Hey TL.net! I recently got into poker but I want to just play online (against real people) for free. I have been playing on facebook.. and I think 90% of those are computers.
I want to see how I do against real people, but I'm just a college student with no money lol.
So where can I play poker for free against real people online?
Thanks!

Shivaz

Canada1783 Posts

October 01 2009 19:46 GMT

Pokerstars, but the free money players are horrid and you won't learn and get better at poker by much.

b3h47pte

United States1317 Posts

October 01 2009 19:50 GMT

Full Tilt Poker is good (i think)...atleast that's where i play when i actually play ^^

Deleted User 37864

780 Posts

October 01 2009 19:51 GMT

Oh I see. Thanks.
Well.. I guess I can start with those 10cents blinds and stuff huh?
By the way, I only need to be 18+ to be able to play right? XD

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United States1936 Posts

October 01 2009 19:54 GMT

uh pokerstars and fulltilt both have free money games too you dont need to deposit

pH)ggbOy

Philippines142 Posts

October 01 2009 19:55 GMT

Texas HoldEm on Facebook? Are you sure 90% of the players are computers?

Deleted User 37864

780 Posts

October 01 2009 20:01 GMT

On October 02 2009 04:55 pH)ggbOy wrote:
Texas HoldEm on Facebook? Are you sure 90% of the players are computers?

Actually.. I might be playing on the wrong application LOL.

Gnabgib

United States381 Posts

October 01 2009 20:09 GMT

On October 02 2009 04:51 scyper wrote:
Oh I see. Thanks.
Well.. I guess I can start with those 10cents blinds and stuff huh?
By the way, I only need to be 18+ to be able to play right? XD

You can start at .01/.02 blinds. It's what I grind at

KOFgokuon

United States14899 Posts

October 01 2009 20:14 GMT

start at 0.01/0.02 if you're going to play real money, unless you have $100-$200 bucks to blow if things don't go your way at 0.05/0.01 limits
stars and full tilt are good for newbies, i'd say stars because support and software are better

pangshai

Chinatown5333 Posts

October 01 2009 20:21 GMT

#10

wow what a coincidence. i just watched a programme on tv called "the poker star" which is some poker reality TV show featuring seemingly randomly picked australians and joe hashem.

tonight

United States11130 Posts

October 01 2009 20:37 GMT

#11

Joe Hashem is so cute.

EsX_Raptor

United States2802 Posts

October 01 2009 20:53 GMT

#12

edit: nvm

enthusiast

United States90 Posts

October 01 2009 21:08 GMT

#13

Not my opinions, just what I perceive to be the consensus (but I'm a noob):

If you just want to play as a hobby or don't mind switching sites later, both PokerStars and Full Tilt are fine. But if you want to make one deposit and then build up your roll and move up in limits, I think the only choice is Full Tilt.

The bottom line is that until the higher levels, FT's rakeback is far superior to Stars' substitute. This goes doubly if you plan on playing heads-up.

If you want to play MTT's instead of cash games, then Stars is way ahead. I don't know if it matters for SNG's.

Remember that you need to get rakeback before you make your first deposit at Full Tilt.

3clipse

Canada2555 Posts

October 01 2009 21:14 GMT

#14

Poker with play money is like the Starcraft campaign; once you figure out how the game works, you can't really get anything out of it. When you take the psychological weight of monetary value out of poker (even penny games are a world apart from play money) you aren't getting an accurate representation of the game at all. It's pointless if you want to improve, gauge your skill, or (obviously) make money. And I don't find seeing how many all-ins I can survive at 70% very much fun, either.

CharlieMurphy

United States22895 Posts

October 01 2009 21:32 GMT

#15

At stars there are FPP (frequent player points) you can often use these to buy into free tournaments with cash prizes at the end.

numLoCK

Canada1416 Posts

October 01 2009 21:58 GMT

#16

I play fulltilt and there are often Freeroll tournaments that you can play for free and potentially win very small amounts of money. However I have not started playing any poker for actual money online so I don't play much. But the interface and such seems to work fine.

Astrogation

United States477 Posts

October 01 2009 22:13 GMT

#17

Grind a bunch of playchips on pokerstars and sell them at I think $8 for every million

OmgIRok

Taiwan2699 Posts

October 01 2009 23:29 GMT

#18

I used to play rounders poker a little when I was bored

it's on ijji, its not too shabby, player quality has a really wide range though

Elite00fm

United States548 Posts

October 01 2009 23:45 GMT

#19

Playing play money on pokerstars is probably the best. "High Stakes" play money actually plays better than like 1c/2c of real money. You can also sell 10 million play money for like $8.

Deleted User 37864

780 Posts

October 02 2009 01:13 GMT

#20

where exactly is the free part of pokerstars?

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