A Friend Want's Me To Teach Him Poker

[Aseldo 0]

This guy I met at work somehow found out I liked poker and asked me if I could teach him how to play, of course I accepted as seeing a good opportunity to make friends with this guy.Well today I tried to teach him Texas hold'em and it kinda failed...everytime I was trying to explain something I ran into other problems like explaining blinds and the button which he found hard to understand.This guy is a super beginner and doesnt even know that ace is the best card .Can anyone give me some advice on how to teach him, for example where's a good place to start?

[eYank 0]

tell him to go out and buy the cheapest poker book and Barnes and noble and read like the 1st chapteruse pictures and stuff too

[FourFlusher 0]

Teach him draw, or stud first. Learn the ranks, what beats what.

[JesseW316 0]

1-Teach about the deck. 52 cards, 4 suits so, 13 of each suit. ace can be low or high, deuce through king.2-hands- high card, pair, two pair, etc.3- make the best five card hand, two cards in your hand and eventually five cards on the board.4- the play of hands- blinds, calling, betting, folding, checkinggo from there

[JMoney2681 0]

This guy I met at work somehow found out I liked poker and asked me if I could teach him how to play, of course I accepted as seeing a good opportunity to make friends with this guy.Well today I tried to teach him Texas hold'em and it kinda failed...everytime I was trying to explain something I ran into other problems like explaining blinds and the button which he found hard to understand.This guy is a super beginner and doesnt even know that ace is the best card .Can anyone give me some advice on how to teach him, for example where's a good place to start?

Call me crazy, but after explaning the "hand strengths" I always explain the blinds/button next...

[NarSARSsist 0]

1-Teach about the deck. 52 cards, 4 suits so, 13 of each suit. ace can be low or high, deuce through king.2-hands- high card, pair, two pair, etc.3- make the best five card hand, two cards in your hand and eventually five cards on the board.4- the play of hands- blinds, calling, betting, folding, checkinggo from there

That's a pretty good order, though I might switch 2 and 3, since it would be confusing to hear "a full house, which is XXYYY, beats a flush, which is 5 cards of the same suit" w/o knowing the object of the game or how you get said 5 cards.

[TB17 0]

Flash cards and sign language.

[Hawk 0]

Tell him to just call everything... he'll prolly win the WSOP next year.

[WallstreetMSU 0]

lol

[yergan 0]

4- the play of hands- blinds, calling, betting, folding, checking

The way that I explain betting, raising etc to beginners is to explain that "the round ends, when everyone has put in the same amount of money, or folded."

[finztotheleft 0]

Mess with his head and teach him California Hold Em

[yourboygsarida 0]

Mess with his head and teach him California Hold Em

no no, he said he wanted to learn poker. not about 12s and unsuited things.

[scottyno 0]

tell him to watch jamie gold at the wsop and play just like him, he'll never lose because jamie gold is the greatest of all time

[FourFlusher 0]

Tell him to stuff two grand in his pockets and wander into the Mirage.

[ForRealDD 0]

I've tried to teach before....I just can't. GL to you on that....

[Stylin_Fish 0]

1)Teach him RoShamBo so he can get into the ME for next to nothing.2)Teach him hand strengths(let the dealer and other players worry about his blinds)3)Unleash him on the Main Event.

[Gottheit 0]

When I was a youngster I always used to play my Nintendo, and that's actually where I first learned how to play five card draw and blackjack. I obsessed over this game called Casino Kid (click the name for details and screenshots of the game). Some sites claimed the computer cheated and that it's impossible to beat the game, but I very specifically remember beating it on multiple occasions. But, in this day and age, it's probably better to just research some basic resources online and let him loose on the play money tables at FCP, or stars, or w/e site you like to play on. This way you could join him at a table, or setup a private table, and just work on his game. There's really no need to spend money on the basic poker instruction, as it's all readily available online. If he prefers hard copies of what he's reading, just print stuff out.

[AcesUp46 0]

I taught my gf how to play poker last year. I had a free DVD with a WPT book that I had bought and made her watch the 'Rules of Poker' intro that came with it.

[Mercury69 3]

Give him 10K$, tell him to register for a WPT event and see how quickly he picks it up. It worked for Jamie Gold.

[grannysmith 0]

i would just watch a few wsop or wpt or whatever poker shows on tv with him.try to explain why people do what, etc.

[IQCrash 1]

Tell him the first rule is when you rake in a pot, you jump out of your seat, do a fist pump (sometimes two) and yell, "TOTAL FACIAL!" at the person you beat. Even if it's online.