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Why I play online poker at Ladbrokespoker.com

Poker, poker, poker. Everyone’s doing it but what’s your preferred brand of medicine? If you are reading this, probably online poker but Texas Hold’em, Stud poker, Omaha, cash games or tournaments?

I’m traditionally a casino-based player but online poker does light my candle and you will often find me burning the midnight oil at the Omaha tables where I’m not stressed about a 20 mile car journey, the embarrassment of leaving a table when winning, dealer errors, abusive players and a host of other inconveniences.

For some, like my near-80-year-old father who plays every free online poker tournament Ladbrokespoker.com has to offer, online poker it's the best thing since sliced bread. It keeps him mentally alert. It has also won my folks two poker cruises and given them countless hours of entertainment.

For others it is all about the winning and that is where finding the right poker game for you means everything.

I like online Omaha cash games and find them profitable as Omaha is a purely mathematical game requiring calculations of pot-odds in relation to the probability of the card(s) arriving that will make your hand a winner, or stay a winner as the case may be. Here bluffing most definitely comes with a health warning.

Online tournaments work for others, others that have patience and discipline in abundance. Paydays may be fewer and farther between but they are always substantial in relation to the entry fees regardless of the entry cost.

Cash Hold’em is ideal for people with time constraints and you will always find a game as there are hundreds of them on the go here at Ladbrokespoker.com 24-hours a day.

Stud poker? Well, I’m not qualified to quantify the merits and pitfalls of this discipline but one thing is for certain, you will not find such a wide selection of ready-to-go games in any casino and that’s a ringing endorsement of Ladbrokes’ online poker room.


Roy ‘The Boy’ Brindley, Ladbrokespoker.com Sponsored Professional

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