INTRODUCTION

Till recently, Party Poker is considered the largest online poker room. In a poker room, all types of games with all sorts of stakes are popular. Everybody appeals Party Poker; it has received great appreciation the world over. Party Poker is always full with people ranging from being too professional to too casual in playing the game. Id there are fishes that play their role in the pond, you can easily understand that many online sharks also make Party Poker their home.

SALIENT FEATURES OF PARTY POKER

Party Poker has been successful in its approach to attract more and more players to play online. Following are the salient features of Party Poker that make it unique in its approach:

At Party Poker, there are plenty of tables to choose from. Try to choose the table that is equipped with fishes and not sharks. Why should you play against sharks when you can play against fish?

Party Poker is too big in its size. It makes it difficult to keep a note for accurate players since a large number of players participate in the poker room. So to get a quick hold of all the players sitting on the table, you need to take a few shortcuts.

You can easily measure the level of skill of your opponent by keeping a constant watch on his activities for several minutes. Usually, good players buy in for a lot at a limit poker game, and low skilled players normally buy in for low or moderate amounts, because in a limit game, they chose an effective way to deal with so that they can gauge how much they may potentially lose at the table, and in a no-limit game, playing a smaller stack is much easier than playing a play a larger stack.

As far as poker stereotypes are concerned, this holds true that anyone with a large stack is a shark and anyone with a small stack is a fish. An advance high-stakes limit player can easily take advantage of this by scaring sharks from his table. If you buy a large stack that will give a signal to other sharks that, you are a good player.

Never go for bad best jackpot tables, if you are a beginner or if you do not possess necessary skills to play a tricky game. In addition, these tables charge an extra rake. It is better to avoid playing on such tables. Not many sharks play on jackpot tables. They may usually be equipped with fishes only. It would be worth it to get a soft table than paying extra rakes to sit on these tables.

At Party Poker, games turn little tougher after you go past $15-$30. The higher the stakes, the tougher would be the games. The competition stiffens and generates more interest and fun.

GLOSSARY

Aces Full – It refers to a full house with three aces and any pair.

Ace-high – It is a five-card hand that contains one Ace, with no straight or flush or a hand with no pair in it.

Aces Up - A hand that contains two pairs, one of which is a pair of Aces, is known as Aces Up.

Act – It refers to an intentional tell deliberated to give false information about a hand.

Action – Action means Checking/Betting/Raising. An ‘Action’ game is a game in which players play a lot of pots.

Active Player - Any player who is still in the hand is termed as ‘Active Player’.

Aggressive – It is an adjective used to describe a player who raises and re-raises and rarely make calls.

Ajax – It is the name of an Ace and Jack in the pocket, suited or otherwise.

All-in - When a player bets all his/her chips, it is called All-in.

Angle – Angle means an action that isn’t against the rules, but still incorporates unfair tactics.

Angle shooting - Using unfair tactics is referred to as Angle Shooting.

Ante – Initial Money placed in the pot before the hand is begun is called Ante.

Bad Beat - When a hand is beaten by a lucky draw, it is known as ‘Bad Beat’.

Backdoor - Making a hand other than the one intended is what we call ‘Backdoor’.

Back raise – It refers to a re-raise from a player who originally called.

Bankroll – Bankroll means the amount of money you have or you have kept in reserve to meet future emergencies.

Belly Buster – It is a draw and/or catches to an Inside Straight.

Bet – Bat means placing chips into the pot.

Bet Odds – You get these odds because of evaluating the number of callers to a raise.

Bet the Pot - When a player bets the amount of the pot, it is known as “Bet the Pot”.

Big Blind – It refers to a designated amount that is placed by the player sitting in the second position, clockwise from the dealer, before any cards are dealt.

Big Slick - A hand that contains an A-K is called Big Slick.

Blank - A useless card is considered Blank.

Blind - The bet(s) made by two players sitting directly to the dealer’s left, which will start the action on the first, round of betting is known as ‘Blind’.

Blind Raise - When a player raises without looking at his hand, it is known as Blind Raise.

Bluff – Bluff means to make other players believe that one has a better hand than he/she might otherwise have, by betting or raising.

Board cards - The cards that are dealt face-up in a poker game for all players to see are called Board cards.

Bring-in – It refers to the forced bet made on the first round of betting by the player who is dealt the lowest card showing in 7 Card Stud and Stud 8 or Better.

Bring It In - To start the betting on the first round is termed as ‘Bring It In’.

Broomcorn’s Uncle - A player who antes himself broke is called Broomcorn’s Uncle.

Bullets - A pair of Aces is known as a Bullet.

Button - It is also known as the dealer button. It is a small round disk moved from player to player in a clockwise direction following each hand to theoretically indicate the dealer of each hand.

Buy-in - Buy-in is the minimum amount of money required by a player to sit down in a particular poker game.

Call - Matching the bet amount.

Call Cold - To call both a bet and raise(s).

Calling Station - A passive and loose player, who does not raise much, but calls more than he or she should is called Calling Station.

Cap - To take the last of the maximum amount of raises allowed per round of betting.

Card room - The room or space in a casino where poker is played is known as Card room.

Dead Man’s Hand - Two pairs - Aces and Eights are termed as Dead Man’s Hand.

Dealer - The man or woman, who handles the cards, gives out the pots, and monitors the game is called a Dealer.

Disconnect Protection - A tool to protect players in the event that their Internet connection is lost while involved in a pot.

Down Card - Hole cards, or cards that are dealt face down.

Drawing - Playing a hand to improve.

Ducks - A pair of Twos is called Ducks or Deuces.

Early Position - Position on a round of betting, where the player must act before most of the other players at the table are termed as Early Position.