Mobile Poker

Online poker has transformed into a multi-billion dollar industry and it is still growing at a rapid pace. It has been very popular amongst players but their only gripe has been that they cannot carry their computers everywhere. Because of this, players are unable to play poker when they are travelling or are not near a computer. The advent of smartphones has assisted in the growth of online poker by providing a great solution for this problem.

Getting started with mobile poker

Mobile poker is pretty much the same as online poker, but with some added advantages. To start playing you need to have a mobile device that is capable of handling the site software. Sites usually provide players with a mobile version of their normal site or a mobile app to play the games.  Switch Poker, for example, was launched in 2010 and is currently the leading mobile poker room (especially for iPhones), however other poker rooms such as Bwin and Poker View are now beginning to offer mobile tables for users.

The main problem that you’ll find with mobile poker in my opinion is that the screens are far too small for multi-tabling, you obviously can’t use a live tracking program such as Poker-Edge or Holdem Manager, and there is a much smaller variety of table stakes and MTTs in mobile poker.

Whatever the case may be, the site may have a list of all the devices which are compatible with the site’s software. If you do not find your device in the list then either it is not supported or your phone is new and the site has not updated its list. Usually the sites make use of JavaScript for their games. If your phone supports Java then you will find that more often than not it supports these sites as well.

Real money games vs. free games

Poker is a game of skill and you do not want to directly jump in against experienced players (although to be honest, there aren’t many professional grinders at the mobile poker sites). The best thing is to practice before you start playing for real money. To help with this, a lot of mobile casinos offer you the option of free games. This allows you to test your skills without putting any money online. After you feel confident enough to take on other players you can move on to play real money poker.

Tips for mobile poker

• You should keep certain things in mind when playing mobile poker. Firstly remember that playing mobile poker can sometimes use as much as 15 MB of data in an hour. Check with your service provider about the data limitations that are present in your plan.

• Your mobile phone may be stolen, so make sure that you never keep any information regarding your account on the phone. Apart from this, it is a good idea to call up the customer care of your poker room to ask them to block your poker account in case your phone is lost.

• A lot of times the signal strength for real money and free money games varies. That is why always check the signal strength for the real money games before you start the game otherwise you might have to drop a hand because of it.

• Because of security reasons, certain poker rooms accept funds only from your computer and not through your mobile. So before you leave on a long journey make sure that you transfer money into your poker room account so you do not face any problems.

Last but not the least, a lot of poker rooms offer bonuses to their mobile users, so you should tak

 

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