While online casinos certainly allow for more than land based casinos there are still times that online casinos seem to be busier than others. Online casinos tend to be busier at night time and Sunday nights more so than any other time in the week. So depending on what you are looking for you can watch for play patterns throughout those times to suit your needs.
There are those casino players that prefer to play against many and those prefer to play against online a few. If you are looking to play with many and have a wider selection of games and limits to choose from than we suggest looking to play in the evening time or sometime on the weekend.
If you are a player that is hoping not to be rushed and looking to play to test your luck and just simply learn a little than perhaps playing at some point during a week day is better for you.
Online casinos also tend to attract different players at different times. Those that play online casino games occasionally also tend to play during the busier times. There are players that play for fun and work during the day and there are others that play professionally. The professionals treat this as a job and are usually there during working hours.
Remember to always monitor your surroundings while you are playing so that you know what you are dealing with and always remember to have fun as well!!
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Friday, March 27, 2009
Team PokerStars Pro signs two new members
Poker Stars is pleased to welcome Juan Carlos Alvarado and Johnny Lodden as the latest recruits to their elite Team PokerStars Pro. Alvarado's growing reputation at the poker tables over the past few years has seen him win hundreds of thousands of dollars in live events and made captain for Team Mexico at the recent PokerStars World Cup of Poker V. Watch out for JC Alvarado at future live events and playing online using the screen name ‘JC Alvarado’.
Johnny Lodden joins the Team with a reputation as a major force to be reckoned with, in both live and online events. Lodden has become the first ever Norwegian player to earn a spot in the elite Team PokerStars Pro stable and will be flying the flag for PokerStars at major poker events. You can find him playing online at PokerStars under the screen name 'johnnylodden'.
Johnny Lodden joins the Team with a reputation as a major force to be reckoned with, in both live and online events. Lodden has become the first ever Norwegian player to earn a spot in the elite Team PokerStars Pro stable and will be flying the flag for PokerStars at major poker events. You can find him playing online at PokerStars under the screen name 'johnnylodden'.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
All Star Week at PokerStars
PokerStars is assembling a team of All Star Challengers that will go one-on-one with Team PokerStars Pro in a series of heads-up matches March 23-29. Get your place on the team and you'll be playing for cash prizes, and the pride that comes with beating the best players in the game.
There will be five heads-up matches every day, from March 23-29, starting at 12:00 ET, 14:00 ET, 16:00 ET, 18:00 ET and 20:00 ET. Each match will see one of the Challengers face off against a member of Team PokerStars Pro. All matches will be No Limit Hold'em, except for the 16:00 ET match, which will change each day in the following order: Stud, Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Lo, Pot Limit Omaha, Limit Hold'em, Limit 5 Card Draw, Limit Omaha Hi-Lo and Stud Hi-Lo.
Any PokerStars player can make it onto the All Star Challengers line-up. If you scooped the Sunday Million in 2008, finished high on the Yearly Tournament Leader Board, made it to Supernova Elite or reached a WCOOP final table, you'll be getting a special invite to take part in the All Star Week. But even if you don't fit into any of these categories, you can still be part of the action. For just $11, you can qualify as a wildcard and get your place on the team that takes on Team PokerStars Pro. Every player that makes the cut will also be rewarded with a ticket to the $1,050 SCOOP - All Stakes Main Event.
If you're up to the challenge and are ready to prove that you can be a poker All Star, see the How to Qualify page to find out how you can take part in this exclusive event.
What can you win?
Each heads-up match will award $1,000 to the player that wins the match for their team. What's more, when all matches are complete, the winning team will share a prize pool of $1,000 for each match they won. For example, if the Challengers win 20 out of the 35 heads-up matches, they'll get to share a total prize pool of $20,000! All money won by Team PokerStars Pro will be donated to a charity chosen by team Captain Victora Ramdin.
They will also be giving away a 1-stamp PokerStars Passport to the Challengers team member named as MVP. Check the How to Qualify page to find out more.
If you're not yet a Poker Stars player, sign up now and get the first deposit bonus of $50 too.
There will be five heads-up matches every day, from March 23-29, starting at 12:00 ET, 14:00 ET, 16:00 ET, 18:00 ET and 20:00 ET. Each match will see one of the Challengers face off against a member of Team PokerStars Pro. All matches will be No Limit Hold'em, except for the 16:00 ET match, which will change each day in the following order: Stud, Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Lo, Pot Limit Omaha, Limit Hold'em, Limit 5 Card Draw, Limit Omaha Hi-Lo and Stud Hi-Lo.
