The Multi Player Poker Online Survival Guide

Is poker luck or skill? That’s the endless debate. For players who are new and many free poker online games players who play for laughs it is, or at least, seems like luck and for them it is as they apply no logic to their game.

For players with skill it is about skill and, an important part of that skill-set requires the ability to use some simple math in your game and basically “make your own luck”. We’re talking of course about pot odds, implied odds and rounding.

Pot Odds refer to the quantity of chips that occupy the center of the table due to bets, call, raises etc. The total of all those chips represents the size of the present pot.

Suppose there are 400 chips in the pot and to continue you need to call with a 100 chip bet. This means you have Pot Odds of 4 to 1, that is, the 400 chips in the pot divided by the 100 chips that you need to bet.

Implied Odds
Relate to the number of chips that are stacked in front of your competitors stacks in the current hand, plus the number of chips that are in the current pot. For example, you and 2 other players are left in a hand.

Player A has 2,000 chips and Player B 3,000 chips. The pot has 1,000 chips. Should you need to call a 400 chip bet this means you have Implied Odds of 15 to 1. This results from the 6,000 chips total held by the 2 other players and the pot versus the 400 chips you would need to use.

Rounding - Making Life A lot easier
You start a hand with 2 pocket cards so of course 50 cards are unknown to you, as such you use 50 as the base of calculations. You don’t need to worry that this changes to 47 unseen post flop, 46 post turn etc. We stick with 50, it is close enough and makes life a lot easier.

For example - You have a King Queen unsuited as your pockets, and the flop is 10, Jack, 4 rainbow (unsuited flop). This means there 8 ‘outs’ (chances open) for you to get an open end straight draw; the 4 nines and 4 Aces that are unseen.

So there is an 8 in 50 chance of catching an ‘out’ on the turn; and, 8 in 50 which equates to 16 in 100, a 16% chance of hitting our desired straight on the turn, basically 1 in 6 chance.

In this example, if you’re not getting a minimum of 5 to 1 Pot Odds there is no sense chasing the 9’s and Aces. But as this is only break even it’s not worth it, in pot odds terms you should fold.

When playing with Pot odds you need to look for advantage with every bet. If 5 to 1 is dead even, then 7 to 1 is a 40% advantage, 9 to 1 a 80% advantage. As a rule, if you have a good Pot Odds advantage play it, for me 45% is my comfort level but you may find yours to be more or less, only game time will tell you what your OK level is.

However, it’s not Pot Odds that are going to result in ultimate success. For big success and to beta up on both good and bad players requires timely application of Implied Odds which, at the right time, can be a lot more powerful than simple Pot Odds.

In the example used above, Pot Odds may dictated we fold. But what if you are playing against some crazy donk with a stack much larger than the pot? If we have hit the our open ended draw with any 9 or Ace at the Turn or River we’ll knock such a player out and take all his chips.

So you should consider the Implied Odds as well as the Pot Odds while being sure you don’t take excessive risks. Should the Pot Odds be respectable, and by this I mean within 25% of acceptable then it’s good to go for it, but do practice on free poker games first! I hope this guide to pot odds was useful, see NoPayPOKER.com for more poker free online training lessons.

There are lots of things that happen in the world of poker that changes how we look at the games along with the way that we play the games. This happens every now and then and we can’t stop the natural procedure that happens but there are also some events that can cause this to happen. One such event that has made us think in a different way about some gambling sites online includes the Poker Black Friday. This was an extensive event that happened that made several people think differently about playing poker online as well as making them really scared to participate in certain events.

Even though it was not something that was done improperly or was considered illegal, it has brought down a few of the site gambling businesses. Poker Black Friday consisted of Department of Justice’s seizure on several gambling sites along with US poker sites. They investigated these businesses because they supposedly were breaking laws when running their websites. There has been a few seizures and a few companies brought up on charges. The Black Friday is generating a revolution in poker sites and will continue to do so until the running gambling websites meets the justice requirements. They would not stop until they see that all of those gambling websites follow the laws.

