Quote Originally Posted by badape
Try to hit a few home games if you can as well, if your playing with friends they'll usually tell you how they play
ech. I've never played in a home game with even two solid players, players I would gain any useful knowledge from listening to them talk.

Get the guy on the forum, that's where he'll learn valuable information.

Quote Originally Posted by badape
you can learn alot more by paying a very small price(usually home games are 10~20 bucks buyin).
Yeah, but almost every home game nowadays is a tourney. Not learning the cash game, and probably not getting to play for very long. Also, 20 bucks is 2 buyins for his limit, and he'd get a lot of play online out of those, most likely.

Quote Originally Posted by badape
If your going to a casino/online site and try to learn the game the players are never going to tell you how they play and your just sitting there throwing your money away. The book helps to a certain extent and after that its all about experience.
These two statements contradict each other. It's about learning, or it's about experience? I personally think he's not 'throwing away his money.' He's probably slightly above average at 10NL already. It absolutely is about experience, and he needs to get it at the table.