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How Play Money Games Can Improve Your Play
As many know, play money games can be “All In Fests”. But, they also can be a great place to hone skills and learn more about YOUR game.
I am by no means a pro, but in the past year I have really become a fairly good poker player. When I do not have a live bankroll I play a lot of play money games at Poker Stars. Of course, the play is very loose and over aggressive at times, but at the higher chip levels, you do get some more realistic play. I will tend to call more bets at the river, just to see if I am reading the player right.
WARNING: I will liken this to reading a poker book. Whenever I read a poker book I learn more about the game, but then I play different after the read and lose a lot. This will happen when you transition from play money to real money, so take it slow. Play the low limits (.01/.02 ring games & $5 SNGs). As you adjust, move up. When you move up, you will need to take it slow and adjust again.
Play money will ruin your game if you play it passed a complete rookie level. It is a complete different game. It really can only help you understand how often you get hands, how play works, and what its like to be bad beat.
That is straight from a very good and respected all around poker player. He tought me how to play.
Play moneys fun to learn with but ,theres hands you will never see played on a real money level or bets you will never see made.You get people going all in on a whim or raising cuz they have to leave.But when real money on the line its a different story,a great way to become more accquainted with the game,get used to the hands ,the betting and etc.So it definitely will help you in certain aspects.I still play on them with my friends on occasion.
I only play NL Holdem. Omaha gives me a headache.
I do agree that play money is very different and that is why I placed the warning. But I still think for a newcomer to the game it can be a very usefull learning tool.
I am coming to terms that once you reach a certain level you can’t go back down and be successful, without making extreme adjustments. I guess this could be said about playmoney as well.
There have been times where I watched a 5/10 dollar real money table play like a Play Money table. Really. It was terrible how this group was playing. Of course it was to often the bad hand that one. That is always a bad thing to see.
If you are tired of Play Money craziness I would suggest stepping up 1/2 or 2/4 Penny games. Many sites offer them. Some of the ones here listed do. They play can still be pretty bad. But, it does a better job at mirroring a real poker game than play money.
Unfortunately, for some of us, there’s no alternative to play money. I used to have a decent bankroll on Pokerstars, but I wasn’t good enough to handle it and blew it all. Right now, I have no job, so money’s pretty tight. I’ll put some money on PS when I start work in late May. I’m well aware of the fact that play money is not an accurate reflection of real money poker, and can either help my game minimally or hurt me severely, but I feel it is better to stay sharp by playing some poker than it is to not play at all until I have money to play with.
If you want to experience real poker and you dont have much money, and cant afford to deposit, then freerolls are definately for you. The play style in a freeroll, and be a bit aggressive at the start, and many loose players call with anything, this is why i would suggest not playing at pokerstars. Play at Jetset or PokerHost, Play in the private freerolls held at this site and others. The standard of play in therse tournaments is a much better reflection on “real” money games than play money, and if you can survive the early loose play by many weirdos you can actually get a good game of poker going, especially as you approach the “money zone”.
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How to Make Money Online – a Guide for Beginners – Part 3 – Using Pay Per Click (ppc)
Using pay per click advertising is a vital tool for anyone looking to make money online. In this article, I discuss the key areas required for effective PPC advertising. Google AdWords is the most popular PPC scheme and there are a number of factors that determine the success or failure of any AdWords campaign.
Before beginning a campaign you must have clearly defined goals for example are you trying to send customers to a review page of an affiliate product your advertisment will not be aimed at selling the product but designed to encourage click throughs to the review page.
The aim of PPC is to drive targeted traffic to a specific page where a pre-sell via a review or a direct sell is made, a % of which you receive as commission. The amount of people who see your advert is dependant on the popularity of the keywords you choose. More popular keywords attract more competitors and push the advertisng price up, however may provide greater opportunity for making money online.
To make money online the most important aspects of a Google AdWords campaign include:
” Keyword selection. In general terms the more targeted the keyword, the better. You’ll get less click throughs but they will be from people who are genuinely interested in your product or service.
” Advertisement. The headline is the most important aspect. Make sure that it relates to the keywords you have chosen to bid on – this will help keep the advertising cost lower.
” Display URL. The more relevant this appears to be to the keywords you’re bidding on, the greater chances of a click. For example if you are selling dvd copy software the name of the software should be used.
” Landing page URL. This needs to be specific to your keywords and advertisement. If you’re bidding on Madonna then you shouldn’t be sending people to a page about trainspotting. If it’s not relevant Google will penalise you by charging a lot more per click.
” Budget. How much are you willing to pay per click? Estimate how many visitors it will take for a single conversion (sale) start of around 1% and work out from your commission how much you can afford to pay and still make money.
For example: If your commission is $30 per sale at conversion rate of 1% that means that every 100 clicks = 1 sale.
Therefore $30/100 or $30 x (1/100) = $0.30 pay per click is break even so a figure less than this for advertising is required to make a profit.
” Daily Budget. The amount of money you are willing to spend in a 24 hour period. Keep in mind that if you’re making money, it’s okay to spend money.
These are just some of the basics associated with creating a successful AdWords campaign. The truth of the matter is that being able to consistently make money online with Google AdWords takes knowledge and experience. The more you work with pay per click advertising, the better results you’ll have.
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How do I make money safely in a few months?
I need to make $3,000 by June and already have a job but between bills and other expenses it is hard? Any ideas of another way to make money with my spare time?
Do various searches online for keywords such as home based virtual assistant, hire virtual assistant, hire data entry operator or clerk, outsource word processor, outsource data entry .,.. those types of terms should help you locate legitimate companies that hire independent contractors to work from their homes providing administrative type services. You should never have to pay for these types of opportunities … just as you wouldn’t pay to interview with or apply at a company for a job opening.
Hope this helps
How can I make money by arranging Popular songs?
I found that arranging songs is very easy for me,
and I made a cappella arrangements of few songs.
But I was wondering, if I could make profit out of this somehow, legally.
I was thinking of like posting it on a site to make money.
How would I make money out of arrangements of popular songs legally?
Some people would watch them (not a lot of people) but I really doubt if said people would pay for the pleasure of watching and listening to your arrangements of songs. The only way you could make money is to get a group together and perform on a street corner in say downtown Seattle or other major city with a guitar case or box open to receive donations.