Even though these seizures have happened there is still a way for those people to play poker online. In order for them to play the safe way and not to see their favorite web sites being closed down they would need to make sure that they find a website that follows the Department of Justices regulations. By finding a website that follows these regulations a person would be able to enjoy the experience of playing poker online.

When an individual is trying to get the perfect website online to gamble then they would want to ensure that they do their proper research to be able to find a website that is legal to play at. A person wouldn’t want to deposit money on a site just to have it taken away from them when the website closes down. When researching a website you need to ensure that under your state and country regulations against gambling on the web they should make sure that they are following the proper rules. If internet gambling is not allowed in that area when money is exchanged on the internet then you would not want to sign up for a website that allows that. People make money online by gambling but in the end they would need to make sure that they are following the proper regulations. There are several web portals that have done this job for you. They provide lists of US poker sites and what areas they accept players from. Most will even have reviews of the poker sites to show how reliable they are and the deposit and withdraw methods plus much more. Even with these sites, an individual should be sure that they follow all the rules and the regulations.

Poker Black Friday might have revolutionized online poker sites but it has shown us that there have been some companies in which have not been following all the proper regulations. Poker Black Friday should open their eyes to enable them to change their websites to fit the regulations of the Department of Justice.

This new free poker online tips article is a review of one of the most popular poker software aids on the market, a tool that is totally OK to use in conjunction with your game by all site rules yet can help you out so much that it’s almost cheating in terms of the edge it will give you over non users.

This software is called online poker tracker and if you’ve not heard of it before read on and get ready to get exited, at the core it is free poker online but with a whole load more on top.

Also, it’s free to start with, the developers are so confident that you’ll want to use it that you can get a 60 day free poker online plus play tacking, HUD and replays full version, very good by any standards that.

OK, so how will PokerTracker win me more?

Firstly it’s crucial to understand that PokerTracker is not a bot or some sort of cheating tool that wins you money by itself, it does not play poker for you which makes it’s use fine with all the poker sites, what it does is give you the knowledge, that, when you learn how to apply it and play poker at a decent standard, will enable you to win a lot more in games that suit your skill and risk level. Now that is, I hope, clear, lets look at what it can do for you.

PokerTracker imports hand histories from your poker sites and parses them into its database (nothing you need worry about its done for you) so that you can check out your poker play AND your opponents from every angle possible. In other words find out what you and your opponents did right and wrong. Learn from it and do better next time.

You can analyze any holdem hands from No Limit, Limit or Pot Limit from Ring Games, SnGs or Multi Table Tournaments.

Track Starting hands
To begin with you’re able to track starting hands, see all the hand combinations, how many times you and others saw the flop, raised, won and lots more.

Tracking Your Play
You can track everything you do playing poker, per hand, per game, per day, week, month etc. Find the problems in your game.

Find out what you make per hand, per game, over time etc. How many times you’ve made a royal flush, straights, you name it, you can find it.

Tracking Games by:
1) Table position
2) Session and tourney
3) Good and Bad hands
4) Hand Results

HUD - Head Up Display
Display your opponents statistics directly on your poker tables for quick in game analysis. Make better decisions while you play based on your opponents past history.

The HUD can be customized to display what’s most important to you. View every statistic you can think of directly on the table via the HUD. Put the stats in the order or position that is best for you by simply right clicking and dragging to where you want them.

Replay
Want to go back and play that hand again? While you can’t go back in time and play with hindsight you can replay your hands, the visual replays added to the data is a great way to learn what you did good and bad.

Table Locator Tracker
This is awesome. Table Tracker, simply put, finds the tables online where you have the best chance to win and shows you where they are in real-time.

How Table Tracker Works:
The PokerTracker servers constantly scan all the major online poker sites to see who’s playing where and on what table(s). This information is displayed to you so you can see what tables are hosting more weak players that normal, you then get on over there and clean them out before someone else does!

