Indeed. Bankroll dollars are real dollars.

OK So like I have played poker back in the days.. like 8th grade havent played since...lol

I dont know anything about texas hold'em...but I am not working currently have a very small nest egg..like $400..and want to dedicate MY LIFE to this...

so where can a newb like me start.. ?

I have read through the FAQ..but even that..I feel like is too advanced for me..

so where do I start...reading and learning.. before i start playing and dont end up a fish lol?

buy a book that covers the basics imho, and read through that. get one that explains abpout cash games, single table tourneys, and multi-table tourneys. edit: and internet poker.

take a little bit of your nest egg, say $50, and be prepared to lose it. have a go at a few of the lowest games you can buy-in to (you'll get plenty for $50) and see what you like.

take it from there really. once you started thinking of questions and stuff, that's where 2+2 comes in to it's own. it has answers for everything.

oh, and partipate in the forum ofc, it's a great way to become absorbed in the pokah world

any book you can recommend for a newb like me....

i knew you would ask that

i don;t have any that stick in my mind from the ones i first bought, as a lot of them were like 'a beginners guide to....' or 'internet poker for dummies' that kind of thing!! and i haven;t bought a book like this for 3 years maybe. (i''m sure there are plenty of threads on this subject if you fancy doing a bit of searching )

can someone else recommend a good book for noobs to start with?

yea sorry dude.. showing my newbness right now

thx dude... so its going to be a couple of years before I start earning real money... no one can say I guess right..

Can someone explain to me about poker networks? For example, if I play at tonygpoker (which is on the ipoker network), do I see the same players as someone who is playing on titanpoker (another ipoker network site)? Basically, is iPoker (and ongame, etc) one giant place, where it doesnt matter which skin you use to play on, as everyone sees the same people anyway? Or is it site specific?

Yes.

Yes.

The above is true of the vast majority of "skins" (Tony G Poker and Titan are "skins" on the iPoker network). however, there are a handful of skins that only partially share player pools (AFAIK, this really only applies to Microgaming).

Stars, FTP and Party don't use skins (Party used to have a bunch of skins) , basically all of the other major networks do. The skins share the same player pool, but are generally somewhat independently able to manage their own promotions and advertising. So there can be big difference between skins in that you may be able to get better rakeback/bonuses at one skin vs another.

Skins are sort of similar to franchises... The McDonalds down the street may be independently owned by some local businessman, however, they still serve the same Big Macs as anywhere else.

The Harrington on Holdem series, Small Stakes Holdem by Slansky and Malmuth, or Doyle Brunson's Super System are all good ones. Check out the books forum for more info.

Supersystem is not a great book for beginners, especially if you're not talking about SSII, the updated version. SS is more interesting as a historical record of how poker was played 20+ years ago. Basics like terminology or even the rules have changed since then. (who plays 7stud hi-lo without an 8 qualifier any more???)

anyway, the Harrington books are terrific. I think the original HoH (tournament) books are better for beginners. People seem easily confused by the cash game books, which have a lot of examples from games that don't play quite like microstakes. The HoH books are so extremely well written that I'd recommend them even if you mostly play cash.

Small Stakes Holdem is aimed at limit, but again so well written (largely by Ed Miller, btw) that every beginner should read it, imo.

Another great miller book -- I'm pretty sure, I've only read parts -- is Getting Started in Holdem. perfect for the original question, actually

Check out Poker: The Real Deal by Phil Gordon if you're a real beginner (don't know **** about Poker).

After that, check out Phil Gordon's Little Green Book.

i'm one of those that find HoH Cash quite heavy going

Is there a program that calculates your EV from the moment you are all in, and excludes hands that you were not all in using your PT3 data base? I know that pt3 calculates your EV, but it is very inaccurate. Just curious to see if I am running as bad as I think I am on all ins, or if I just suck at poker.

best practice is to simply assume you suck at poker, like the rest of us. I promise you'll find things to improve

sorry about the running bad though.

pie

What hands are these exactly?

