Poker related

I wanna learn poker i have been watching videos but i need some solid suggestions to learn it without losing money

Honestly man, start by grinding the play-money tables — no risk, and you’ll learn the fundamentals much faster than from watching videos alone.

Yeah play money is decent but tbh you'll learn faster once actual chips are on the line even if it's micro stakes. Just set a tiny budget and treat it like tuition.

Use the complimentary rolls on ACR or Ignition to experience real play without depositing; that's how I began without burning through my bankroll.

Yeah, freerolls are definitely the way to go — also you can check the stakes forum here and share hands for feedback when you’re unsure.

Have you considered looking for an informal home game using pennies rather than joining a formal online table, or is that unavailable where you are?

Yo, grind the free tables until you get the flow, then jump into a micro SNG with about a 0.25 buy-in so the sweat feels real but you won't bust your roll lol

I got my feet wet playing deuces wild video poker first tbh, it let me learn hand rankings without the table pressure. Once I stopped misreading flushes as straights I moved to micro stakes sit n gos and lost like 6 dollars over two weeks before it clicked.

Freerolls beat watching videos because you get the tempo of a real hand without risking your bankroll, but pairing them with a penny-stakes home game is where the enjoyment really settles. I’d play some free tournaments to learn the mechanics and then gather friends for a tiny cash-game evening; the table talk teaches you more than any YouTube tutorial.

playing for points rather than cash at first lets you concentrate on betting patterns without your bankroll screaming at ya

I began by grinding play-money tournaments on several sites for two weeks straight, and the first time someone slow-rolled me it actually stung, which made the switch to 0.50 cash games far less emotional.

any favorite hand rankings app or drill that helped you learn to read a board quick, before you ever hit a real table?

Honestly, I got more out of losing 50 cents in a sit‑n‑go than from 10 videos; the concept of folding tight versus a maniac holding a small pair finally clicked there.

i basically put together a fake-money home game with two friends and we verbalized our thinking on every street, which made it obvious how often i was deceiving myself about holding a strong hand — something videos never made click for me. real stakes appeared later with 0.01/0.02 tables and suddenly folding bottom pair felt like a superpower

Have you used those free poker apps that let you play against real opponents without any real-money at wager, or do you believe that still lacks the tension of genuine financial losses?

I’ve lost more pretend chips to a buddy who constantly raised with garbage than I ever lost in low-stakes real-money games.

Is there any app you've been testing that the videos recommend grabbing first?

are you primarily thinking about tournaments or cash games? the way you learn for those two is quite different, and it could change what you should focus on initially.

do you know if you're more into the slow grind of cash games or the survival vibe of tournaments yet

so which part of the game trips you up most when watching videos — the math side, or interpreting what other players could be holding?

I wasted an entire weekend losing play money because my cat kept pressing the raise button somehow

Appreciate the update.

Fold alot

stake only when you've got 3 of a kind above