First step would be to join two plus two forums and start asking questions. There are so many books about poker but two stand out in my mind right now - Skalns

First step would be to join two plus two forums and start asking questions. There are so many books about poker but two stand out in my mind right now - Skalnsky's Theory of Poker and Ed Miller's series on Limit and No-Limit poker. There are many variations of poker and some of the latest flavors are pretty interesting, but No-Limit Hold'em is the most popular. Poker can be very lucrative but it is a tough game mentally. I played full time for a year and packed it up. Too much stress, as crazy as that sounds coming from a software programmer. I tracked it all and my database proves I'm a winner but at that time the game was dwindling and it just seemed like a tough future. Online in the US now is pretty brutal. Live is still a cake walk if you know your game.