lol sorry been hanging out in bbv to much lately

Well this thread took a turn of the better.

Whats BBV ,?

brags beats and variance its a subforum

BBV is where the creepy people hang out.

Yeah thats the idea I got from my first encounter with a BBV person, since he expects spending too much time there gave him such razor sharp charm

What site would you guys recommend, Im thinking about maybe trying online poker,. but have not a great idea of whats what and the best etc?

Thanks for correcting such a lovely opening line.

pokerstars is very beginner-friendly for a couple reasons:

1) they don't offer rakeback. Most other sites allow you to sign up for a deal that sends you back a fraction of the rake you pay. Stars' comp system works completely differently, so you don't lose anything by playing immediately. DO NOT start playing on another site without getting a rakeback deal FIRST. Once you sign up for an account anywhere else, you'll never be able to add rakeback at that site -- it's purely offered as an incentive for NEW players.

2) they have a vibrant micro-stakes community at cash, tournaments, non-holdem, whatever floats your boat, even if you don't know what floats your boat yet.

3) stars support super rocks. They're living in some alternate universe where customer relations actually have value to them.

stay away from BBV. Above poster represents the best BBV has to offer.

Thanks, Thats a start, rakeback sounds like something I would of missed out on when signing up. Im still not convinced that I will though, not sure if I would enjoy it as much as live. What ya play yourself?

at a tourney to celebrate opening of the poker room at the hard rock

that's what is nice about stars. you can just sign up, try it out at penny stakes, and see how you like it.


I've gone through phases playing nlhe cash, single-table and multi-table nlhe tournaments, double-or-nothing tournaments, a few mixed game tournaments, lots more nlhe cash, and recently trying to learn stud and razz.

When I play lately, it's 90% live at home games. I've been to the local cardroom a few times. Play is super soft, but the structure has a lot of variance, and I'm a bit skeeved out by some of the people there. I get crushes on all the female dealers, too. Won a local WSOP satellite league last year and frerolled a $1500 nlhe event. That was loads of fun.

Anyway, online is a great way to learn how to play poker well, if you're into strategy at all. Get PokerTracker, an online account at stars or at FTP with rakeback, and start buying 2+2 books and participating in the forum. Poker strat is a great way to learn about decisionmaking, especially amid uncertainty.

The dark side

Check out the Shanoobigans thread in this section of the forum. We play regular tournaments on the weekends for small stakes ($1.00+.10). There are two NL Hold Em tourneys on Saturday, plus a Badugi game one hour before the first. On Sunday the game rotates randomly, today it was 2-7 Low single draw, to broaden our horizons.

It's pretty much the same group all the time (though all are welcome) so there is lots of friendly trash talk and idiots are scarce.

Oh, and don't forget, if you sign up for Poker Stars you can start with only play money just to try it out with no risk. The quality of play is poor though.

Yeah sounds fun , which site is that on, , might be a while before I get playing there, im not the most computer literate person in the world.

the answer is before you.