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

Since these sites are forums you can also ask questions and get, at times, useful advice for free though keep in mind that such advice is often an opinion so take with some salt!

To find both of them just go to Google and put the names in and they will both appear right away.

Pokenum, is a poker hand analyzer that is excellent for determining the win percent of your opponents hands against yours. 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.

And here’s one you probably haven’t heard of; The university of Albertas computer poker research group. Here, if you are into math and c programming you can find the Open Poker Variance Analysis Tool (PVAT) toolset which can be used to design your own self-owned poker simulation, not for the faint hearted but great if this is your thing. You’ll also find more publications and resources here, it is an ideal pitstop for the academic poker player.

Chessandpokerdotcom is another excellent resource site. There are strategy guides for hundreds of games including an excellent holdem limit strategy guide. 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.

Pokernews.com has a forum section where you can ask any poker questions. There are a lot of skilled online poker players both questioning and responding to questions there and a lot of answers come from professional online poker players so you can be certain you’re benefiting from real helpful advice.

Not forgetting of course free online poker game sites such as our very own NoPayPOKER.com where you can ask poker questions in the lobby on better poker tactics. Plus the NoPay blog has a big free poker training library with training lessons for beginner upwards.

In this short free online poker tips article I’m looking at some basics areas that all players, new and maybe old, need to be very aware of – the oft overlooked importance of your table name and then some fundamental tips on how to play smart in order to cut into probability and minimize “bad luck”

First : Your name

• The user name is the first “indication” or tell that you give to your opponents when you arrive at the table. In the online game unlike the real game there is a lot less to go on and your user name can be one of them if you choose unwisely.
• Remember – the point is to win. So do not be a pseudo aggressive or too “nice.” These are nicknames that you remember easily and regulars will note you.
• Be like a spy – they grey man as they say. Go for a meaningless name that will not stand out. Aim to stay as anonymous as possible on a poker table. Only silly boys call themselves things like psychopokerman or all-in-maniac etc!

Second : play smart on table position, playable cards and who you play against.

• Learn about table position and how it affects the cards you should play. See our free online poker training lesson Building a bankroll lesson 2 for details on table position and playable pocket cards.
• Observe and record clues about the players you come into regular contact with – the good AND the bad.
• This can help you in games and also to choose tables to play at when you see how is seated already. See a table full of weak players….get in there! A table full of good players – avoid!
• On this note, if the poker site you’re at allows you to see other player statistics then this can save you a lot of time in figuring who you should and should not go up against.

The Blinds

Preflop

Because B has position over A (and because his K-Q is suited) B can afford a call. In the meantime A plays his pocket A’s like any other raising the hand in middle position to confuse B. If A only called his Aces it could make B think he has A-A and result in B calling or folding later should A give away more strength signals.

The Flop: 7s-2d-Qh

A bets 23k
B calls 23k (Pot 96k)

A’s gets are based mainly on the pure value of the Aces rather than the possible value of B’s hand. His Aces are most likely secure now due to 3 undercards falling and the probable pairing of the Queen with a caller in late position, that is just so long as no face card falls later on as that could result in a paired kicker to the one holding a Queen. B also believes that his Queens have value, but not strong enough if a King or Ace falls – he may put A on a bluff with A-x or K-x – so he just calls.

The Turn: 7s-2d-Qh-8d

Now A bets with 55k
B responds by calling with 55k making the pot 206k

A does again what he did on the Flop, and thinks likewise. B also thinks likewise. As there are no draws on the Flop (both may think a backdoor Flush unlikely) and his Aces still all undercarded A keeps on hammering B aggressively and B stays hammered in passive mode.

RIVER: 7s-2d-Qh-8d-blank

A bets 121k (Pot 372k)

This bet forces B all in. Because all cards are undercards to A’s Aces, and all other board cards are undercards to B’s Queens, A thinks B now has a Queen which he may be willing to be suicidal with. So A keep the aggression going where a lot of players might slow down given that the Aces are only just a pair and so may check to stay safer or check-raise if they feel their Aces are decent, A however pushes B all the way to all in.

B still thinks his Queens are strong enough which is why he has come as far as the river. Then he does the orthodox maneuver. Could it be that he is up against A-Q? Not likely, so

B moves all in on 121k

A aggressively hammered at B all the way from preflop to the post river all in death and B just kept accepting the hammering. A did not give B a chance to react gracefully. B played passive in response to the aggression and called all the way to his all in destruction.

