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LSUfan1
03-04-2005, 09:49 AM
I am currently working on a new poker website for the absolute beginner. I would like to help people to learn the very basic ideas in lay terms.

My questions are as follows:

What questions would you like to see answered?
Would you like book/website recommendations?
Would you like a dictionary of terms?
Would an easy way to calculate odds be of help?

Other possible additions:
bankroll considerations, slowplaying and bluffing for beginners(when in doubt don't), which sites to start with, and possibly a step by step guide on the order to learn key concepts.

If anyone has any input they would like to pass along please feel free. This is a work in progress, and I would like to make this a helpful site for the really green among us who are scared off by some of the more advanced concepts of the 2+2 family.

Any suggestions are appreciated!

aron
03-04-2005, 03:12 PM
I think a thorough explanation of the nature of the game would be in place:
How variance works.
That not even the super stars of the game always would have winning sessions against even crappy players.

I remember when I started and my first day was lika "Great five bucks ahead in a couple of hands" and the next day "Darn, stuck ten dollars I must be playing like a retard". It just took me forever to see if I was playing OK or if the swings slowly but surely would kill me.

-aron

deacsoft
03-04-2005, 03:27 PM
See this. (http://www.pokergeek.com/faq/beginners_faq.html)