Online Cardroom Tips and Tricks

I made the case in the very first chapter of this book that the game of poker is adapting quite nicely to the online medium. It’s true, and really kind of amazing. Consider that pretty much all of the poker strategy and tactics explained in these last few chapters apply just as well to the online game as to the offline one. In terms of basic mechanics and structure, the game remains the same.

The principal exception, also noted in the first chapter, is that you cannot directly observe or assess your opponents in an Internet cardroom, at least, not in the traditional ways. But there are some evolving methods of gathering information (and putting out disinformation) at the virtual tables. In the future, I suspect, game historians will look back on this era and marvel at how the game poker adapted so well to the digital realm.


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