Originally Posted by trippedupA-Town

+1 !!

+ 2 !

Real practice... wtf is that...

Originally Posted by mister.x

+ 2 !

Real practice... wtf is that...

An oxymoron. I should have said beneficial practice. I was looking for something better than party tables without spending money yet.

Thanks for the advice to play micro stakes, that was good - I won a few, lost a few more but more importantly I now have some hand histories to study.

I have found a happy medium though. I look for the play tables with 3-5 players and not-so-loose players so there aren't 5-person showdowns and my starting hand strategies aren't diluted by calling stations.

So where did you choose?

Full Tilt for both play and real money.

Originally Posted by mister.x

You should play, play chips on starts. SNG. If you can reach 5 million with 1000 chips, then, you are ready to play low stakes.

AND THE BEST THING ABOUT IT, YOU sell your 5 million for 50 real dollars and there you go, you have a small bankroll to start

where does one sell play chips from pokerstars?

Everest Poker I found was was good for me starting out online. They have microstake games with the max buy-in set at 2$ for the no-limit. Both 10 and 6 seat tables.