A very important note on Table Tracker is that it is an optional extra service and is not part of the free trial, but if you do buy PokerTracker3 you get 25 free searches with it which should be enough to tell you if it’s useful for you or not.

As I say there is a free 60 day trial so there really is no reason not to get it if you play on any of the supported sites, if you’ve got any ambition to win more Poker Tracker will help you.

Only one downside, it doesn’t work with the truly free online poker sites like NoPayPOKER, no reason to unfortunately as those sites are zero risk of loss even though you can win money on them but they’re not risky enough for players to warrant integration work. Get your 60 Day free poker hand analysis software here

Yes there’s an online tournament that is all-in or fold but still a bounty tournament. It is certainly a unusual tournament but an intriguing one indeed. For people who do not know what an all-in or fold tournament is a tournament where each round before the flop you must go all-in or fold your hand, It is different from the all-in type tournament which requires a player go all in each and every time which requires no strategy at all, but merely luck. A bounty tournament is when you get a bonus for knocking out a player. In this sort of tournament the prize pool is less because fifty percent goes to the bounties. This tournament poses alot elements and new strategies.

One thing for sure this sort of tournament will cure you with the nasty habit of limping into pots. It’s impossible to limp in during an all-in or fold tournament. It’s a excellent lesson to learn. Limping generally is a bad habit plus a bad poker play. Also, you should play with a great hand. Players are either going all-in with top hands or folding bad ones. This helps you with the discipline of playing top hands before the flop. An excellent skill to have in your poker game.

You better play with a top starting hands in late position. If you think about the strategies of these kinds of tournaments, players are playing the very top hands in early and middle position. They know a small hand in these positions are likely to get beat by a good late hand. So keep in mind that in late position with no one all-in in front of you, a hand slightly below the top hand may be played here to steal blinds.

Stack size is essential in these tournaments. Do not forget that the starting stack size is the same for all at the beginning of the tournament. So really hand strength is the only variable initially. Later in the tournament the stack sizes are a lot different and are starting to be a weapon to be reckoned with. Two things are going on here. First, the larger stacks can play a bit more aggressively because if they gamble a little an lose to a smaller stack they aren’t out of the tournament. This play puts pressure on short stacks and if the play borderline hand they are gone.

Let’s focus on the cash and prizes. The good thing about this is you may knock players out and get their bounty. If you play top hands it is possible to very quickly get your entry fees back and you are playing for free. Remember all players have a bounty and all but the winner loses theirs. So the bounties can get you profitable quickly. For the tournament prize money is usually half as a result of bounties, but enough there to play for. Follow these strategies we mentioned above and you’ll be getting plenty bounties and finish at the final table.

Outlined in this article we found an unusual tournament that is very fun to play, with some very strict strategies, and it teaches the players some good discipline and tools for your poker game. We have played these tournaments at Carbon Poker and Pokerhost Poker both US poker sites. They appear to be hard to find, but are well worth it when you do.

The Poker Cup Holder on my poker table are my favorite part of the table. So, when they began to wear out, I decided to build a new Texas Hold’em. I was motivated to do this, not only because I wanted a new poker table, but also because my kids are getting old enough where they can not only learn something about how to build a poker table, but they can also help.

I found some excellent instructions on how to build Poker Cup Holder at Poker Cup Holder.

The difference between this being a hard-job and this being an easy job always comes down to one thing: you need the correct tools. I have put a substantial amount of money into my tool collection; even then, I sometimes don’t even have the right tool .

For a quick overview, please check out this video.

The following list recommends the tools I think you need and are the most basic tools necessary to get this job done.

The jig saw is one of the best investments I have ever made: I use it all the time, and having a stable reliable one is a must to produce any well-made item. I enjoy cutting wood, so I probably do it more often than I need to; still; you’re going to be doing a fair bit of cutting, so prepare yourself. If your jig saw is cordless, always make sure it is well charged and that you have a back-up battery charged; nothing interferes with work more than when you have to take unnecessary breaks . I always recommend having lots of back-up batteries so you don’t you have to sit around and wait for a battery to recharge it can really slow the project down . I generally make the long straight cuts with a circular saw but a circular saw isn’t required.

