Powerful Profits From Internet Poker [Paperback]

Victor Royer (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 2006

The games are virtual—the profits are real!

Poker is hotter than ever, and these days, you don’t need to live near a casino to play! Internet poker offers the ideal solution for players who know the basics and are looking for a fun, easy way to get into a game. But with dozens of sites offering hundreds of games, how do you pick the ones that offer you the best—and most lucrative—gaming experience?

Powerful Profits from Internet Poker is the all-in-one guide to getting the most out of online poker, featuring outstanding advice from celebrated gambling columnist and casino insider Victor H. Royer. Royer explains how and why online games differ from regular games, and teaches you how to avoid common pitfalls and adapt your game to the specialized demands of online play. You’ll get a complete overview of all the major Internet poker websites, with ratings on key elements, including ease of play, bonuses offered, tournaments, customer support, and overall experience. Plus you’ll pick up insider tips on Internet strategy and online tells.

Powerful Profits from Internet Poker is the first book to answer the real questions posed by real Internet players, including:

What fees am I going to have to pay?

What are the applicable laws and how can they affect me?

How do I get to play in the big-money tournaments?

Can I be cheated? How?

How does "buddy play" affect me?

Whether you’re an enthusiastic amateur or a seasoned player, this indispensable guide will provide everything you need to know to enhance your enjoyment of the game, improve your skill, and reap truly powerful profits.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Lyle Stuart (January 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0818406542
• ISBN-13: 978-0818406546
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,482,668 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars not a good poker book, February 19, 2006

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Daniel Mclean - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Powerful Profits From Internet Poker (Paperback)

If you are looking for a good poker strategy book, look elsewhere. I found this book unfocused and full of "filler" material. It gives advice on several poker variants (Holdem, Omaha, Seven Card Stud), but offers nothing ground-breaking or in-depth on any. Most disappointing is the extra material thrown in to "fill out" the book. There is a compendium of cyber terms, explanations on how to use Party Poker and Poker Stars, instructions on how to fund your account, etc. If you are looking for a good poker strategy book focusing specifically on Holdem, I recommend "Harrington on Hold 'em Expert Strategy for No Limit Tournaments Vol 1". I don't believe this book is worth the money for the majority of players.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not bad., September 20, 2006

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Robert P. Beveridge "xterminal" (Lakewood, OH) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Powerful Profits From Internet Poker (Paperback)

Victor H. Royer, Powerful Profits from Internet Poker (Kensington, 2006)

First off: it's well worth noting that this book constitutes an extension of Royer's earlier Powerful Profits from Poker. If you haven't read that one, start with it instead.

Powerful profits from Internet Poker is a companion volume to the earlier book, in which Royer focuses on the differences between brick-and-mortar and Internet poker playing. So if you're looking for general hints, tips, and strategies for poker playing, this is not where to go. If you spend most of your time playing poker on the 'net, though, you may find some things of use here if you're not already well-read on the subject. If you are, you're going to wade through a lot of retread, but that's not necessarily a bad thing; it's often useful to brush up on the basics now and again.

There are three chapters devoted to the three main games played at Internet poker sites, one each for Hold'em, Seven-card stud, and Omaha. (When is someone going to write the definitive book on Crazy Pineapple? That's what I want to know...) Two more chapters are devoted to detailed analyses of PokerStars and PartyPoker, and the interleaved chapters deal with such topics as general strategy tips for Internet poker, poker and the law, etc. (That last is a must-read chapter as the Internet Gambling and Enforcement Act nears a Senate vote, by the way.) You'll see a lot of stuff you've already seen, especially if you're already a student of one or more of the games discussed (as, I would assume, anyone picking this book up is) and/or you already have an account on PartyPoker, PokerStars, or both. If so, just read the stuff that'll be new first, and go back and read the whole book later on, when you have more time. If you're a greenhorn, though, this is a quick and easy overview of stuff you need to know, and is worth your time. ***

5 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely excellent book!, March 19, 2006

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The BJ Doc (Las Vegas, NV, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Powerful Profits From Internet Poker (Paperback)

This book was given to me as a gift. I am really a blackjack player mostly, and so I didn't have much experience with poker. I did play poker several times in the casinos, but nothing serious. I also didn't play on the Internet. But that's all changed now!

At first, I just wasn't all that interested in Internet poker, but after reading this book I found out it's a really good game. What I like most about it is that I can do it from home, and not have to travel to a casino to play poker. But I didn't know much about the Internet poker, and had little clue about how to get going, and how to play, and not be taken for a ride.

After reading this book, all my fears went away. This book shows how to get started, how to find the games and tournaments, and how to play winning poker specifically for Internet poker play. This was all new to me, but with this book in hand I quickly learned the tricks. I was also given this author's other poker book, Powerful Profits from Poker, because in that book I could learn more about the poker games. With both books together, I soon became quite good at this. I won my first tournaments by following the advice in this book, and I have been happily playing ever since.

Since I read this book, and the author's other book on poker, I also read some of the others. While I agree with this author that reading more is better than less, I do want to say that I find Royer's style clear, refreshing, and to the point. He talks about this difficult Internet poker craze in simple terms, and that makes it easy to become a winning player.

I also like that this author gets down to the facts, and speaks about the realities of exactly what it is that you will find when you play poker on the Internet. There is also a nice chapter about the legality of Internet poker, and the author makes it very clear that there are no laws in the USA that in any way prevent you from playing on the Internet.

All in all, this is an excellent book about Internet poker, and the various poker games you find there. If you want to play poker on the Internet, this is the book you should get, and read, and study.