Any PokerStars player can make it onto the All Star Challengers line-up. If you scooped the Sunday Million in 2008, finished high on the Yearly Tournament Leader Board, made it to Supernova Elite or reached a WCOOP final table, you'll be getting a special invite to take part in the All Star Week. But even if you don't fit into any of these categories, you can still be part of the action. For just $11, you can qualify as a wildcard and get your place on the team that takes on Team PokerStars Pro. Every player that makes the cut will also be rewarded with a ticket to the $1,050 SCOOP - All Stakes Main Event.
If you're up to the challenge and are ready to prove that you can be a poker All Star, see the How to Qualify page to find out how you can take part in this exclusive event.
What can you win?
Each heads-up match will award $1,000 to the player that wins the match for their team. What's more, when all matches are complete, the winning team will share a prize pool of $1,000 for each match they won. For example, if the Challengers win 20 out of the 35 heads-up matches, they'll get to share a total prize pool of $20,000! All money won by Team PokerStars Pro will be donated to a charity chosen by team Captain Victora Ramdin.
They will also be giving away a 1-stamp PokerStars Passport to the Challengers team member named as MVP. Check the How to Qualify page to find out more.
If you're not yet a Poker Stars player, sign up now and get the first deposit bonus of $50 too.
Thursday, January 8, 2009
New Vip Club at Titan Poker
TitanPoker.com Launches New VIP Program with $1,000,000 in Prizes
Club Titan is the most generous rewards program available to online poker players and the Million Dollar Race is an ongoing promotion with $1,000,000 in cash prizes.
Titan Poker, the leading online poker room in Europe and the largest iPoker Network member, has launched Club Titan, the most generous rewards program available to avid poker players. To celebrate, TitanPoker.com is staging in parallel the Million Dollar Race, an ongoing promotion awarding $1,000,000 in cash prizes to its dedicated poker players.
For poker enthusiasts looking for the best rewards deal possible, Club Titan is a perfect solution. The Club Titan VIP program is simple and easily understood and rewards are available to all poker players, both first time players and big time enthusiasts who regard poker as a career choice.
Poker players will easily see the benefits available to them at Club Titan, which increase in magnitude the more they play poker. Players can potentially earn tens of thousands of dollars if they dedicate themselves to regular game play.
Titan Poker’s size allows it to make generous offers to players unavailable at other poker rooms, including the upcoming Million Dollar Race promotion, which will award $1,000,000 to players in reward for their poker efforts.
The Million Dollar Race will launch in mid-January and run through the end of April 2009. A series of races, based on game play at Titan Poker’s cash tables, will be staged simultaneously dealing out cash prizes to top finishers and to those players who hit specific hot spots in the leaderboard standings. And there are many more poker tournaments to come in 2009 with even bigger surprises.
Players will be able to win multiple prizes in at the same time, cashing in on their benefits at Club Titan while building up their bankrolls during the unprecedented Million Dollar Race.
About Titan Poker:
Titan Poker is the leading online poker room in Europe and part of the iPoker Network. Titan Poker's software was developed by Playtech, a publicly-traded company and leading gaming software developer. Titan Poker guarantees more than $16,000,000 in monthly prizes, has nearly 30,000 online players at peak hours, and awards winning players with entries to the major poker tournaments worldwide. Titan Poker is exclusively promoted by Euro Partners , the world's largest e-gaming affiliate program. For more information about Titan Poker please visit titanpoker.com.
Club Titan is the most generous rewards program available to online poker players and the Million Dollar Race is an ongoing promotion with $1,000,000 in cash prizes.
Titan Poker, the leading online poker room in Europe and the largest iPoker Network member, has launched Club Titan, the most generous rewards program available to avid poker players. To celebrate, TitanPoker.com is staging in parallel the Million Dollar Race, an ongoing promotion awarding $1,000,000 in cash prizes to its dedicated poker players.
For poker enthusiasts looking for the best rewards deal possible, Club Titan is a perfect solution. The Club Titan VIP program is simple and easily understood and rewards are available to all poker players, both first time players and big time enthusiasts who regard poker as a career choice.
Poker players will easily see the benefits available to them at Club Titan, which increase in magnitude the more they play poker. Players can potentially earn tens of thousands of dollars if they dedicate themselves to regular game play.
Titan Poker’s size allows it to make generous offers to players unavailable at other poker rooms, including the upcoming Million Dollar Race promotion, which will award $1,000,000 to players in reward for their poker efforts.
