If you have never played poker before and you want to start then here is where you are going to start. There is a vast number of questions you have to ask yourself before you can begin. This is going to help you to become a better player as time goes on utilizing different strategies.
The first thing you want to do is figure out what kind of game you are playing. For example are you playing multi-table tournament or are you a sit and go person. Have you played with others off line or is this your first time every playing. My advice for people who want to start playing online would be to play for free or you may lose a lot of money.
That brings me to my second tip; you have to manage your money or you will end up losing more money then you thought you did. Try to limit yourself to putting in a little bit of money every month or so or else you can be putting in more money then you have to spend on poker.
When you actually play there are a few rules I go by. Many people, when they start playing, will wait for a big hand to come before they bet. This is not a good idea because they will cause people around them to know that they only bet with big hands. It is not easy to spend money on a hand that is less than desired but in the long run it will change the way the players around you look at how you play. After a few bluffs, you can go back to playing tighter when you have a shorter stack because the bluffs didn't work.
One of the best ways to learn, in my opinion, is to take your games and post them in a forum or a blog like this one. This helps you because they will be looked at and your strategies can be fixed.
