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In the 1990s it seemed that pokern was dying, if not already dead. Casinos all over the place were shutting down their live poker rooms as video and online poker was taking the spotlight. But all that changed. About 8 years ago ESPN aired the first WSOP event, and that was, at least in the eyes of many industry analysts, the spark that brought the sport back.

Since that time, poker has become the world’s card game. It’s a little know fact that the World Series of Poker event has been around since the 1970s, but it wasn’t televised, and not really heavily advertised. Basically it was an exclusive thing. If you didn’t know about the circuit, well you didn’t really learn about it unless you frequented the casinos.

Before you knew it, it wasn’t even poker anymore, we all knew it as Texas Hold ‘Em. Then it happened. The amateur breakthrough in the form of Chris Moneymaker, that was the second dose of gasoline on the fire that was already starting to burn brighter again. And this brought with it the 10,000 dollar a seat competitive scene online. Instead of skipping the brick and mortars to play online, players were competing online in order to win seats at the live event. They call this the Moneymaker Effect in retrospect.

And from there, it’s as they say, the rest is history. The game became assessable to anyone with an internet connection and a passion to play. And interest combined with popularity is, as every economist knows, that thing we call popularity. Marketability even.

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That’s why there are terrific surfboards to be won at online game contest and sweepstakes this month. A lot more fun websites are pick out to enter online online sweepstakes. Cyber sweepstakes are also legally indifferent from the contest websites in Anderson Indiana. Internet sweepstakes are for the most part much gentler and quicker to enter than online contests. Internet sweepstakes and online actions are banned from requiring a bribe to enter. Promotions advertised as online game contests, in time, can involve an entry fee or evidence of purchase.

So you saw the World Series of Poker on ESPN the other day, and you told yourself it looked boring and wasn’t for you, and then two hours later you were still on the couch yelling at the screen about pre-flops and the river.

And now you want to play. Trouble is, the adrenaline has worn off from watching some schlub win half a million dollars with an A-2 bluff, and you realize you have no idea how the game works. Texas Holdem? Might as well be a Clint Eastwood Spaghetti Western. The river? Wasn’t that a Meryl Streep flick? Finding the nut? Are wesquirrels?!

It doesn’t have to be this way. There is skill involved in poker, no matter what your friends say, but that doesn’t mean you can’t get the basics under your belt. Hopefully these tips will give you the confidence you need to hit the felt and pile up a chip stack of your own. Not $500,000, of course, but a little something to get started.

First up, you have to remember that poker never plays out like it does in the movies. Matt Damon and Edward Norton made Holdem look fast and easy in Rounders, but that’s not how it works in the real world. Rule one is you don’t have to play every hand. If the hand you’re dealt (called the pocket cards) stinks, don’t be afraid to throw it away (that’s called “folding”). If you’re still having trouble, try playing only those hands that contain high cards at first, and folding the rest. Veteran players at the table will grumble at your cautiousness, but you might find your chip stack staying high and healthy this way, at least at first. Playing more doesn’t always mean winning more.

Next up, where are you sitting? Online poker and live events both feature round, oval affairs, and how you play a hand is influenced by the seat you’re in. This has nothing to do with the comfort of your backside, and everything to do with the Dealer. Where are they? (hint: find the seat with the “button” in front of it, which says “Dealer”) How many seats away? If there are a high number of seats, you can happily consider yourself in the “Late Position,” meaning you have the luxury of watching your opponents’ actions before making your own. If there are a small number of seats, you’re in the “Early Position”, and will be forced to act before most of your opponents. As you become more aware of your poker playing style, you’ll find that either position has its strengths and weaknesses.

OK, so you’re seated now. Take a look at those two facedown cards the Dealer tossed your way. Take a peek. Memorize what they are, because nothing says “newbie” like a someone who checks their cards ten times a hand, and look for part 2 of this tips and tricks beginner’s primer around the Net sometime soon.

Until next time!