The Million Dollar Race will launch in mid-January and run through the end of April 2009. A series of races, based on game play at Titan Poker’s cash tables, will be staged simultaneously dealing out cash prizes to top finishers and to those players who hit specific hot spots in the leaderboard standings. And there are many more poker tournaments to come in 2009 with even bigger surprises.
Players will be able to win multiple prizes in at the same time, cashing in on their benefits at Club Titan while building up their bankrolls during the unprecedented Million Dollar Race.
About Titan Poker:
Titan Poker is the leading online poker room in Europe and part of the iPoker Network. Titan Poker's software was developed by Playtech, a publicly-traded company and leading gaming software developer. Titan Poker guarantees more than $16,000,000 in monthly prizes, has nearly 30,000 online players at peak hours, and awards winning players with entries to the major poker tournaments worldwide. Titan Poker is exclusively promoted by Euro Partners , the world's largest e-gaming affiliate program. For more information about Titan Poker please visit titanpoker.com.
Saturday, December 27, 2008
Happy Holidays
Shark Poker blog wishes to all its readers Happy Holidays and a prosperous and profitable new year!
Saturday, November 1, 2008
PKR Club
PKR, the 3D poker room has recently launched its fidelity program, Club PKR. Players from any stakes can reach a membership level. The program features 6 membership levels, each one with great prizes:
1 - Member
2 - Bronze
3 - Silver
4 - Gold
5 - Platinum
6 - Diamond
The levels are reached by accumulating PKR points on the ring tables, SNGs and other tournaments.
The prizes are very attractive and include: freerolls, tournament tickets, prize draws, birthday gifts, Stacked Magazine (PKR's publication), monthly reload bonuses and many more.
If you're not yet a PKR player, join PKR and get a 100% up to $600 bonus on your first deposit: Sign up to PKR
1 - Member
2 - Bronze
3 - Silver
4 - Gold
5 - Platinum
6 - Diamond
The levels are reached by accumulating PKR points on the ring tables, SNGs and other tournaments.
The prizes are very attractive and include: freerolls, tournament tickets, prize draws, birthday gifts, Stacked Magazine (PKR's publication), monthly reload bonuses and many more.
If you're not yet a PKR player, join PKR and get a 100% up to $600 bonus on your first deposit: Sign up to PKR
Monday, October 13, 2008
How can you select a Poker Game if you are a beginner?
The Poker being so common game all on the world from centuries, it picked up new formats, rules, and options that molded it into official online poker. With the advent of the internet, the game has begun another evolution as unique poker variations and grouping poker games are springing up on various internet poker sites.
Amongst all of these variations, there are still considered to be three major variations of the classic poker game. These are the three branches of poker whose umbrella categories include a number of familiar poker styles within them. Each features a unique set of poker rules, a different game structure, and a game process unlike the others. You have to find the most
The first branch of poker is community card games, which are considered to be the most well-liked form of poker in play today. They were the first to be played on the internet as free poker, and have thus been promoted amongst online poker players around the world. The two most well-known community card poker games are Texas Hold'Em poker and Omaha poker.
These games are defined by the use of community cards, cards shared by all players at the table. Players may select from these cards to help them make their poker hands. Community cards are revealed in games in three separate rounds, each followed by a round of betting. Players must use a combination of community cards and private pocket cards to win the game with the best 5-card hand.
The next branch of poker is known as Draw games. In Draw games, all cards are classified and might be exchanged at least one time by a player. At the beginning the games deal each player a minimum of five cards face down. Players have to make their last hands from these cards, using limited occasions to exchange their cards in the hope of receiving cards that will help them create better hands. A popular Draw game played on the internet is 5 Card Draw.
The third big class of the Poker games is the Stud games. In Stud games like 7 Card Stud, each of a player's cards are dealt one at a time, most of them face up. These cards are called "streets" and cannot be hidden or exchanged at any point during the game.
Each of these poker branches feature different rules and thus requires a different poker strategy. Variations of these games are often offered in casinos and on internet poker software.
The online poker rooms are excellent places to check your fundamental talent and classify the greatest poker match playing tactic for yourself. At the online poker room table you would possible have to challenge expert opponent. So you have to follow a few fundamental tips.
First at all you had to make your grounding, learn the fundamental poker rules, learn all potential poker hands, look for Internet poker forums, examine poker books, and talk with other persons who play poker. Then try some poker versions without charge. You also should benefit of live poker game deposit bonuses at the online poker room you select. Approximately every online poker room presents deposit bonuses for new poker players, regularly from $30 to $50.
