Entries by Brendan Wilson
Any poker web site worth its salt offers [substantial|persuasive|significant|sizable] bonuses to entice casual players to sign up and invest their money with them. The most [popular|commonplace|prevalent|widespread] are those who offer to match the amount of your initial deposit subject to certain criteria being met - normally that you play so many raked hands within a certain period of time to [accumulate|assemble|collect|compile] points before the cash is released.
Last month, Fulltiltpoker.com launched "Rush Poker" an extremely rapid action poker variant, providing up to 360 hands an hour (that's one every 10 seconds!). At the time, most of the information available off-site about the game revolved around the attributes and were re-writes of press releases or interviews with poker pros who had examined the software. So, a month on, is it all about ABC poker (play the good hands and fold the bad ones), or has the game started to change?
Being registered with many poker sites has its benefits and its disadvantages. With a huge selection of games to play, different bonuses and competitions, I could be online 24/7 and always find a game to play, major tournament to qualify for (Ha! Ha!) and try to improve my standard. The downside is that I get a stack of junk email.