Poker for Beginners


Beginners Guide

So you want to start playing online poker?
Right then follow the points below and within no time at all you'll be a demon on the online rooms, and making oodles of cash (hopefully!)

  • Learn the Rules of Poker
  • Sign up to a good poker client.
  • Practice on the free money tables (don't waste too much time here - remember people aren't playing for real)
  • Deposit some cash
  • Play the low stakes tables
  • Read a good beginners book to poker
  • Play the low stakes tables Types of game (PL/NL/Limit)
  • Make notes on players you meet
  • Re-read your beginners book
  • Play the low stakes tables
  • Make notes on players you meet
  • Read a more advanced book to poker
  • Play the low stakes tables
  • Make notes on players you meet
  • Move up a level to the next stakes tables (if you are consistently winning)
  • That's it really, there's not a lot to it, and I can't stress enough the importance of reading, re-reading, and learning the information provided in a good beginners book to poker.
    I can't also stress enough the old adage "Practice makes perfect". The world of online poker rarely happens the way the books suggest, and its only through practice, and experience of the types of players you'll meet at low stakes tables, that will provide you with the ability to win more than you lose!