Have you ever wanted to play online poker? Looking for the site that suits you? The online poker industry is active due to the pandemic. Countries that are in quarantine or people who are being advise to stay home are now looking for sites to play. but which site is the best to play? here a quick tip to help you choose.
Do not rush!
There are online poker sites that have been doing business for years. While there are some new good ones. Sites are now competing to get the players and play on their site.
Calm down and slow down. before you make a decision to jump to a poker site. find out more about them.
Jumping to a site because you believe they offer good bonuses may not be the best way to choose the right site for you.
A lot of Legit poker sites are now offering good bonuses. but there are also bogus sites who are there to take advantage of offering huge bonuses that may not be true. study the site first.
Find the right site
There are various things to consider when choosing the site to play with. not rushing and studying the site will help you especially when you are choosing to play with real money.
Poker sites also offer different experiences. in the case of mobile responsiveness. some sites can be played vertically while other horizontal. Being user friendly is also the key.
look for the features as they may play an important role in your game.
The current market right now is a little different from the old market. even on the live scene, the change has made its way.
Quite notable is that players tend to choose to play where they are comfortable. Poker sites are now trying to be more user friendly. However, what may be good for some players may not be to your liking. test the sites out before making any deposits. are you comfortable with their layouts? payment system? there is a lot to consider before you jump right in.
Learn the basic
Poker sites have evolved and have different business models. some like Pokerstars use point system while others use Rakeback. there are those who offer a wide variety of tournaments while others do not. other poker games like OFC are offered and even 5 card Omaha while some still shy away from those types of games.
There are now 2 business models that poker sites run.
Online Poker sites where the games are managed and run by the developers.
There are now two types of online poker sites. There are sites where all games are run and managed by the company where you deposit and withdraw directly from the company while there are sites that are basically home games.
Sites like Pokerstars which remain to be the biggest are base on the first model. They run the basic game and tournaments and transactions are direct to the company.
Poker sites like Pokerstars, GG network and J88 are examples of such business models.
the advantages of these sites are that they are managing everything. they can offer more to the players and they are more strict. Sites using this business model have more advantages in terms of numbers of players. Pokerstars just recently concluded there Anniversary tournament for their Sunday millions.
The PokerStars 14th Anniversary Sunday Million. A USD 12.5 Million guaranteed poker tournament for only USD 215.
Which saw a record-breaking number of 93,016 which was one by “AAAArthur” who won against Stefan “CrAzY_sTeFaN” Piele Dragos.
J88 will launch its own version of the Micro million this coming April. from April 15- 19 they will launch the J88PT Millionaire series. The Main Event is a USD 100,000 guaranteed scheduled on April 19, 2020, at 21:00 CST for only USD 88.
The first J88PT millionaire series held last December had more than 1,000 players joined.
GG poker will also launch a new series. they regularly hold a 500k USD GTD freezeout for only USD 150.
These are sites that hold their own and manage their own games. However, there are also skins. Sites like GG poker and J88 have skins which players should be careful.
Skins are sites that are on the same network but have different Appearances. Skins are created usually by gaming sites in order to focus on a specific market. however kindly check the liability of the original sites with regards to the skin. as skins are independent in nature. There are good skins that offer more value to the players while there are other skins that may not be reliable.
Always ask your agents if the main poker sites will take responsibility for their skins.
Note: There are some countries where you can not play selected poker sites. Players uses VPN to be able to log in and play.
Apps that help you make your own home games
Quite recently there is a surge of apps that help you make your own games. the business models of these poker sites are far different from the other sites.
The apps are free to download and cash games or tournaments that are being held are not connected to the app developer.
The App developer has limited responsibility. they are there to maintain the app. chips have no value except to the club you are joining. it is the club that sets the value of the chips.
Examples of this are PP poker and UPoker. there are other poker apps that use the same business model.
There are two very important things a player must understand before joining.
The app developer is not responsible for the value of the chips. it is the club. We advise joining good unions or clubs.
for PP poker. one of the biggest unions of the Philippines is Pinoydonks that enjoys a good reputation.
UPoker is a new app that has the same business model. currently, they are not that active in the Philippines but have become big in Europe and the USA. A good union to join that can serve the Philippine market. will be Digital Poker Asia. A link is provided below. just click the image.
Digital Poker Asia is a Malaysian/Singaporean group that already has players in the Philippines. A system is already in place where Filipinos can withdraw and deposit through local channels.
Note: As apps only manage and not run their own games. some apps have numerous bots. bots do exist. while some app totally denies this problem which results in various complaints. In a recent interview with one of the heads of Upoker.
Bots does exist. there are numerous bots out there that actually run. to deny they exist is to deny there is a problem. there is a problem that plagues the app industry. We accept the problem but we make an effort to neautralize it. quite recently we just run a maintenance and an upgrade that eliminated a lot of those bots. We care for our players hence we make an effort. We are very happy to listen to our players.
Home games apps offer players or potential players to create their own games. Most home game apps can be downloaded through the app store. the big difference with home game apps is that you can play with your friends on small blinds and avoid the big grinders. but Home game apps that are in a big union also offers the player the chance to play with other players from other countries.
Player has their own preferences. we hope this article helped in helping you choose the right site for you. stay tune for part 2
