Young Guns of Poker, Plus Scam Poker Software Alert
Keep your poker wits about you, because 'they' are out to get you...
POKER'S YOUNG GUNS If you’re just starting out on your poker career, you can take some encouragement from the recent results achieved by two of the new kids on the block. John Paul Kelly was triumphant over Ben “Milky Bar” Grundy and Luke Patten taking home £45,000 from the Springfest Main Event in Las Luton (as it’s now affectionately known), although Kelly says he’ll call it Loot-on from now on. This takes John’s winnings for the year to a cool one hundred grand in domestic competitions alone. “Milky Bar” has no axe to grind either following his defeat having won £200,000 in the last twelve months ploughing his way through European tournaments.
SCAM POKER SOFTWARE ALERT! The web has been full of stories about a new poker software cheating programme which allows you to change your dealt hole cards to any two cards you care to choose. Sound too good to be true? It is! Here’s what they do. The company concerned want to get you to pay two hundred pounds for the software and the come-on is that they send you a “free demo” which functions by switching the graphics to give the visual impression your hole cards have been altered. However, you will never be able to use this in an online game because you would need to be able to hack into a major poker site’s servers. Not going to happen even if you’re in Langley, Virginia. The site would be onto you in a nano second assuming the one in ten million chance you were hacker enough to achieve the feat. The two hundred pounds is daylight, and moonlight, robbery.
DON’T BE ROBBED! A lot of poker info sites are running this “hole card switch” scam under the guise of “keeping their readers” up to date with high tech developments. They’ve either colluded or they’re deluded. You don’t need to be the latter.
THINKING OF GOING PRO? After a while playing poker online successfully the idea of going professional quite often crosses players’ minds. It’s a big decision and one best made by single people without too many responsibilities. This isn’t to say that the spouses of the top professionals don’t live like footballers’ wives because a lot of them do, it’s just a common sense suggestion when dipping your toe in untested and potentially dangerous waters. If you are determined to give it a shot, here are the essentials. You’ll need two, separate broad-band connections. Preferably you need a back-up PC and you don’t want to live in an area subject to power cuts. Professional playing frequently fries more than just your brain.
