There are two main reasons as to why online Texas Hold Em poker lends itself to systematic play. This is the ability to be able to multi-table against weak opponents or weak opponents in enough quantity and external financial incentives provided by poker sites. Competition is good and the sites crave one thing……that is to get your money before someone else does and to keep your custom for as long as possible. The figures vary year by year on what the average MGR is for your average online poker player but it used to be in the region of $150.
One of the main reasons why many people fail to make money playing online is that they will treat it like a live game. Essentially you need several elements in place to make money online on sites like www.pokerstars.co.uk . The first is to be better than your opponents but this takes some explaining because you can be technically worse and still be +EV. To better explain why this is the case then an example from sports betting is instructive. I bet on sports from time to time and I also make money. But this is despite the betting firms and professional odds compilers knowing more than what I do……so how can this be possible?
Well firstly you need to know how professionals make their money from punters. England in the 2010 were a classic example of what I am saying. Clearly when looking at the facts then England who were 8/1 to win the World Cup were massively lower than what they should have been. This is a combination of betting firms knowing that mugs will still take the 8/1 anyway regardless and them laying off huge sums of patriotic money that has already been lumped on them and lowering their exposure. The end result is that a team that really should be 20/1 minimum is now as little as 8/1.
Clearly then you lay England at 8/1 and reap in the value but my strategy cannot prevent the betting firms from making money because they have done that from all of the mugs who have backed England at a non-value price. If you are selective then you can make money from professional people but you would ultimately lose if you tried to take them on with too many bets. Online poker is exactly like this, you can be on a table with decent players and still be +EV and The Viper is the system that allows you to do that. System based play is perfect for the vast majority of players because they do not have a strong enough way of playing on their own and their opponents are often technically proficient.
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