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Hi everyone, so I have run into a little dilemma involving Poker.........I don't know how to play. But heres the real kick in the but, so there are some guys in my dorm here at college who have invited me multiply times to come play poker with them. I don't get invites often from anyone in my dorm, they seem to all ignore me, so it seems stupid just to turn them down because I don't know how to play. I don't want to make a fool of myself but I am tired of turning them down. So here is really what I would appreciate, I have been going online and playing, but I still am having a hard time understanding the game. So if anyone has any tips for the game or any information that I might need to know I would gladly appreciate your guys/girls help. Thank you.

If you've been going online & playing, I assume you have the basic understanding of game rules. That should be all you need to play poker with the guys. However, if you mean you wanna know how to play poker WELL, that's a whole different matter. Poker is a game with so many theoretical paradoxes about when to bet & fold, that just telling you a bunch of information wouldn't help. Just get out there, play, lose, & get better. That's the only way it can happen.

I guess one piece of advice I could give to a beginner is hold back. If you don't think you can win, fold. If the raise is more than you can afford to lose, fold. Good players love to get noobs playing a game of chicken with them and taking them for all they've got. As you get better, you can become a more & more aggressive player, but make sure you master self-restraint first. Do this and you'll allready be better than the majority of poker players out there.

Is it Texas hold 'em?

I've managed to figure that out quite easily; it's not as complicated as it seems.

What kind of poker are you playing? I take it it is texas holdem - if so go to youtube and search for "learn holdem"

http://youtube.com/watch?v=3vPpAhwhM1M

once you've got the basic game down if you want to get real good check out a book like "professional no-limit holdem volume 1" or "small stakes hold 'em" to get some education in pot odds,implied odds etc so you can get some theory down

If it's a penny game with your friends then you don't really need to know how to play.

Which are you concerned with:

1.) You don't know the actual rules of the game?

2.) You know the rules of the game, but you don't know how to make good decisions as to when to bet/raise/fold etc?

It is texas holdem

Yeah its a easy game to learn but takes a lifetime to Master, I used to play online alot, if you have a tv watch poker sometime and maybe buy a book on it. Holdem is alot easier than omaha or omaha high lo.