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Beginners Guide To Downloading An Online Poker Room. Also, Bonus and Rake Rebate Explained.

How Do You Start Playing Online?

Beginning your poker playing experience at an Online Poker Room is a simple and easy process. To play, you need to download the Poker Room by clicking on the banner add or link at this site. Once you have downloaded the Poker Room , you double-click on the icon and the Poker Room will self-install on your computer. When it completes installing, it will connect to the Poker Room where you will see a registration window. Once you connect to the Poker Room, you will see the Lobby area. You can look around without registering. To play for free or for real money, you must register. Registration takes just a few moments. Select a unique screen name. Other players in the Poker Room will know you by your screen name. You must also select a password. To play for real money, you must open a cage account with the poker room also. That's all ... you are now ready to sit at a table, get chips, and begin playing poker. I hope you will enjoy yourself and I wish you the best of luck.

What About Bonus ?

A bonus is extra money the poker room will give you for buying in and playing for real money. It ranges from 20% to 40% of the amount you buyin for at the well established and popular poker rooms and up to 100% at the newer poker rooms that are trying to get started. If the the bonus is 25% and to deposit $100 you geta total of $125. I strongly suggest the older and well established poker rooms. One of the deposit options all these poker rooms is with a company called netteller. If you use them you normally will get a 10% higher bonus.You can go from poker room to poker room getting the bonuses and it is a fairly common practice known as "bonus whoring". The bonus is for new customers only although from time to time the poker rooms offer a reload bonus. Some people earn their bonus, cashout and move on to the next poker room and bonus.You must earn your bonus by playing a certain amount of real money poker hands, which varies from room to room. Below I have added Doyle's Room's explanation of their bonus and how you earn the bonus. I earned their bonus in 4 days of heavy play.

What Are Rake and Rakeback?

The poker rooms make their money off of "rake". That is a percentage of each pot that the house keeps, ranging from 2% up to 10%. The well established older poker rooms all have rakes at the lower end of the spectrum. "Rake rebate" or "Rakeback" is when an affiliate of the poker rooms, like me, offers you a refund (so to speak) of part of the money that the poker rooms take from your pots. I give all players who use the links at my sites a rake rebate of 20%-40% depending on the site they download. In other words I split what I earn with you in order to encourage you to support my websites and to come back anytime you need another poker room download. For example if you play $25/$50 nolimit holdem you will be refunded about $100 per week for average play. So, at all of my sites you get both the bonus, with no code words required, and rake back too. Note: there is no rake rebate for Party Poker or its skins. Please e-mail me regarding the availability of rakeback at other sites.

The following is Doyle's Room(one of my favorites) explanation of their bonus and how you earn it:

ACTION POINTS / PROMOTIONS Our Action Points system automatically rewards you while you play! You accumulate Action Points by playing in real money games, including single- and multi-table tournaments. Additionally, from time to time, we may offer additional opportunities for you to earn Action Points that are redeemable for a variety of cool prizes and stuff.The more you play, the more Action Points you earn!
If you want to get your hands on Super/System 2, you can get it FREE just by playing. Earn 10,000 action points and get your hands on Super/System 2 absolutely free.Sign up for Doyle's Room and select the Super/System 2 (SS2) option from the registration page. Then accumulate 10,000 Action Points in 90 days and the book will be shipped to you.
What if I prefer to receive a signup bonus?Doyle's Room is currently offering a 25% SIGNUP BONUS to all new customers!Upon initial signup to Doyle's Room, players are given a choice between Doyle Brunson's long awaited Super/System 2 or a 25% signup bonus.Make your initial deposit with Neteller and we'll increase your sign-up bonus to 35% -- automatically!Please click here for more details on our bonus program.How Action Points are awarded
A pool of Action Points is generated per hand. Each time a bet is made, the Action Points pool increases.
So, the larger the pot, the more Action Points there will be *.
The available points per pot will be distributed to all players who are dealt a hand in the pot on a pro-rated (percentage) basis.
The more you bet, the larger your share of the hand's available Action Points will be -- and it doesn't matter whether you win or lose the pot!
Currently, Action Points awarded for tournament fees are credited towards the Action Points usable for freeroll entries and prizes.
* For every real money hand that is dealt a maximum of 300 Action Points will be awarded.

