Getting started

If you haven't got a poker client, you have to download this from a poker site. Here are the sites I've tried myself:

Empire Poker
PokerRoom
PokerStars

All these are big sites with plenty of players. I'll review these three sites later. If you want to play somewhere else, you can just search for "poker" at google or whatever search engine you prefer. There are plenty of sites you can play at.

The process of downloading and installing the poker software should be quite straightforward. Once you've installed the client, you'll probably be prompted to make an account. When you have done that, you should be ready to play. There are plenty of different tables you can sit at and tournaments to play. I'm going to focus on ring games. I'll give you advice about NL(no limit) texas hold'em. If you don't know the rules, look for them at the site that you downloaded the client from. The next thing you should do is to select a table that you want to play at. I'm going to write about this in another post later.