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Poker Practice Site In USA?

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Xtal
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Haiti385 Posts
February 16 2012 07:27 GMT
#1
This may be more of a Liquid Poker question.

but.. does anyone know a good site to play poker against real people but not for real money?

I heard a lot of beginners in practice would play on Full Tilt, but FTP seems to be having a lot of problems lately.

Anyone know another site?/

Again, dont want to gamble, just want a site to play against other players.

Thanks All

Have you ever heard the story, about the Zergling and the Probe? The Probe didn't make it across the creep.
skyR
Profile Joined July 2009
Canada13817 Posts
February 16 2012 07:32 GMT
#2
Pokestars or Partypoker?
Xtal
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Haiti385 Posts
February 16 2012 07:33 GMT
#3
Awesome! Thanks. I dont know too much about online so I'm sorry if im a big noob.
Have you ever heard the story, about the Zergling and the Probe? The Probe didn't make it across the creep.
ReketSomething
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States6012 Posts
February 16 2012 07:49 GMT
#4
The problem that at low levels, playing with fake money means a lot of people dicking around because they aren't losing anything real.

Good luck! (and at lots of fake money levels, people are usually smarter)
Jaedong :3
FractalsOnFire
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Australia1756 Posts
February 16 2012 07:50 GMT
#5
Yeah its hard to find a real money-esque table without actually playing with real money.
isleyofthenorth
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Austria894 Posts
February 16 2012 08:05 GMT
#6
get your 50$ free bankroll for party poker(google intructions youll find them). then play the lowest limits. if you play with fakemoney people will just spam all in and you will learn NOTHING
FoieGras
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
Canada270 Posts
February 16 2012 08:10 GMT
#7
On February 16 2012 17:05 isleyofthenorth wrote:
get your 50$ free bankroll for party poker(google intructions youll find them). then play the lowest limits. if you play with fakemoney people will just spam all in and you will learn NOTHING


This is how I started. Once you start playing, it's a good idea to post hands that you have trouble with in poker forums.
CaucasianAsian
Profile Blog Joined September 2005
Korea (South)11601 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-02-16 08:26:41
February 16 2012 08:24 GMT
#8
On February 16 2012 17:05 isleyofthenorth wrote:
get your 50$ free bankroll for party poker(google intructions youll find them). then play the lowest limits. if you play with fakemoney people will just spam all in and you will learn NOTHING


He said for Americans. Americans don't have the luxury of playing on party/stars for real money. We're stuck with slow cashouts and sketchy sites (merge/cake).

On the other hand, WPT has a site up, where you can pay a lot amount (I think it's like $10 or $20) for a subscription and win prizes, I never tried it, but it might be up your alley.
Calendar@ Fish Server: `iOps]..Stark
isleyofthenorth
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Austria894 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-02-16 08:39:38
February 16 2012 08:29 GMT
#9
He said for americans where? i must have missed that, because it certainly isnt in the opening post....

Anyways if you live want to play poker, the us is pretty much the worst country to live in
Marou
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Germany1371 Posts
February 16 2012 13:31 GMT
#10
If you want to learn poker i would suggest not using play money tables to learn, when people play for fun only you are not going to learn anything useful because they are not playing like if they were playing real money.

I would rather suggest study poker theory and try to cash in a small amount of money (like $15) and play in micro limits. Pokerstrategy is a good place to start and they always have been supporter of esports so don't hesitate to create an account there. I don't know if american are elligible to the $50 Bankroll tho
twitter@RickyMarou
Piste
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
6183 Posts
February 16 2012 13:52 GMT
#11
i don't think you'll learn too much playing without real money. majority of players(not playing for real money) just fucks around and makes stupid "decisions" just to try their luck.
guN-viCe
Profile Joined March 2010
United States687 Posts
February 16 2012 15:11 GMT
#12
On February 16 2012 17:05 isleyofthenorth wrote:
get your 50$ free bankroll for party poker(google intructions youll find them). then play the lowest limits. if you play with fakemoney people will just spam all in and you will learn NOTHING



This isn't accurate. If you can't beat retards on play money, you have no business playing cash games. Poker is all about taking retards money, so play money is actually a pretty good learning tool to start with.
Never give up, never surrender!!! ~~ Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence -Sagan
drgoats
Profile Joined March 2010
United States310 Posts
February 16 2012 15:27 GMT
#13
On February 16 2012 22:52 Piste wrote:
i don't think you'll learn too much playing without real money. majority of players(not playing for real money) just fucks around and makes stupid "decisions" just to try their luck.