You will need a power drill . You’re going to use your drill when you make the first cut to make the rail. Make sure you have an automatic screwdriver or some sort of attachment you can put on your drill so your arms aren’t exhausted ten minutes into the process.

Anytime you work with wood, you will have rough edges that need to be sanded; so, you will need a sanding block, sand paper, and file .

I’m always surprised how many people don’t have this right near them when they start a home improvement project, but you will need a tape measure . You will measure a lot of things when you first get started . You may also want a chalk line but it certainly isn’t required. A pencil and any long straight edge will work just as well.

The best part about his project is that I get to use my staple gun .

When I started to upholster my Poker Cup Holder, I didn’t realize how many staples I went through. When I built my last table I went through a couple hundred . Buy as many staples as you can: they don’t go bad, they are not expensive, and you will use them . Its better to buy too many staples than to have to go back to the store half way through the project.

That’s all you need. Now that you’ve gathered all the tools that you need to build your Poker Cup Holder and its time to buy the supplies.

I don’t like shopping that much, but I do enjoy doing this: shopping for poker supplies and accessories.

The next article will focus on what you need to build a Poker Cup Holder.

This article is a guide to the best free poker online, tools, forums and software resources, you might have used some of them or maybe not but all of them are well worth checking out.

The 2+2 forum and Rec.gambling.poker are 2 very well known online poker tool communities popular with a wide range of online poker players. Said community consists of beginners, experts and professional online poker players too. The poker tools on offer cover all variations of the game from home; online; irc or even at the real casinos.

As they are forums there is also communication and the feedback and advice you can get there is free and can be very helpful.

To locate both of them go to Google and type the site names in and they’ll both appear promptly.

The site Pokenum offers a free poker hand analyzer that’s great for figuring your hand winning percentage versus that of your opponents hands. And they have a really nice feature where you can add cards to the table to see how they affect hand strength in relation to other hands.

This process goes on as the board progresses, a very handy tool for understanding the dynamic of card to hand and table strength relativity. It’s an open source free product so you will find it on various sites or you can download it to create your own applications

Next, one you may not have heard of, the university of Albertas poker research group.

Among other things they offer the Open Poker Variance Analysis Tool (PVAT) tools which, if you are into c-programming, use to develop your poker simulation, not for most of us cool if this is your thing. They also have lots of research and ideas all of which makes it a great place for the academic poker player to check out.

Another online poker tool that is highly recommended is chessandpokerdotcom. The site has provides detailed strategy guides for allsorts of games such as Chess and the many flavors of Poker and there is a wonderful limit strategy guide for holdem. Perfect for beginners and intermediates.

Or how about the original home of online poker, IRC poker?

IRC poker is poker played over the IRC chat protocol and was the way poker was played online in the early days of the Internet. World Series of Poker champion Chris Ferguson got his start playing IRC poker.

It is still there, just put IRC poker into Google and go check it out. Resist the urge to click the back button and read the FAQs to figure the place out, once you learn it you can play in the IRC real time free online poker games network against some really serious and good online poker players.

Pokernews.com has a forum section where you can ask any poker questions. There are many of seasoned poker online players both asking and responding to queries there and many replies come from professional poker online players so you’re able to be sure you are benefiting from real helpful advice.

Not forgetting of course free online poker game sites such as NoPayPOKER where you can ask poker questions in the lobby on better poker tactics.

In addition the NoPay blog features an extensive free poker training library with lessons for all levels from beginner upwards. So, off you go and enjoy all the free online poker forums games, free tips and advice.

Full-Tilt’s recent troubles have only reinforced my desire to have more games at my place and buy more Gambling Supplies. I love the idea of having a bunch of poker nuts coming to my house in order to lose their money to me; but, I need Gambling Supplies.

