pribalt49 said:
To a certain degree, I would agree with you, but some game formats do not always appear in free-rolls like Razz, Stud, and Omaha, Play money gives you a chance to try new formats without it costing you, and who knows you may find a format that suits you better than Hold-em.
I can play most and enjoy a game of Omaha or Stud now and again. but if it had not been for play money I probably never tried Omaha, as for Stud I was taught how to play that by my Grandad when I was 7 years old. He always beat me but it was a good lesson to learn that not everything in life goes the way we want it to.
When the fun Stops, STOP!
I played it in the beginning when I didn't know very well the moves and the way to play in a correct way, but as always not everybody is born knowing but learning and training, for that reason I still play with fictitious money but from time to time I play the real tournaments.
The only time I play with play money is when I play in the Cardschat League on PS. It has helped my game but that's because people play the league as if they're playing for real money. You don't get that from play money games otherwise so I don't bother playing play money. I play freerolls and lower dollar buy in tournies because that's what I like to play and what my bankroll affords me to play.
Play for play chips is worth playing if you have just learned poker hands and even then confuse a straight with a flush sometimes. But there is absolutely no point in sitting and rolling there distances, the game is completely different.
I used to, but found that I could win cash from Free-rolls and play Micro stakes instead, Play money is useful if you want to learn a different style of Poker like Omaha or Razz etc, without it costing you real money, but soon after learning the game you will be back to real money games tab and registering for real, it is Human Nature.
When the fun Stops, STOP!
When the fun Stops, STOP!
