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My introduction to free online poker was not a pleasant experience. I copied these guys who were forever going all-in and lost all my play money chips really quickly. OK so it was free poker online so it wasn’t a money loss disaster but as my ambition was to make money not even being able to cut it in what you could call demo mode was bad news. Not good for my pride either.

In this article I will tell you what I did to get past the early blues and win first in the free poker games and then on cash games.

First of all, when you’re new to a site, take a little time to familiarise yourself with the site and its members. Watch a few games, and get a feel for the general speed of the games and players.

Don’t start off big and if someone goes all-in, don’t follow because you feel you have to. Assess your cards and play the hand you have not the one you wish you had! Make a decision and stand by it.

If you have what you feel is a good hand, don’t be pushed out of the game by the All In crew. These are mainly new players like your-self or just people messing about.

A little tip that hasn’t failed me yet:
Assign values to your cards. Give the pocket cards (the first cards you get) a value according to your chips. For example, say you have 1000 chips, lets call an Ace as value 300, King 290, Queen 280 and so on, set your own values. If they Pair up, the value becomes one card value plus half. So 2 kings will be 435 (290 + 145). Then on the turn of the next three cards (known as the Flop) revaluate your cards.

If you’re not confident, then click check and do not raise your bet. Only call if the cards are worth the risk.

On the turn of the forth card, known as the TURN, check the cards and if they are worth it start to raise your bet. The turn of the final card (known as the River Card) is the most important card of the game.

Unless you’re all-in at this time, your bet could decide the outcome. A sharp rise could force the less confident players out of the game. After you’ve been playing a while you will know by now how confident they are by their bets.

But remember; don’t over value your cards. Obviously Three of a kind is good, along with a flush or straight. But 4 of a kind {is normally|is generally|is typically} {a winner|a victor}.

A good poker player reads the cards and players well; a bad one goes all-in straight away. Only bet what you can afford whether they free chips or paid for chips.

You will find that players who play poker for free tend to be more reckless with their chips yet this in itself is good practice for playing against reckless players and you will learn how to learn how to play poker with no risk to your finances.

Richard Hannon’s Dick Turpin finally gained the first Group One success of his career with a stunning display in the Prix Jean Prat at Chantilly.

French Guineas and Derby winner Lope De Vega was sent off a short price, but he struggled to get past his pacemaker three furlongs out and when Richard Hughes sent Dick Turpin after him the result was never in doubt.

He showed an electric turn of foot to streak five lengths clear of the chasing pack and it was left to Siyouni to run on into second, with Clive Cox’s Xtension just behind in third.

Godolphin’s Frozen Power was never involved, while Lope De Vega was eased right down inside the final furlong.

Second in the English and French 2000 Guineas as well as the St James’s Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot, Dick Turpin was certainly not winning out of turn and Hughes was ecstatic with the result.

He said: “I’m absolutely delighted for the horse. He deserved to win a Group One – he’s run some brilliant races. You get horses like that which never get to win one and finish second all the time, but it’s great now he’s broken his duck. The pressure is off.

“We went a very fast gallop and I kicked him on at least two furlongs out because I knew I’d stay well. I said after the race he’ll probably get 10 furlongs because they weren’t catching me. He killed them off very quickly.

“It was fast ground today and he’s better with more of a cut. I was probably four or five lengths further in front of Xtension than I was in the Newmarket Guineas, so the form is rock-solid.

“We said to the owners we’ll take it race by race and he’ll tell us when he’s ready to run again. He’s been on the go a while, but he looked so well, so we said ‘why not go’.

“The only thing we wouldn’t do was run him on firm ground, but the French water well and do a very good job.”