By: Jon Stein With excerpts from Paul Westin, and several other online poker professionals Brought to you by: The Royal Flush Club

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1 By: Jon Stein With excerpts from Paul Westin, and several other online poker professionals Brought to you by: The Royal Flush Club 2009 Jon Stein, et al 1

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3 How to Succeed as a Professional Online Poker 1. Intro to Online Poker Software, and bots, and algorithms, oh my!... 6 How to Beat a Poker Bot in Online Poker 8 3. Real Online Poker Strategy.. 10 Before You Make A Move Bluffing, Position and Moves Final Table Strategy Bankroll Management 15 Making Bank...15 Keeping within your Limits...16 Tournaments...17 Cash (Ring) Games Poker Tools. 19 How Online Poker Tools Can Increase Your Winnings Conclusion..20 3

4 Intro to Online Poker Online poker is enjoyed by more than 2 million people everyday. This phenomenon has created a virtual playground for any well-versed and experienced player an opportunity to make loads of cash from the glut of new or less experienced player. Using proper strategies, knowledge of the gaming software and your own intuition can easily make you a fortune in online poker. The early days of online poker produced several outstanding players who went on to win major events, like Chris Moneymaker s WSOP championship in The enormous rush of players to online poker sites with a dream to become millionaires has also created a huge headache for the online poker sites. Cheating, collusion and hi-tech poker tools have all joined in the mix of online poker. The fact that a poker site must prevent a breach of security from cheaters and colluders as well as poker bot software and tools designed to give players an unfair advantage has made the game a lot different today then when Moneymaker made his phenomenal run. Online poker sites have implemented several different software controls to detect and prevent people from engaging in illicit acts of cheating. Most sites ban poker tools or software designed to give you an unfair advantage against your opponents. In addition, several sites have built in detection that can spy on exactly what programs you are running while playing on their site. Fulltilt for instance places several registry entries in your hard drive for this exact reason. Therefore, they know if you have an Instant Message (IM) browser window open or any other software. Although they can not see what you are typing or know whom you are chatting with, they use this information to help detect possible collusion. In addition, major pokersites have implemented software algorithms that will actually prevent a player from winning hand after hand after hand. This stopgap measure prevents a player from dominating a table or tourneys and in essence changes the whole game around. By knowing how these algorithms work, one can actually subvert them and succeed at playing. The focus of the Online Poker Code Crack by Paul Westin goes deeper into detail about these algorithms and explains how to beat them. I encourage any online poker player to get a copy of the Online Poker Code Crack to discover how to better beat the poker sites software. 4

5 Statistics, outs, and pot odds are no longer an important part of playing poker online because of the software. In addition, these very software programs cause the enormous amounts of bad beats and unbelievable play in online poker. As a final note, you must understand that online poker is quite different then live poker, mainly because of the software programs, computer-generated codes and algorithms used by online poker sites. That software actually controls the outcomes, the deals and in large part determines a lot of the action in an online poker game. You can NOT play online poker in the same way you do live, and in order to succeed you MUST adjust your online game play. 5

