Best way to start playing poker for real?

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Best way to start playing poker for real?

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I am a big poker player and want to start playing for some money online. It will be my first time playing for cash online and i am just wondering what amount of money i should expect to start with to get my on my feet.
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$71.

Why? Well, for several reasons. First of all, it's the 20th prime number. The 21st is 73, making them twin primes. 71 is also a permutable prime. Moreover, it is the largest supersingular prime which is a Chen prime as well. Since 71^2 = 7! + 1, with 7 it comprises the largest known pair of Brown numbers. The sum of the primes less than 71 is divisible by 71. Finally, and perhaps most importantly, 71 is the algebraic degree of Conway's constant. If you don't know what that means, I shall have to ask you to step outside.

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Irrespective of the detailed analysis above, the correct answer is, and always will be, 42.
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matthewjems1 wrote: ... i am just wondering what amount of money i should expect to start with to get my on my feet.
I would suggest you start with $1M. Put half of it in investments and see how long the other half lasts in poker.

Then live off the other $500K as long as you can without poker.
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Gee, never played poker in an internet casino and wants us to put up OUR money to enable him to try his luck.

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matthewjems1 wrote:I am a big poker player and want to start playing for some money online.
The first thing you need to do is to lose some weight. I don't know how big you could be, but it never hurts to shed those extra pounds. Many big poker players don't realize that they are morbidly obese and are literally betting their lives when they approach the table with all that extra weight. First inside straight they draw usually leads to coronary arrest and the dealer raking in all of their chips.

It ain't worth the risk. Get rid of your inner tube and then come back for some tips on getting into online poker.
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And ... matthewjems1 returned and edited in a sig with commercial spam.

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Well, that only took 5 days, I marvel at his patience, and his general lack of good sense, considering what all had been written before hand, and anticipation of his next comment.
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