This is the second of a two-part article on schooling. The first part can be found here.

Schooling is a controversial poker concept describing the behavior of groups of weak players, typically in low-limit games. The theory suggests that a large number of loose players in a limit hold’em game help each other out by pooling outs and giving each other better pot odds. In fact, some say that games with too many players are actually harder to beat than games with only a few loose players.

Bodog Poker is one of those sites that is truly a different beast upon the online gambling world. It’s a sole-proprietary software site that share it’s concepts and ideas on the poker landscape with no other. For this reason, most players who have had accounts with Bodog Poker either love it or hate it.

There are some interesting reasons for liking Bodog Poker and this revolves mainly around it’s potential as a bonus money cashcow. First off, Bodog is home of the 10% bottomless bonus. Got a spare $500 sitting in NETeller and no bonus offers in front of you? Plunk it into Bodog and get the $50 bonus upfront. That is an incredibly attractive feature. Not only do you have access to the money just deposited but also the bonus you just received. Only catch is that you need to earn 3 Bodog Points for every bonus dollar awarded before you can make a withdrawal.

You are dealt AcKc in early position, and you raise your premium holding. Three players cold-call your raise, as do both the blinds.

The flop is a nice looking Kh6s4s. You bet and all five opponents call.

The turn is 9c. You bet and three of your five opponents call.

The river is Qd. You bet and get raised. You make a crying call and are shown JdTs for the straight.

  Poker.com Review

Poker.com runs sole-proprietary software and thus doesn’t share it’s tables with any other site. As such the traffic is low compared to the larger internet sites. Don’t let this fool you. They still have upwards of 6,000 players during the week. Many of these players are playing NL with buy-ins ranging from $4 to $200, although higher buy-in tables are available. Both full-ring and shorthanded are offered. Fixed Limit players will generally find sub-$1/$2 tables going 24/7, but I find $1/$2 through $4/$8 offered in the evening hours of the US East Coast.

Tournaments and SnGs are offered. SnGs are not Poker.com’s forte. Traffic is light in SnGs, although when the site is in it’s daily zenith of traffic, players can find SnGs in earnest. MTTs are offered around the clock, but buy-ins are on the low-side of $0.06 to $10-$11. The main exception is Poker.com’s $20,000 Sunday Guarantee, which is a freezeout and costs $60 to enter. Players can get into this for as little as $2+$0.20 by playing a $2 satellite. The recent $20,000 guarantee had a mere 210 entrants and granted a huge $35.24 overlay.

Poker.com offers a 100% up to $200 bonus with no expiration date. However, if a withdrawal is made prior to completing the bonus, the remaining bonus expires. One of the drawbacks is that the bonuses clear slowly due to a lack of mid-limit tables to clear them at.

In my estimation, Poker.com is very well suited to new players who wish to start earning their bankrolls at small and micro-stakes tables. The bonus clears decently enough for these players. Likewise, players who want to learn to play MTTs and don’t want to wade through thousands of other players to win tournament money can find many MTTs at Poker.com with small fields and small buy-ins. Finally, the Sunday $20,000 is a goldmine for players with MTT talent.
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