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We know soldiers play a lot of poker, but what games did they like to play? How much did they typically wager?

5 card or 7 card draw, whatever they wanted.

I am interested in playing online poker and that to professionally, How should I start? Where can i find detail information. Guess I’m just trying to figure out if there is a place where I can gain more information about wanting to take poker seriously rather than just watching it on TV.

Like most professionals, you have to be more than an expert at your craft, you have to learn the game inside and out.. since you want to be an online pro, you better star by creating an account at an online poker site, build your bankroll and reputation, join tournaments, and win them.. and perhaps next season get a seat at the world series of poker..

There are numerous resources on the internet regarding poker, there are online tutorials, video, e-books, etc.

What is the best poker site i can play i am not talking about the gay myspace or facebook?
I need a realistic poker site where it generated true random numbers not Myspace and Facebook is gay as hell so which sites are good.

You can try Party Poker or Empire Poker. These are really famous real money poker sites. They also have play money poker games.

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There are many players who get sponsored by poker sites like PokerStars, Full Tilt and others. Can someone tell me what all does a sponsorship entail? The more detailed an answer the better.
Thanks!

I play mostly on Full Tilt poker and this is an idea of what sponsorship will get you there and it isn’t much different from other sites……..

100% rakeback

$35 per hour for every hour they play on the site

Bonuses for… if player appears on TV with logo of site, makes the final table, wins the TV tournament

Players are encouraged to play at lower stakes sometimes as part of their deal

I have been playing poker for a long time and i like to become a professional poker player and can anyone know what is the secret to playing poker professionally.

To become a professional poker player you need to build up your bank role for nearly two of three years which will support your bills while you try to make a living off of gambling and this building up of your bankroll will also give you practice as your bank role becomes higher don’t waste it by spending because that money has to sustain you for a while as you will have many days where yo u will lose money, and not win. Hope this info will surely help you.

I was wondering because in the musical Footloose, a bunch of Christians are playing bridge and are offended when a character assumes they’re a playing poker.

poker is a gambling game, frowned upon by the church. Bridge is a point based game and therefore acceptable.

Since poker is part strategy and part reading the other players how much can you expect to improve in real life Poker(face to face) if you practice via online Poker?

understanding what cards are good cards, and how often your going to hit a good hand with draws, and how to play your cards in each position, and observing people’s betting patterns, and what you should or shouldn’t bet to maximize your pot winnings, are 99% of poker, whether online or face-to-face. actually reading people’s expressions is only a small 1% of that. one person’s nervous twitch when he has an ace-high flush could be another person’s nervous twitch when he’s bluffing the board with a 6-high

Okay I’m new to the poker web and I’m thinking about playing with real money and I just wanna know from personal experience what site do you guys recommend that doesn’t charge additional fees. I want to play poker so badly online but, I don’t want to get does extra fees on my card. Thanks for your time!

All of the well known sites are reliable (Full Tilt, Chili, PokerStars, Titan). If you are nervous about making the leap to play with real money, I would suggest that you take an online poker school course. They are free and you get money (real money) from them to play with when you have finished the course, often after passing a quiz. This is a wonderful way to get your FREE starting capitol and then the leap doesn’t look quite so big.

For an overview of the schools out there check out:
http://www.onlinepokercash.info/index.php/pokerschools

PS. Why not go ahead and do them all!!

Do you have to report your earnings from playing poker online to the IRS on your taxes?

If so, is there a designated amount that doesn’t need to be reported – and everything above that does?

If it matters by state – I am curious about California.

Also, the way the monies are received from the poker site are via check.

Unless your TOTAL income is low enough that you are not required to file, you are legally required to report ALL income. Even if you only make $0.01 form a given source, that penny is supposed to be reported. on-line gabling is not legal in the US, but illegal income is taxable. On-line losses are NOT deductible against winnings because illegal expenses are specifically not deductible.

Judy is correct about losses from LEGAL gambling being an itemized deduction against gambling winnings. Losses from ILLEGAL gambling are not deductible. ALL on-line gambling is illegal under US Federal law.

I’ve heard people say they like to act friendly and courteous to everyone at the table so that a) people will assume they are chumps and try to take advantage of them and b) people will be less inclined to try to bust them from the table. I’ve also heard people take the "poker brat" approach and try to antagonize other players at the table so that they WILL try to take shots at them. What’s your approach?

Being friendly is good because people dont want to bust you as much.

To me the most important thing though, is to get a good image. If you play TAG bluff a little more and people will respect it. If you are LAG and you have the nuts bet with it. Dont slowplay (if you check then people will know something is up)

Another good method which is used primarily to mix up your play is to raise with trash hands(58, 25) once in a while. If you flop a strong hand like a boat you can put your oppenent on tilt. But do it rarely.

You could also be like phil hellmuth but people will want to bust you more. The pay offs though is that if you have a good hand you will probaly get more value from it because as i said people will want to take your money so they will call.