Joined: Aug '08
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Like i told you i started to play poker online. At started i play quik seat´s table, i have win and i have lost money, because i didnt understand the game and lost a lot. In one day i lost 250€, for me it is a lot of money.
Joined: May '08
Location: Germany
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Stop playing with your own money, if you can't afford further losses.
I would suggest the Ultimate Bet offer at this site for you. They have 1/2 cent tables at a lot of games. So the 50$ bankroll will buy you time learning the game(s). If you understand the games better and have build your confidence, then you may deposit again.
Joined: Mar '08
Location: United Kingdom
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Whats your user name and were do you play, dont go bankrupt yet, ill show you how to play, honest Seriosly why ary you putting money in to a game that you dont understand, go learn a bit, or throw the money in to a wishing well, you have more chance of winning there. You will be on a lot of buddy lists and wont stand a chance. unless this is to get us BRM users to hunt you and find that you are a online pro GL
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Posted by 1alexpoker_x: Hello after 3years of playing poker i dont no what it means bankroll. Can you tell me whatit means ? Thank you
Bankroll is the money you have put aside for playing poker. If you take the Ultimate Bet offer this site would give you 25$ + 25$ bonus that can be cleared as you play. So your bankroll would be that 25 bucks. Maybe you go to the playmoneytables first, to try to handle the clientsoftware from Ultimate Bet (and the rules of your chosen game ) .
Joined: Mar '08
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Did you only reaf the first line?(iHasReads) I advised him to go learn the game b4 throwing away his money. But after reading the outher post, played for 3 years and is unsure of what a bankroll is, and is confused by the game, sometimes its best to quit b4 you start.
Joined: May '08
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If you have allready an account at ultimate bet, the next suggestion would be CD Poker.
They are part of the ipoker network and offer low limit tables as well. 2/4 cent are the lowest tables there, if i remember correctly. Titan is in the same network, but the bankrollmob bonus has only have the size, compared to the cd poker offer.
i agree with shokaku, if you're new to the game you shouldn't be risking too much money to play, better play micro sitngo, until you've learned the way to win consistently.
Joined: Oct '08
Location: Norway
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Dont play for more than you can afford. Set a limit for your play and dont go all crazy at once... i have a limit that i only deposit 50$ once a month, and i respect that limit. I feel that it is the best to just learn the game first before depositing more.
Think about it: You deposit 50$ and loose while learning, 50$ isnt all that much. But while doing so you will learn the game whilst keeping the losses at low costs.
When you improve your game you will get better and losses will get lower and you will start maintaining a bankroll and since you only deposit once a month, you see the importance of the money.
Joined: Oct '07
Location: Denmark
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U should consider playing with the play money until you fully understand the name of the game. Bankroll management is very important but not in the beginning when using one of the BRM offers. the reason is that you need to play a lot in order to get the full value of the offer. When you i.e accomplish the 100$ mark you should start considering bankroll management. but note that on many sites 100$ is not much when following the common Bankroll management guidelines. And finally - read books, blogs etc. for more information and understanding of the whole bankroll management part of the game.
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Posted by 1alexpoker_x: Like i told you i started to play poker online. At started i play quik seat's table, i have win and i have lost money, because i didnt understand the game and lost a lot. In one day i lost 250�, for me it is a lot of money.
Sea tomorrow.
You should have started on low limits. Its like climbing up the stairs. If you want to get up you must start from the first step.
best thing to do is to play for fake or "playmoney" first. If you don't crush the playmoney tables then don't even consider 1c/2c NL!
I began with playmoney and I found myself millionaire after a month and thought poker was easy so I deposited money and I lost it all (25$) then I learned a little bit and deposited again and lost it all again. I learned some more and deposited again (50$ this time) and I won a little but then lost it all. So I didn't deposit anymore and only played freerolls with all the player points I had collected (PokerRoom). Then one day I got in 1st place in a freeroll and had 112$ and I played sit 'n go's and freerolls. A few weeks later I won another freeroll (1st place out of 3000 for 50$) and now I had more than all the money I deposited!
After that I deposited 25$ on pokerstars and moved my bankroll from PokerRoom to there too and played 2c/5c cash games and sit 'n gos. Since then I'm at 5c/10c having taken 2 (failed) shots at 10c/25c NL and soon taking another shot with my now 460$ bankroll (pokerstars) On Titan poker I managed to change my 50$ from BRM into 150$ and my 25$ partyPoker into 46$.
The one thing that really helped is patience. Having the patience to grind out 1c/2c NL and small tournaments is key to winning in poker.
I use a very simple system and that is to not use more than 5% of my bankroll for Sit 'n gos and cashgames (buy-in) and not more than 2% for big tournaments. if I cannot buy in for less than 5% then I drop down a limit.
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