Where to start for money

Hold'em is a tricky game, and it's really difficult to gauge whether you're playing well, or not, simply because it has that "any crap hand can win" luck factor.

On the subject of bonuses, there are differences between say, Pacific Poker Bones, which tend to encourage you to play at higher limits (bonuses are usually worked out on the amount you stake) and the Inter/Will Hill/Empire/Party which are paid on either the number of hours you play, or the number of hands completed. Clearly, as a novice, you need the latter.

There's also a subtle, currency related difference in bonuses. If you play at William Hill's GBё site, you get ё5 an hour, but at the us$ site it's $5 an hour. This is a significant difference with the ё approaching $1.90

It's might be worth noting that the wager logic sites often email you re additional bonus on certain days of the month, like say, an extra $10 for pocket queens. They also give bad beat bones and royal flush hand-outs. It's unlikely that you'll ever get a royal, (I did once, but Murphy's law had me at another site that didn't pay the damn bonus.) Anyway, the best thing to do, is be patient, and wait until they're paying these special, date specific bonuses, and only play whilst you're getting your ё5 per hour, and only play at the $1/$2 tables. This technique should ensure that you don't loose too much at hold'em, and you might win a bit, even if you're a novice. BTW, I don't follow my own advice. But it would be the most logical thing to do.

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"I have enough money to last me the rest of my life unless I buy something." -Jackie Mason
"Big bet" means the larger bet in a fixed limit game... in a $10/$20 game, the big bet is $20.

How much you can make of course depends on the "quality" of the competition, and how you win pots -- win several pots beating one opponent in a tight game, win one pot in a loose game against many opponents. In lower limit Los Angeles games you might only be dealt 20 hands an hour, with everybody playing ever hand. If you are playing right, you won't play very many (meaning you wouldn't win very many too) but when you win you win huge pots. In higher limit online games, it's not uncommon to face one opponent, where what you both basically do is split up the blinds. These different roads might even lead to the same profit an hour.

Personally I never think about money wagered as long as I stay within my bankroll. Then you just decide which game is most profitable to you, or has other reasons to play (most player's brains and stomachs would be better off making $40.05 an hour in a passive game than $40.06 an hour in a wild game).

Iran state TV 'films new stoning woman confession'

Iran came under strong international pressure when news of Ms Ashtiani's stoning sentence emerged
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Iran's state-run Press TV says it has filmed a new confession with Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, a woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery.

Press TV said it took Ms Ashtiani to her home to recount details of her husband's murder, of which she has also been accused.

The announcement follows reports that Ms Ashtiani was freed.

The reports were apparently sparked by the release of photos of her and her son at their home in Iran.

Press TV, a state-run English-language channel, said it would broadcast the interview with Ms Ashtiani later on Friday.

"Contrary to a vast publicity campaign by Western media that confessed murderer Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani has been released, a team of broadcast production team with the Iran-based Press TV has arranged with Iran's judicial authorities to follow Ashtiani to her house to produce a visual recount of the crime at the murder scene," Press TV said on its website.

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Analysis

James Reynolds
BBC Iran correspondent
Finding out exactly what's happening to Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani is extremely difficult.

Her current lawyer and her son are under arrest; therefore, our only source of information is the Iranian government and its official media.

Since August, the state media have broadcast three interviews with Ms Ashtiani in which she appears to confess to the crimes of murder and adultery.

But human rights groups question strongly the validity of these confessions.

On its website, Press TV says that Ms Ashtiani revealed on camera "details of killing her husband at the crime scene".

This much we know. The rest is hearsay and rumour.

Ms Ashtiani's son, Sajad Ghaderzadeh, and her lawyer, Houtan Kian, also gave Press TV interviews.

The two are also under arrest.

Deflecting pressure
Ms Ashtiani's plight came to international prominence when it emerged earlier this year that she was to be executed by stoning for adultery after her appeals for clemency were denied.

After coming under strong international pressure, Iranian authorities said her stoning sentence had been suspended, but she faced a death sentence for the murder of her husband.

Correspondents say Iranian media have been portraying Ms Ashtiani as a common murderer, rather than an adulterer, as a way of trying to deflect international pressure over the stoning sentence.

Reports in international media that she had been freed followed a statement on Thursday from The International Committee Against Stoning that it had "received reports of the release of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani and her son".

The Germany-based campaign group said it was awaiting confirmation from Iranian authorities.







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