Without online
Texas
hold’em, poker might not be what it is today. It was an
online
Texas
hold’em player,
Chris Moneymaker, who won a series of satellites on PokerStars to win a
seat in
and then the championship of the World Series of Poker.
Millions have followed Moneymaker into the ranks of online poker
players and
you can too. Here’s how to get started.
Getting Online
To play
texas holdem poker online, you’ll have to find an online poker site. You can go to a poker site review page to look at the different options and choose the best one for you.
Be sure to find a sign up bonus code. Entering this code when you make your deposit might double the amount of funds in your account. Download the software, set up a handle, password and a payment method, and you’ll be ready to go.
Playing Hold’em Online
To get started playing
Texas
hold’em, simply choose hold’em from the menu on the site. You’ll have a few choices to make.
Do you want to play tournaments, sit and go’s or cash games?
Do you want to play fixed limit, pot limit or no limit?
You should probably start with something familiar. If you know
Texas
hold’em from tournaments, start with tournaments, or even better, sit and go’s, which are like mini tournaments that start as soon as the table fills up. If you’ve played live cash games, start with cash games.
Building a Texas Hold’em Bankroll
Obviously, you would like to see your money grow when you play online.
If you’re not very experienced, a good way to start is with micro limit games or freerolls, which require little or no cash investment.
Once you’ve started to post wins in these and built up a small bankroll, you can consider moving up in stakes. A slow steady progression upward
through the ranks, assessing whether or not you are good enough to move up every few months, is a great way to move from a novice
online
Texas hold’em player to an experienced, higher stakes poker player.
