If I have only received a thousand dollars for every time I hear a debate going on regarding the usefulness (or futility) of learning to play poker for free- I would now be as rich as Kerry Packer was when he died. Anyway, I've always believed that to learn to play poker for free holds more ups than downs. Anyway, let me just talk about free-game poker for a bit. There are online rooms that would replenish the gambler's chips the moment he goes zero, but there would be those that would let 24 hours pass by first. The downside of playing poker for free is the "no foldem holdem" mentality, every hand would be called to the river, but if you are wary of this, then you should not cultivate it as a habit. Learn to play poker for free, and learn the mechanics, and that I need not elaborate. Learn to play poker for free, and practice discipline- what do I mean by this? Imagine your free money to be real cash, so that by the time you sit down at a real landbased site, you would by then have imbibed the habits of a good player. Learn to play poker for free, and read the board: you'll get a lot of practice on this, for the games online are quicker than a live one.

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