Yes pretty much this. You are better off throwing $20 on a site and playing for pennies than playing for nothing.
Yacobs
Profile Joined March 2010
United States846 Posts
February 16 2012 15:51 GMT
#14
Play money can be OK practice. You can work on your patience (hand selection, etc.) and you can work on getting your money in good.
TheToast
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States4808 Posts
February 16 2012 16:05 GMT
#15
On February 16 2012 17:24 CaucasianAsian wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 16 2012 17:05 isleyofthenorth wrote:
get your 50$ free bankroll for party poker(google intructions youll find them). then play the lowest limits. if you play with fakemoney people will just spam all in and you will learn NOTHING


He said for Americans. Americans don't have the luxury of playing on party/stars for real money. We're stuck with slow cashouts and sketchy sites (merge/cake).

On the other hand, WPT has a site up, where you can pay a lot amount (I think it's like $10 or $20) for a subscription and win prizes, I never tried it, but it might be up your alley.


I don't understand our government, in this country you can own and use an assault rifle, you can parade around the street in nazi uniforms calling for the extermination of the jews, you can sell people fake new-age medical cures and get rich quick schemes; yet the thing that crosses the line is online poker? Really congress?

I like the way the walls go out. Gives you an open feeling. Firefly's a good design. People don't appreciate the substance of things. Objects in space. People miss out on what's solid.
shannn
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Netherlands2891 Posts
February 16 2012 16:13 GMT
#16
Excuse me for my ignorance but are you allowed to play poker online in the US? I'm not a poker player and don't follow the scene at all but I'm just curious since I see this blog :p
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewpost.php?post_id=6321864 Epic post.
drgoats
Profile Joined March 2010
United States310 Posts
February 16 2012 16:26 GMT
#17
On February 17 2012 01:13 shannn wrote:
Excuse me for my ignorance but are you allowed to play poker online in the US? I'm not a poker player and don't follow the scene at all but I'm just curious since I see this blog :p

As far as I know legally some states are not but others are okay and most players understand that they play at their own risk. I have never heard of any problems with anyone playing. There is some legislation in congress that is being worked on to try to legalize online poker throughout the states. Recently, Fulltilt and Pokerstars were shut down here but there are other options.
lantz
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States762 Posts
February 16 2012 17:49 GMT
#18
I bluff every hand in poker and i tend to lose often.
shannn
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Netherlands2891 Posts
February 16 2012 17:51 GMT
#19
On February 17 2012 01:26 drgoats wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 17 2012 01:13 shannn wrote:
Excuse me for my ignorance but are you allowed to play poker online in the US? I'm not a poker player and don't follow the scene at all but I'm just curious since I see this blog :p

As far as I know legally some states are not but others are okay and most players understand that they play at their own risk. I have never heard of any problems with anyone playing. There is some legislation in congress that is being worked on to try to legalize online poker throughout the states. Recently, Fulltilt and Pokerstars were shut down here but there are other options.

Alright man thanks for the info.
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewpost.php?post_id=6321864 Epic post.
Pokebunny
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States10654 Posts
February 16 2012 18:06 GMT
#20
On February 16 2012 17:29 isleyofthenorth wrote:
He said for americans where? i must have missed that, because it certainly isnt in the opening post....

Anyways if you live want to play poker, the us is pretty much the worst country to live in

It's in the fucking title. Seriously? ...
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