It could be that B sensed As unusual strength since he just called all the time. But if so he should have trusted his senses once the river was reached and bowed out. The bets at Flop and Turn bets might offer cheap call spots and even if he thinks he is beaten then he can still draw, but by the river stage bet is not cheap and is enough to finish him off.

As you can see there are a lot of factors involved in this hand, the same goes for most poker hands. One point to be clear on is that there isn’t a right and wrong way, you should not play aggressive or passive all the time, in order to be great at poker you have to be able to play both ways and all the ways in between and adapt as you go along.

In Texas Hold’em real money and free online poker games intermediate connectors such as 8,7 and 7,5 are played as they are the best hands with which you can hit a Straight with. With 8-7, you can form four Straights (three of them nuts), and with 7-5 you can form three Straights (two of them nuts). In this free online poker coaching article we’ll look at ways to play these hands.

Intermediate connectors are not played as strongly when they Pair. For example, if you have 8-7 and the Flop comes K-7-2, you can be justifiably concerned with the King and you can fold.

It is also likely that you can flop Two-Pair. With 8-7 and a Flop of 8-7-A, you can get a person with A-K in trouble.

If both of you continue until the end, and your opponent’s hand doesn’t improve, he will slow it down trying to show it down. If he improves, you will know if he bets, and you can just pay him off. He can pair his kicker or not, and whether he does, you still have a good showdown hand.

The best play (in your interest) is for your opponent to call all-in or move all-in on the Flop (during tournaments). However, this is only so if the difference in chips between you and your all-in opponent is great. If you have almost the same amount of chips, your 8-7 may not be good enough because your opponent may be willing only to call you with something like A-8 or, worse, 7-7.

Or he may call you with A-K and suckout when he pairs his Ace, his kicker, or when, say, a Ten hits the Turn, and another Ten hits the river then his Two-Pair is better. If one stack is small and the other large, and you have the small stack then you have a good hand someone holding an A-K may be willing to call. If you have the large stack, your all-in opponent may be desperate for a call with his A-x (without Two-Pair) until he knows you have him steamrollered.

Usually you continue playing Two-Pair until you hit a Full House. With that hand, play it as if you would play a made five-card hand – value betting, pretending to bluff, slow-playing (pick your choice). However, if the Board comes 8-7-5, you might be willing to play it more slowly because if the Board comes Four, Six or Nine, your Two-Pair may be almost unplayable.

During the Flop, bet substantially to push a Straight draw out. If your opponent calls, it may signify a Straight draw. If your opponent moves all-in or pushes you all-in, then call – or not call.

You are still the favorite over a Straight draw. You can also hit a Full House later. But also you can choose not to call because your opponent may have a made Straight. In an 8-7-5 board, the possibility of a Flopped Straight is quite low because players do not play 9-6 or 6-4 that much.

But you should be careful in a Board of 8-7-J or 8-7-4, because their connectors are consecutive numbers, i.e. 10-9 and 6-5, and players, especially experienced ones, play these more often.

However, even if the Board comes something like 8-7-4-5-Q, as long as you are sure, or even half-sure, that your opponent doesn’t have the Six, bet a small bet on the river. If your opponent has 9-8 or Q-x, you may be paid off.

If your opponent had the Six, you may be pushed, but you can fold without losing much. The thing is, you should maintain your aggression most of the time as part of your image, and you can do this by value-betting. If your opponent didn’t have the Six, he may think that you had the Six, and he may fold, too.

And finally, here is an addendum to our earlier example. If you have 8-7 and the Flop comes K-7-2, you can fold. But you can also call a bet – you hope that your opponent had A-K – and if an Eight comes and you bet big, how will your opponent know you had another Eight in the hole? So long as you feel your opponent doesn’t have K-8 or K-7 (not likely) both of you can get it all-in on the Turn – and you’ll emerge almost a winner.

This is a fairly complex subject so if you’re not quite getting it then go play free poker at NoPay to learn it the only real way possible which is to do it for real but learn to play poker free so that any mistakes you make don’t cost you anything apart from time.

We are very exited to announce that free online pokerNoPay resident pro D M Vadnais who is the master of the pen as well as the cards is putting pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard) again to produce a new and exclusive poker lesson series for NoPayPOKER members.

Given the addition of the many relationships established between us here at free online poker NoPayPOKER and ‘real money’ online poker sites such as PartyPoker, Feltstars and Titan we have asked our Resident Professional, D. Michael Vadnais, to develop a series of Articles on ‘How To’ successfully play in the ‘Real Money’ games.

