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"Poker reveals to the frank observer something else of import, it will teach him about his own nature. Many bad players do not improve because they cannot bare self-knowledge"
- David Mamet on Poker

Here we feature screen shots, poker room information and statistics with links and tips for the very best sites available online. Use the "Alphabetical Search" menu to find the room of your choice.

Bringing you the latest updated information from the poker world plus videos highlighting the current politics and policies affecting poker wordwide.

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Regularly updated content full of strategy, tips and examples for the budding poker player. We also feature selected articles from forum members and online poker players.

Includes the Guaranteed and Freeroll Tournament Monitors. Find games at various online poker rooms according to Prize, Buyin
and Format.

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Offering links and information to help all poker players improve their game. Includes where to find some of the best Poker Rules and Strategy, Books, Websites and various Poker Analysis Tools including our Hand Replayer.

Felt Stars
$50 Freeroll & $1 Buyin with $100 added
this month at the Alternate Poker Forum
- learn more -

Alternate Poker Forum Hosting great online poker leagues. Money added buyins and freerolls. Play, chat and learn.

Alternate Casinos
Online casino rooms, reviews and promotions. Casino game rules, etc.

Alternate Sports
Sports betting, online site bonuses and Sportsbook reviews plus promotions and live lines.

Harry's Blog
How not to relax and play occasional poker from the author of this site.

Alternate Records
The original music pages.

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May 2012 : This month, at the Alternate Poker Forum (APF), we feature money added games at various online sites around the web including some of the biggest guaranteed tournaments. We have a special $50 Freeroll & $1 Buyin with $100 added this month at the US-friendly Merge Network site, Felt Stars. Read all about how to qualify for these exclusive games in the APF Freeroll & Buyin at Felt Stars tournament thread.

Players signing-up to Carbon Poker through this site get exclusive access to a $500 freeroll and a $500 Added Value ($2.20 Buyin). More about these games here. The APF Events Calendar will be updated with all new events as they come in and detailed information for all our games can be found in the APF Tournament Areas. Our membership, as always, is completely free and all worldwide players are welcome.

Most of our poker room reviews now have updated galleries giving you closer details on just how their lobbies and tables look. Just click on one of these pics for the gallery! Sun Poker have gone for a complete revamp of their look and can be seen here. December is always one of the best months for promotions and special tournaments so keep an eye on our promotions pages for updates throughout the month.

Promotion Updates (RSS Feeds) : To make it easier to find all the most recent updates on this site, we have a special newsfeed page which will update automatically whenever an important change is made to the site or there are updates in our poker promotion feeds. The Alternate Poker Updates may include new or updated poker room reviews, tournaments and promotions, forum news, added tools, information or articles and so on. Also on this page, is a feed bringing you all the updates across the Alternate Network of sites. This feed will include updates from Alternate Poker, Alternate Casinos and Alternate Sports. These feeds are also available in the RSS format so you can add either one to your Personal Bookmarks, Google, Yahoo and other feed sharing clients - just use "Subscribe to the Alternate Poker Updates feed" seen on the updates page to get direct access to our latest poker, sports & casino news in whichever style you require. The RSS icon looks like this

(it will take you to the rss feeds and updates page) and can be found next to the alternate logo, at the bottom right on every page of the Alternate Poker website. Alternatively, you can view the "Alternate Poker Recent Updates" page directly ...here

Poker Promotions at Alternate Poker : The Promotions area has been split into five easy access pages available through a drop down menu or from the bottom of each page. Featured Deals offer you special bonuses that are exclusive to Alternate Poker. Please read the text carefully to make sure you can claim your bonus. Poker Promotions focuses on general site promotions and rakeback offers. Obviously, we cannot list them all here but we are always on the look out for the best deal at the most reputable rooms. In addition, we have the Quickfire Promotions page, which displays even more poker, casino & sports promos in a simple blog style that you can subscribe to. Each month, many sites run Rake & Pts Races. We'll show you some great ongoing races which often have very generous cash or tournament prizes. Also, in this section is information on the rules and how to claim the Bad Beat Bonuses at various sites. Special Online Tounaments will have the pick of freeroll and buyin events that have huge cash, special or live tournament package prizes for the minimum cost to you. The buyins are superb value for money with large overlays and guaranteed cash no matter how many players enter. Again, we cannot possibly list all the great games on offer, but we'll try to make sure to find the pick of the crop with dates, times and entry restrictions for each game. If you have any doubts about the promotions published here, we advise checking each rooms homepage for any other possible Terms & Conditions.

- For beginners, refer to gambling.com for how-tos and other tips. Also, top gambling sites and software reviews -
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Selected External Articles : Omaha Hi/Lo Tips ...here / Five Card Draw - Basic Strategy and Guide ...here / The 3/4 Raise ...here / A Bonus Whores Guide To The Galaxy ...here / Five Card Draw - The Stand Pat Bluff ...here / General Poker Articles ...here / ...more articles soon!

As part of an expanded Alternate Network of sites, Alternate Casinos brings you the latest offers, information and site statistics for the budding online casino player. There are updated newsfeeds and gambling articles as well as practise games for various formats including craps, baccarat, blackjack and roulette amongst others. These games can be played directly from the Alternate website (you'll need flash) with rules and explanations to help you along your way. Alternate Sports dips into the sports betting world and offers some of the best deals at the more reputable sites online. All the statistics and offers are regularly updated plus theirs news, tools and tips alongside our live lines which cover most of the major sporting types.

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Video Legends : The term "legend" is very hard to truely quantify and is often thrown around far to easily in my humble opinion, but in The Legends section we present some of the real giants of poker with interviews, commentary and recorded moments on video. Watch them here at Alternate Poker.

If you have a little spare time, try some of our Poker Flash Games. These are purely for fun but may well provide a useful learning tool for poker newbies that like to practise and experiment with the game and perhaps have a little something for the more experienced players too. A Flash Player is required for games to work.

- In Denmark, one of the popular poker rooms is Pacific Poker which is reviewed here. It has advanced poker software and other great services -
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Poker Hand Replayer : If you've ever wanted to animate a specific hand and post it on the forum or in a blog, then The Poker Hand Replayer could be just what you've been looking for. We've included instructions for how to create and post your replay just below the main player. Not all poker scripts are supported but most network hand histories should work provided you enter the information as described. If you have a problem with it, just post your hand history on the Alternate Poker Forum and one of the mods or admin will try to do it for you. Please bear in mind, that the replayer can usually only produce one hand at a time, so generally it's best not to try for an entire tournament hand history but just one to begin with. We try to keep updated with changes to the replayers engine but should it not work, please just pop back later.

Informaton : Alternate Poker has sprung up from the ashes of the now sadly defunct independent record company Alternate Records. Former label owner Marc Alexander - a.k.a. "harry_lime" - is now an online poker forum administrator, moonlights as an occasional internet and live tournament player whilst acting as web master for all things Alternate and beyond. The original site, it's bands and various music pages are still available ...here

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