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Free Poker There are just some times that it is just too much trouble to drive up to the Casino. Instead of sitting around the house wishing that I lived in Las Vegas and was able to walk out my front door and have a choice of casino poker rooms within a few miles. I get up to my computer and log onto a poker game. There are also times that I do no want to play for real money. So I click on the free poker link. That opens up hundreds of games for all different money levels that I can play for free. For a poker player there are some choices to make here: The high average pot game. Be it Texas Holdem, 7 card stud, or Omaha will be full of folks who have no idea how to play poker. They typically have the max raise going on for almost every card. You will have seven or eight people calling the hand after the river. I only play in these games when I want to practice patience. It is kind of fun sitting back, dumping hand after hand and waiting. About two or three times an hour I will get delt a hand that has some promise. If they don't show the same promise after the flop, I dump those too. The mid range pot game is a lot better. You will see some folks that actually know how to play poker and will respect your raises and catch on quick that you are playing a tight fisted poker game. I don't spend too much time in these because the mixture of players does not really reflect what will happen in a real money hold em game. The game that shows it has a low average pot is my cup of tea. Most of the time, not always, you will find real poker players. Folks that are really trying to learn how to play Holdem or players who are brushing up on their skills. Lots of times I will play in a free Holdem game before I switch over to real money poker, just to see how the cards are falling. I know, I know. How the cards are falling in a free poker game do not have a damn thing to do with what will happen in a real money game. Poker players are superstitious, and I am one of them. You might find yourself playing across from a guy who is playing right by the book. What luck! Because if you are serious about playing Texas Holdem you have already read lots of books on the subject. You now know almost exactly what he is going to do in almost every situation. Poker is War and you are not interested in prisoners. Exploit every weakness. This is about making money. That is how you keep score. Lots of people think that Texas Holdem Poker is a game of luck. While there is some luck involved there are very many times that you can make your own luck. It just takes lots and lots of skill to do it. A lot of the luck that you make for yourself will be involved with playing your position to the maximum. If you are acting as the dealer or, "On the button" as it is called you have the leeway to play much more agressively because you already have information about all the other players hands. Did they call, raise, or fold? If you are first to bet then you have to, first of all, play fewer hands, and second, play conservatively.