Online Proposition Players

Proposition players are people who are paid by the online poker rooms to keep games going and encourage a pleasant online playing environment. Proposition players risk and play their own money, but get paid an hourly rate by the online poker room to increase the number of hands and games being played.

Proposition players tend to be skilled and experienced so it is worth being wary of them if your online poker room reveals who they are although there is a school of thought that runs that online poker companies do not want their propo players to play too well less they scare of other customers. Some online poker rooms such as Pokerstars have a policy of not employing proposition players.

You might consider becoming a online poker proposition player your self. There are certainly some advantages, you get paid an hourly fee to play online poker, and you can usually choose your own hours. However prop players are usually required to play a certain number of hours as part of their contracts and as they are risking their own money,this can be a problem if their funds roll out. In addition to this prop players do not have the freedom to move between tables and poker rooms that non prop players have and this can put them at a disadvantage.