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Online Poker Suffers the Consequences of Black Friday
The online poker world was changed by Black Friday. Some sites increased their player base, such as the Merge Network, 888Poker or Bodog, while others show a main decrease like Fulltilt, PokerStars, Cereus Network, Cake Poker or Everest Poker. As you can read in the article most networks have their own problems, even those that gained traffic. Player satisfaction will be hard to regain after such a deep problem.
On the bright side we can definitely mention the Merge network. They accept US players and have taken advantage of the possibilities given by Black Friday, unlike many other sites.
There are very interesting traffic reports of online poker based on PokerScout. Last week only the online poker world lost 2.6% of its traffic. That is a huge number considering it's only a weekly report! Looking at the bigger picture, it decreased 17% last year, mostly effected by the event of Black Friday.
Most of this decline comes from Fulltilt which alone lost 11% of its traffic. However Fulltilt is not the biggest loser of Black Friday. Cereus network (Absolute Poker and UltimateBet) lost 96% (!!!) of its traffic last month. The network has less than 100 cash game players on average. It is hard to recover with such a low number of players.
As Yamatay Network (TruePoker and DoylesRoom) is contolled by the US government, the remaining networks accepting US players will also have to decide if they want to take the risk of accepting US players or not. This is mostly true for the continuously increasing Merge Network, or other sites such as Everleaf, Bodog or Cake. All these sites have to decide whether to move of the US market or stay and face the consequences of accepting US players. However Bodog Poker has already made a small change by changing its domain name from  to .
Of course it is very sad to see how online poker is suffering at the moment, even if it is a huge market. The question remains: what will all these players do if they cannot play online poker anymore? Some of them might go and play live but others do not have this solution as an option.
It is very interesting to see these statistics, but a player has to consider many different factors when deciding where to play. All poker sites are responsible for losing players. Winners and losers as well. Many of the struggling sites do not make cashout but it can also be said also for sites that are increasing, having more and more players and still not making cashout! This way online players will be even more frustrated and not play anymore on the poker sites.

How to Play Texas Hold'em Poker
When you are involved in online poker games, you can never know who your adversary is. The one sure thing about your adversary will be perhaps his or her rating on the poker website. So you can choose the room with players who probably have similar experience than yours. But though experience is important, the luck is also significant in the play, especially if you are a new one, and don't know how to bluff.
To play poker online is a nice opportunity for beginners to get some experience to extend their skills. Free online poker games are especially attractive for those, who don't feel themselves very confident in this sphere, but would like to improve. It is very reassuring, that you won't loose your money, in case if you lose the game.
Online poker games give you some benefits; you can start playing whenever you want, you have not to leave your house, even to fit the requirements of any dress code, gambling sites often gives you also a lot of benefits and bonuses, for you could start for free.
If you have no idea how to play poker, the online poker games would help you. You can easily learn how to play poker via instructions given on FAQs pages and How-to pages on these sites.
If you are neophyte in poker games you could start your poker player career with Texas Hold'em poker. It's one of most popular poker's form today. Its rules are classical in many points. You can easily learn how to play Texas Hold'em poker via TV or any website instruction. TV can be useful in your learning because you can see various situations, can watch the faces of players, their gesture, and expressions - while you know what cards they have got. It will be very useful experience when will play not online, but sitting at the real table, when you can see the other players. You can also learn how to count the chances for winning the bank for every player. This ability also will help you, when you will play yourself later.
Another good way to learn how to play poker (perhaps it is a good way to learn anything) is to try to explain the game to your friends or family members. Teach them the seniority of cards and combinations, the rules of blinds, preflop, calls, bets, raises, folds etc
You can use real money, or some substitute like stones or seashells for the teaching process. There are also special play sets that you can use if you are playing with your children. By the way, accepting children in your game is a good idea, if they can count well enough. This will improve their analytical skills, power of observation and self control. Just try to explain to them the right attitude to the game, wins and losses.

Learn How to Play Poker Just Like A Pro
The Game of poker started way back in 19th century and New Orleans, one of the colonies of France, is considered to be the place from where poker  originated. Slowly but largely, poker has grown in popularity. Now it has crossed all boundaries all over the globe.
It is vital to know what this game is about and how to play poker. Here is simple guide using which you can learn how to play poker. Game of poker is a card game that is played with 20 cards including aces, queens, kings, jacks, and tens. As poker is played in so many countries, hence new versions of game are introduced. Texas Holdem, Omaha, Pai Gow, and 5 card draw are famous variations of poker game and there are many more as well. Texas Holdem is widely accepted version of this game and you will find it in almost any casino. Here is guide on how to play Texas Holdem poker.
* First step in playing poker is posting in which players place blinds and antes with initial amount.
* Dealer then start shuffling of 52 playing cards and give two cards facing down to each player. Term "Hole Cards" or "Pocket cards" is used for these cards.
* First round of betting is called preflop in which players can call, raise, or fold. At the end of first round, dealer will remove first card from deck to avoid cheating. It is called burn card.
* Dealer will then place three cards facing up from deck. Players can use any of these three cards to make combination with their two cards. Now next betting round takes place.
* At the end of each round same process of "burn card" happens.
* Last card that dealer place on table is called river. Now there will be five cards on table and two in hand players. Player can make five card hand using combination from these five cards.
* One every player has fixed his five card hand, final round of betting starts with the player on left side of dealer.
* Last step of this Texas Holdem poker is called "showdown" in which each player will show their cards. In short, players show five card hand using pocket cards and community cards.
* Player who has strongest five card hand will win the bet. In case if two players have same hands, they have to split the pot.