AJ+
A8s+

Also, how much should I be betting/raising with at micros?

This somewhat depends on context.

A8s+ is almost always A8s, A9s, ATs, AJs, AQs, AKs.

AJ+ is either AJo, AQo, AKo or AJo, AJs, AQo, AQs, Ako, AKs depending upon whether they have uniquely specified suited and unsuited.

For example,

88+, AJ+ (AJ+ includes suited and unsuited)

vs

88+, AJ+, A8s+ (AJ+ only includes unsuited)

That's a very complex, situational question. Post hands, etc.

are there DoN's on fulltiltpoker ? (up to 5$ ?)

Raising first in:
UTG/UTG+1: AQs, AK, 77+
MP1: AJ+, 55+
MP2/3: AJ+, KQs, 22+
HJ/CO: AJ+, KQ, QJ, 22+
BTN: A8s+, KQ, KJ, QJ, 22+

Please explain to me what these hands are exactly.

I'm truly a noob, so I've been reading up on a lot of Poker lately.

UTG - any suited Ace Queen combo, any Ace King combo, all pairs 77 and higher.
MP2/3 - all combos of Ace plus either a Jack, Queen or King, any suited combo of King Queen, any pair.

(i am assuming that by not specifying whether suited it incorporates suited and off suit cards.)

and so on. make sense now?

dont really see the point in me creating a whole new thread for this question, so this seems like an appropriate place to post it.

say i have a pocket mid to high pair, i raise and am called. i then dont hit a set on the flop but i higher card comes out.

if i am 1st to bet, should i be checking the flop?
if someone bets should i call or fold?
are there certain hands i should keep playing with, even if a higher card comes out?

Can anyone answer this for me please

Just to be sure, is this correct when compared to the above list I posted?

UTG/UTG+1: AQs, AKo, AKs, 77, 88, 99, TT, JJ, QQ, KK, AA

MP1: AJo, AJs, AQo, AQs, AKo, AKs, 55, 66, 77, 88, 99, TT, JJ, QQ, KK, AA

MP2/3: AJo, AJs, AQo, AQs, AKo, AKs, KQs, 22, 33, 44, 55, 66, 77, 88, 99, TT, JJ, QQ, KK, AA

HJ/CO: AJo, AJs, AQo, AQs, AKo, AKs, KQo, KQs, QJo, QJs, 22, 33, 44, 55, 66, 77, 88, 99, TT, JJ, QQ, KK, AA

BTN: A8s, A9s, ATs, AJs, AQs, AKs, KQo, KQs, KJo, KJs, QJo, QJs, 22, 33, 44, 55, 66, 77, 88, 99, TT, JJ, QQ, KK, AA

This is my official dumb question. Sorry in advance for my search failures...

I was under the impression that playing online poker with cash was illegal in the United States. And yet I see many people talk about playing cash games on various mainstream sites (Full Tilt, Poker Stars, etc), complete with accounts and real money and such.

Do these people have off shore accounts or something which allows them to play online?

Are the dollar amounts so small (like under a thousand dollars in your account) that the government is not concerned and, thus, doesn't care as far as taxes goes?

Or am I under the wrong impression, that you indeed can use money to play at these sites?

Thanks in advance!

I've heard it said many times that no player has ever been prosecuted for online poker playing in the US. The way the legal system works, that's tantamount to it being legal. It's relatively easy for a whackjob legislator to introduce almost any language into a bill, sometimes as a favor to a special interest without the legislator actually knowing much about the subject.

But we have checks and balances on power in this country. Before that language starts impacting people legally, prosecutors have to bring charges, and the judiciary has a chance to say whether the law is consistent with other laws and the relevant constitution or charter (state, federal, whatever).

so in one sense, it's a bit murky. Some laws exist that some prosecutors might use against players. But nobody knows if those prosecutions would hold up in court.

as a practical matter, it's perfectly safe to play poker online in the U.S. The people who get in trouble are much more involved in running sites or have other issues getting official attention: large-scale tax-evasion, for example.