Poker On A Shoestring Budget or £0-£150 In 4mths.

[Valiant23]

Main Aim Of This Thread Is to prove to people that they do not need a massive bankroll (or any investment at all) to play poker and come away with a profit. I've felt for about a month that a guide for beginners who are nervous about taking the plunge is necessary, and as I have made steady progress in a few months I feel I am in a good position to still retain a 'newbie' perspective. My hope is that people use my method as a way of testing the water, so as to avoid unnecessary (in my opinion) losses.:ok What This Isn't Without a doubt this is not a "How To Be A Good Player". There are enough resources in the Poker Section and on the internet in general, without me giving bad advice when I barely know what I'm talking about myself. It isn't a guide on cash games, because I won't/can't play them (yet), so cash games are not covered here, sorry.

[Valiant23]

A (not so) Brief Background I found PuntersLounge on the morning of the first Saturday of the football season. I was looking for a little help with my ante-post coupon, and spent a lot of that day reading what was posted on most sections. I was delighted to see this forum had an NFL thread in the USA and Other Sports section, and just below that was The Poker Section. This interested me as I'd spent a few years watching Late Night Poker on Ch4 (and later on satellite), and so had a rudimentary idea of how to play. Myself and Pocket Lady both enjoyed discussing the program, and being a bit of a gambler I said I'd love to give it a try BUT having seen first-hand how poker/gambling addiction has taken a couple of work colleagues I was extremely cautious - even scared to go and play in a Casino.:( So I started looking around the Poker section and expected it to be full of tales of woe, and how people have lost thousand's on the turn of a card. What I found were people from most walks of life taking great enjoyment in playing online poker. I read a lot of the current posts that day, but still wasn't prepare to throw away money on something I knew nothing about (strangely, that hasn't stopped me when it comes to football or NFL).;):$