Many players start out on NoPay in order to learn how to play poker in safety, at no risk of loss. After gaining confidence and skill the next step is to play real cash poker on one of the many online poker money sites. There are however some differences between online free poker and the cash game and this series is intended to guide free players though the change so that they can make the transition to cash poker as smoothly and profitably as possible. 

The new series of Articles will be posted exclusively at NoPayPoker. There will be a total of seven (7) Articles, and a new Article will be available to NoPay members each month. All of the Articles will be ‘tutorials’; designed to make you a ‘Real Money’ winner at online poker money sites.

The first Article will be posted in April of 2011, and the last Article will be posted in October of 2011. So, look for the individual Articles at the beginning of April, May, June, July, August, September, and October. And, if you’ve put NoPayPoker winnings into one or more of the Internet Gaming Sites, read — learn — and win big !!!!

The following list, and a brief content summary, identifies each of the 7 Articles:

Article 1: HOPE FOR THE VERY BEST; EXPECT THE WORST

• The ‘rule of 80′; it’s a world of age-grouped players
• Constant change; new players come and go
• Quality of play; stakes and levels often equate
• Farm animals; the pasture dwellers are everywhere

• Patience; 50% of your poker talent resides here
• Collusion; your eyes won’t lie, and players do cheat
• RNG’s; not all random number generators are equal
• Bots; they exist, they win, and they can be identified 

• Your bankroll; the ‘rule of 5′, never more than 5 percent
• Your emotions; no highs, no lows, nothing but a constant
• Your cash; know your risk tolerance, it’s not fake money
• Your mind set; positive for playing, negative for gardening

• Ace/paint; formidable, playable, and usually profitable
• Paint/paint; not early, sometimes middle, and often late
• Pocket pairs; set-mining, JJ problems, and the big three
• Suited ace; seeking the nut flush or the competitive straight

• Know the competition; stay focused, and compile notes
• Between 2 & 17 outs; identify your outs, identify the board’s outs
• Pot odds/implied odds; fast-tracking arithmetic calculations
• Defense wins money; the current ‘nuts’ is worth defending

• Suited connectors; a family pot generates your interest
• Soft 3x and hard 3x; don’t permit a read on your style
• Late position aggression; limpers can fill your wallet
• Slow-playing big hands; getting fed by the farm animals

• Finish the puzzle; the pieces are present, assemble them
• Always an ‘A’ game; earn the money, gifts are fairly rare
• Make the $ yours; maintain a bankroll, pocket the profits
• The B & M journey; if you’re ready, brick & mortar is nearby

Free poker players looking to learn how to play poker like a pro should also read D M Vadnais’s other superb lesson series, they in depth series are intended to take a player from abject beginner to advanced skill level and can be read now on the NoPayPOKER blog.  See all the NoPayPOKER lessons at this table of lesson contents Learn How to Play Poker page

BONUS CHIPS, A WORTHWHILE INVESTMENT IF USED CORRECTLY

NoPayPOKER’s bonus chips work in the same way that add-on or re-buy chips do on deposit poker sites. Players using bonus chips have a definite advantage over those that do not but you need to use them wisely.

The first thing I would like to point out is the idea of any game is to win it and to do that you should make use every tool offered to you, this means there is no disgrace in buying and using bonus chips, in actual fact by not doing so you are setting yourself up to fail.

The prize pool of a tournament should be the determining factor on how many bonus chips you should add in a game. I base mine on adding sufficient to ensure I make it to the final table even if I only win a few hands . When I said they should be used wisely, that means they are not free, so determine how many freeds you can expect to win when adding them.

For the purposes of this article we will use the cost of buying the smallest amount which is 60 freeds for 2000 bonus chips.

In a $500 prizepool tournament if you added 2000 bonus chips you must win at least 60 freeds to pay for them. First place in that tournament is approximately $125 freeds, 2nd place about $95 freeds and 3rd place about $60 freeds depending on the number of entries,any place under that and you have lost money.

The tournament payout structure under resources in the lobby is a necessary tool in determining the cost of adding bonus chips and should be used prior to adding them along with your actual cost of purchasing the bonus chips. I recommend buying the maximum amount of 30,000 as that makes your cost less than 17 freeds per thousand versus the 30 freeds per thousand in the smallest amount, meaning more freeds in your bank.