But don’t forget to put a maximum on the capital you are going to risk with, earlier than you start playing live poker game. Through chosen small limits you are able to play live poker game for quite a lot of hours for a smaller amount than the price of a movie ticket. So even if you lose some money, you should think about the cost as a little payment for a properly spent evening.
What time playing a poker game, examine the playing behaviors and poker playing plan used by your challengers at the online poker room table. As an apprentice does not play lots of poker hands, you will be certain to loose. Play only the superior value starting hands.
Play poker at your present skill. If you are an apprentice poker card player, do not run into online poker room tournaments, you should wait until improving your expertise in many live poker games. Study how to crease a poker hand and at what time. It is a god trick to fold up if you have zero in your hand. Do not be scared to fold poker hands as many times as needed.
You have to fill the art of opt starting poker hands, using pot odds, and insistently betting your winning hands.
Try Internet-based casino gambling as a means to bet on the winners. "Hit or stand" is the most generally used action in free poker. To hit or stand merely means whether or not to draw another card. Generally, doubling down is only available when a player is first dealt their free poker two cards.
In conclusion, every game is a matter of chance. The poker playerwho knows the basic game rules and terms has a definite edge over his adversary poker player who is not confident. If you loose to an expert, it wouldn't hurt so much because well, they are professionals. On the other hand, if you loose to a beginner, it's going to leave a mark.
Amongst all of these variations, there are still considered to be three major variations of the classic poker game. These are the three branches of poker whose umbrella categories include a number of familiar poker styles within them. Each features a unique set of poker rules, a different game structure, and a game process unlike the others. You have to find the most
The first branch of poker is community card games, which are considered to be the most well-liked form of poker in play today. They were the first to be played on the internet as free poker, and have thus been promoted amongst online poker players around the world. The two most well-known community card poker games are Texas Hold'Em poker and Omaha poker.
These games are defined by the use of community cards, cards shared by all players at the table. Players may select from these cards to help them make their poker hands. Community cards are revealed in games in three separate rounds, each followed by a round of betting. Players must use a combination of community cards and private pocket cards to win the game with the best 5-card hand.
The next branch of poker is known as Draw games. In Draw games, all cards are classified and might be exchanged at least one time by a player. At the beginning the games deal each player a minimum of five cards face down. Players have to make their last hands from these cards, using limited occasions to exchange their cards in the hope of receiving cards that will help them create better hands. A popular Draw game played on the internet is 5 Card Draw.
The third big class of the Poker games is the Stud games. In Stud games like 7 Card Stud, each of a player's cards are dealt one at a time, most of them face up. These cards are called "streets" and cannot be hidden or exchanged at any point during the game.
Each of these poker branches feature different rules and thus requires a different poker strategy. Variations of these games are often offered in casinos and on internet poker software.
The online poker rooms are excellent places to check your fundamental talent and classify the greatest poker match playing tactic for yourself. At the online poker room table you would possible have to challenge expert opponent. So you have to follow a few fundamental tips.
First at all you had to make your grounding, learn the fundamental poker rules, learn all potential poker hands, look for Internet poker forums, examine poker books, and talk with other persons who play poker. Then try some poker versions without charge. You also should benefit of live poker game deposit bonuses at the online poker room you select. Approximately every online poker room presents deposit bonuses for new poker players, regularly from $30 to $50.
But don’t forget to put a maximum on the capital you are going to risk with, earlier than you start playing live poker game. Through chosen small limits you are able to play live poker game for quite a lot of hours for a smaller amount than the price of a movie ticket. So even if you lose some money, you should think about the cost as a little payment for a properly spent evening.
What time playing a poker game, examine the playing behaviors and poker playing plan used by your challengers at the online poker room table. As an apprentice does not play lots of poker hands, you will be certain to loose. Play only the superior value starting hands.
Play poker at your present skill. If you are an apprentice poker card player, do not run into online poker room tournaments, you should wait until improving your expertise in many live poker games. Study how to crease a poker hand and at what time. It is a god trick to fold up if you have zero in your hand. Do not be scared to fold poker hands as many times as needed.
You have to fill the art of opt starting poker hands, using pot odds, and insistently betting your winning hands.
Try Internet-based casino gambling as a means to bet on the winners. "Hit or stand" is the most generally used action in free poker. To hit or stand merely means whether or not to draw another card. Generally, doubling down is only available when a player is first dealt their free poker two cards.
In conclusion, every game is a matter of chance. The poker playerwho knows the basic game rules and terms has a definite edge over his adversary poker player who is not confident. If you loose to an expert, it wouldn't hurt so much because well, they are professionals. On the other hand, if you loose to a beginner, it's going to leave a mark.
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