Tag Archive: professional poker player

It's easy to forget that you're playing poker against the other players sat around the table, as opposed to just the dealer. This means that you shouldn't be too hasty to fold any hands. For a start, you don't yet know the effect this might have on your opponents. Before hand, study how your opponents are playing. Analyse their equity and then compare it against the strength of your hand.

Many people have hobbies they would love to turn into full-time occupations. The same is true of some casino gamblers. After all, they are always reading about wealthy winners at poker tournaments. So it's only natural to dream that you could be in those same shoes. But the truth is that launching yourself into a professional poker career is not an easy undertaking. For a start, you'll need to spend all your life in the casino. Then you'll need a huge bankroll to survive the lean periods.

The dream or fantasy of many poker players is to take home the first prize from the World Series of Poker. But it's a massive leap from a regular hobby poker player up into the heady echelons of professional poker. You'll need heaps of tenacity and discipline, as well as the time to practice. But probably the biggest stumbling block is you'll have to accrue a bankroll large enough to stand the swings of the game. And all this money will need to be saved before you start your gambling journey.

Having a love for casino table games is all well and good. And all the players want to have a great time and enjoy themselves. That's why, if someone behaves like an asshole, they are going to stand out. And more especially so if they happen to be a huge Hollywood star. After the success of the first Spider-Man movie, Tobey Maguire became a household name around the world. Unfortunately, it all seemed to have gone to his head. He put on underground poker games where he behaved appallingly.

Everyone who's seen the movie "Casino" will have the scene where Robert DeNiro gets a hammer to deal with some casino cheats. Once the player's hand was smashed, he was thrown out. Obviously, there's going to be no violence if you break the casino's rules when playing online. But it's always wise to keep in mind that certain behaviours will see the online ban-hammer fall swiftly. Not only can you be banned from just one casino, but through sharing the details of cheats and frauds, from them all.