Low Stakes Poker - Low Stakes Poker Player

One thing about poker is that it can be an expensive game to improve at. After all, ‘learning’ often costs money.

People frequently site play money poker games as a way to improve your poker. However, the problem with these games is that the players often don’t try at all. They will just call or raise to blow off steam.

You are better off playing micro-stakes, like $.01-$.02 than play money games if you are trying to learn to play. It’s a tough stretch to say a game like this or a $.25-$.50 is out of your bankroll. If it is, then you should focus on your own personal money issues and not play poker anyways.

A good way to learn tournaments are the freerolls and the $1-$5 buy-in tournaments. Even though the freerolls are ‘free,’ they generally award some real money prize so people still at least try. You get the benefits of learning from a real money game but without the risk of having to pay anything.

One thing people often think is worth it is to ‘take a shot’ at a higher stakes game, with the atittude that they’ll learn a lot even if they lose money. Generally, it’s just not worth it. Only start playing for higher stakes when you feel comfortable enough to play there for awhile. Otherwise, you are just playing scared and are going to lose money, without learning many new poker skills.