This video shows a presentation of what I bought. I also found a lot of good information at Bello Professional Roulette Wheel.

I love to do product research, particularly for things I’m interested in and Gambling Supplies is pretty much what I’m interested in . It makes a huge difference to know that you are not buying some piece of junk on impulse, but you are making an investment into the future . Since we moved, I now have a game room and I want to turn it into a room my past-self, say, when I was fifteen, would be proud of: and I knew what I needed: Gambling Supplies. So, I started with what I would need to have a good card game. The first thing I would need is a place away from the rest of the household. That was easy. I have low standards of what something should look like, but even me, me, wanted to make this place special.

First on my list was to purchase a Gambling Supplies and ProShuffle Automatic. I did a lot of research and decided on some products . What I next needed to purchase was some good, quality poker chips . The next thing I need is a billiard table .

Another consideration is that my hands and my friends’ hands aren’t what they used to be. Twisted with age in the best circumstances, destroyed by time in the worse, we really can’t shuffle cards that easily anymore. Arthritic hand slow down play so much and all I want is to speed u play. I hate when I have to play more slowly than I want . And, since we are all older-guys who only have a few hours of fun, we want to speed up the number of hands as much as possible. Besides, having a bunch of hand increases the likelihood I won’t have to hear about anybody’s children or grandchildren. So, I looked into having an automatic card shuffler.

I bought my stuff from here: gambling supplies.

The products I referenced above so far have worked out. They are the best-selling in their industry and they are all from the best manufactors in the industry.

Learning how to play low pocket pairs (the most powerful cards you ever get dealt) is the subject of this free online poker training lesson.

Low pocket pairs, 2/2 through 9/9, will, long-term, provide you with more wins that any other two pocket cards you’ll ever be dealt.

What more than AA, KK and QQ? Surely not possible I hear you cry! It is not only possible but a fact.

In addition to being superb against good players they are also great for destroying those annoying “all in all the time” donk players.

Low Pocket Power Explained

You have about a 6% chance of being dealt a pocket pair of any type. So on average you’ll get a pocket pair once every 16 or 17 hands.

1) When you get a pocket pair you then have about a 1 in 8 chance of hitting a set (three of a kind) on the flop.

2) Based on this you will be able to play a post-flop set approximately once in every 133 hands. At a 10 player table that equates to once every 13 small/big blind bets you deposit on.

3) In terms of playability you can play low pockets from all table positions with some provisos, namely, from Early only at a cost not more than the Big Blind, not more than 2x the BB from Middle and 3x the BB in Late Position.

4) Plus, the low pocket pairs are never a pre-flop cause for raising the big blind.

5) Also if you limp in from Early Position, or if you have called a 2x BB from Middle Position, and there has been a raise to 3x the BB, and there are five plus players left in the hand,then you should call 3x the BB bet from Early and Middle position.

Why?
When there are five plus players left there is a higher probability the flop will show 2 or 3 low cards.

This is true primarily because it’s logical to assume that the 5 or more players currently in the hand each hold one or more paint cards.

Then the set we get becomes powerful. This is especially so if it is a 2-9 set. Yes, Aces down to Tens are serious weapons too, but the chance to put a big hit on the opposition lies more in the lower pocket pairs, rather than the higher pocket pairs.

That’s because a lot of players don’t fear lower cards in the flop, now do you see where we are going with this?

Let’s use a sample hand illustrate low pocket power.
You are in Late Position and have pocket 5c/5h. There is a ‘bad’ player with Jh/7c and a ‘good’ player with Ad/Qd.

Our better player raises 3x the big blind and the poorer one calls, you also call, everyone else folds. The flop hits the board, and it contains Ah/Jd/5s; giving you a set of Fives. The good player bets 3x the big blind again.

