Best poker site?

[Marlin]

This is my first post on here, so I need to say Hello to everyone. Hello. I was wondering if anybody could help? I am trying to learn how to play Texas Holdem and I was wondering if anyone could advise me as to which they think is the best Poker site, in terms of reliability and being big enough to not disappear with my money? I have had a look at the William Hill site, because I already had an account with them, which seems to work ok most of the time, but occasionally it reminds me of the main Betfair site in the way it hangs/freezes. A site where I could play for fun at first,as I'm a complete novice at Poker, would be the ideal. :unsure

[Valiant23]

Re: Best poker site? Hi schoey :welcome to PL. At the top of the board is the sticky Poker News, but here's a link as well. http://www.punterslounge.com/forum/showthread.php?t=18500 In there are links to all you should need to know. Including a basic 'How to..' guide, poker sites popular with PL members, advice from the better players, and a section on 'freerolls' which may be useful for you. I've only been playing online poker myself for about a month, and was a little unsure about taking the plunge until I heard about freerolls. These are tournaments with cash prices that cost nothing to enter. The standard varies from site to site I've found, but it is a good introduction to online poker. I've played both fun and freeroll poker, and learnt a lot more playing the latter. You may want to start with BetFred Poker. They have had 2 freeroll tournaments with very good prize money-the manchesteronline tournament and the Telegraph FF Poker tournament. The manchester was won only last week by 'our' Jamiebhoy, who won $10,000. However the Telegraph FF have 3 qualifiers per night on BetFred-it has become a bit of an obsession for us all on here to qualify for the final. My wife managed that within 1 week of starting to play poker online, so personally I'd suggest you start there. You do have to register for a real money account on these sites, but on BetFred and others you don't have to deposit a penny, although there are promotions to entice you to do so. Can't think of anything else, so I'm off to bed.