Hey all,

First off, I am sure you get questions like this all the time so i apologize for more of the same. I have read all the essays and hands here and some of the forum posts however.

Well I have not played any poker online. In fact the majority of my experience is in low-limit home games. However the FTR site has just about convinced me that I should go with NLHE. Someone on another site suggested that to start playing cash games online I should try some tournaments. So my questions are these?

1) What is the best way to get started playing online with cash. I am comfortable enough with the actual structure of the game and such that I dont think I need to play free money games.

2) Do you think tournaments are a good way to start out or do they demand a strategy that is different enough from ring games to make it not worth my while at this point?

Chris