Krade

After watching Poker tournies on Discovery and challenge tv, I am quite intrested in learning to play Poker. The game they play on tele is Texas holdem.

Anyonr got any ideas on where to get started which books are worth buying or any poker clubs in the london area or web sites???

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fitzscoob

download the poker game from www.williamhill.co.uk sign up and you can play for free (i.e. your not gambling your money, its make believe) make sure you join the correct table though

get some practise that way, but on play for free, people are far more willing to make stupid bets. Learn the basics, what hands beat what hands etc, then eventually when you feel like you have enough knowledge to play for real you can sign up for $5 tournaments, winner takes $25, not bad for 2 quid. Thats good practise. Dont forget, poker is mostly about percentages. Good luck.

Krade

Cheers Fitzscoob, I know its mostly about percentages and odds which is why I would like face to face play as my maths, Probability, odds and stuff is really bad worse than my grammar

fitzscoob

heh, there is a casino in Luton, cant remember the name will speak with my brother about that.

the sheraton park tower has a casino, there is also a casino near the metropolitan hotel on park lane........if any of that helps

SJ_Skyline

Krade,

Just give me all your money. Its far easier and it will save you time in the long run

Rich

Walwal

You can play with fun money on www.pokerroom.com

Loads of Hold 'em tables on there.

Andy.

mad_dr

There's a guide in the latest Loaded magazine - tells you most of the things you need to know and everything you need to know to get started.

FASTER MIKE!!

or paradisepoker

IanF

It is the Grosvenor casino in Luton that has Texas Hold 'Em. Also the Grosvenor casino in Southampton has Texas Hold Em nights.

On line 'free' poker is a waste of time, people get bored folding hands, then cos it is 'free' money they play poor hands just to be involved.

They then may get a lucky flop, turn and river and they beat you. It is not realistic and patterns of play are completely different to real money games.

Worth playing to get the hang of it, but in terms of strategy and watching how other players play and bet, it can be misleading.

Good Luck
IanF

LG John

Plenty of information here: http://www.thepokerforum.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi

The first thing you need to learn is what beats what and then how to select hands to start with. Most winning players are tight/agressive. In other words they spend most of their time folding but when they play they play hard and fast.

S7EV3N

Its also worth trying Coral Euro Bet Poker. You can get the software through www.coral.com You can play all types of poker with real money, pay to enter tournaments or play money (boo...hisss). The rules are on there too. Does anyone else use this site ?

Kosy

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i play at uk-poker.co.uk. best site i think. tournaments every 10mins or so. over 2500 peeps online at times.
i agree with the rest, fake money games are a waste of time.
the best way to learn and have fun is enter the cheap tournaments on uk poker. $1, $2, $5 etc. just see the $5 as tuition money!

patience is the key.

Evil6

I play most nights on Ladbrokes and have been making modest profits, but be WARNED you are about to be a very small fish in a sea of sharks who will enjoy taking your money.

There are few books... I would start with this one

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...99046?v=glance

deanimus

If you want to play at partypoker.com email me and I will give you a $25 bonus (If I introduce a friend and I get $50) deanimus@fusemail.com

Krade

Cheers guys, I know all the rules and what beats what months of listening to Jesse May I'm gonna have a bash over the weekend on some freebies just to see how I do.

LG John

Whats your name on ladbrokes evil? Just so I can look out for you I'm 'Acevader'

darlodge

I play Texas Hold 'em with the inlaws some times. I found Texas Hold 'em quite an easy game to understand and not to hard to remember. Once you can remember what beats what your sorted. The only thinkg left is to work on your game face

We are talking about have a casino day out soon at work so I might work the tables and then lose my pay check

Darren

vindaloo

If you're gonna play on the internet, read a well reviewed book on the subject first....

J.

Evil6

Saxoboy I will make myself known to you when i see you on there....

I am normally to be found on the 2/4 or 2.5/5 tables

wideboyuk

Having a tinker myself. Currently just on the 0.25/.050 Ladbrokes tables.
I'm under the name xWideboyUkx

Hows your progress at the moment SaxoBoy? Making a living from it yet?

wideboyuk

Noone else out there playing?

scatter_wrx

Just started playing (& reading books!). Had a home tourney the other week, was doing well (my boss left the table first with no money, hehe!) until i got ahead of myself, forgot everything I'd read & continued to stick money into the pot when I could see a possible straight on the table. Alas, as I called & someone showed a straight, I mucked my 2 pair & learnt a lesson!

Been loitering around Ladbrokes & Paradise. I've read that Paradise isn't the best place to start off at. Might stick to Ladbrokes for a while until I get a good few hours in.

Any other sites recommended?

Perhaps we should have a private scoobynet tournament on one of the sites!

/sc

tucker101uk

i play on fhmpoker...