Poker

[Board Game Geek]

I've just brought one of these http://www.casino-shop.co.uk/product.php?v_ic=SPE505

for a friend as a moving house present, since he wants to do a poker night a few times a month.

How difficult is poker ?

Can anyone recommend any Poker programs I can try on my PC to learn the basics and brush up on the rules and stuff ?

[Spacecadet]

I've just brought one of these for a friend as a moving house present, since he wants to do a poker night a few times a month.

How difficult is poker ?

Can anyone recommend any Poker programs I can try on my PC to learn the basics and brush up on the rules and stuff ?

to learn poker quickly sign up to one of the online services, pokeroom.com is ok.
Play against real people, you'll learn better
they have free rooms and "play" money so you don't need to gamble your corp tax away

[Ruprect]

Better still, let us know who you sign up with, what your username is, and we'll come and "teach" you.

[oracleslave]

I learned on Ladbrokes. Expensive training indeed.

[MrRobin]

It's pretty easy to learn the basic rules, and takes a little bit of memorising to get the order of hands right (i.e. straight is better than flush etc)

Like spacecadet said, sign up to one of the major poker sites and play for free online. Don't get tempted into playing for real money 'because you are winning lots', the players in the practise rooms are ofcourse lower standard and the whole dynamics of bluffing etc are ruined because its not real cash.

[snaw]

Facebook poker - against people, free and not for money!

[Pondlife]

I think this is the current flavour of poker being played these days.

http://www.pokerlistings.com/poker-r...vigation-texas

[oracleslave]

Facebook poker - against people, free and not for money!

the players in the practise rooms are ofcourse lower standard and the whole dynamics of bluffing etc are ruined because its not real cash.

Depends how good you want to get. Friendly facebook poker will only take you so far as MrRobin has correctly pointed out.

[Ruprect]

Facebook poker - against people, free and not for money!

Where's the fun in that?!

[Bod]

We should have a contractor poker night, imagine the cash & cars that would be changing hands....

and imagine the fights in the garden afterwards......