I would not consider playing the larger freerolls without the addition of bonus chips, occasionally someone will win without them but the odds against it are so great that like I previously stated you are setting yourself up to fail.

Beginning a tournament with a larger chip stack also offers you a certain amount of freedom in the way you play, if you make a bad call or lose to a better hand early in the game you still have sufficient chips to continue and make it to the payout and very likely to the final table.

I hope you all decide to use bonus chips in your game and will take the time to learn to use them wisely.

A turbo tournament is a cash or free online poker games tournament where the blinds increase exceptionally rapidly. Suppose, in an ordinary poker tournament, blinds increase every 12-15 minutes. In a turbo tournament, the blinds increase every, say, 3-5 minutes. Time will come where everyone will be just from five to ten big blinds.

Given these numbers, a turbo tournament is about four times as fast as a regular tournament.
So how do you incorporate this ‘four times as fast’ into your playing style? Does this playing more hands?

No. For example, if in an ordinary tournament you ‘small-ball’ – a playing style where you play more hands than your opponents, like 7-6 (even offsuit) and A-x (suited) which others feel a little woozy when holding. Then if you hit the Flop hard, you bet hard as well – because in the earlier levels the blinds are low in relation to the average stacks. 

But in a turbo tournament you can’t use this playing style. Blinds increase, but the number of hands never increase; in fact, they decrease. If you are playing, say, 60 hands in the first four levels of an ordinary tournament, in a turbo tournament you will be playing just 15-20 hands, most of them you will fold, of course.

What hands will you not fold?
- A-A, K-K, Q-Q, of course.
- In the early levels you can also experiment with connectors because your opponents might be a bit scared about losing their chips early with a, say, weak Ace or King.
- However, in the later levels, where everyone is near to blinding out, also put A-x or K-x (where x is greater than 10) and smaller pocket pairs in your arsenal.

Why? Because, simply, if you don’t play, the blinds will not just eat you – they will devour you!
If you move all-in with a wide range of hands than you are accustomed to in an ordinary tournament, then you can make the others fold.

And even with a caller, you may be on a classic coin flip if you have a pocket pair; you can be a favorite if you have A-x (x>10) and the caller is a weak Ace; and you will have two live cards with K-x and Q-x.

In the late levels the game will be mostly preflop; a series of crapshoots; so take advantage of preflop aggression.

However, you can also take advantage of postflop aggression in the late levels.
Suppose you are in the button with K-x where x is weak and the blinds call. You feel that the other two players have weak hands. Now the flop comes a bit scary (A-8-3) for example.

If you have the Eight or the Three and both your opponents check, you can bet. However, you can also bet if both of them check even if you have nothing. You have position; you are the best player to decide whether each other player has something.

Near the bubble, if you are sinking in chips, move all in with A-x, K-x or Q-x. Most of the time you will be drawing live. Others will be afraid to call you because they don’t know what you have and they will be the one sinking in chips if they call you incorrectly (or if you luck out).

If you play turbo, free poker games or for cash I hope this short advice article helps you some, if you are new to turbo poker them then I strongly suggest to practice them in free online poker games first.

In this free online poker article we’ll look at what happens if, in a heads-up match, both players think they have the best hand and decide to slow-play – Trap versus Trap basically.

To illustrate the lesson we’ll look at the situation by example. In this case a World Series of Poker final table hand.

The scene:

BLINDS 100k/200k, ante 30k

PREFLOP:

A has Ks-10s, raises to 400k
B has As-Ad, calls 200k

A’s raise is standard for K-10, which is not as weak in short-handed play as in a full table.

B could have reraised A, but A might fold. B could be worried only if the Flop came up paired like J-J-7, but B thinks that a continuation test bet will detect if A has a hand after the Flop.

Reraising preflop and this test bet has the same effect of making A fold if A doesn’t have anything, but calling not only conceals A’s hand strength, but also makes it dangerous for B to bet if a King or a Ten comes.

FLOP: Kc-5c-3h

B checks
A bets 525k
B raises to 1.45m
A calls 875k (Pot now 3.76m)

Now A suddenly had top pair which he may think is the best hand!

B checks, again to conceal hand strength.

A bets to build the pot, then B raises.

A may interpret B’s raise as a bluff because he may think B is drawing (note the two Clubs) or that B may have a smaller pair, say, A-5 or A-3.

A just calls because he is now the one attempting to trap.

TURN: Kc-5c-3h-6s

B bets 1.5m

The three-Flush didn’t come. B’s bet is now challenging A.

