New to online

Frank Rizzo

sup,
i play weekly poker games with mates and others (texas hold 'em) so am not new to the game itsself.. i am however new to playing online,i have only up till now been playing for free on 888.com, i cant bring myself to open up a money account because i fear being at home 1 nite pist out of me face and losing the house and kids on a hand r two.lol....

do you most of u guys play for money online? if so Where do u guys play? what tournements do you go to ?..i might pop down to the fitz one sunday for a few hands...

Lafortezza

sup,
You just asked some of the most common questions.
You should use the search function to have a browse through older poker forum threads, search for "beginner online", "which poker site" etc etc.
Just basically read through the poker forum more.

Practice more self-control or drink less if you think you might gamble away you money after a night in the boozer.

Ste05

Most, if not all the people on here do play for money on-line.

There are so many poker sites available at the moment, its hard to recommend one over the others, but the most popular on here seems to be Paddy Power Poker, Poker Stars or Party Poker. My personal favourite is UltimateBet.com, but 888.com/Pacific Poker is a fine site too, it's great for new players because the standard of play on it is normally worse than on other sites, that could be because you're only allowed to play one table at a time (no multi-tabling) and the software is pretty rubbish, so many of the better on-line players don't like it. I myslef tried it and left very shortly afterwards.

I'd say most people have lost money when they've come home from a night out, I know I have, one of my worst problems used to be just that. But generally you can only lose what you already have in your account (unless you go absolutely mental and deposit a huge amount and then go on to lose it all). But generally all you'll do is dent your Bankroll.

I'd suggest you try it out, if even just for a small amount to begin with, it will take you a while to adjust from the play money type of games (not at all like normal games) just start at some of the micro limit cash games or small buy in Single Table Tournaments (STT's) I think Paddy Power Poker (PPP) have as little as $1 STT's.

Good Luck and hope you win some money.

Ste05

Pretty much what Iafortezza just said.