Not all poker players are high rollers. Not all poker players are professionals and even amateurs all in favour of earning money from an afternoon spent on the card table. A LARGE NUMBER OF poker players wish to follow the sport for the easy unadulterated delight in watching the large names do their stuff, or they content themselves playing for match sticks with family and friends across the kitchen table.

And that features a lot of readers of the PokerStars Blog. But what If you have been thinking you want to step up from the kitchen table, and perhaps check out a poker table - within the virtual sense we mean. What if you wish to give playing online a try?

Well it's pretty simple to open a PokerStars account. In fact, clicking this link may have you place up very quickly. But what comes after that? Well, that's where PokerSchoolOnline comes in.

Ready to start out playing on PokerStars? Click here to get started.

PSO is a useful for any poker player, but especially for brand spanking new players looking to learn and improve. It's there you will see all types of resources, in addition to promotions that provide prizes to help you develop your game. Promotions like Scratch and Match, during which you'll be able to win daily tournament tickets. You get two chances to scratch and win each day.

As your game improves you'll be able to compete in skill leagues against players from across the world, or even learn from the pros, with forums and live poker training where you'll watch pros cards up after which ask questions, even those ones you're afraid to ask.

That leaves only one question, the only Daniel Negreanu asks within the video below. Would you like to get involved?

Whether you are a serious player or just enjoy playing for pennies with friends - you are a poker player. Play the sport on the level that suits you best. But when you are looking to make that next step then PokerSchoolOnline is the easiest place to start.

We'll see you there.

Stephen Bartley is a staff writer for the PokerStars Blog. Follow him on Twitter: @StephenBartley.

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