If A folds, B still wins a large pot. If A calls or reraises, B can push him all-in if action gets back to B.

A’s trap seems to be working so far. Now B may have decided that A is still on a Flush draw with maybe a small Pair, say Ac-3c.

Additionally, because preflop A concealed his hand strength well (just smooth-calling), B can think that A also has a King, but with a weaker kicker.

Now he believes that A is ready to call anything he hauls in the middle, and he also thinks his trap is working. So what does he do?

A moves all-in
B calls 3.6m (Pot now about 14 million)

Both think their traps are successful! In poker, the bigger the hands, the bigger the chips in front.

Both did well in preserving the balance building the pot and concealing hand strength, but only one hand can win.

A can only win with a river King or Ten.

RIVER: Kc-5c-3h-6s-10c (!)

A wins! But had A continued trapping until the river with this river card, it’s still the same. Both still have big hands, both are willing to trap, and both are willing to ravenously hoard each other’s chips once the opportunity arises.

Summary of the Trap Vs Trap

Spend some time to read and consider the principles behind this article. Try and consider the key facts behind what’s going on in this particular example and consider ways to put these lessons into your individual play.

Poker, while not so difficult to learn if very difficult to make a living from, or, indeed, not lose money at most of the time!

But if (and when) you learn to really play online poker well then you’ll make some great money. Why?

Simply that the vast majority of players you come up against never get to what can be termed a good level.

So you, if you can get to a good standard will do very well very easily. You don’t have to be a TV pro to make good money in poker!

The fact that most players are at such a low competence means that whenever you hunt/play them on free online poker sites or low stakes sites you’ll be able to clean up.

To learn to play poker free go look at the rest of the NoPayPOKER blog, the free poker lessons here  cover all levels from rookie to advanced, plus, the site itself as a free online poker site is the ideal place to practice what you learn.

How can a small stack react to the bullying of a big stack, and under what conditions? Here Player A has the smallest stack in the table, and B the biggest one. (B had at least six times the stack of A.) Player A could move all-in with what he had, but see how well he did it.

BLINDS 100k/200k

PREFLOP:

• A has Ad-Qd raise to 550k
• B is on big blind, has 7d-7c, calls for 350k (Pot 1.41m)

Why didn’t B try to push A all-in here? A might fold, and he may not want to blow up his big stack yet.

What if A has J-J or above? Then A would be harder to kick out of the pot. B could put A on big cards, and he will be right if he does.

Generally, small stacks could afford to play only big cards.

FLOP: 8d-3h-8c

• B checks
• A bets 650k

B checks, hoping to check-check it all the way with A. But A fires out 650k.

That move is aggressive; he can push B out. Why? His 7d-7c is not strong enough, expecially on a paired board.

It is good for A to bluff, and the pot will be a chunky addition to his small stack.

That may make B put A on a high pair or two big cards (like A-K), but he doesn’t know which, so he tries a raise:

B raises to 1.5m

Because B called from the big blind, A could put him on a wider range of hands.

One of them could be A-8 suited, or 9-8. But it could also be something else which didn’t help A, maybe K-J which A decided to limp in with.

The raise may signal an Eight, or an attempt to push B out. One of the two.

Now A can think of why B didn’t bet the flop. The check may be a trap, so he bets to see if it is. If B just called then an Ace or a Queen may fall, and that may be costly to B, A might think.

But B raised, so A figures out that B wants him out of the pot because B’s hand is not strong enough (If he guesses a small pair, like 7-7 or lower, he’s right.).

And because he is the short-stack, he has to be aggressive.

He has to take more risks and take more chips. He just hoped that B is semi-bluffing, and:

• A moves all-in (Pot 8.085m)
• B needs 3.675m to call

B is now on trouble here.
A’s three-bet represents a strong hand. Also, look at B’s: comments: “I really think you have A-K or A-Q…” He is right. He could have called, and cost him only a sixth of his stack.

Also, B can consider the stack condition of A. Would he raise with 8-7 or 9-8 with a small stack if he can wait for and then move all-in with A-K, A-Q or any pair?

B will be more inclined to believe it’s A-K or A-Q.

However, B adds: “I’ve been playing with you for a long time, and you’re a very solid player, I never see you not having a hand…and if you have a very big pair I’m in trouble. Nice bet sir.”

Yes, he has observed that A has been playing mostly with good hands. Was A aware of this?
He may be, and used it to his advantage. B thinks that it might be a big pair, too. What’s a three-bet plus all-in for, anyway? Or even 8-7 or 9-8.

