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How can a beginner start playing poker? Does it need to start with a high balance? What are the main rules?
 
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When starting out, beginners should already have a basic understanding of the poker rules. The ideal is to start at the free tables and then work your way up to the lowest tables. As you start winning at the tables at your level, you will begin to progress at the tables.
 
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Start at the lowest level and move up as soon as you have 10-20 buy-ins for the next level (and move down if you lose like 25% of your roll at the new level). This is for Cash games.

If you don't have any money to lose and want to play MTTs you can always play freerolls until you get money for the cheaper buy-ins. If you win continue with real money entries and if you lose: back to earning money with freerolls. Rinse and repeat until you think you are a winning player.
 
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Everyone starts playing poker as they want and as they think or with what amount of money they can afford. I simply said that I want to play poker and I played.
 
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It should start with an small amount i think is better than way so if you lose money it wont be much and keep practicing and learning so can play.better!
 
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I started watching videos that teach in the same poker room
 
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How can a beginner start playing poker? Does it need to start with a high balance? What are the main rules?
It is optimal to start by creating an account on CardsChat :)
Next, everything is quite simple.
1. Our free course.
2. Access to our platinum freeroll club.
3. Building a bankroll by playing freerolls.
Good luck :)
 
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Hi, I think the recommendation from infonazar is well, you need to know the rules for play poker, the value for hands, and learn a lot from strategies that you can apply to play poker.
Good luck.
 
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start easy by playing freerolls or with mini buy-ins and the main rule do NOT play money that you can not afford to lose :) !
 
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What infonazar & pavel said are exactly what I was going to say.
Good Luck!
 
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start with free tournaments because the main thing for you is to learn how to play first, then the prize money, so just play a lot of tournaments to understand how to play poker, watch YouTube games on Twitch to see how other players play, take notes and try to lose a little is the most important thing and don't deposit more money until you learn to play, but how do you know when you learn to play is winning tournaments or entering the final table a large number once
 
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It's good to start with cheap tournaments, watching channels with reviews by professionals.
 
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Unless you are wealthy, then get yourself a private poker coach and go all in (not many people have this option).
 
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If you know the rules of poker and want to play, the best decision is to sit down to play freerolls without risking your own money.
There you will learn that just knowing the rules is not enough and that there is no unbeatable card, you will learn how to play each hand and how to react in different situations.
It gives you a lot of experience, of course you can learn in other ways, but the best solution is a lot of practice and get experience.
 
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How can a beginner start playing poker? Does it need to start with a high balance? What are the main rules?
The rules of playing Poker change depending on what Poker Variant you play, Omaha! has different rules to Texas, and the rules change again for games like Stud and Draw Poker. but in General the hand strength is just the same, It is just the way the game is played, There are also differences in Limit, Pot Limit and No limit Hold-em, but again the Hand strength does not change.
Most good poker books will start with the basics in Hand strengths and then move onto how the game starts and continues through the Flop, Turn and River with Texas Hold-em, and will have dedicated chapters for the different Poker Variations, so you could skip them if you wanted but I would persevere with learning the different games.
As for how to start playing poker games, you could start off playing for fun on Pogo.com or Facebook just for the fun of it, and to find out if the game interests or suits you. But if you are serious about winning money from the game, the only way to learn is to experience the game for yourself and join a poker site.
One that offers regular Freerolls so you can start to play for real money without having the fear of losing any of your own money, and like many players start to build a Bankroll from Freerolls, It is not Easy but it is Possible. I have several on different Sites all from starting off with Freerolls.
Poker for me Started just like I have already described, starting on Facebook and then moving on to On-line poker sites, then once I built up enough confidence I started playing in Pubs and Clubs and eventually in casinos.
I once entered a game at a local Workingman's Club and met a Friend who I had no Idea he played Poker. During the game I noticed he had a Torn back of a Cigarette pack on the table and noticed he would look at it and put it back down again during the game, at the break we started having a chat and I asked him what the torn piece of Cigarette pack was for, He asked me not to laugh, but he had the hands listed on the back of the pack in Strength order and told me he could never remember which hands beat other hands.
He actually went on to win the Tournament. So whatever works for you, Works!
 
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I would start with the freerolls. It's a cheap way to realize your mistakes and correct them.
 
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Step 1. First, learn the rules so that you have at least some idea about poker. Step 2. You can start playing with freerolls or at micro limits, and practice so to speak. I wish you good luck.
 
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1) watch the course
2) learn what bankroll management is, you can slightly modify it but stick to the rules
3) start with micro-stacks, even if you have a larger capital, to get used to the dynamics of the game
4) analyze your game after each session !!!!!!!!!! (biggest wins and losses)
5) play tight aggressive at the beginning
6) learn, learn, learn, learn, learn, learn, learn, learn, learn, learn, learn, learn, learn (repeat until end of life)
7) be patient
 
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I think the most convenient way for a beginner to start playing poker is to register on a poker site. I personally play on pokerstars, but I know that it is not allowed in all countries.
Watching instructional videos on YouTube, playing with friends and studying the mathematics of poker is a very important aspect. Good luck.
 
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For me before paying a tournament a begginer should start with freerolls and gradually start to play with buy-ins.Study and there many ways to do it ...
 
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