Reply to: Poker

[WotNxt]

Come along to the 317 Bar on Finchley Road tonight and you can learn for a fiver AND have a chance of winning some cash.

Straight freezeout with no re-buys or add-ons.

Or look at one of:

www.pokerproject.co.uk
www.englandpokerleague.co.uk
www.thenutspokerleague.com
www.pokerinthepub.com
www.playpubpoker.co.uk

or many others to find a game local to you.

[snaw]

Think of it like this - assuming you're playing texas hold em, in very simple terms and worrying about only your first two cards (The rest of them come out later to make your overall hand), the following sort of applies.

A high pair is a very good (A's - 10's), two high cards suited is good (A's, K's, Q's, J's, 10's, 9's) especially if they're within range of a run (i.e. within 9-10-j-q-k), two high cards non suited is ok (A-K, A-Q, K-Q etc).

I'd pretty much fold anything else - it gets more complicated depending on where you are on a table, how much you been winning (Scare people off playing you) etc but those are pretty good simple rules to live by and usually come out ahead against your average player.

[Board Game Geek]

No idea what my mate wants to play. He and his mates said "Leave the rules to us, we'll sort you out".

I just wanted to get a head start that's all.

[snaw]

I'd guess so. Most fun one to play I think, and most common one out there these days.

[Bod]

I assume we're all talking Texas hold'em here?

or as Herr Brown would say, "Taxes Hold'up"

[KathyWoolfe]

I assume we're all talking Texas hold'em here?

[snaw]

Depends how good you want to get. Friendly facebook poker will only take you so far as MrRobin has correctly pointed out.

True up till the tables where you need to have won fairly often (Or spent ages playing) to get on. Then people play more like they would for real. But you're right, I would be slightly more cautious with my cash if it was real rather than earned online.

Then again if he's playing against mates, most people have got absolutely no idea how to really play poker.

[Bod]

We should have a contractor poker night, imagine the cash & cars that would be changing hands....

and imagine the fights in the garden afterwards......

[Ruprect]

Facebook poker - against people, free and not for money!

Where's the fun in that?!

[oracleslave]

Facebook poker - against people, free and not for money!

the players in the practise rooms are ofcourse lower standard and the whole dynamics of bluffing etc are ruined because its not real cash.

Depends how good you want to get. Friendly facebook poker will only take you so far as MrRobin has correctly pointed out.

[Pondlife]

I think this is the current flavour of poker being played these days.

http://www.pokerlistings.com/poker-r...vigation-texas

[snaw]

Facebook poker - against people, free and not for money!

[MrRobin]

It's pretty easy to learn the basic rules, and takes a little bit of memorising to get the order of hands right (i.e. straight is better than flush etc)

Like spacecadet said, sign up to one of the major poker sites and play for free online. Don't get tempted into playing for real money 'because you are winning lots', the players in the practise rooms are ofcourse lower standard and the whole dynamics of bluffing etc are ruined because its not real cash.

[oracleslave]

I learned on Ladbrokes. Expensive training indeed.

[Ruprect]

Better still, let us know who you sign up with, what your username is, and we'll come and "teach" you.