B thinks: The raise is from a late position, and A might be trying to steal preflop with anything which may include the stray Eight, and his aggression looks like he hit the Flop. So it’s really a nice all-in, and B folds.

So a short-stack should play more aggressively.

If A didn’t do the move now when the proper conditions are there (a paired board which is less likely to hit B and more likely to scare him, too; a raise he interpreted as a weak semi-bluff; his player image), he might be blinded and anted off, and he will find it harder to stage a comeback in the tournament.

Phew, heavy stuff eh! If you are a poker beginner this may be a bit way out there for now but never fear! Join NoPayPOKER today. You can learn to play poker for free on the blog and then put your learning into practice with no money risk whatsoever on the NoPayPOKER free texas holdem online poker site

I would imagine that questions might exist as to why a Premium Membership at NoPayPoker would increase your winnings, and, why a Premium Membership would vastly improve your Return On Investment (ROI). So, I’ll give you an example; it comes from a most trusted source; someone who plays at NoPayPOKER.

And, please note, that this person is a very good player; an individual who wins with a consistency that almost all of us would be envious of, almost all of us would look to be duplicitous of. Yet, as you might agree, it would be unfair to identify the individual by name. Therefore, the screen name will be held by me in anonymity.

The player uses the monthly allotment of 30,000 Bonus Chips (BC) in NoPay’s 500 FreeD BC games; with a 2,000 BC buy-in. And, the following is a summary of this individuals game play results over the past month:

• 100% money pay-out
• 99% getting to the final 20
• 95% getting to the final table
• 75% getting to the final 5
• 40% getting to the final 3
• A touch over 16% finishing 1st

The end result is that every 1,000 Bonus Chips used by this player produces 37 cents of winnings….or, a total of approximately $11 per month.

And, that statistic not only begs a question, it also makes the question compulsory: “Is the $2.95 per month (Introductory Offer), or $4.95 per month (Annual Membership Fee), or $7.95 per month (Single Month Fee) worth it?

Well….at $7.95 per month, versus an $11 monthly win rate, the ROI is 38%. At $4.95 per month, versus the $11 monthly win rate, the ROI is 122%. And, at $2.95 per month, versus the $11 monthly win rate, the ROI is 272%. Are we looking at a ‘yes-brainer’? It certainly appears that way to me! So, you may be well advised to get to your PayPal account, and sign on as a Premium Member; it’s simply another way to attain the goal of winning money.

Plus, of interest to me, as it should be to you, in a recent 500 FreeD BC game played at 1645 site time, not only did this player win the tournament, but he did it in what can be described as “in a no less than absolute perfect fashion”. By that I mean he had a ‘Flops Seen Percentage’ of less than 10%, and a ‘Flops Seen Win Percentage’ of 100%….yes, 100%.

Imagine! Every flop he participated in ended up as a winning hand. Hard to believe? Sure it is! But, the data was verified at NoPay….using the new ‘STATS’ feature. Granted, the player folded Big Blinds, even when only limpers entered the pot. Why? I’m aware that this was done such that the individual could complete a ‘practice session’ where only playable pockets by position were cause for participation in the hand.

Possibly, none of us can replicate the ‘quality of play’ held by this individual; yet, I doubt that….there are way too many ‘good’ players on the NoPayPoker.com site. Or, maybe none of us can attain a monthly win rate of $11 in Bonus Chip games….maybe the win rate will only be five-eighths as good; something like $7 per month.

If so, if the win rate ends up at $7 per month, not $11 per month, the Return On Investment still remains a very positive number; it’s 41% (versus the annual Premium Membership cost). And, the 41% ROI takes into account the assumption that the ‘good’ NoPay players are only about half as ‘good’ as the ‘really good’ player who wins the $11 per month. Now, that’s a challenge of interest.

And, in all truth, the player who’s winning the $11 per month has the very same tools and strategies that each of you could possess; they are available in the ‘Building a Bankroll‘ series of free poker articles, and the miscellany of quality scribblings that appear within the NoPayPoker monthly contest articles.

Should you become a Premium Member? Well….if winning money is your goal, if attaining a high Return on Investment is your goal, then the question doesn’t necessiate a whole lot of thought. Does it?

Best of Luck at the Tables,

D. Michael

by: D Michael Vadnais

(c) copyright; May 15, 2010; no reproduction, all rights reserved by D. M. Vadnais

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