Newbie

[Southpaw]

The range of tuition sites from a Google search overwhelms me.

Anyone recommend a good site for a 'complete' beginner to learn from? I
played a few nights for 'fun money' on Pacific Poker (first night -$400(!),
second night +$100, third night -$50) and really enjoyed it, but I'd like to
learn the basics from scratch before I risk any real cash.

Cheers.

--
"I used to rock and roll all night,
and party every day.
Then it was every other day. . . ."
-Homer J. Simpson

[janksta6481]

You should check out www.thepokerscout.com. It has site reviews and stuff like
that, plus a beginners section. I'd recommend somewhere like Absolute Poker,
Pacific Poker, or maybe Poker Stars as good sites for beginners.

On Oct 5 2005 12:29 PM, Southpaw wrote:

> The range of tuition sites from a Google search overwhelms me.
>
> Anyone recommend a good site for a 'complete' beginner to learn from? I
> played a few nights for 'fun money' on Pacific Poker (first night -$400(!),
> second night +$100, third night -$50) and really enjoyed it, but I'd like to
> learn the basics from scratch before I risk any real cash.
>
> Cheers.
>
> --
> "I used to rock and roll all night,
> and party every day.
> Then it was every other day. . . ."
> -Homer J. Simpson



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[pokerchimp]

If you really want to learn the game go to pokerschool.com and check it
out. For a small monthly fee they have real competition and a lot of
experts who will advise you.

On Oct 5 2005 1:29 PM, Southpaw wrote:

> The range of tuition sites from a Google search overwhelms me.
>
> Anyone recommend a good site for a 'complete' beginner to learn from? I
> played a few nights for 'fun money' on Pacific Poker (first night -$400(!),
> second night +$100, third night -$50) and really enjoyed it, but I'd like to
> learn the basics from scratch before I risk any real cash.
>
> Cheers.
>
> --
> "I used to rock and roll all night,
> and party every day.
> Then it was every other day. . . ."
> -Homer J. Simpson

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[GrimJack808]

There have been a couple of posts on this. In fact, I think there was
one yesterday that I responded to, but I this is a good question, so I
will recount what I said to them.

If I were a Newbie, knowing what I know now, here is what I would do.
I would go check out and read all the poker books at my local library.
This will give you a good understanding of the game. Then do what you
did and download some poker software and go to town playing the games.

The problem is that play money games tend to be nothing like real money
games. They are either all-in adrenelin fests, or they are too loose to
give you a good sample of whether you would win or lose in the real
world.

IMHO, the best place to learn with play money is in the Pokerstars play
money tourneys, specifically the multi-table SnGs. The people who play
them for the most part are remarkably solid. Why is this? I am not
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If you can work your way up on those toruneys and consistently finish
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Another reason they are a good teaching tool is that they have so many
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I would ignore all the ring games (non-tourney games) when starting out
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