ok...lets start from the beginning..

[stevesxm]

i can play hold em. not great but not a beginner. what i have never done is play online in any respect. what i would like to do are two things...

1) watch a table being played so that i can understand the timing and mechanisms for play...

2) play a table with "play money" to get the hang of how all this works...

are these things possible ?

[pofet]

First click the play poker button

1) Just click any table and dont join in and watch them play
2) In the top left corner of the window there are two buttons one for real money and the other for play chips.
I gave you some Forum Credits you can convert to play chips in here http://www.onlinepoker66.com/forum/creditsconverter.php so you can start.

[M_80]

No problem - at the top of the page select Forum - then look at the must read thread

[stevesxm]

thx ... will take a whack at it.