Poker

Hold'em takes a minute to learn and a lifetime to master

Online poker is the fastest growing gambling sector, and one of the fastest growing industries in the world right now. And with good reason - the general public is only now beginning to realise what a fascinating, complex (but superficially simple) and rewarding a game poker can be. As one former World Series of Poker (WSOP) champion says: "Texas Hold'em takes a minute to learn and a lifetime to master."

At just one internet site - Party Poker - there are regularly an incredible 60,000+ players playing at any one time. And there are hundreds of poker sites!
With so many newcomers flooding to the tables, opportunities are legion for an average player to win regularly by following the top three rules

1. Know what hands to play and which to fold
2. Understand what the major factor is in that decision (and it's not the cards you are holding!)
3. Know the odds for any starting hand and learn how to calculate the chances of improving your hand quickly and easily in your head

Punters Paradise will help you achieve a working knowledge of the game that will keep you safe out there.

At just one internet site there are an incredible 60,000+ players playing at any one time

If you are a newcomer to poker, the advice on these pages and tips in the forum from experienced players will make your playing more fun as well as more profitable. Post up any interesting hands you encounter in real life and ask the experts to tell you how they would have played it. That can be a real eye-opener, even for relatively experienced players.

There is a wealth of reading material both in books and online. Not just 'how to' books but some marvellously evocative biographies of the old timers. Stories like "The Education of a Poker Player" by Herbert O. Yardley that Ian Fleming described as "zest, blood, sex and a tough, wry humour reminiscent of Raymond Chandler". A fabulous read that gives you a flavour of the life surrounding the game as well as a sound grounding in the basics.