Okay, this one has little to do with programming per se…
Like many of my fellow programmers, I love playing poker, but I advise anybody who is serious about the game, or wanting to learn, against playing the free online play money poker. Not only are the stakes fictitious but the game you’ll be playing has nothing to do with real poker.
It’s not that the free online games are badly engineered — nothing could be further from the truth — it’s just that the majority of people who will play against you will do so in a most unrealistic manner. Because it’s not real money, they will play the worst hands, regardless of odds and their position versus the dealer button. They will usually call all your raises and there’s no shortage of kamikaze all-in idiots who will just get an auto chip refill when they lose it all so strategy pretty much goes down the drain along with the aforementioned realism. It gets too stupid after just a few hands. If this is where you learn to play poker, you will have a very distorted idea of the game!
The only realistic poker involves real money, because of human nature (you think twice before throwing it all away). Thus if you are going to play the game, play the real money version online (unless you live in the USA, where it is quasi against the law), go down to the casino, or invite some friends over for a traditional poker night!
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Tom Germain
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