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Online Poker Room Guide
This table ranks the best places where you can play online poker. All online poker rooms offer free play money tables, real money tables, and tables where you can play in an online poker tournament. All rooms feature Texas Hold 'Em, Omaha, and 7 Card Stud. Ring (cash) games and tournaments for each type are typically available. Be sure to see what we have to say and what our other guests have to say in the online poker room reviews.
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Full Tilt Poker   Our Rating: 5 Guest Rating: 5 view view
Absolute Poker ARP Our Rating: 4.9 Guest Rating: 4.5 view view
Bodog Poker   Our Rating: 4.9 Guest Rating: 3.7 view view
Poker Stars   Our Rating: 4.9 Guest Rating: 3.5 view view
Ultimate Bet UP Our Rating: 4.9 Guest Rating: 4.3 view view
Noble Poker   Our Rating: 4   view view
Paradise Poker   Our Rating: 4   view view
Party Poker   Our Rating: 4 Guest Rating: 3 view view
CD Poker   Our Rating: 3   view view
Pacific Poker   Our Rating: 3 Guest Rating: 3.5 view view
Poker Rewards   Our Rating: 3   view view
Poker Time   Our Rating: 3 Guest Rating: 3 view view
Royal Vegas Poker   Our Rating: 3   view view
Skybook Poker   Our Rating: 3   view view
VIP Poker   Our Rating: 3   view view
Virtual City Poker PR Our Rating: 3   view view

Bonus Information

Online poker rooms will change bonus terms from time to time. Before making a deposit be sure you understand the bonus terms, which are available on the poker room's website, usually under a link called "Bonuses" or "Promotions".
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Note that we will not list poker rooms that we have been rated poorly ( and ).
Abbreviations

ARP: The Absolute Rewards Program is a loyalty program whereby depositing players are awarded points for hands played and tournament buy-in fees. Points can be redeemed for poker tournament buy-ins and for merchandise.

EP: EPoints are redeemable for buying gifts at the EmpirePoker Gift Shop, special tournament buy-ins, a personal web page on EmpirePoker.com, real cash into your EmpirePoker account, and other prizes.

POP: Every time you win a raked hand, you win POP points. POP points can be redeemed at any time for instant cash.

PR : All loyalty points you earn will be paid into your PokerRewards account. This means that when you become a VIP at one poker room you are a VIP at all PokerRewards poker rooms.

RB : Rake Back program. A portion of your rake contribution is paid back to you.

UP : Earn Utimate Points at every table and for every hand of poker you play. You can earn bonus points for playing real money games, and bigger bonuses for starting a table.

Poker Strategy Article Previews

A couple of years ago, I was wandering a Vegas poker room after busting out of a tournament. I was looking to play a No-Limit ring game, but the higher stakes games had long waiting lists. I decided to take an open seat in a $2-$5 game.

When I sat down, I did a quick assessment of the table. There were a bunch of young guys -- I guessed they were in town for some college road trip. The others were retirement age. All seemed very concerned about the money they had on the table. They were playing very timidly and I was certain that I was by far the best player at the table.

How was I going to attack this group? more...

In an earlier article, Perry Friedman gave some guidelines as to what you should be looking for at the start of a Seven-Card Stud hand. Perry concentrated on third street, when you make your initial decision to proceed with the hand or not. For this tip, I'd like to go further down the road and talk about fourth street.

When playing Stud, fourth street is the last of the smaller betting rounds. On fifth street, the bets double, so if you decide to play beyond fourth street, your investment in the hand is going to be hefty.

On fourth street, I look to see if an opponent has picked up a card that has a relation to the door card (the first up card). If fourth street builds straight or flush possibilities for my opponent, I'm likely to muck a lot of hands; if it appears to be a complete blank, I'll usually continue. more...

Say you're playing in a low-stakes ring game. The blinds are $.50 and $1, and it's folded to you in middle position. You find a nice hand - pocket Tens - and bring it in for a standard raise of three times the big blind. It's folded around to a player in late position, who re-raises the minimum amount, making it $5 to go.

I've seen this sort of play repeatedly in the past few months while researching my next No-Limit Hold 'em book by playing in low-stakes games. Every time I've been faced with a minimum re-raise, I've been up against a monster - pocket Kings or Aces.

A player who opts for the small raise may think he's being crafty by getting me to put a little extra money in the pot while he holds a big hand. But this is not a profitable play. There are two major problems with the minimum raise. more...

Players get excited when they flop two pair because they know they're in a great position to take down a pot. But often, two pair is not nearly as powerful as it seems. This is especially true when holding bottom two pair or top and bottom pair. These hands may look dominant on the flop, but they're usually quite vulnerable.

For example, say you're playing a No-Limit Hold 'em ring game. There's a standard raise to four times the big blind from middle position. You figure the player has A-K or maybe a middle or high pocket pair. Everyone folds to you on the button, where you find 5d-7d. You've got favorable position and a hand that can flop some powerful draws, so you decide to call. The blinds fold, and the flop comes 5c-7h-Ks.

This is great. Not only do you have two pair, but it's very likely that your opponent has a piece of this flop, with top pair top kicker or maybe an over-pair. He bets into you, and you have to decide what action is best. more...

You've probably heard the standard reason to avoid slow playing: It's dangerous, because when you slow play, you give an opponent a chance to make a bigger hand at a minimal cost. This is absolutely true. But there's another reason to play your big hands fast, and this one isn't talked about as frequently. A slow play can give an opponent a chance to get away from a hand more cheaply than he would have had you played it fast from the start. Consider the following example.

You're in late position in a No-Limit Hold 'em ring game. A player raises in early position. You look at your cards, see pocket 8s, and decide to call. The flop is absolutely perfect: Qh 8h 2d. You've hit your set and, with the Queen out there, chances are your opponent has something – maybe A-Q, maybe pocket Kings or Aces. He bets the flop. more...

I'm best known in the poker world for my tournament success. I've won four World Series of Poker* bracelets, including the World Championship in 1996. With as much success as I've had in tournaments, however, I still prefer to spend most of my time in cash games. If I were to limit myself to tournaments, I'd miss out on some of poker's most interesting aspects.

In tournaments, you're constantly moving. The tournament director may move you so that he can balance tables, or your table may break. So, even if you've been attentive to your opponents' tendencies, there's a good chance that you won't be able to exploit the information you've gained. In a cash game, however, you have far more time with a set of players. When I play a cash game in a casino, I might spend eight, 10, or 12 hours with the same group, so I have a longer time to study my opponents and exploit their weaknesses. more...

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