posted by Professor77

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·DoylesRoom.Com
Receive a 25% deposit bonus up to $135 or a collector's edition hardbound copy of Doyles "Super System II". DoylesRoom uses the most secure, state-of-the-art software, managed by one of the world's leading online gaming organizations. This combination ensures you can play on-line interactive poker in a secure environment with a name you can trust. In addition, DoylesRoom offers a variety of promotions, bonus specials, give-a-ways, freerolls, Action Points, and other extras.
Holdem and Omaha Hi-Lo and High (all available in both limit, pot-limit and Holdem in no-limit as well). Table stakes are from $0.02/$0.04 to $50/$100. There are both single- and multi-table tournaments. Within shortly seven-card stud High and Hi-Lo will be added.

·PokerStars.Com
There are frequent re-deposit bonuses where you typically get 20-25% bonus match of deposits up to $600 for $100-$120 bonus. There are a lot of special event tournaments, which can be found at the home page. There are tons of free rolls.Poker Stars is the runner up in online poker tournaments.
Holdem, Hi and Hi-Lo versions in Omaha as well as seven-card stud. The site also offers no-limit Omaha Hi-Lo games. Poker Stars started the trend with with their micro-limit tables, going as low as $0.01/$0.02 in Holdem, and Omaha Hi. At these micro-limit tables there is no rake! The "sit-and-go" tournaments have a 10-minute increase in blinds, instead of 10 hands at many other sites. The players also get 1500 worth of chips.

·UltimateBet.Com
There are frequent re-deposit bonuses where you typically get 20-25% bonus match of deposits up to $600 for $100-$120 bonus. There are a lot of special event tournaments, which can be found at the home page. There are tons of free rolls.Poker Stars is the runner up in online poker tournaments.
Holdem, Omaha Hi and Hi-Lo, 7-Card-Stud Hi and Hi-Lo, Crazy Pineapple and Lowball. There are no-limit and pot-limit in Holdem and pot-limit in both Omaha variants. There are 1-on-1 tables in both Holdem, Omaha and 7-Card-Stud.

·PlatinumPoker.Com
Receive a 25% deposit bonus, up to $135 on your first deposit using Neteller. It uses the most secure, state-of-the-art software, managed by one of the world's leading online gaming organizations.
Holdem and Omaha Hi-Lo and High (all available in both limit, pot-limit and Holdem in no-limit as well). Table stakes are from $0.02/$0.04 to $50/$100. There are both single- and multi-table tournaments. Within shortly seven-card stud High and Hi-Lo will be added.

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·FullTiltPoker.Com
Receive a 100% deposit bonus, up to $600 on your first. It uses the most secure, state-of-the-art software, managed by a group of the most well known poker pros.
Holdem, Omaha Hi and Hi-Lo, 7-Card-Stud Hi and Hi-Lo. There are no-limit and pot-limit in Holdem and pot-limit in both Omaha variants.

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·AbsolutePoker.com
Receive up to $350 Free on your first deposit. 100% deposit bonus! Absolute Poker Management acts solely as the host, ensuring fair and honest online poker games. They offer a large selection of the most popular online poker games available. You can choose between Texas Holdem, Omaha High, Omaha Hi/Lo, Seven Card Stud, Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo, One on One, and Tournaments.
Texas Hold’em (1 on 1, PL, NL, Limit, and short-handed), Omaha, Omaha Hi-Lo, Seven-Card Stud, and Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo.

·PacificPoker.Com
Receive up to $100.00 free on your first deposit. Pacific Poker offers players the chance to play the most popular Poker games and is easily downloaded within 7-10 minutes, free of charge. The graphics are smooth and the gaming sharp, fast and hassle-free. Pacific Poker has been around for a long time and is a very respected poker room.
There are Holdem, Hi and Hi-Lo in Omaha and seven-card stud. There are also 1-on-1 tables. There are micro-limit tables down to $0.05/$0.10. Max limit is $15/$30 in all games, except for 1-on-1 ring game which still has only $3/$6.