6 Software, and bots, and algorithms, oh my! It is well documented that every online poker site uses multiple software programs for a variety of tasks including anti-collusion, anti-cheating, bot detection and other methods to make the game as fair as possible in their eyes. However, a lot of these extra programs actually makes it more difficult for the experienced player, and further destroys the true odds of the game. The extra software and algorithms intended to make the game fair and level the playing field, actually is the reason behind the constant bad beats and unbelievable suckouts seen in online poker. In order to succeed, one must become familiar with not only the style of play, but also the techniques used by the online poker sites that level the field. The purists and mostly naïve players have difficulty in believing that such things as pokerbots and subversive algorithms exist. In fact, many blogs and websites will fervently argue that the conspiracy theorists are paranoid and that there is no way a poker site would use any type of software to change the game. To be so naïve as to believe that online poker sites are not using poker bots, algorithms or other subversive tools on the market or in the poker site software is ridiculous. Many will claim that pokersites would not chance losing their rakes by using such software if discovered. However, the truth is that if they did not have some sort of software to prevent cheating, collusion and other illicit attempts, it would be easy for people to steal, bluff and dominate their way into millions of dollars in poker online. The result of never being able to win online poker would ultimately lead many to quit playing and eventually cause the poker sites to lose massive customers. Just like the Ultimate Bet scandal, and Absolute Poker scandal rocked the sites as tens of thousands of players closed their accounts. If it were discovered a site uses some type of software or algorithm to change the game dramatically, people would close their accounts and file tons of lawsuits against the site. The reality is that poker sites DO in fact use software and algorithms and they keep this information highly protected against public view and opinion. Recently, several lawsuits have been filed against more than one poker site alleging the use of pokerbots and subversive algorithms that change the game from a game of skill to a game of chance and luck. In addition to the pokersites using advanced software, other players easily have at their disposal pokerbots, online poker tools, calculators and other methods to advance their game and further an unfair advantage against you. It is like playing professional football and all your opponents are on steroids! It is tough to beat a player that has such an advantage, unless you know HOW to play online poker. If you believe you can play online poker in the same manner that you can in live play; you are doomed for failure. An adjustment of your game is necessary in order to win. There is no doubt that additional software, other than the normal random number generator, is used to determine the outcome of hands. This is the reason you must pay special attention to the players at your table and the methods in which they play. 6

7 If you are going to be successful in online poker, go in with the attitude that you are not going to win every tournament and that there is a multitude of software in the poker room that changes the game from a game of skill into a game of chance. As I said in the introduction, Paul Westin has done extensive research on this subject and written the Online Poker Code Crack. Take a minute to learn more by visiting his website at 7

8 How to Beat a Poker Bot in Online Poker The latest rage by poker aficionados and programmers is to create and use a poker bot that will automatically play online poker with little or no human interaction, with the ultimate goal of winning money. This recent craze has alarmed both online poker sites and players as the fear of a computer program with the capacity to win online poker will essentially be able to outsmart live thinking players of their hard-earned money and eventually rob the pokersites of quality players afraid to play against so many poker bots. A recent industry study concluded that 12% of online poker players were apprehensive about or had completely stopped playing online poker in light of the recent poker bot craze. That essentially sends players offline rather than risk their money against these new computer-generated poker bots. However, there are several ways to beat a poker bot in online poker, and knowing these methods will certainly give the human player back the edge against poker bots. One fact that makes a poker bot a better player is that they lack the human emotion or power of reasoning that a human must use when playing online poker. A poker bot is not apt to go on tilt or get angry when they are the victims of a bad beat. In playing online poker, human players are up against two major advantages. One is the computer generated code created by the poker sites to determine shuffles, deals and outcomes of a hand, while the other disadvantage, just as dangerous to your bankroll, is the poker bot, which is pre-programmed with all the statistics and probabilities of the game. Nevertheless, you can use the computer-generated codes of the pokersites and poker bots against them if you understand how they work. A poker bot is confined to making decisions based solely on the play of the game with regard to its statistical analysis of poker. In other words, a poker bot will only make decisions based on known patterns in the game. Moreover, the online poker sites, which actively attempt to detect and thwart the efforts of poker bot programmers and users, have implemented a counter-measure to the poker bots, using the same known patterns. By implementing a counter measure to the poker bots, a poker site is able to ensure that a poker bot will not win since the poker bots actions are predictable and confined to a skill-set directly related to statistical odds and probability. This, as confusing as it may seem, actually works to the advantage of the human player. While the poker site s software is actively seeking the poker bot patterns and attempting to detect who is a human and who is a computer generated poker bot script, they also inadvertently implemented a flaw which allows a human player to take advantage of the online poker sites weakness. In reality, it has resulted in a human player having the ability to not only beat the poker bot, but to beat human opponents as well. By following a set pattern that the online poker sites are using, an advantage is created for anyone who is aware of that pattern. This pattern is known as a sequential algorithm and that algorithm dramatically has changed the poker game online to force wins and losses in a set, specific and predictable pattern. 8

9 It is not only plausible to beat a poker bot; it is easily accomplished by recognizing the patterns used by online pokersites. These patterns are simple to learn and require little skill by a human player. So the next time you think about playing poker online, consider using the codes and algorithms created by the pokersites to your advantage. They are there to prevent the poker bots from winning, but not you! You can learn more about the algorithms and how to beat the poker site software from Paul Westin's Online Poker Code Crack at 9