The ‘bad’ player, raises by a factor of three; crazy as he’s holding the middle pair, and the ‘good’ player has betted into the flopped Ace. You call and so does the good player.

Now it is the Turn and the card is a 7d. It gives the ‘good’ player a nut flush draw (Ad/Qd/Jd/7d), and he holds the high board pair (Ad/Ah). It gives the ‘bad’ player two pairs (Jacks over Sevens). You have your set of 5c,5h,5s.

At this point you may be concerned that the River will bring a card to fill the flush or a J or a 7.

Don’t be! In total there are 9 flush-maker cards, and 4 full-house-maker cards, 13; less the remaining Five. It’s a flush-maker but will also give you quad Fives. Thus, there are 12 cards that would cause you to lose, and 34 cards that will bring you the pot. You’re about a 3 to 1 favorite to win.

The river helps no one. The ‘bad’ player moves all in and you call and take a large pot.

So how was it that this pocket 5 situation was so good?
It’s because the set of Fives was hidden; as will always be the case when pocket 2/2, 3/3, 4/4, 5/5, 6/6, 7/7, 8/8, and 9/9 are turned into sets by the flop (1 in 133; although that includes sets of Tens, Jacks, Queens, Kings, and Aces).

Plus the fact that no one could have read the cards. You almost always slow-play it such that opponents, ‘bad’ or ‘good’, cannot identify the powerful set the flop created.

The power of low pockets is not very well known but is used by all pro players. After all, they win more money but do is under the radar so the pros are not going to shout about it!

So as a next step, go and practice low pocket pairs strategy on free online poker sites and then move on to low stakes and make money!

This free online poker games training lesson covers possibly the most popular area of all. What pocket cards to play, from what table position.

Fact - To win good money in lower stakes poker you don’t need to be a professional. Free poker and low stakes games get a constant flow of over-optimistic players many of whom quickly lose all their money. They lose their money to players lying in wait who have a solid grasp of core poker skills.

True, now and again one of these bad players will beat good players playing an insane hand like 4,7 unsuited but remember, this is the exception not the rule, it’s luck to them or to us, the extreme end of the probability curve. Overall, statistics prove that when you play only certain pocket cards from certain table positions you win over the long term.

A quick definition of Pocket Cards
Pocket cards are the 2 cards you get at the start of a hand, only you can see them.

The Evidence
A University of Chicago mainframe computer played 2 trillion+ 10 handed HoldEm games using all 2,652 combinations of 2 pocket cards. The results showed that certain pocket cards have a Negative Expected Value (-EV) i.e., they lose long term and others win long term with a Positive Expected Value (+EV)

However, before we can get into what pockets have +EV you need to know about the affect of Table Position.

Table Position is critical
Poker tables are divided into three areas: Early, Middle, Late. Which area you are seated in has a great effect on whether the pockets you have are +EV or -EV.

1) Early Positions are Small Blind, Big Blind and Under the Gun (UTG), UTG is the player on the left of the Big Blind.

2) Middle. Go from left of UTG and are simply Middle 1, 2, 3 and 4.

3) Late are Late 1, 2 and the Dealer Button.

For fast reference it is a good idea to code positions by 2 character codes: SB, BB, UG, M1, M2, M3, M4, L1, L2, and DB.

Critically pockets are playable or not in relation to the table position to which they are dealt.

Early Position. Pockets with +EV are:

AA
KK
QQ
AK suited
AQ suited
AK unsuited
Low pairs from 22 to 99

Every other possible pocket in Early position has a Negative EV.

Middle Position: M1, M2, M3, and M4

Pockets with +EV are:

The same as early, plus:

AJ suited
AT suited
JJ
TT
AQ unsuited
AJ unsuited
AT unsuited
Any suited picture cards, 10,J,Q,K.

Every other possible pocket in Middle position has a Negative EV.

Late Position

Pockets with +EV are:

Late is early plus middle plus:

A5 suited
A4 suited
A3 suited
A2 suited
A9 suited
And any 2 unsuited paint cards.

