Texas Holdem Poker

	Basic Details
	Country of Origin	:	Gibraltar
	License	:	Gibraltar
	Year of Foundation	:	2002
	Software	:	iPoker Network
	Size	:	11.9 MB
	Audited By	:	PWC
	Language	:	English, French, Italian, Spanish
	Accepts USA Players	:	No
	Bonus	:	$600

William Hill Poker Review

William Hill Poker comes from the William Hill group, a renowned bookmaker in the UK. They have been in the gambling business for years now and offer Sports betting, casino games and poker games. They are one of the leading gambling providers in Europe who have been providing excellent offline services and now have an equally good reputation for online services too.

Poker enthusiasts can find some wonderful games and promotions at William Hill Poker. The variety of promotions and the cash rewards attract a lot of traffic to the site. Peak hour traffic can go up to 2000 players playing ring games with Texas Holdem being the most sought after game.

Software

William Hill Poker switched over to the iPoker Network early this year becoming a part of one of the largest gaming network across the globe. It uses the PlayTech software to run its games. The software is simple and can be managed trouble-free. The graphics may not be one of the best in the industry but the picture and sound are sharp and clear besides which the software has scope for customisation.

The lobby displays the player stats including the hands being played, average pot size, number of players at the tables, flop percentages among others. You can even compare your own play with the table statistics helping you analyse your game and improvise for the future.

Also offered is a multi-table playing option, however you cannot adjust the size of the tables. The software is available in both the downloadable as well as in the browser-playing mode.

Games

William Hill Poker offers a commendable range of games that include Limit, No Limit and Pot Limit Texas Holdem, Omaha, Omaha Hi-Lo, Seven Card Stud, Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo and Five Card Stud. Tournaments also have a variety that include sit and go tournaments, multi-table tournaments, single table tournaments, freeroll tournaments, guaranteed tournaments and satellite tournaments that come with attractive cash prizes.

You can avail yourself of some of the exciting promotions that take place each day which include daily freerolls. Also available is a bad beat jackpot of £150 besides other jackpots. The top player in the month long tournaments also gets rewarded with a huge cash prize.

Players can also accumulate William Hill Loyalty Points that can be exchanged for cash or an entry to a live tournament.

Deposit and Withdrawal Options

William Hill Poker offers a number of deposit options that include VISA, PayPal, Moneybookers, Neteller, Bank Wire and others.

Withdrawals can be done via Neteller, Cheques, FirePay, Citadel etc.

Customer Support Customer Support is available via a live chat facility, telephone and email services, 24 hours a day seven days a week.

William Hill Poker offers poker games that suit a variety of players and is a good website to enjoy poker games that are not only exciting but rewarding as well. The luring promotions attract a huge amount of traffic to its poker tables making the games thrilling to both novices and experienced players alike.

If you are a poker tournament player you already no this, but there no perfect way to play a poker tournament. Whether you play online poker, in a casino or just in home games, you can’t win them all. To help improve your tournament game there is a few basic things you can do.

First and foremost you need to know that you can’t win them all, consistency is the key to becoming a successful Holdem tournament player. For example if you play $10 tournaments online where the winner takes home $60, winning one of six should be your minimum expectation. Style doesn’t necessarily matter, but it is easier to find consistency if you are a tighter player. You need to know yourself as a player in order to find a way to be a winner over the long run, so the first step is always to look in ward and know your own strengths and weaknesses. I am going to go over a few steps that will help you become a better tournament player, and not necessarily game strategies.

Picking Your Tournaments

I can never say this enough “Know Your Limits”, if you can’t afford the tournament, don’t play in it. As I stated earlier you can’t win them all, so if you can only afford to play one you might be throwing your money away. Picking your tournaments is made easier if you are an online player, depending on what software you use, your probably going to have a lot of options. There are few questions you need answered before you sign yourself up, What is the buy in?, What is the blind structure?, What is the payout structure and How long will the tournament last approx. ?. This is where is becomes important to know yourself, picking the right poker tournaments is the first step to becoming successful, here are some guidelines. For tight players, you will look for long blinds giving you time to set up your game and you might want a payout structure that pays out more places then a bulk to the winner. For the more aggressive player a faster blind structure will be fine with you, the higher the blinds the bigger your advantage will be over the tighter players. As for the time the tournament last, it’s a pure time to money ratio thing. Why would anyone play a $1 tournament that is going to last 4 plus hours for the chance to win 10 dollars, the only reason is to waste time.

Getting Started

Now that you picked your game and have been assigned a seat, its time to play. For me personally I like to get to know my opponents over the first few hands or blind levels, learning there tendencies and hopefully picking up some tells. Other people will tell you to get in the action immediately, by doing this you will let the table know that you are there to win. Of course none of this matters if you pick up pocket aces on this first hand, the more tournaments you play the more comfortable you will become during the start. Early in tournaments its important to realize that it is long game and to put your chip stack at risk with a big bluff or marginal hand might not be the wisest decision. As an example you pick up pocket aces on the third hand of a tournament, the cards come out Jd – !0d – 9d – 8c – and 2d, there are flushes and straights out there and you have neither. If your opponent puts you to the test, this might be a good time to lay down those aces. Basically early in tournaments, be patient, pay attention and let the game develop.

Be Yourself at the Table

Once again back to knowing yourself, if you’re a talkative person then go ahead and talk, if your are quite then be quite. The minute you change who you are obvious tells will show up in your game, and yes no matter what you think, you have tells. To avoid giving off obvious tells, be who you are, if you don’t talk when you are playing hands, then for your sake don’t start talking when you are bluffing. It sounds simple, but you will be surprised by the amount of players who make these very simple mental errors. Some rules to follow, Never let someone get you off your game, Always be consistent with your demeanor, relax and have fun at the table. You cannot avoid tells, but by being your self and being consistent at the table at least you will make your opponents work to find out what they are.

Texas Holdem Poker Tournament is an art form, not a math question, there is no perfect solution. If you follow some of these basic steps you will become more successful and have more fun at the tables, because we all know winning is more fun then losing. I will never be able to stress this enough, You Can’t Win Them All, so its very important to know your spending limits. The best Holdem players in world are what they are because they have played a lot and learned a lot of these lessons along the way. Putting strategy aside, if you follow this basic knowledge and you will see a positive impact in your results, if you don’t you might want to consider changing the way you play. Holdem tournaments are fun and exciting and I hope you enjoy every minute at the tables.