Some may think that playing at the play money tables can be a good use of their time. In the same ideology, that playing at these non-profit tables can increase your skill. I plan to prove that playing at these tables is not only a waste of time but can actually work against your skill to decrease your awareness at the real-money tables. I will first list some advantages of playing at these tables, subsequently will then display how the disadvantages outweigh any possible benefits. Playing with play money is surely a waste of time.

The majority would assume that playing at these tables would increase their skill simply from experience. However, I beg to differ what counts as experience surely there could be positive and negative experiences. And with this said if you were to endure negative experience this would not benefit your future outcomes, it may even hinder them. Thus I believe playing at the play money tables can hinder future play and skill capability.

A positive result from playing at these professional tables is the math that comes with it. From playing, non-stop as many do, at these tables with play chips you can actually attain a basic concept of the statistical nature of poker. How many times out of 20 is my flush/straight going to hit? How many outs do I have and what is the percentage of me hitting one of them? How often is a high card going to come on the flop? Etcetera. In a contradiction if you are playing at these tables chances are you are not at the stage in your poker career where you are going to consider things of this nature. But, there may be the few, especially after they read this, that will take their play money games more seriously. But