I'd say put $50 into a site, play the lowest stake cash games and lowest stake sng's and MTTs. This way you get some experience and see what games you like best. Try limit and no limit holdem and see how you get on. I'd play a fair bit before you go for poker x factor.

Then maybe pick up Theory of poker by Sklansky or Little Green book by Gordon and read up on some useful concepts.

Browse the poker strategy forum here, there's some good posts in there.

And post lots of hands.

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For Free Money, Rakeback and some 6x Ongame bonuses, I recommend PokerSource.

I recommend Cardrunners for superb poker coaching. It was honestly the single biggest improvement in my game signing up there! Sign-up fee might seem steep, but it pays itself back within weeks.

thats what i was thinking

WU I can deposit minimum of 50 with 13 dollar fee
or bankers check 100 with like a 7 dollar fee

ill get myself into trouble with no limit until i build a br so limit if fine, and im getting little green book, theory of poker, and HOH 1, and 2 for now...

Go with 100 but play like you have a $50 roll, if you know what I mean.

Like just play 1/2c cash and $1 tourneys (DON'T go higher) and play lots of hands, there's really no substitute for experience at this stage.

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For Free Money, Rakeback and some 6x Ongame bonuses, I recommend PokerSource.

I recommend Cardrunners for superb poker coaching. It was honestly the single biggest improvement in my game signing up there! Sign-up fee might seem steep, but it pays itself back within weeks.

great advice thanks

also dont study poker..study school too !! you might wanna go to college and all this poker wont help you unless your profitable

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Poker

im not studying poker, school doesnt start for 2 weeks, like I said I AM NOT DOING THIS FULL TIME, I will have part time jobs making money and will just do this as like a weekend thing

I play all 3 sports or I will when I move to michigan, so ill be doing alot just poker on the side to not have to do a full time job

but I love poker, it can be addictive but im not addicted, I just love the game and want to be something special, i suck in betting and stuff like that so any recommended stuff would be great