How long should it take to learn how to play poker?
Filed under: Card Games
06 February 2009
Alex K asked:
minutes, days, weeks?
minutes, days, weeks?
I have NEVER played any form of Poker a day in my life, but i’m curious to learn, but if it takes a long time then i’m not interested.
February 9th, 2009 at 3:18 am
Learning the basic rules of the game can be done in minutes - hours depending on your teacher. Learning betting strategies, odds calculations, and bluffing can take years of practice.
February 10th, 2009 at 1:26 pm
Five minutes for the basics, a lifetime for the strategy.
February 11th, 2009 at 10:54 pm
it would take you 5 minutes if you have a great explainer like i had:)
February 13th, 2009 at 11:44 pm
just get a few people who can play it to show you the ropes, and help you as you go. it should only take a little while, about an hour? it’s a pretty straight-forward game and the more you play, the better you’ll get.
February 15th, 2009 at 1:12 am
Probably 5 years. If your real smart. If not, you probably never will learn. It’s very expensive to play poker when starting out. Find a better way to spend your money. Or play poker for poker chips or matches or toothpicks, if you must play.
February 17th, 2009 at 1:18 pm
It takes a minute to learn, and a lifetime to master.
February 19th, 2009 at 10:45 am
The great thing about poker is that it’s a relatively simple game that is very quick and easy to learn. 5 minutes to learn the rules I would say and from then there are so many places to practice and improve online (for free)