·RoyalVegasPoker.Com
Royal Vegas Poker is an established, well-respected and trusted online poker room. It is a member of the Fortune Lounge Group, one of the oldest and largest online casino groups, and which was voted Best Casino Group by CasinoMeister. You enjoy all the support, security, integrity and service that go with playing at a Fortune Lounge poker room. The game play interface brings all the tension, excitement and strategy of the legendary Vegas poker rooms right to your desktop. Use the link and receive up to $200 deposit bonus and !to claim your free $10 to try it out. Royal Vegas has a 100,000 Free-Roll Tournament, no deposit is required!
Holdem, Omaha, seven-card stud and five-card stud, but there are no Hi-Lo versions.

·PokerRoom.Com
20% Deposit Bonus up to $100 to every new player on your first purchase! A wide selection of safe and secure no-download games, a real sense of community amongst members, and a pioneering attitude in the poker industry. PokerRoom.com introduced Mobile Poker wherin anyone with a registered PokerRoom.com account and a supported phone model can obtain the Mobile Poker for free!
Texas Holdem, Draw, pot- and no-limit games as well as Omaha and seven-card stud (both Hi and Hi-Lo) were launched in the spring and summer 2004. (Omaha is both available in fixed-, pot- and no-limit where the no-limit version is rather unusual for Omaha, in particular in the Omaha High version).

·crazypoker.com
Crazy Vegas Poker has all the support, security, integrity and service that go with playing at a Prima Poker room. The game play interface brings all the tension, excitement and strategy of the legendary Vegas poker rooms right to your desktop. Use the link and receive 40% deposit bonus and !to claim your free $40 to try it out.
Holdem, Omaha, seven-card stud and five-card stud, but there are no Hi-Lo versions.

·7SultansPoker.Com
Receive up to $200 Free! Download the 7 Sultans Poker software and open a new account, and you get up to $200 in bonuses. Play their real money cash games and for every 600 Bonus Redemption Points (BRP) you earn they will credit your NEW Poker Account with a $20 Bonus. Thereafter, every time you earn an additional 600 BRPs they will again credit your Poker Account with a further $20. Keep earning BRPs and they'll give you up to $200 free!
Holdem, Omaha, seven-card stud and five-card stud, but there are no Hi-Lo versions.

·BetonBetPoker.Net
You will receive a 20% deposit bonus on your first deposit up to $ 500! All you have to do is deposit and bet at the exchange, play poker or casino games and you will earn the bonus. Win up to $5000 on one single hand! If you get a Royal Straight Flush of any suit in one of the Texas Hold'em real money tables you will get an extra bonus of 100 times the big blind for that table! One pocketcard required but no showdown.
Texas Holdem, Draw, pot- and no-limit games as well as Omaha and seven-card stud (both Hi and Hi-Lo) were launched in the spring and summer 2004. (Omaha is both available in fixed-, pot- and no-limit where the no-limit version is rather unusual for Omaha, in particular in the Omaha High version).

·EmpirePoker.Com
Shares the same players as Party Poker and Multi Poker. Download and deposit to receive up to $100.00 free. Thousands of players play poker daily on EmpirePoker, and there are many good reasons why! They offer a variety of games and tournaments. They also offer free play at their play money tables, for as long as you like. Play on their free software live with other players at no cost.
Holdem, Omaha and 7-Card-Stud in both High and Hi-Lo. However, Party Poker does not offer certain games such as heads-up matches, draw poker, crazy pineapple, etc. Moreover, there is no pot-limit version in any of the 7-Card-Stud games or the Omaha High.

·HollywoodPoker.Com
At Hollywood Poker, when players make their first deposit, there are a variety of bonus choices. You can also get a 'Swag Bag' promotion. With $1,000.00's made available in potential winnings, your chance to score just got 10 X BIGGER than a boring deposit bonus! ONE Red Carpet tournament ticket, ONE Michael Woods Invitational tournament ticket and entry into numerous weekly Freerolls. Anytime you play and hit a Royal Straight Flush on any Texas Hold’em Real Money ring game, Hollywood Poker will give you a special Royal Money bonus -- a juicy payout equal to 100 TIMES the big blind of the table where you landed your Royal Straight Flush

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