Welcome to The Online Poker Life
"The Online Poker Life" is a project designed to help new players learn the rules of the game, providing free poker strategy, news and promotions.This site will help you to understand better the rules and strategy for online poker. Learning this will only help you and improve your overall online gambling experience.
Featured
Sun Poker offers two freerolls to our players in June
If you don’t have an account on Sun Poker, this is the time to sign-up. This June 2008 Sun Poker has two exclusive tournaments for free to our players: June 28th, 7pm UK time: $2,500 freeroll. To be eligible, you must win 1 My Poker Point (MPP) in the month of june. June 29th, 7pm UK time: $5,000 freeroll. To be eligible, you must win 50 MPPs in the month of june. After you meet the requirements, send us an e-mail to get your password. The Online Poker Life will offer you even more, check it out: If you make the first positions on any of the tournaments above, we will give you, in top of your winnings: 1st place: $100 2nd place: $50 3rd place: $25 To be eligible, you must create your... Read more »
Poker Strategy
How to Play no Limit Texas Hold’em part 2 - pot odds and bet sizes
Pot Odds: Another key to success at the poker table is to look at the pot odds. You always want to think about what your odds of catching the draw are. For instance, if you have an open ended straight draw, your chance of catching the straight are 5:1. If the pot size is $10 and your opponent bets $10, making the pot $20, you would also have to put in $10 to call. Your pot odds are then 20:10, which is 2:1. Your odds of catching the straight are 5:1, which is worse than 2:1, so you should fold the hand. If the opponent were to bet $1, the odds would be 11:1 and thus your 5:1 odds of winning are much better and you should call the bet. You may want to have a chart with all the odds of winning... Read more »
Poker Tips
The Truth about Poker Cheats, Poker Bots and Helping Softwares
There’s been a lot of talk this days about poker cheat programs, poker bots, and that kind of stuff. Check here the tested and truth: Poker Helping Softwares 1. Odds Calculators/Tutoring Softwares. Softwares that show you your hand strength, your odds for a great hand, your odds for having the best hand in the table. Most of them show also a suggestion of play, telling you when you should fold, or raise, or call… THE TRUTH: What you see is what you get. No false hopes here, the programs only give advice derived from mathematical calculation, and you get to decide what to do. The best ones in the market are: Read more » Read More →
Promotions
Cardoza Poker 1-2-3 Promotion: Free cash and free books
The Online Poker Life is proud to present the results of our last negotiation with the guys at Cardoza Poker. Prizes. Each and every user that sign-up to Cardoza Poker and make a deposit of $25 or more, following the intructions below, will get: 200% cash bonus (released in $5 increments after you get enough Cardoza Points); FOUR Free Poker Books, gradually as you get your Cardoza Points (usually within 2 weeks of play); $25 Free Cash! How to participate. Click here to visit their website. Click the “DOWNLOAD” button and install the poker software. Run it, and click in “CREATE ACCOUNT”. Register your account. The Bonus Code TOPLIFE must be written without errors in... Read more »
Best Poker Bonuses
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Bonus: 200% (up to $600) Bonus Code: TOPLIFE Details: 4 Free Poker Books for our players. |
 Sun Poker |
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Bonus: $500 Details: no deposit requirements. $10,000 new player freeroll available. |
 CD Poker |
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Bonus: 150% Bonus Code: TOPLIFE Details: $10,000 freeroll after first deposit. |
 Titan Poker |
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Bonus: 100% + $25 Bonus Code: TOPLIFE25 Details: $25 free after first deposit and Titan Poker monthly freerolls. |
 Full Tilt Poker |
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 Lucky Ace Poker |
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Bonus: 100% (up to $400) Details: 25% instant bonus + 75% released bonus. |
 Poker Stars |
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Promotions
Cardoza Poker 1-2-3 Promotion: Free cash and free books
The Online Poker Life is proud to present the results of our last negotiation with the guys at Cardoza Poker. Prizes. Each and every user that sign-up to Cardoza... Read more »
Strategy: Beginners
How to Play no Limit Texas Hold’em part 2 - pot odds and bet sizes
Pot Odds: Another key to success at the poker table is to look at the pot odds. You always want to think about what your odds of catching the draw are. For instance,... Read more »
How to Play no Limit Texas Hold’em part 1 - preflop play
When you’re a beginner, the key is to play small stakes. When you start with a low limit, you won’t be risking much money, but will still be able to... Read more »
Strategy: Intermediate
Using Table Image In Texas Holdem
Every time you play poker, you should always be aware of the way your opponents are playing, and take note of how they have been playing in previous hands. This... Read more »
Attacking the blinds in No Limit poker games
Attacking the blinds is an easy way to say “putting in a late position preflop raise with the hopes of winning the blinds without a confrontation.” In... Read more »
