Online Poker and the Etiquette When Playing the Game

Just like with live poker games, online poker games also have its own set of poker etiquette rules that would make the game run smoothly and be more enjoyable to everyone. At the same time, these rules and etiquette would create a more pleasant online atmosphere. Though the software is the one that controls most of the movements than doing it manually as that in live poker games, there are variables that you can control yet they may deteriorate the quality of the game the moment when they are abused. The things below are the ones you can do to make the game be smooth as much as possible and for you and the other players to have a worthwhile gaming experience.

Keeping A Good Connection

• When playing online, it is always beneficial to have a good internet connection, and the other players at the table would also benefit from this. It would be very frustrating to miss out winning a big pot just because you got disconnected. At the same time, it is frustrating on the parts of the other players if you keep on having them wait for you while you try to reconnect in the middle of the game. Most poker room software would allow you to set an amount of time for you to reconnect , but using this time regularly would actually slow down the game of the other players.
  

Paying Attention to the Table

• When it's your turn to act, you will be given an allocated amount of time to make an action. The software is often generous in giving time , thus try hard to only make use of the specific amount of time that is necessary before you come up with a decision. It is also important to pay close attention, if not, and if you just let the time to run for a long period of time before you make your decision, then you are making it tedious for the other players playing in the table.
  

No Abuse of the Chat Box

• The chat is created for the players to have a light discussion regarding poker and other related matters. This should not be used as a tool just to berate the other players or to brag about your ability. Others are not interested in how good you are or how bad you think they are at playing. Anyone would never benefit from offensive and annoying comments in the chat box.
  

No Discussing of the Hands that you have Folded

• When it is not your turn, do not talk about the cards that you have folded while the other players are still participating in that same hand. When you discuss the cards you mucked, it would be an advantage to the other players as they would know what will not come out on the board. Thus, do not influence the game by letting others know that information that they shouldn't know in the first place. This kind of attitude is frowned up in both online and live play.