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Posted Wed Dec 29, 2004 8:16 am GMT by Swanny
Are PC Games such as "Tournament Poker - No Limit Texas Hold'Em" good tools for learning? I thought maybe playing the play money games online would be a fun way to learn the game and the mechanics of online games but I have found it frustrating because I know that the players are not playing how the actual real money game would be played. Hell, I even found myself saying "what the hell, it ain't real money" and held onto some silly hands.
I'm very serious about this and will be buying some of the recommended readings I have seen on these boards but do you think these PC games are something you can realy learn from also? Some of the readups look pretty good as you can play different skill levels, tournaments, etc...
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Posted Wed Dec 29, 2004 10:21 am GMT by wEbMaStEr
Cant speak from experience but i've heard that the world series game? can't remember the name? the computer analyses your play and adapts it's style against you accordingly.
Can't be a bad thing.
Altho there's nothing like the real thing i spose.
Posted Thu Jan 13, 2005 3:55 am GMT by HotCarl
i played play money and some computer simulations when is started, and i've found they help a lot, but only if YOU treat them like real money. after i got the basics from those games, i started playing VERY low limit games (2/5 c and 5/10 cent). one step at a time.. computer games, to play money, to low limit. after you learn how to play and can do alright in the fake games, i'd recomend the low limit real money games. you might lose a few bucks every night for a while. but 1-2$ a night is not too bad and you learn way more from a low limit real money game than any play money game.
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