Re: NL newbie
ciaffone/reuben's Pot Limit and No Limit Poker is excellent. it does not include a rigid guide on starting hands, but it does tell you which hands change value from a limit game and why.
i also have a short intro to the game on my website's Starting Out in Online Poker section. it's no substitute for ciaffone/reuben, but you can browse it while you are waiting for the book to arrive in the mail. (i don't know of any b&m bookstores that stock it)
as for experience, tournaments are so much different from ring games that it will not help you all that much. you can try out the .01/.02 blind no-limit at UB. although this game is naturally much looser than any $25 buy-in table, it will give you some ideas and experience. and the $25 buy-in tables at party and UB should not be that expensive for you to learn at.
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