10 Real Online Poker Strategy First and foremost, dedicate yourself to understanding this one very important principle: Poker is NOT a Get Rich Quick scheme! You must build your bankroll slowly, intelligently and with an attitude and mindset that you are building a long-term income. If you go into a game that is out of your league or over your bankroll you will fail and likely go broke all too quickly. Stay within your limits and build your poker experience along with your bankroll using solid poker strategies. Winning at online poker is easy if you understand the fundamentals of the game, and more importantly understand the functions of the software used by the online poker sites. One of the major mistakes made by online poker players is that they attempt to use poker tournament strategy to play the game in the same manner as they do in a live game. This practice inevitably results in a failure of the player to cash or win consistently. The reason behind this fail is that online poker is quite different from live poker. You are not only playing against a myriad of inexperienced players, you are also up against a very tough opponent; the poker site software used to generate the cards and determine the outcome of hands. The real poker tournament strategy to use online is quite different from your typical poker strategy used in a live game. Just as in any computer-generated game, a person must approach online poker with the same attitude; you are essentially playing against a computer. The software determines many facets of your game that are out of your control, unlike in live play. Chief among these factors is the deal of the cards, which is accomplished through a random number generator and then selected using special algorithms that have a deterministic outcome. The special algorithms were included in the online poker software to prevent collusion and cheating, however, those algorithms actually are your lifelines to winning online poker, if you know what they are. An algorithm is nothing more than a set of mathematical codes that perform a complex function. In this case, the algorithms used by online pokersites make a deterministic calculation in the outcome of hands. It is the algorithms that will make people lose due to constant bad beats and river suck outs. Those very algorithms have caused many good players to lose money to seemingly unbelievably bad players. In reality, it is not the bad player as much as it is the poker sites algorithm. Knowing how to decipher those algorithms will give you real poker tournament strategy to win and cash more often To put it in simple terms, what if you knew you were going to win a hand, regardless of the two hole cards you are holding? Would you play the hand and maximize your money or would you lay it down because you should never play garbage hands? If you truly want to win online poker, approach the game for what it is, a computer generated, predictable and easily manipulated piece of software. Once you understand this, your only goal is to learn the algorithms and take control of your game! That is the real answer to online poker tournament strategy! 10

11 Before You Make A Move The skills and knowledge required to win at online poker are quite different then the skills and knowledge used in a live poker game. There are several reasons why the same moves and techniques you employ in a live poker game do not work as well in an online poker game. If your desire is to learn how to win at online poker, you must first have a basic understanding of what is happening behind the scenes. In a live poker tournament, many factors such as the deal, physical tells, and bold plays will affect the outcome of each hand, whereas, online poker lacks some of these basic circumstances. For example, the deal in an online poker game is regulated by a computer-generated program that scarcely simulates true random deal in a live game. In addition, you are not able to witness physical tells by other players thereby making it more difficult to tell if your opponent is weak or strong. Plays such as trapping and bluffing become more difficult online, since the primary skill in poker is absent in an online game. Moreover, because the deal and the randomness created by a computer software program can follow a particular pattern, in some cases it makes no difference how skillful you play. For instance, in a live game your pocket aces are normally an 88% winner against any random hand. However, in online poker those odds usually do not hold true, because of the algorithms used in the random number generator (RNG). What this means is that normal skill used in a live game, becomes less important and less effective in your quest to win at online poker. The explanation for this is that the software actually controls which hands and which person may win, regardless of the true live odds. This fact has been proven in multiple studies conducted by several poker and software professionals in an attempt to learn how to win at online poker. The result is simply that a computer generated software program controlling the outcome of hands is ineffective when a player wishes to use their learned skills in online poker. The answer to win at online poker is to emulate the program and adjust your play according to the algorithms used by the software. Bluffing, Position and Moves Many amateur players will use the bluff as a way to take down a pot and represent a big hand. Although bluffing works well most of the time in a live poker game, this technique is NOT a good move in online poker. The reason being two-fold: 1. Players online tend to call more often because they believe everyone bluffs. 2. The software on major pokersites counteracts bluffing when a player has won multiple hands. Since a large majority of players online are amateurs and weekend warriors in the game of poker, their understanding of the game is mostly limited to the style in which they play. For example, a player that bluffs a lot tends to think everyone bluffs a lot. In addition, a player that always makes continuation bets also believes that other players do the same. 11

