I am a beginner and do not know what keys to use to bet,call,fold or raise. I need help with that to get started.

which room do you play?

OPTIONS LOOK I ROOM YOU PLAY OR ASK LOKK IN HELP ZONE OR SEND QUSTION TO VIA E MAIL ABOUT YOUR PROBLEM TO SUPPORT OF CEARTIN ROOM

i play ftp, poker star , everest
when i vas beginner i played on titan, ap, ub
then i played on partypoker
bat my favorit ftp now
i played on felr star but not like it

The Texas Holdem Poker Beginner Strategy that I recommend is playing only the best starting Texas Holdem Poker hands.

The hands that you should be playing as a beginning Texas Holdem Poker player are: A-A, K-K, Q-Q, J-J, 10-10, 9-9, 8-8, A-Ks (the s means that both cards are the same suit – both clubs), A-Qs, K-Qs.

Limit yourself to only these hands. If you are dealt any cards outside of these hands then fold.

The goal is to have you win money. The best way to do that is to win as much as possible on the hands that you have a chance to win and to minimize your losses on hands where you have little or no chance to win. In other words, fold the bad hands.

If you have one of the best hands, I recommend that you raise your opponents. A raise does a couple of things for you.

tells you who else may have a strong hand (If they re-raise)

forces a player with a bad hand to fold

gets more money into the pot

When the flop hits you must assess:

Whether you have improved your hand or not.
Whether you have a hand that can win the game.
If you have improved your hand on the flop or still feel you have a good chance of winning, I recommend that you raise.

If you have not improved or don’t feel that your hand is good enough to win then I recommend folding.

Playing on the Turn and River is similar. Every time a card is dealt you should ask yourself:

Did you make your hand?
Do you have a good chance of making your hand?
Most importantly, is your hand good enough to win?
If it is I would raise. If it is not then I recommend folding.

If you do not have one of the best starting hands – FOLD

If you do have one of the best starting hands – bet or raise

After the flop if you have not improved your hand – FOLD

After the flop if you have improved your hand – raise

If after the Turn and River you have not improved your hand – FOLD

If after the Turn and River you have improved your hand – raise

Indeed, the three stages of the poker player, fish, barrracuda and shark.

We all start as fishes, if you follow a set of strict rules, calculate the odds to make your hand, to use position for your advantage, you will be able to improve your play and your hand range will increase.

calculate the odds to make your hand, to use position for your advantage

the KING of the KING

good hand and you should bluff many

look at what Simons said. In the beginning you need ti play conservatively. Pick the right cards.

Hang in there, us noobs have it rough, but pay attention to these guys, they will help you.

We were all noobs once, some of us will remain noobs, or semi noobs, forever.

Like someone once said "it's a easy game to learn, but hard to master", or something like that.

Watch the pro's playing, read good books about the game( check here).

A few good quotes that contain good advice:

David Sklansky on Poker
“When we play, we must realize, before anything else, that we are out to make money.”

From Big Deal by Anthony Holden
"Poker may be a branch of psychological warfare, an art form or indeed a way of life – but it is also merely a game, in which money is simply the means of keeping score."

David Mamet on Poker
"Poker reveals to the frank observer something else of import—it will teach him about his own nature. Many bad players do not improve because the cannot bear self-knowledge."

Bobby Baldwin on Poker
"You cannot survive without that intangible quality we call heart. The mark of a top player is not how much he wins when he is winning but how he handles his losses. If you win for thirty days in a row, that makes no difference if on the thirty-first you have a bad night, go crazy, and throw it all away."

Crandell Addington on Poker
"Limit poker is a science, but no-limit is an art. In limit, you are shooting at a target. In no-limit, the target comes alive and shoots back at you."

From Poker Nation by Andy Bellin
In the absence of any mathematical explanation, one thing is for certain; if you engage in games of chance long enough, the experience is bound to affect the way you see God. Successfully draw to an inside straight three hands in a row, and you’ve got to be blessed. But if you’re the person drawn out on, the one whose trip aces just got snapped for the third time, you will go home feeling cursed.

From The Gentleman’s Handbook on Poker by William J. Florence
The strong point in poker is never to lose your temper, either with those you are playing with or, more particularly, with the cards. There is no sympathy in poker. Always keep cool. If you lose your head you will lose all your chips.

Pug Pearson on Poker
“The real things to know is that folks will stand to lose more than they will to win. That’s the most important percentage there is. I mean, if they lose, they’re willin’ to lose everything. If they win, they’re usually satisfied to win enough to pay for dinner and a show. The best gamblers know that.”

From A Girlhood Among Gamblers by Katy Lederer
The cardinal sin in poker, worse than playing did cards, worse even than figuring your odds correctly, is becoming emotionally involved.

Amarillo Slim on Poker:
“It never hurts for potential opponents to think you’re more than a little stupid and can hardly count all the money in your hip pocket, much less hold on to it..”

Good quotes. Great job River.

thank you. I'll try to find a few more.

i love this one Bobby Baldwin on Poker
"You cannot survive without that intangible quality we call heart. The mark of a top player is not how much he wins when he is winning but how he handles his losses. If you win for thirty days in a row, that makes no difference if on the thirty-first you have a bad night, go crazy, and throw it all away."

Those are great quotes, and tips too. I'll be waiting for the next ones river.

how to play aces

Only luck

A few good quotes that contain good advice:

David Sklansky on Poker
“When we play, we must realize, before anything else, that we are out to make money.”

From Big Deal by Anthony Holden
"Poker may be a branch of psychological warfare, an art form or indeed a way of life – but it is also merely a game, in which money is simply the means of keeping score."

David Mamet on Poker
"Poker reveals to the frank observer something else of import—it will teach him about his own nature. Many bad players do not improve because the cannot bear self-knowledge."

Bobby Baldwin on Poker
"You cannot survive without that intangible quality we call heart. The mark of a top player is not how much he wins when he is winning but how he handles his losses. If you win for thirty days in a row, that makes no difference if on the thirty-first you have a bad night, go crazy, and throw it all away."

How to play Aces when behind its a raise and a re-raise