Poker - Busting Online Poker Myths

Some tips that will help you win online poker without losing much dough by revealing myths about online poker so that you stop banking on them.

Myth No. 1: Online poker sites are tampered with. It is falsely said that online poker site is usually rigged. It is believed that new players win a lot of money initially before tailing off into a losing spree. But it is not true. All poker sites that pay you can't afford to fiddle with their RNGs (Random Number Generator) because it is virtually impossible to get away with it.

Myth No. 2: Online poker wins you more cash than live poker. This myth has its beginnings in the fact that one sees more royal flushes and full houses in an online poker game than in a live game. This is because you play a lot more hands in an online game than in real and hence the chances of a royal flush would evidently be more.

Myth No. 3: Online Poker makes use of Bots (Robots). This is true, Poker bots do exist. It is believed that poker bots would make winning impossible. This is NOT true. Unlike a game of chess where ones move are out in the open, Poker makes use of varying betting patterns and the concealment of the player's cards making it ridiculously impossible for bots to speculate like humans and play. Online poker bots are unsophisticated and have the worst winning track record.

Myth No. 4: Hacking makes ones cards visible to the other. FALSE! The security of any online poker game guarantees that your cards are visible only to you and to no other.

Myth No. 5: Colluding of players. This is unfortunately true. Colluding of players has been regrettably one of the biggest problems of online poker. Two or more players could actually be sharing information with each other during the game via telephone or instant messaging, tricking other players in the hand to give themselves an unfair lead in the game. However, oddly enough there are reasons to believe that this is not happening as often as one might be expecting. This is because online casinos keep a mind-blowing record of every hand that has been played which can be analysed automatically or manually according to the need.

Myth No. 6: Playing against bad players means an instant loss. Well this is only a myth for lack of better words.  This myth is more like a reassurance to ourselves on how neat our strategy really is and how it is not our flaw that there is not much talent in our table. If you really know your game then there will be no need to bank upon others skills or the lack of to win the game.

Myth No. 7: Cashing out carries bad luck. Online casinos don't lose anything when you cash out your money. Online casinos earn through commission while the money in your account brings them nothing hence they don't penalize or in extreme cases curse you for cashing out.

Myth No. 8: Poker needs no skill. This has to be the most absurd myth ever if you have ever played poker. And if you still believe it then you need to drown yourself in the nearest puddle possible. Skill and strategy are a necessity in poker. Only this ensures that a player makes money even out of a bad hand. Also calculating odds without skill and practice is next to impossible. Similarly, only with practice can you know when to bluff or call or to fold or bluff by chance.

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