12 The fact that players tend to think of their opponents in the same terms as their own style of play is the reason it is necessary to adjust your play to counteract your opponents thought of the way they play poker. Change up your game a little and bluff less often, do not make a continuation bet when you miss the flop, or fold the small blind when the entire table folds around to you instead of raising the big blind to steal. This brings me to position play. An effective method in live poker is to raise on the button. This technique is designed to get rid of the limpers with mediocre hands before you and to push the small blind and big blind off their hands. Usually a good technique, however, this method is so overused that many amateurs will not fold to a button raise. In other words, it is NO SECRET! A button raise in many cases is nothing more than a move, it is NOT considered a good move especially in online poker, simply because everyone is attuned to the fact that people make button raises with any two cards. If your technique is a button raise in online poker, you seriously should reconsider it and use it truly only when you have a string hand. If you do it with a strong hand, most people think you are making a move anyway, and this could build a rally good pot. If you do it with a mediocre hand, you are only asking for trouble, as you will likely be up against the same mediocre hands you are raising with. (Do you really want to be a coin flip every time you play?) Another poor choice in position play is to raise in the small blind when the entire table has folded. There is only the small blind and big blind in the hand. In online poker, it is counterproductive (and a poor choice) to attempt this move. WHY? Because large majorities of people believe, they must protect their big blind! Furthermore, you should realize that a big blind is just as likely to wake up with a big hand as anyone else. Consider this for a moment, if 7 other people at the table folded before you as the small blind, do you think maybe the big blind could have a hand? After all, 7 hands were not even good enough to play! So either the deck is cold or the big blind has a monster! My strongest advice is to avoid raising the big blind when it is only the small and big in the hand and just fold it or call to see a flop, especially early in a tournament when blinds are so low. Later in a tournament when blinds have increased substantially and there is an ante, raising in this position is more likely to succeed because the hand selection of players is greater. Again, avoid this early as you will only win an extremely small pot and use it sparingly later to pick up the antes. Final Table Strategy A great relief comes over many players when they finally reach the final table. Oftentimes it is a struggle just to get there, and once you are there, you must implement some strategy to help you get even deeper. Keep in mind an important fact, if you are an above average player, you will only reach a final table about 10% of the time. That means for every 10 tournaments you play you will see the final table only once. 12

13 Because of this, you need to maximize your win and collect as much money as possible, by playing the final table at your optimum best. Factors to consider when you reach the final table are the average chipstack, the cost of the blinds and the shortstacks at your table. Average Chipstack Statistically, the closer you are to the average chipstack, the better chance you have of finishing deeper. This rule applies throughout the tournament and not only at the final table. For example, if there are $90,000 chips in play, the average at the final table is 10,000. If you have 10% above or below this number, you should finish in about half the field. Cost of Blinds Avoiding chip anxiety (nervous because you do not have enough chips), in reality, online poker is quite different from live poker in that you do not need 10 times the big blind in order to succeed. Actually, 3 or 4 times the big blind is more than sufficient. The reason is because players are much looser online than in live and likely, you will easily double up from loose calls and poor play. Shortstacks Most short stacks suffer from chip anxiety, and usually will go with any face or ace card to try and move up the money ladder. If you happen to find yourself as the shortstack, you want to hold on until you are getting the best odds for tripling or quadrupling your stack. Do not make a move just because you are short; make a move when you have an opportunity to 3X or 4X your stack. Another important strategy at the final table is to NOT be the Hero! Do not make it your mission to try and bust out all the players just because you have a deep stack. Try to avoid the confrontations with the shortstacks, mostly because if you double them up, they could come back to knock you out. So be careful and avoid being the final table hero. Let the middle stacks and shortstacks knock themselves out while you enjoy the show! Playing a tight and solid game at the final table is one of the best strategies, simply because in many cases, players that have reached the final table are so relieved that they finally made it, they tend to get off their game and make ridiculous moves. Again, let them beat each other up, and only make solid moves and play a top ten game. Heads Up I have found that many players finally making it heads up think the best strategy is to go all in constantly or try to bully the other player. I love when players try this, because it almost NEVER works! The best strategy for heads up play online is to trap your opponent in a big hand. Let him see the flop and let him make all the mistakes. If a constant all-in er irritates you, he is accomplishing his mission! Do not go on tilt because of this strategy; rather let your opponent dig his own hole. A great way to combat this online is to slow down the clock, by timing out every time, this may cause your opponent to get irritated and make mistakes as well. 13

