Any tips for a new player?

[Thirdi3]

I have been playing poker for 5 days now and I get to play in the 100k first deposit tourney and the free roll tournament tomorrow. Are there any good articles with poker strategy I should read beforehand or any good tips anyone can give me? Thanks in advance for any help.

[testuser582]

I'd say above anything else, PATIENCE is key. Wait for good hands. Don't play bad hands out of position because you are bored. King Jack offsuit is NOT a good starting hand

[buzzmania]

i agree ,patience is the key.

[Thirdi3]

So I got 3774'th place, I think I did pretty good for my first real tournament was in the top %5 and got like 15 hands in a row with nothing, oh well there is always next time

is that pretty good for my first tourney? or should I have done better?

[IreRaiseU]

3774th out of how many players?

If its like 4000 players i'd say not very good, but 10,000 players good job :P so its hard to say

[Thirdi3]

oops forgot to type it! lol, it was out of 20000

[Zab]

Dude that's not bad at all. If you stay within your range of hands you will do alright. Patience is key

[llima6]

Play jacks or better and be patience , don't do something stupid in first 4 levels, try to take a chance to double up ur stack .....

[TheCol]

Dont play crappy hands. Stick to pocket pairs and AK AQ AJ preferablly suited. And definitely fold when you know your beat.

[mclain]

I try to make it a rule to never play the first hand.Try to feel out the knuckleheads and beleive me there is always 1 or 2 in the first hand.exspecialy in freerolls.