Can you really beat online poker part one

We are barely ten years into the new millennium but the pace at which poker has grown in that ten years has been nothing short of staggering. The numbers of people who are trying their hand at the game for the first time is growing and growing. The two biggest reasons for the rise in the popularity of poker is increased television coverage coupled with the birth of the Internet and in particular online poker.

Now, unlike in the past, it is a simple case of someone having a personal computer with Internet access in order for them to be able to play poker. Playing poker in the past involved actually going to a casino card room or setting up a game in your own home. This was not always easy for people with work and family commitments and many people who had the desire to play the game never really got the chance.

But along came the Internet and suddenly it is a totally different ball game along with trackers like Poker Office and Holdem Manager. But the reality of the situation is that every coin has a flip side and the flip side to this scenario is that it is the sheer ease of being able to play poker that contributes to so many people losing money.

Having to physically transport yourself to a casino (sometimes many miles away from home) does indeed indicate a certain level of commitment and perseverance. These are two qualities that are sorely needed in order to reach a level where you are playing the game very well. What this means is that there are vast numbers of players who simply do not have the skills to beat the game who are in fact playing poker simply because it is frighteningly easy to do so.

Many people who have played poker in home games and been successful have tried and failed through poor online poker strategy. Because of their initial success at the game, they then perceive internet poker to be crooked and filled with charlatans. Their belief fuelled even further when they hear of some small time online casino folding and taking a handful of their customer’s money with them.

But there is serious credibility now with online poker that simply was not there at the outset of it in the late nineties so one cannot use the old “crooked casino” excuse to account for losses. For many people, failure in the online environment is attributable to the rake. Millions of people who have only ever played poker in private home games are now having to pay to play poker for the very first time.

Poker is like business; imagine for a minute how many more successful business people that there would be in the world if there were no such thing as business expenses. It is the sheer cost of doing business for many people that leads to that business failing and poker is no different. Look out for part two coming soon.

Carl “The Dean” Sampson

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