14 Although hand selection is quite different heads up, if you let your opponent play scared poker (by going allin every hand) you will catch him and in many cases cripple him. So play patient and try not to tilt, eventually you will trap him! Good luck at the final table! Make sure you read the next section, Bankroll Management, to help you budget, control and build your bankroll. 14

15 Bankroll Management If you truly want to be a successful and professional online poker player, the most important lesson you need to learn is bankroll management. Bankroll management (BR) is the process of controlling your expenses and income, just like in a business. Look at your poker career as a business and set a budget with which you will be able to stay within. The majority of poker players fail simply because of poor bankroll management. An important and essential part of your poker career and just as important as learning strategies is to control your bankroll. The primary goal of any professional poker player is to be profitable. After all, if you are not making a profit, you likely will not be in the business of poker very long. Making Bank Your bankroll should be funded out of excess cash from your regular income. For instance, if you have a steady job, you may want to set aside a percentage that will be exclusively for your poker career. 10% of your income might be a good start, depending on your individual needs. Keep in mind again; Poker is NOT a get rich quick scheme. You likely are not going to make tons of money in a few days and be able to quit your day job. However, with a well-regulated plan of action, you could build your bankroll and eventually turn it into a full-time income. Having said that, set aside an amount you are comfortable with and use ONLY that amount for your poker playing. If you have a losing session, or your bankroll gets depleted, you must discipline yourself to NOT play again until you are able to fund your bankroll again. For example, you could set aside $30 each week for your bankroll. Win or lose each week, you will add $30 into your bankroll and play within that limit. If you go broke, you will have to wait until the next week to fund the $30 into your bankroll. It is important to set some type of guide up like this, so you do not use money that you need for other things (such as bills, living expenses, etc) Poor money management on your part will reflect in your game, ultimately makes you a bad player, and eventually causes you to start chasing your losses. Keep good discipline and stick to your money plan. 15

16 Keeping within your Limits Now that you have determined a set amount to use each week for your poker playing, you will want to determine how to invest that amount to build your bankroll. Following are mathematical formulas that you should adapt to your bankroll management strategy and discipline yourself to follow. Tournament Play Just like any investment, whether it is in stocks, bonds, or precious metals, you must view your poker bankroll in the same manner. Invest for the maximum return. This is called your ROI (Return on Investment). You want a ROI of at the very least 7 times on your investment (that s 14%), because in most cases an average player will end up ITM (In The Money), about 14% of the time. So for every 7 tourneys you play, you will at the very worst have an opportunity to break even. The worst investment in your poker bankroll is to play single table tourneys, the reason is that 1 st place is 4.5 times your buyin 2 nd is about 2.5 times and 3 rd is less than double your money. If you play these tournaments, you must finish ITM at least 75% of the time to make a profit. If you are that good to cash 3 out of 4 tourneys then you should definitely play deeper tourneys. However, it is unlikely you will consistently cash 75% of the time, so avoid single table tournaments, and 2 table tourneys as the ROI is not high enough to build cash. The minimum tourney size you will want to play is a 27-man tourney. This gives a reasonable ROI and is just as simple as playing a 9-man tourney. For example, a 27 person tournament will pay almost 10 times the buyin for 1 st, 6 times the buyin for 2 nd, 4 times the buyin for 3 rd and 2 times the buyin for fourth. At the very worst you will make 4 th and have enough to play two more tournaments for an opportunity to cash deeper. As you can see your ROI is very good for this type of tourney and by maintaining a 14% ITM average, you can build your bankroll easily. For maximum effectiveness, you should consider 45 man tournaments as this offers a better ROI. In addition, if you can maintain a 14% average ITM, a 45 man tourney is the best option. You will easily build a steady bankroll if you play 45 man tourneys consistently. The buy-in amount you choose is directly related to the amount of your bankroll. Your buyin should not exceed 10% of your bankroll, simply because if your average ITM is 14% you will need at least 10 opportunities to cash. For example, if your bankroll is $50, you should NOT play any stakes higher than $5, until your bankroll has increased substantially. Once your bankroll has tripled the original amount you started with, you will venture into higher stakes tourneys allowing for 7-10% of your bankroll. In this case, a $150 bankroll will allow you to play at $10-$15 tournaments. The fastest bankroll killer is trying to move up the stakes ladder too quickly! Take a slow and steady approach, adjusting your buyin percentage as your bankroll increases. 16

