who here /poker/? where can i play to practice?

>>1270402
Play bovada microstakes. You can buy in for like $5 bucks.

888 poker

>when you only play rake-free games
>when your win rate shot up a ridiculous amount

Honestly, at the smallest live games you can find, if you can play regularly, and are actually good at the game, clearing a low six figures isn't out of the question. I was making ~10k a month playing at illegal home games with exorbitant rake. Then again, I'm kind of a freak of nature.

Downside is that after a while, you get known to be a shark, and people will stop inviting you to their games, or people will just cash out at the sight of you. Then there's the people who want to rob you.

Finally a poker thread, obviously pokerstars is still the best unless you happen to be in a country with impinged freedoms but I can't imagine that's the case.

>>1270514
>amaya is a good company for the poker community

I mean, it's like you don't even know the history behind the guys who run the show.

>>1270517
do tell

google is broken

If you are can handle it live poker is actually MUCH easier to crush then online poker but if you don't have a poker face or happen to be a total sperg then online is the way to go.

Start off with freerolls if possible or the lowest buy-in stuff.

There are a LOT of poker clients out there but I usually go with ACR and Bovada since Pokerstars isn't available in my area.

Cash games and tournaments require completely different strategies.

There is a lot of poker knowledge on youtube and in twitch streams.

Make sure you do your reading before playing. There's a lot that needs to be read regarding betting strategy pre-flop, hand strength based on position etc.
Don't play free tables, you'll learn nothing from shitters going all-in every hand. Even the 2c/5c tables are an ok place to start out as every pot is worth a couple dollars.

>>1270621
i believe the people running amaya were the same people that ran cake poker? or maybe it was partypoker? but there's a lot of speculation that they are connected to the greek mafia. i read about this quite a while ago on 2+2 so you might wanna search there

>>1270517
Do I care? They pay me out, have the fullest cash tables and most software is designed for pokerstars.

>>1270783
>pay me out

Have you hear the news surrounding their board of directors?

They also have the most bots, colluders, VPN sellers, and whatever else there is. i know someone that pays to be able to play from cali. when he plays, everyone thinks it's someone else, but then they start to realize, this isn't the same guy.

>>1270811
None of that has convinced me to stop playing with them, there is a reason they have about a 60% market share.

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>>1270826
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTIiuGKwB8g

>>1270507
What if i wanted to do this in vegas, would the competition be too high?

>>1270835
could be as vegas would have the world class players
though, if you're playing under 2/5, you'll run into a lot of weak regs i hear.

i also hear comps are getting cut 50% in a lot of the casinos

>>1270811

>bots

where can i get in on this shit?

>>1270844
MIT
no joke

>>1270848

So the only people who have bots are genius MIT grads who developed them themselves? Is that what you're saying?

>>1270872
He seems like a bit of a mentalist desu, no bots can play nlh that well, there are a few passable at 1/2 2/5 level but most sites are bordering on scams.

>>1270879

What about pot limit bots? ive heard thats the best place to be botting.

>>1270402
Play on Unibet, especially the 25€ heads up, only fishs coming for one or two game and getting away

>>1270888
Most of those bookmakers play on the ipoker network, they're just skins. >>1270886
You can take the risk I guess, best just botting betfair trades with no risk of having your withdrawals blocked through account closure.

>>1270872
No. The best bots have been made by mit. There are others but not any good

ITT : everybody could beat phil elmuth or some shit.

Don't be a fucktard like these anons, instead of investing in stock like a pussy you can give money to pro players and take a generally decent cut at the prize they win.
that is the only way to do real money in that overpopulated and quite frankly dumb game