{"product_id":"2940014438995","title":"How To Become A Gambling Pro!","description":"The History Of Online Poker\u003cbr\u003eOther types of online gambling sites were launched before the first online poker room. Online\u003cbr\u003esports books were introduced in the mid 1990’s which was also the time of online casinos\u003cbr\u003esprouting up around the web.\u003cbr\u003eIt wasn’t until 1998 that the first online poker forum was launched. Planet Poker,\u003cbr\u003ewhich has since become a relatively small poker room, enjoyed the status as the sole online\u003cbr\u003epoker forum for a short period of time. Other online sites entered the fray soon after. Paradise\u003cbr\u003ePoker was launched in 1999 and would soon become the industry leader.\u003cbr\u003eToday, there are many, many sites to choose from. A search for the most popular sites for\u003cbr\u003eonline poker show over 1,000 matches, and a Google search gives over 50 million matches for\u003cbr\u003ereferences to online poker sites.\u003cbr\u003eThe major sites include Poker Stars, Party Poker, Full Tilt Poker, Pacific Poker,\u003cbr\u003eand Bodog Poker. Many offer the chance to play with “fake money” or real money. You can\u003cbr\u003eaccumulate points at some sites that can be redeemed for merchandise bearing the site’s\u003cbr\u003ename.\u003cbr\u003eAnother feature with most sites includes the offer of bonus cash with a real money\u003cbr\u003edeposit. Often, you can receive a code that matches the amount of your deposit up to a certain\u003cbr\u003eamount. For example, make a $50 real money deposit into your Party Poker account and you\u003cbr\u003ewill receive $50 free making your total bankroll $100.\u003cbr\u003eIt’s a matter of personal preference as to which site is best. We will remain\u003cbr\u003eobjective in this book and will not be able to tell you which site to go to. Each one has its\u003cbr\u003edistinct features that appeal to the everyday player.\u003cbr\u003eOnline venues may be more vulnerable to certain types of fraud, especially collusion\u003cbr\u003ebetween players. However, they also have collusion detection abilities that do not exist in brick\u003cbr\u003eand mortar casinos. For example, online poker room security employees can look at the \"hand\u003cbr\u003ehistory\" of the cards previously played by any player on the site, making patterns of behavior\u003cbr\u003eeasier to detect than in a casino where colluding players can simply fold their hands without\u003cbr\u003eanyone ever knowing the strength of their holding. Online poker rooms also sometimes check\u003cbr\u003eplayer's IP addresses in order to prevent players at the same household or at known open proxy\u003cbr\u003eservers from playing on the same tables\u003cbr\u003eHow To Become A Gambling Pro!\u003cbr\u003ePlaying Texas Hold'em\u003cbr\u003eHold 'em is probably the best known and most popular form of poker today.\u003cbr\u003eEach player starts with two hole cards. There are three rounds of community cards. These are\u003cbr\u003edealt face up, for every player to use, with betting after each round. Players make the best 5-\u003cbr\u003ecard hand using any combination of the five community cards and two hole cards.\u003cbr\u003eEach new hand begins with a small blind, a big blind, and a round of betting. The betting rules\u003cbr\u003evary depending upon whether the game is Limit, Pot Limit or No Limit.\u003cbr\u003eOnce the first round of betting is complete, the dealer then puts out the first three community\u003cbr\u003ecards, or \"the flop\". There is a round of betting. The dealer then puts out the fourth community\u003cbr\u003ecard or \"the turn\". There is a round of betting. The dealer then puts out the fifth community card\u003cbr\u003eor \"the river\". There is a final round of betting. After the last round of betting, the pot is awarded\u003cbr\u003eto the best hand.\u003cbr\u003eAll Hold 'em games include a small blind and big blind. These are forced bets, and are\u003cbr\u003edetermined by the position of the button. These bets are considered live, and every player in the\u003cbr\u003ehand must either call the big blind, raise, or fold. The button moves clockwise around the table,\u003cbr\u003egiving each player a turn being the button, small blind, and big blind.\u003cbr\u003eIn Limit Hold 'em, each betting round has a fixed bet. In $5\/$10, the small blind is $2.50, the big\u003cbr\u003eblind is $5, and the first two rounds of betting are in increments of $5. The last two rounds of\u003cbr\u003ebetting are in increments of $10. There is a maximum of three re-raises per betting round.\u003cbr\u003eIn Pot Limit, a player can bet any amount from the minimum bet to the size of the pot. In a\u003cbr\u003e$5\/$10 pot-limit game, the small blind is $5 and the big blind is $10. The first player can call the\u003cbr\u003ebig blind (in this case, $10), or raise to any amount up to the size of the pot. A raise must either\u003cbr\u003eequal or exceed the previous bet or raise. In this case, a pot-sized raise would be $25 ($5 small\u003cbr\u003eblind + $10 big blind + $10 call), meaning that, in total, player three can bet up $35. Supposing\u003cbr\u003eplayer three makes a pot-sized raise, the total pot is now $50.\u003cbr\u003eHow To Become A Gambling Pro!","brand":"99 \u0026cent; store, save to buy more","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47167907954928,"sku":"2940014438995","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940014438995_p0.jpg?v=1763608205","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014438995","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}