820. Who the inventor is unclear but they think that French settler’s did bring it with them to the people living there. The first popular game was Draw and in the en Texas Hold’em was to become the most popular game in the entire world.

Playing Poker online

At this moment poker has become a big thing in the media and everywhere and there’s a lot of new players joining on the Internet. But many hesitate, the question in most people’s heads is probably that “Will my money be safe in the hands of the guys that are running these things and will I get my winnings?”. And I have never heard of anyone being ripped off. But if you want to be really sure, I recommend that you start playing at the known sites so to speak. And if you still doubt it, there’s very often a free version of the tables that you can play for pretended money, might be a great option for the people who hesitate.

Poker books

Instead of watching films or studying poker schools at the Internet one can also read an educating poker book. I, personally, have read some books that teach about playing Texas Hold’em. I have found some books that are very interesting and easy to read. I usually bring a good poker book with me down to the beach. What is better a warm summer day then lying on the beach with a good, educational poker book in the hand.

Poker films

There are a lot of very educating poker films so search for. I really wanted to learn a lot in order to become a good poker player and I discovered that a nice and easy way to improve my skills was to see a lot of poker movies. There are also a lot of films worth seeing just for fun. If I want to relax an evening and I do not want to study to learn more I choose a film that is just about watching an interesting poker game. I always prefer to watch films where the players play Texas Hold’em. That kind of poker is the most interesting way to play poker for me. For me a good poker game is just like a thriller. The tension is intense and I can watch these films for hours. Many people talk of poker playing as if it destroys people, but I think that if you stay out of betting to much you can have a lot of recreation while playing with your friends. Nowadays people spend to much time in front of the television. Much better must be to sit down with your friends and play a nice poker game.

To learn about poker

There are many different ways to learn about how to play poker. I have always been interested in playing Texas Hold’em and I have discovered that there are a lot of ways to learn how to play this interesting and exciting poker game. If you search the Internet you will find a lot of sites that provides poker schools. I have tried a lot of them and they have really been useful. To learn to play poker is not really that hard but to be able to win one has to study a lot. Of course is the practice when you play the game important but it really helps to study a lot before starting to play poker. The poker schools help you to improve in playing strategic and that is very important when you decide to become a very good player. Take your time and study through one, two or three poker schools and I can promise that you will have much better chance to win the games you play with your friends or at a casino. My advice is that you study the game hard before you start betting money in a poker game. If you are unfortunate enough to play with a lot of players that are better than you you will surely loose a lot of money. Start your career by playing without money until your skills are improved.