Where to Play Online

If you are looking to learn the rules of poker, a great way to learn is to play free poker online. Playing on online poker sites is an excellent way to get a feel for poker. There are a lot of sites that let you play for play money or for actual cash. The quality of play on the play money tables is generally terrible. Why would Joe Horrible fold to a huge bet drawing to an inside straight?

Unfortunately, without a method for encouraging discipline (cash does nicely), poker tends to turn into a call-fest. A nice solution is to play on the super low-stakes real-money tables. At the lowest stakes, you would need quite a downswing to lose more than two or three dollars in an evening.