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I want to learn poker , both its rules and strategies ?

hi , I've just decided to learn poker professionally , i don't have any exprience playing poker , i want a good book , or website , or anything else that could help me ! thanx

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1. http://www.introtopoker.com/dictionary.php
2. There's plenty of stuff out there for you, it depends what exactly you want to play. I'd recommend the following books: Super System 1 & 2 Harrington on Hold Em Phil Gordon's Little Green Book The Theory of Poker (or pretty much anything by Sklansky) Hold Em Excellence (or pretty much anything by Krieger) As for websites, cardplayer.com is a good start; strategies, news, resources, links and even a free odds calculator. Also, be sure to look for free or cheap odds calculator and tracker software online. Often if you sign up to a site with one of the links, you can get it free, and both kinds of software are very, very useful. Odds calculators tell you the odds of getting a better hand and the pot odds (whether or not it's worth it to stay in a hand if you don't have the best hand). The good ones also often keep track of how and what your opponents play. Trackers simply do that: keep track of how you've been playing. They show you the hands you've played, how many times you've won/lost and how much money you've made and lost. Often those types of programs come with charts so you can see your progress over a day, a week, a month or even a year.
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4. This might seem really lazy of me , but it will probaly be less confusing and more informative. You might think wikipedia is trash, but these two articles were pretty helpful when i first started. Somone said cardplayer is a good place to start. I completely disagree. Its a great source and all(lots of good articles), but not for beginners. The strategy guide has a lot of different points and you need to master all of them. Make sure you read the separate link on pot odds, bluffing, slowplaying, and the different plays all on the bottom. If you dont understand some concepts just google them. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_holdem http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poker_strategy Heres another good one. It has alot of infromative articles. http://www.netbettor.com/pokerpages/poker.html There are two things i have to emphasize that are of the utmost importance. Firstly, when you first start you want to play a TAG style (tight and agressive). The first 2-4 weeks of playing, Play only AA,KK,QQ,JJ,1010,AK and AQ in any position. Raise 3x the bb with them. If you get reraised call with AA, KK, QQ, JJ, AK. Fold the others. Once you have played 2-4 weeks you can loosen up and play more hands. However, you have to pay attention to position now, which i will talk about shortly. Anways heres a good hand chart for you to follow. http://www.pokerjesusonline.com/starting_hand_chart.htm Heres an article that tells you the importance of position which is probaly the top 3 most important things in no limit holdem.( Btw the whole site has lots of good info and another good hand chart which is more clear but has less info ) http://www.flopturnriver.com/Texas-Hold-Em-Position.html Lastly.. do you want to play no limit or limit? In limit you can lose a small portion of your stack by mistakes, in no limit you can lose your whole stack with one mistake. In limit you make money alot slower, in no limit you make it faster but you can lose it faster. In limit there is less varience, in no limit there is more, Those are some things to decide on which too choose upon. Be sure to try them both!! REad the articles first and get a good grasp of the info, then turn to books: Harrington' s"Harrington on expert no limit tournament strategy" books 1-3 Phil gordons "little green book" and "little blue book) David Sklansky Theory of Poker Barry Greensteins Ace on a River Once you have mastered booksAND ARTICLES there is a really good forum called "2+2" (search 2+2 forums on google). It is pretty advanced though... Also expierince matters alot and the best site for either "play" money OR realy money is pokerstars or fulltiltpoker. Gl with texas holdem and i hope you enjoy it as much as i do.