This book is written for those who are just learning to play poker, those who are making the transition from land-based cardrooms to online games, and those who already have skills and just want to improve them.
Online poker has a greater choice of games and betting limits that in land-based casinos—from no-limit hold’em, Omaha, and stud, to new games such as Badugi—and they run 24/7 at virtually every online poker site. You can also find tournaments of all kinds, from heads-up sit-and-goes to mega tournaments with tens of thousands of participants. There are also games in which players with hundreds of thousands of dollars at stake to those played for pennies. And all online poker sites offer games for play money, in which you can learn how to play without having to risk real money. World Champion Barry Shulman shows how to make profitable game selections, adjust for the more aggressive and loose online games prevalent online, use Internet tools to learn about opponents’ playing styles, and use specific strategies that lead to profits. He includes strategy secrets used by online players, tells, multitabling, cash and tournament strategies, how to avoid going broke, maximizing wins, plus sit-and go, turbo, and super turbo strategies. Also includes a special chapter on software tools and online training.