This is actually something I’ve considered—I like the game, and I feel like I have the right kind of gray matter to think about it statistically. But I know I’m not currently anywhere near a level where putting real money on it would be a good idea. Any suggestions of excellent learning resources?
Read some of the books published by Two Plus Two for solid beginner information that’s mostly a little out of date; then sign up at a video training site (I like Deuces Cracked) for up-to-date information; finally go, e.g., here and accept one of the offers where they give you free money to play with and then use their money to practice at 1 cent/2 cent games.
Also, maybe ask this question at the Two Plus Two forums for a better response.
Yeah, Two Plus Two is a good source of advice on everything poker-related. People can also email me if they wish, I make my money by playing poker.
And when choosing a rakeback site (you do need one), feel free to support a fellow LWer and SIAI-supporter by choosing mine :)
(It’s actually kind-of half-finished; I haven’t really started to promote it, and haven’t polished the content. But it does work.)
EDIT: One of the ways in which that site of mine is “unfinished”, is that it has a marketing attitude to a degree. I built it based on a template that has that attitude, and haven’t yet decided whether I’ll go along with that attitude or modify it to be fully trustworthy in the sense that marketing language isn’t.
So to a degree, take what you can currently read there with a grain of salt. (You can email me for fully honest answers without a marketing attitude, and as mentioned, Two Plus Two forums are good.)
Rakeback is when a poker site gives you back part of what they take as commission from most pots you play. So signing up to a poker site through a rakeback site is like signing up with a discount.
Creating your own rakeback site is perhaps the best option if you bother to do it. The cut that the rakeback sites receive isn’t very large, though, so it’s not particularly common to bother to do this.
I’m guessing it’s best to play hold ‘em ’cuz that’s where the stupidest people are at? Or will I find all this out by reading the material referenced in the thread? (I’ve read a few poker books but it sounds as if there’s internet-specific strategies I need to know about.)
You will find anything and everything out by asking at Two Plus Two forums (or browsing what beginner resources are already available there).
My guess is that no limit hold ’em is indeed still the best option, but some might make a case for pot-limit omaha. At least if one likes that variation more.
I agree, start with no limit hold’em because there’s an awful lot of good learning material about it and the games at low limits are pretty good, but at some point consider switching to pot limit omaha.
Hmm, thank you. At this moment I have neither as much money nor as much attention available as I think doing this right would require, but it’s good to have leads for when that changes.
This is actually something I’ve considered—I like the game, and I feel like I have the right kind of gray matter to think about it statistically. But I know I’m not currently anywhere near a level where putting real money on it would be a good idea. Any suggestions of excellent learning resources?
Read some of the books published by Two Plus Two for solid beginner information that’s mostly a little out of date; then sign up at a video training site (I like Deuces Cracked) for up-to-date information; finally go, e.g., here and accept one of the offers where they give you free money to play with and then use their money to practice at 1 cent/2 cent games.
Also, maybe ask this question at the Two Plus Two forums for a better response.
Yeah, Two Plus Two is a good source of advice on everything poker-related. People can also email me if they wish, I make my money by playing poker.
And when choosing a rakeback site (you do need one), feel free to support a fellow LWer and SIAI-supporter by choosing mine :)
(It’s actually kind-of half-finished; I haven’t really started to promote it, and haven’t polished the content. But it does work.)
EDIT: One of the ways in which that site of mine is “unfinished”, is that it has a marketing attitude to a degree. I built it based on a template that has that attitude, and haven’t yet decided whether I’ll go along with that attitude or modify it to be fully trustworthy in the sense that marketing language isn’t.
So to a degree, take what you can currently read there with a grain of salt. (You can email me for fully honest answers without a marketing attitude, and as mentioned, Two Plus Two forums are good.)
What is a rakeback site? And if it involves money going to it why would I not just create my own?
Rakeback is when a poker site gives you back part of what they take as commission from most pots you play. So signing up to a poker site through a rakeback site is like signing up with a discount.
Creating your own rakeback site is perhaps the best option if you bother to do it. The cut that the rakeback sites receive isn’t very large, though, so it’s not particularly common to bother to do this.
I’m guessing it’s best to play hold ‘em ’cuz that’s where the stupidest people are at? Or will I find all this out by reading the material referenced in the thread? (I’ve read a few poker books but it sounds as if there’s internet-specific strategies I need to know about.)
You will find anything and everything out by asking at Two Plus Two forums (or browsing what beginner resources are already available there).
My guess is that no limit hold ’em is indeed still the best option, but some might make a case for pot-limit omaha. At least if one likes that variation more.
I agree, start with no limit hold’em because there’s an awful lot of good learning material about it and the games at low limits are pretty good, but at some point consider switching to pot limit omaha.
Hmm, thank you. At this moment I have neither as much money nor as much attention available as I think doing this right would require, but it’s good to have leads for when that changes.