Get a taste by playing
SMALL MONEY GAMES
Remember, that you don’t need to [lay for big money or even any money at all. But if you tire of the free games, you can try limits as small as two cent and four cent – meaning all the early bets and raises are by increments of two cent and later they become four cents. Almost anyone can afford that and still experience the thrill of playing poker for actual money.
Now you wouldn’t think that just making the bets a couple of cents would make much difference. I didn’t. But now I realize that the number of players who enter a pot and the quality of their decisions is remarkably better, even if the battle is only over a few cents per bet.
These are tremendous break-in games for new players. You get the taste of real-money play. And even if you lose, the cost of entertainment is trivial compared to even going to a movie or dinner. For this small cost, you’ve beginning your poker education through live play. I wish this opportunity had been available when I first began to think about poker and to actually play it.
