Hi all, i am new and i have few questions.

[Benayoun]

Hi mates, i am new at poker...
Anyways,
I am playing for like 1 month, at internet for 20 $ bankroll only, but most i play with friends for 10 $ buy in, 0.5\0.25 blinds.
Anyways, i am playing only when i have good hands, i mean when the dealer give me only pair and high cards like K Q etc.
When someone rase before flop deal i often fold if i dont have high cards.
When the flop deal (3 cards) and i dont have nothing, only the K Q for example, and the flop is 10 & Jack, which means 9 or Ace to straight, i just dont know if to call the guy who rase or not, i usually dont take the risks, and i dont know if that game is ok, i mean my friends calls me "bunker" and say that i dont take risks, I would like to have an guide which is saying when shall i take risks and when no, when to rase when to fold and etc.
Anyways another question is, if i have pair Aces at the start, before flop, shall i rase allot or just check?
if someone rase before me, shall i rase or just call him?
if the flop is deal for example 5, 6, 7 and i still got only the aces shall i rase ?
Shall i try to bluff? when shell i do it?
How i can make that no one will be able to "read" me.
I hope you understand my english, and will like to help me, if this isnt the right place to post this one i am sorry,
Kind Regards,
Benayoun.

EDIT:
I have allot of situations that i dont call on the first time i mean before flop and i fold then flop give cars and i could have full house, so i dont know what to do,shall i call and wait to the flop anytime or no?
Another question:
I have situations for example i have 100 Chips, and we set time to finish game, i have 30 mins to stay with those 100 chips and then i have nice profit, but i loose them!! dunno how, so i would like to ask, sahll i fold any bet until the game is finised or what?
thanks.

[pernicus53]

I would recommed some books:
Play Poker Like the Pros, Phil Hellmuth
Phil Gordon's Little Green Book, Phil Gordon
and then
Low Stakes Poker by David Sklansky, Mason Malmuth and Ed Miller. They will talk about starting hands and after you master that you can get into post-flop play. Gordon's book has a nice chart discussing which hands to play from what position, and that can be a good starting point.

[Keyser112]

if you plan on surviving, plan on saving your money for poker books.. i have 14 of them.. and they were worth every penny
also, you will be learning and improving so quickly you will think you were crazy for not reading a good poker book sooner!

[Dondoh]

Hi Benayoun and welcome.
Books are the best idea.
Additionally you might try the 14 days to master hold'em program on www.TiltedDonkey.com
It is not perfect, but it will make you a better player in 14 days. I would not recommend doing the steps where you deposit money online to play at tilteddonkey. You should be doing a rakeback or deposit bonus if you are going to maximize your initial bankroll. But much of the advice there is pretty sound. It will help with pot odds, and it addresses some of the questions you asked above.
GL and see you at the tables.

[Benayoun]

Hi, i would like to hear about this book:
The green poker boker ( or something like that) by Phol Gordon.
I have chance to change my order until tommorow, and since this book is on my language i will like to hear which one is better.
Thanks in advance.

[Soupy]

hi, i know it wont be the answer you want but...

just being around these forums will help some. reading over hands that people post and thinking about what you would do in the situation and comparing that someone else's advice and understanding why theyre different and why either you're idea is better or the other persons is. simply put, the exposure to the poker community helped me, books are great too though. goodluck

[fracas]

I wouldn't spend any time at tilteddonkey.com: The first hand of their tutorial awarded my nut flush the pot — against a full house.

I award them a KITN.

[Poker Clif]

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if you plan on surviving, plan on saving your money for poker books.. i have 14 of them.. and they were worth every penny
also, you will be learning and improving so quickly you will think you were crazy for not reading a good poker book sooner!

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Agreed, but until he can afford them, libraries are a good idea.

I've been grinding my way up, first through three play sites, and when I thought I was ready, for real money. I went through a couple $50 bankrolls before I became a winner at $1 sit-n-goes, built my bankroll, and now I'm becoming a winning player at $5 SNG. I did most of that before I owned a single poker book.

I have read about 15 poker books so far. I bought two of them, two were gifts, and the rest I either got from libraries, or sat in the library and read them (if I was in a city where I didn't have a library card, and had some time to kill).

It can be very discouraging for a new player to hear about all the things that he "must" have: Here are just some of the necessities, according to posts on this site:

Poker Tracker, PAHUD, Cardrunners, a certain type/size of monitor, books, Wilson Turbo software, Pokerstove, and others I can't recall at the moment.

I told a player on another site to look at it this way. Poker players are supposed to manage their bankroll, and if you can't afford it, don't buy it.

I will buy many of the things on that list when I can afford to, and not before.

[Terremoto]

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Agreed, but until he can afford them, libraries are a good idea.

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Good point, I've checked out some books at the library before I purchased them as well. Heck, you can even read books at B&N or Borders if you wanted to. Of course it's not necessary to read books or subscribe to a site that teaches you how to play, but it will certainly give you a jump-start to get the fundamentals down. I disagree with the old saying that practice makes perfect. Practice makes habits, and in my opinion it's better to develop good habits with the resources available, than to spend more money learning your way through this game. For $10.00, any new player will make that money back multiple times by spending the money on a book and applying the principles learned, before making another deposit.

[ukdentisto32]

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