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The strength of
the internet as a gaming medium and the growth in the popularity
of poker as a leisure pursuit in international markets have
collectively delivered strong growth in both the number of people
playing the game online and the total amount of revenue captured
by the operators.
**It is
estimated that in 2006 there were approximately three million
online poker players worldwide and GBGC estimates that
approximately $3.1 billion of global gross gaming yield was
generated from online poker in 2006.
**The online
poker revenue figure could theoretically increase by a factor of
seven by 2010 if online poker trends continue, with an expected
$6.7 billion in potential worldwide revenue for that year.
**The number of
real money online poker players is increasing by as much as
100,000 each month. |
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I don’t need
to show you any more numbers or come up with any more big
words to prove the fact that online poker is big business.
It is of course big business for the companies providing
the game, but it is also big business for players who
dominate the online poker scene. I mean, come on, a
hundred thousand NEW poker players join the online poker
community EVERY SINGLE MONTH (probably meaning about
90-95% new fishes). They deposit and play with real money
while still learning the game and adapting to the
environment. Meanwhile, the experienced dominating online
poker players enjoy the 24/7 party it becomes for them,
raking in pot after pot, finishing in the money tournament
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Now,
there is one thing you MUST realize. We have to agree on
the fact that skill and experience are important factors
when you separate the rookies from the pro’s. This is true
for both live games and online games. However, instead of
just acknowledging this similarity between live and online
poker, it is far more valuable to seek the differences
between what is important in becoming an expert in live
poker and becoming a shark in online poker. If we know
these differences we can easily deduce the key components
you need to bring on stage to dominate online poker. Let
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Poker is a game of (limited)
knowledge. Unless you play with the same guys all the
time, in live poker you have limited knowledge about your
opponents, about what’s going to happen and about what
happened before. This is because you mostly don’t know the
players you are up against, or you can’t remember much
about them, you don’t know their playing styles, their
betting patterns etc. Your brain has to learn things about
your opponents. Meanwhile you have to calculate everything
yourself. And you have to be able to play your own game.
This also goes for online poker, that is, for 80% of the
players who play online poker. They play online poker no
differently from live poker. And thus, they have the same
knowledge limitations. |
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Online poker
sharks play with Poker Tools and Poker Software. They use
poker tools to calculate innumerable percentages (odds,
outs, winning chances etc.), to show hand strength and to
receive playing advice. They use tools to call up hundreds
of statistics on any individual poker player they play
against (even if they have never played against them
before). They use tools to identify all tables in the
poker room lobby and indicate the strength/weakness of
each table so they can pre select tables before playing at
all. And they use poker tools to track their own play to
find leaks and make improvements in their own game play.
Betting
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