All others are negative, fold them

Other factors
All of the playable pockets by table position apart from AA and KK should only be used when the cost to see the flop does not exceed 3 times the big blind. Low pocket pairs; 22 though to 99 have some important blind cost rules but they need a lesson in their own right so look out for that later (not complex, don”t worry!).

To remember the playable pockets make a reference card to keep by your PC. It simply needs 3 sections. Early Position, middle and late position, with the associated playable pockets.

So get to it then, once you have playable pockets nailed down you can start to play with a lot more confidence, go look up low pockets now, then make a what poker cards to play reference card and get over to play some free online poker at NoPayPOKER.com to perfect your new skills.

This poker article is a review of free online poker games and is specifically looking at the quality of the games in terms of their usefulness as training aids for poker players wanting to play against real people for money online.

To clarify, what we are looking at are download poker games you play by yourself against the computer rather than the type of free online poker game downloads you’re able to play at most online poker sites that feature free practice play games against other beginners or people testing out strategies.

Our review focuses on the most popular download poker game about, that is the Governor of poker games collection and the links are going to parts 1 and 2, suitable for both pc and mac downloads..

Truly free?
Each game is $6.99 but you can try free before you decide as they give you a poker games free download complete version trial for pc and Mac, so there’s nothing to lose.

So what are these games all about? This is my summary, this is the publisher description which is the marketing pitch.

Governor of Poker One
Governor of Poker, is a poker game unlike anything you’re ever seen. Do you have what it takes to play against the Pro players of the old western? Dare to join a tournament or a cash game and perhaps bet ‘all in’. How do you think you’ll feel if you can totally clean out all the players, take all their money and even their houses, horses and land! Can you rise to the challenge and become the Governor of Poker and lord it over all Texas?

We bet after playing Governor of Poker you haven’t had enough! Then it’s time for Governor of Poker part 2 where you’ll find a ton of extra’s!

Governor of Poker 2
This sequel features many changes. Towns and become cities and many new people have arrived. It’s all good, but some things cannot be accepted just like that! Now there are loads more cities to conquer, more tournaments to play, interactive wallpaper, downloadable theme music and an extra Pro level of difficulty.

And the biggest challenge of all awaits. It’s the most exciting adventure in the Wild West, fighting the ban on Poker!

In Governor of Poker 2 you will also find a poker training tutorial feature. Play all new tournaments up to 120 opponents in 19 cities and 27 poker locations. It also includes a bounty hunter game, where you win cash prizes when eliminating an opponent or play against a whole team of players!

Plus you can set up your own tournaments and, for real risk takers, get bank loans. Travel by train, river casino boat or stage coach and play another game while travelling.

Get yourself customized hats for style and also to unlock new game locations. Judge your opponents based on new emotions, including nervous, on fire, steamy and tilt. And to regain your Governor status beat the 9 most notorious poker players in the west!

Player reviews - Is Governor of poker any good?
The reviews we have found for Governor of poker 1 and 2 have been mixed. It is a case of love it or hate it so we advise that you get the free poker games downloads trial, try it out and decide for yourself.

What does seem key is that it is more a game than a real life training sim. If you want real poker against people simulation and training then this is not quite there. For that you need to play the poker game free downloads for pc training games that you can find on most major sites, try NoPayPOKER.com for a beginning.

One area where the Governor of poker games can help even those who want real life simulation is with the processes of the different types of games and the terminology, so they are good for beginners as you can learn all about how poker works which can save you some blushes and maybe a few tart comments when you play against real people.

So you’ll be fully familiar with position, the blinds, betting, raising, folding and so on and hopefully an idea on what hands to play and NOT to play. Governor can also be set to a very hard skill level (as well as easy) so maybe it can help you get ready to go up against some hardcore players!

But if what you want is a fun poker game, one that is also suitable for kids to play then the Governor of poker series is one you should look at. Go get the Governor poker games free download for pc or Mac today.