Three ways to play free online poker
Ian McIntosh


Getting to play poker online for free is the holy grail for a lot
of poker players. You get to play your favorite poker games and
it doesn’t cost you anything. What could be better!

There are three distinct ways that you can play poker free
online; play money poker, poker freerolls and bonuses. Here are a
few pointers on each of the ways to play free.

Play Money Poker

Playing poker for play money is a great way to learn the game and
get yourself familiarized with the poker table. Every online
poker site has a section where you can play for play money before
you risk any of your real cash. If you are a beginner this is a
fantastic way to cut your teeth and find out the ins and outs of
actual table play. You might have seen it on the TV before, but
this is a giant step, playing your own hands, making your own
decisions and all against other real players.

One word of caution about the play money tables however, the
standard of play there is very poor. You might even win on your
first attempt so don’t get carried away and think you can
transfer this success to the real money tables immediately, you
have another steep learning curve to overcome there too!

Freerolls

These are tournaments where the hosting site puts up a prize fund
and lets any signed up members enter for free. That means you can
play free online poker and have a chance of picking up a cash
prize. Most of the big sites do some sort of freeroll or another,
but there is an inherent danger with them, the time vortex.
This is where all of your time slips into a black hole as you sit
there for hour after hour playing the freerolls for the chance of
winning a prize that is, frankly, not really worth the effort
unless you are badly in need of the cash and are a very good
player.

The best thing about freerolls is that you get the chance to play
large multi table poker tournaments and get to sample the
pressure and relentlessness of that type of play.
They will give you a good grounding for when you make the WSOP!

Bonuses

The third way that you can use to play free online poker is by
signing up and getting bonuses on your real money deposits. This
is fairly self explanatory of course, you just play with the
bonus money and keep your own. Hopefully you will manage to
increase your bonus amount through winning, if not you can simply
move on to the next site.

There are poker sites offering anything from 20% to 100% for new
signups and existing players on the site. Shop around and get
yourself the best deal.

There you have it then, three simple ways you can play free
online poker!


Article by Ian McIntosh of www.Love-Texas-Holdem.com  Check out
the site for all the latest information on Texas Holdem
tournaments and freerolls.


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