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<blockquote data-quote="Rob Banks" data-source="post: 1087428" data-attributes="member: 12046">You can't practice by playing online for free. I mean, you technically can play for &quot;play money&quot; (i.e. for free) online, but you won't get any practice that will help you get any better. If anything, it will make you worse. The reason for this is that people play a lot differently when they are not risking any money. How seriously would you take a poker game in which you do not stand to win or lose any money whatsoever?By playing in these &quot;play money&quot; games, you will get used to the way people play there, and you will be in for a surprise when you start playing real money games and realize that your opponents are playing way differently (and way better) than they were in the free game. Even if you play $0.01/$0.02 (which means the maximum buy-in is $2), people will still be trying very hard to win. Even if the game is only for $2, nobody wants to lose their moneyIf you want to practice without risking a lot of money, I would recommend you deposit a little money (whatever the minimum deposit is) onto an online poker site and simply playing the lowest stakes they offer (usually $0.01/$0.02 or $0.02/$0.04.If you're outside the U.S., I would recomment PokerStars. They offer $0.01/$0.02 games, and the rake at that level is lower than it is on other sites, such as 888poker.If you really don't want to risk any money at all, then I don't know what to tell you. Playing poker without money/betting is like playing tennis without rackets, or no-contact boxing.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rob Banks, post: 1087428, member: 12046"] You can't practice by playing online for free. I mean, you technically [i]can[/i] play for "play money" (i.e. for free) online, but you won't get any practice that will help you get any better. If anything, it will make you worse. The reason for this is that people play [i]a lot[/i] differently when they are not risking any money. How seriously would you take a poker game in which you do not stand to win or lose any money whatsoever? By playing in these "play money" games, you will get used to the way people play there, and you will be in for a surprise when you start playing real money games and realize that your opponents are playing [i]way[/i] differently (and way better) than they were in the free game. Even if you play $0.01/$0.02 (which means the maximum buy-in is $2), people will still be trying very hard to win. Even if the game is only for $2, nobody wants to lose their money If you want to practice without risking a lot of money, I would recommend you deposit a little money (whatever the minimum deposit is) onto an online poker site and simply playing the lowest stakes they offer (usually $0.01/$0.02 or $0.02/$0.04. If you're outside the U.S., I would recomment PokerStars. They offer $0.01/$0.02 games, and the rake at that level is lower than it is on other sites, such as 888poker. If you really don't want to risk any money at all, then I don't know what to tell you. Playing poker without money/betting is like playing tennis without rackets, or no-contact boxing. [/QUOTE]

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