17 When your bankroll reaches 5 times the original amount you can adjust your buyin percentage to 5%, this will allow you to build at a paced rate and not risk a large amount of your bankroll on any tournament. Keep in mind as your bankroll increases your buyin PERCENTAGE needs to decrease. You can not keep it at 10% all the time. Cash (Ring) Game Play The cash games are a much bigger risk to your bankroll than any other factor, simply because you are most times putting your whole bankroll at risk when you play a cash game. For this reason, I advise against cash game play until you have built a bankroll of at least 10 times your initial amount. When you are ready to play cash games, the method of computing your stakes and buyin is related to your bankroll as well as the amount in play at the table. You should never play above your stakes level until your bankroll is sufficient to cushion against a major loss. The rule of thumb in cash poker games is to have at the minimum 30 times the maximum buyin at your table. Therefore, if you want to play.25/. 50-cent no limit holdem and the max buyin is $40 you need to have at least a $1200 bankroll behind you. That may sound like an astounding amount, however, this is the same rule of thumb used by every major professional poker player. A bankroll 30 times your max buyin is required! The reasoning is that you are putting at risk your initial buyin, plus any rebuys that you make should you go bust. With a substantial amount in your bankroll, you are less likely to lose it all in one session. On the other hand, if all you have is $100 and you sit down at a 25/50-cent game, you essentially could lose your entire bankroll easily. The Buy-in Amount The buyin amount you should make when you sit down is always the maximum amount. You should NEVER buy in for less. So if you sit down at a table where the max buyin is $40, then you must buy in for $40, there are two reasons for this: 1. Protect your hands If you buy in for less and the rest of the table has the max or more, you will easily get bullied by the deeper stacks. It may be harder to protect your good hands from suckouts if your opponent sees that all you have is $10 behind you. He knows that he can draw against you simply because it will likely not cost him more than $10. On the other hand, if you have the max buyin, players are less likely to bully you or call you down because it may cost them their entire stack. 2. Potential Double ups When you buyin for the maximum, you stand a good chance of making the most money when you have an excellent winning hand. The likelihood of you doubling or even tripling can make your day as a poker player. Because of this, buying in for the maximum just makes good economic sense. 17

18 For example if you only buyin for $10 and you get a hand where your opponents can triple you up, you have only increased your bankroll by a mere few percents, whereas if you buy in for the maximum and get a double or triple up you have added 10% or 20% to your bankroll. As you can clearly see, buying in for the maximum is the only right choice and ensures you the maximum ROI. If you are too scared to buy in for the maximum, you probably should not be playing at the table anyway. So, go for the max! When to Leave This is the area where most poker players have very little discipline, and ultimately causes a lot of grief in their professional career. The time to leave! While some will set a designated time for leaving a table, that is fine and sometimes a good idea. However, using math to determine when you should leave a table is a much better method to leaving at the right time. When your stack is less than ½ the average at the table, you should get up and either go to another table or quit for the day. That is to say, if the average stack at the table is $60 and you have less than $30, you may want to find another table or quit for now. Add up all the stacks at your table and divide by the number of players to determine the average stack. On the other hand, when your stack has reached more than double the average chipstack, this also is the time to leave. If the average stack is $60 and you have more than $120, you better look for a way out, as the odds of you doubling up shortstacks and average stacks has increased dramatically. The whole purpose of playing cash poker is to build your bankroll, it is your investment, and you should leave when your wins or losses are at these levels. You can easily buyin at another table for less, if you want to play more for the day, however, staying at the same table after you have doubled or tripled your stack is usually a bad investment. Some players will frown upon you for going south (leaving the table with a lot of chips) however, it is an investment, you are not trying to feed others bankrolls, just yours! Play smart and leave when you reach the aforementioned levels, and you will find it very hard to go broke! Again, if you still want to play, just go to another table and buyin for the max, if you left the last table with a profit, you are up for the day and continue to play at other tables. Multi-Tabling Many poker rooms will encourage you to play more than one table by offering rewards or rakebacks or points. Their motivation is simply to increase their rake. If you choose to multi-table, you should follow the same strategy mentioned above in the buyin section and when to leave. I discourage playing more than two tables at a time, as this will extend your bankroll and possibly put you at risk for losing too much in one day. In addition, more than two tables can become overwhelming especially if you take a few bad beats! It will definitely affect your play at the other tables. 18

