Best site for beginner? Tips?

[MathBabe]

Thanks for the tips... I will indeed switch to limit. I have a live game to go to tomorrow night ($25 buy-in) that's a limit game, so I'll see the differences there.

I've reviewed the TalkingPoker book list and I've got a couple of them coming at the library. I'm indeed looking to make money - I've got plenty of other hobbies that cost money already, without adding poker to the list!

I deposited my first $50 at PartyPoker (sorry Chipfish, hadn't seen your reply yet!) and lost half of it. I think I played reasonably well, though - I only saw 18% of the flops, so I was doing plenty of folding.

On the last hand I had two kings, and it turns out my opponent had two queens. He caught another queen on the turn, so that was it for me!

For my $25 I got a 35 minute poker lesson with about 25 hands in. I don't feel too bad about my start.

MathBabe