How to Play Poker - Learn to Play Poker

[Eric]

PlayWinningPoker.com aims to help players learn to win at poker, but
before you can win at poker, you need to learn how to play poker! But
poker isn't some sort of widget that comes with easy to assemble
instructions. There are a wide variety of games with different rules
(and strategies). There are even different betting structures (like
Limit versus No Limit) and different game formats (like normal "ring"
games versus tournaments).

Here are a variety of links to pages on this site that deal with the
basics, from game rules to hand rankings to basic strategies. After a
bit of reading, these days the best way to learn how to play poker is
by playing the free poker games at an online cardroom -- or even just
watching others play. It's very simple to do, you download the
software, sign up (doesn't cost anything unless you eventually play
for real money) then click one of the active tables and watch how the
game moves and how poker hands are played. If you want to play, click
an open seat on a free-play table and start playing. The learning
process is greatly accelerated, and you don't need to rely on friends
to put together a game. Online there are always games to play or
watch. Naturally free games are wilder and somewhat unrealistic
compared to money games, but in terms of offering a way to learn the
fundamentals, nothing else in history compares.

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