I have played many card games, in Pubs for over 50 years. The only Poker Variant's I played was 5 Card Draw, or Stud Poker. On-line however I have been playing Texas Hold-em for over 20 years. It all started when late one night I found a TV. program called "Late Night Poker" and I was instantly hooked on the game, Especially when during the Break I saw adverts for
pokerstars, and Full Tilt
poker sites offering
freerolls!
So what harm could it do? I could play any time of day, for Free! and not risk losing my own money. It took a while to understand this new variant, but with watching a few Videos on-line, and reading a couple of books, I soon got the hang of it, and before long I was making free money.
I immediately saw that winning Play money games could lead you into trouble when you start playing for
real money, as the difference between the two is enormous, But I put this down to the fact that Poker sites have to make a profit, and for every player that can make a profit from these Freerolls, there are thousands of others that believe that if you can win money in a Freeroll, then you can win even more money when you buy into these games with hard cash.
The answer of course is Yes! You can, but! the problem then becomes if you lose your buy-in then you try again to win your money back by buying in to more games, I am not that gullible, I am happy playing Freerolls and Micro stake games, because it is nothing more than a Hobby for me. Money at my age means nothing to me other than a way to pay my bills, and I have that covered, So poker will always be a past time I enjoy, a little bit of Fun!
When the Fun stops, STOP!