Well, when I'm not playing Battlefield 2 nor my Steam games, I like to try my hand at a bit of online poker. All of the online poker sites I play at have free software and you can generally "Freeroll" (play for free) your way into real money.
Typically, I play at:
Full Tult Poker (
www.fulltiltpoker.com)
Bodog (
www.bodog.com)
Pokerstars (
www.pokerstars.com)
I've tried quite a few poker sites, but these three seem to have the best layouts.
New to poker? Full Tilt offers a free training program called the Full Tilt Poker Academy at
http://academy.fulltiltpoker.comAlso, you can learn the basic hand-rankings of poker and the basic rules for Texas Hold'em by Googling "Hand Rankings."
As for poker books, so far I've read 2 of Daniel Negreanu's books:
Hold'em Wisdom for All PlayersMore Hold'em Wisdom for All PlayersBoth books are pretty easy to read and somewhat easy to follow....
If you want to signup for one of the online poker rooms I listed and don't mind using me as a referral, send me a PM first with your email address and I'll email you a special link that will give me credit should you ever decide to play for money.
Take care!
-Mike