addam00
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If I were a brand new player..If I were a brand new player and did not know anything about poker but wanted to play online and learn how to play... what poker site would u recomend and were would u tell me to go to learn how to play?
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Know-nuffin
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You'll prolly do best finding a friendly poker forum full of informative posts and lively debate. If I find one I'll let you know. 
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harry_lime
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| Know-nuffin wrote: | | You'll prolly do best finding a friendly poker forum full of informative posts and lively debate. If I find one I'll let you know. |
let me know too, i'm looking for one of those. 
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Arjonius
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If I could only suggest one information source, which is a false restriction, it would be a basic, beginner-level book, not a site.
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Lucky
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Get a site where you have a lot of free games so you don't have to deposit money 
Does everest still offer free S&G games? Guess starting with S&G is a good way to learn the basics of the game before moving on to MTT's
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Know-nuffin
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Going back to the original question. I would think it best to learn the basics playing live, even if it is just against one other person.
The pace of online poker is not good for learning.
Then playing devils advocate with Lucky; go to a site and deposit enough to play at a level or three above freerolls/play money.
If your hard earned readies are at risk, you'll want to learn how to keep hold of them pretty sharpish.
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Arjonius
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If you plan to play online like the original poster, then why not get used to the pace of online right away? Especially if you're starting by learning a base of solid ABC poker, difficult decisions don't come up very often.
As for whether to deposit or not, it seems like the main factor is simply if you have money you can easily afford to allocate to poker. In my case, I gave myself a $150 bankroll when I started.
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Know-nuffin
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| Arjonius wrote: | | If you plan to play online like the original poster, then why not get used to the pace of online right away? |
My suggestion really pertains to a brand new player and I take that to mean one that asks, does a straight beat a flush?
I like reading your advice Arjon;  do you think it is better for beginners to start on fixed limit tables.
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addam00
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i think fix limit game would be good becasuer i think it would give them a undertsanding what beat what more.. withoutr spending so much money
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Arjonius
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| Know-nuffin wrote: | | Arjonius wrote: | | If you plan to play online like the original poster, then why not get used to the pace of online right away? |
My suggestion really pertains to a brand new player and I take that to mean one that asks, does a straight beat a flush?
I like reading your advice Arjon; do you think it is better for beginners to start on fixed limit tables. |
Even for someone at the stage where completey basic things like hand rankings have yet to become instinctive, I think starting online is better. The main reason is that you see more hands, even just single-tabling, which should lead to knowing these basics sooner.
Of course, it's not a case of only being able to do one or the other, so some mix of both may well be preferable to either alone.
As for fixed limit vs NL, I think it's better for a complete noob to start with one or the other. I'd go with NL, mainly because most freeroolls are NL, and that's where I'd suggest people who know nothing at all begin. Even if losing at small stakes would be meaningless, why bother depositing before you have even an initial impression of whether poker is for you?
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