Playing Poker Game
OK! You now understand exactly how the games work, and you’re ready to log on to your site of choice and start making people rue the day you decided to pick up a mouse and do this online poker thing. The online poker environment requires a player to know where and when to click, so we’ve dedicated the first part of this chapter to showing you the screens you’ll be seeing and to describe briefly the functions the various tabs, buttons, and checkboxes serve. Then we’ll talk about other online-unique aspects of the game. After reading this chapter, you will know
✦ What an online poker “lobby” is, what it contains, and what information it gives you.
✦ What to do to select a table and “buy-in.”
✦ What options will appear on your screen as you play and what they mean.
✦ What happens if you don’t act in time.
✦ What playing multiple tables simultaneously involves.
✦ What is and is not allowed when “chatting” with other players.
