what's poker

I tried to play poker once but I find it hard to understand where should I refer to learn it. please comment down below

poker is table game

A lovely game

u must be joking? u don't know poker for real?

@ritzpearlI been have watchin videos of big high roller pots but I really don't understand when to bluff fold and hold cards also raise and all just lil bit context in my head

just start with texas holdem on youtube tbh, search "beginner poker rules" and watch a few hands play out — it clicks way faster when you see it in action

honestly just hit up youtube and search "texas holdem basics" — watching a few hands play out made it way less confusing for me than reading rules

tbh just download a free poker app and play with fake chips, that's how I got the hang of it without losing real money 😅

You learn way faster when you're actually clicking buttons, even if you mess up at first

just play the free Zynga poker app on your phone, you'll mess up a ton but that's literally how it starts to make sense

honestly just jump into a low-stakes game with play money, you'll mess up a ton but that's how it finally starts to click — reading rules only gets you so far

honestly the free poker apps are the move, just spam play money tables and you'll figure out the flow way quicker than any guide

just mess around on a free app like zynga poker with play chips, the rules start to make sense after a few hands even if you're clueless at first

honestly just find a video of someone explaining their thought process during a hand, seeing why they fold or raise made way more sense to me than just memorizing hand rankings

honestly the free apps everyone's suggesting are solid, but if you want something more structured look up "poker basics" on youtube and watch a few hands play out with commentary, that combo clicked for me way faster than just guessing on my own

tbh watching someone explain their moves as they play is what finally made it click for me too — reading a hand chart by itself feels like memorizing a menu without ever tasting the food lol

tbh the pokerstars school thing is actually pretty decent for learning hands without risking anything, walks you through the basics before throwing you into the chaos

just start on zynga poker with play money, you’ll lose a bunch at first but the flow of betting and hand strength starts to feel natural after a few rounds

excited for this

I had the same confusion at first lol, what helped me was ignoring all the strategy guides and just playing tiny stakes where losing a dollar didnt hurt so I could focus on the rhytm of betting rounds

I once sat through a whole hour of a poker tutorial video on YouTube and still folded a flush by accident because I mxied up the suits in my hand.

honestly i’d skip the play money tables entirely they build bad habits cause nobody folds, i found that just diving into the lowest real money micro stakes like 1 cent 2 cent forced me to actually think about each hand without much risk

I got my start by watching my cousin play live on a video call, he'd explain why he was folding or raising in real time which made the logic click way faster than reading any guide. Once I tried a few hands myself on a micro stakes table I realized the actual betting flow is much simpler than it looks once you get past the initial confusion of the hand rankings.

Man, once it clicks it gets seriously addictive, especially when you start to notice how other players give off betting patterns you can exploit. I picked up the basics by joining those super cheap sit n go tournaments on PokerStars where the blinds force action, you really learn to play tight but aggressive pretty fast.

I just waatched a few low stakes cash games on Twitch with no commentary and tried to copy the betting flow in micro tables until it felt less like guessing.

Stake

Start with fold charts, print one out

I learned the hand rankings from a cheap mobile app that quizzed me over and ovre until it stuck.

How does the ranking work??

What isn't poker

What isn't

Poker is hard ooo

Honestly just open up a baasic hand ranking chart in a seperate tab while you play micro stakes, that way you can glance at it instead of memorizing everything at once. Youll lose a few cents figuring it out but the pressure makes the rules stick faster.

I see folks recommending you dive into real money games right away but honestly that route just burned my bankroll fast because I didn’t even understand position. I’d argue playing with fake chips first, while not realistic, at least lets you screw up the rules without paying for it.

Have you tried any specific poker apps or sites yet that felt less confusing than others? Some of them have built in tutorials that break down hand rankings step by step.

honestly i woudnt start with youtube or streams at all, they make it look way too easy and you just mimic stuff without knowing why. i grabbed a cheap poker basics ebook and just played the micro tables and made a ton of mistakes, but losing a few cents taught me faster than any guide.

Honestly the rules alone wont make sense until you sit at a table and mess up a few hands, that confusion is part of the process lol. I picked it up fastest just playing tiny free tournaments on my phone while reading a basic odds chart on the side, the repetition sinks in better than any guidebook.

my buuddy tried teaching me poker at a bar and I went all in on a pair of twos thinking i had a full house

I'd pick watching live gameplay over reading any poker book because seeing someone explain their thought process in real time made the rules stick way faster for me than trying to memorize hand charts.

honestly the title alone being just "what's poker" makes me think we've all been there staring at the felt completely lost lol

I once spent an entire afternoon trying to learn poker from a mobile app and ended up more confused cause it kept giving me pop up ads after every hand lol. Honestly just watching a buddy play and having tehm talk through why they bet made the rules stick way faster for me.

I feel you on the hard to understand part. the hand rankings alone took me forever to memorize, kept mixing up a straight and a flush for weeks.

honestly i learned by playing those free moble apps during lunch breaks, the interface kinda walks you through what hands beat what after a few rounds. did you try any of those yet or just jumped straight to a real table?

I was in the same boat for ages, then I downloaded a free poker odds calculator app and just played around with it during TV commercials until the hand rankings started to stick.

Yo I had the same confusion until I stumbled on some old school clips of the WSOP main event, watching the pros tank on a huge river bet somehow made the hand rankings stick in my head way better than any chart. Once you get past that fog and start noticing how often pocket aces actually get cracked by some random 7 2 offsuit it turns into a wild ride real quick.

I found playing those micro talbes way less confusing than staring at tutorial vids al day

tbh i learned the hard way too, what helped me was just grinding those micro stake sit n gos and making a ton of dumb mistakes til it sunk in. the hand ranknigs were like a foregin language at first but once you stop folding every pair life gets easier

honestly i just googled "poker hand rankings chart" and pinned it on my second monitor the whole first week, that saved me so much confusion