Poker in a Dangerous Online World

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The internet has been very good to the sport of poker. Where it not for cyberspace, Phil Hellmuth would still be relevant, the words “Would you like some fries with that” would probably define Tom Dwan’s career, and we would have to we would have to wait a full 30 days between Maxim issues to see what Lacey Jones isn’t wearing this month. There have been some annoyances, such as the entire US government trying to shut down this industry because they don’t know how to tax it, but it is a big world, and most people have access to internet poker. So it’s all good, right? Wrong. While mainstreaming things like Texas Holdem, the internet has also opened up brand new forms of communication. In many cases these are very dangerous forms of communication. texas hold em instructions, poker tips, play holdem games, texas hold em how to, poker table
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When we talk about dangerous communications, we don’t mean opinions. I think we are all sick of people scanning the internet looking for any post they can call racist, sexist, or any other “ist” that they can get righteously offended by. We are talking about Facebook, Twitter, and every other form of social networking that tempts people into saying way too much about their personal lives. texas hold em instructions, poker tips, play holdem games, texas hold em how to, poker table
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In a past article I had mentioned how players can scan the MySpace, Twitter, and Facebook accounts of potential opponents, and in many cases they will give up their entire game right there. All you need to do is read their posts to know their tendencies. This is actionable intelligence, and anybody who gives away all the secrets to how they play the game in a social networking setting deserves to lose their bankroll. The danger comes when you decide to tell the world how good things are going with your game. texas hold em instructions, poker tips, play holdem games, texas hold em how to, poker table
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I have an acquaintance who managed to win a ton of money playing poker in Vegas one weekend. He crowed about this on a public Facebook page, and announced the party he was having in his room. He also gave out the room number. While this story only ended with a hangover, and not some sort of disaster, in my opinion, this gentleman simply painted the target and was lucky nobody decided to take advantage of the information he put out there. texas hold em instructions, poker tips, play holdem games, texas hold em how to, poker table
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When we do things like bragging about how much we have won playing poker, we are telling the world that we have money to steal. In todays world our addresses are not nearly as secure as they used to be. With a little general information about somebody, a criminal can go on to any number of sites that make your addresses a matter of public record, and figure out where you live. At that point they just monitor a potential victims Facebook or twitter sites…looking for posts that announce where the person is at that moment (the store, Burger King, Wal-Mart, Starbucks…etc. People seem to like to tell the world where they are at any given moment). The jackpot is when somebody twitters from their vacation. This tells everyone that the house is empty. After that, the crook can case the neighborhood using Google Earth, and soon after that the person who was bragging about their winnings is suddenly the victim of a break-in. texas hold em instructions, poker tips, play holdem games, texas hold em how to, poker table
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What you have just read in the above sections may sound sort of paranoid, but it does happen more often than most people should be comfortable with. Be wise with your social networking accounts. Don’t let them be open doors and windows for the world. A good idea is to set them to be as private as humanly possible. Don’t accept a friend request if you have no connection to that person, and don’t put enough information out there where somebody can piece together your activity throughout the day. This will help keep you safe in a world of really dangerous communication. texas hold em instructions, poker tips, play holdem games, texas hold em how to, poker table