19 Be careful to risking too much in a multi-table style of play. As a professional poker player, you want to concentrate and focus on one or two tables and avoid getting too much of your bankroll at risk at any one time. The best advice is to stick to one table and if you need a slight distraction, enter a 45-man tourney while you play cash. This gives you a good opportunity to make money both ways! Poker Tools One great advantage that online poker players have over live poker players is the use of online poker tools. Many of these tools are designed to figure pot odds, percentages, and outs for you quickly. It is good for those that are mathematically challenged. However, many poker sites restrict the use of some of the calculators and other methods. If you choose to use an online poker tool, select one that is undetectable by the poker room software. Paul Westin has written the Online Poker Code Crack as a poker tool to help players gain an advantage while playing online. Any one who wishes to become a professional poker player online and make a decent living off their poker winnings should read his guide by going to How Online Poker Tools Can Increase Your Winnings Did you ever wonder about the security of your home while you are away? Probably not, after all, you have a lock on the doors to prevent uninvited guests from coming in and taking your possessions, right? However, how does that lock stop a person that is skilled in the art of lock picking? Online poker is in the same respect, secure from most people being able to compromise their site; however, a person skilled in the art of programming can easily learn how to use online poker tools to subvert the security software intended to prevent cheating, collusion and pokerbot detection. Many poker sites in recent years have implemented a multitude of safeguards to deter cheating, collusion and pokerbots from polluting their poker rooms and in an effort to make the 19

20 game appear fair to everyone. Nevertheless, the software the online poker sites are using to accomplish this actually has an adverse effect on the real play of the game. The secret to winning is to know how online poker tools can work to your advantage and how you can win without suffering the constant bad beats so often seen in the online poker sites. The first step in winning is to understand the software algorithms used by the pokersites, and then put that knowledge to work when you play poker online. Many sites prohibit online poker tools, and have methods of detecting persons using such software. The reason the pokersites do not want players using online poker tools, is to prevent them from gaining an unfair advantage. Yet, the pokersites use several unfair algorithms in their software that statistically does not concur with true live play. If you truly want to win in online poker, you need to examine tools such as the Online Poker Code Crack that give you an even advantage against the software running the pokersites. There are several methods that are available that will reveal the codes of those algorithms used by online poker sites, and learning this information will easily level the playing field and further curtail the enormous amount of constant bad beats. I encourage any serious poker player to expand their game using the online poker code to improve their online game and win more often. On the other hand, if you honestly believe the poker sites are fairly dealing a game, then there is no need for the use of such tools. However, repeated research has proven that the pokersites are not using fair dealing techniques and therefore the only solution is to learn their software algorithms and use it to your advantage. Conclusion Take advantage of the advanced knowledge you can gain from Professional poker players who have contributed to this book, especially, Paul Westin author of the Online Poker Code Crack. I have used his techniques to dominate many large tournaments online and have become a professional poker player online as well. You can make a substantial living playing poker, if you use the right tools, the right knowledge, and the right attitude. Learn the real way to make money online and use this guide along with the Online Poker Code found at to further your career. Good luck in all your ventures and if you are interested in professional online poker coaching you can contact me directly at js1233@verizon.net or Paul Westin at admin@caligonia.com Good Luck! Jon 2009 Jon Stein, et al js1233@verizon.net 20