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All online poker rooms offer play money poker or free online poker. You just download the software, register and starts playing. If you are new to online poker you can learn a lot from play money poker. But the game is very different from real money poker at the free tables. When people don’t risk any money they have no good reason to lay down any hand. They call, call and call on anything and if you try to play your best game you will of course almost always win.
If you are new to the game or if you don’t have any money to lose play money poker is a great way to learn but if you play too much on free tables you will not improve your game. You can pick up the wrong habits; habits that make you a winner at play money but a loser at real money. To become a better poker player you have to start playing for real money.
At PokerStars you can play real money poker at limits as low as $0.01/$0.02. Playing at micro limits like this is definitely a better way to improve your game than to continue playing for free, but you have to step up in limits fast is you wants to learn to be a winner. To get the correct feeling for poker and to be able to play your best game you have to play at limits where the money means something for you. If you play micro limits like 0.01/0.02 you will win or lose something like $5. That is not enough for most people to make it interesting. If you want to improve your game fast you should play at limits where a loss will hurt you.
You should newer play for money you couldn’t afford to lose. And if you don’t play your best game because you are scared to loose you are playing too high. But you should definitely play at limits high enough to make it interesting and to force you to concentrate and to play your best game all the time.
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