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You get points for contributing to the rake. So with our small bankroll we can't make points to easily there. First step should be to build the roll, and not to look to make to many points. They have really low games (NL2) so even with only 10 bucks we have a few buy ins. DoNs are at $1.08, again we have a few buy ins. You can choose to play the Horse Sng freerolls to make a few bucks, before you play with your money.
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I guess the HORSE freerolls is a good option to get used to the room, but it's only 10 cents, so you have to win a few of these. But if you see these freerolls, it's madness there . Almost everyone goes all-in in the first hand, so it's just a coinflip. But if you get lucky and win the showdown, just manage that lead and you can win easily.
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Posted by Gabri: I guess the HORSE freerolls is a good option to get used to the room, but it's only 10 cents, so you have to win a few of these. But if you see these freerolls, it's madness there . Almost everyone goes all-in in the first hand, so it's just a coinflip. But if you get lucky and win the showdown, just manage that lead and you can win easily.
Yeah that's pretty much the only tactic in these, pointless folding the first hand as it's very likely you'll be against someone with a 7-1 chip lead over you...
Play careful, with respect for other players and play only with good cards. And do not forget to not let other players see your cards for free. If you gonna follow this rules start will be easy. Good luck!
I win the 0.10$ free Horse in 2 hands!!!!!!!!!!! Really! LOL! 9 allin preflof first hand (I have AKo) and I win. In heads hp allin preflop, I had QQ, my opponent A4s!
I play SSH in NL4 and play DON 1$... For me is impossible play for less.. My real money is 8.25$ now.
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there are $ 0.10 sng: you have about 100 buyins in those with ten bucks; and about 50 buyins in $ 0.20 ones.
if u want strictly respect bankroll management these SNGs are the only way to do it with 50 buyins, if u are a winning player, you should resist to downswing and be able to increase your roll.
I'm not able because I have not enough patience to play those levels and til now I get this way:
from 10 to 18 from 18 to 0 from 0 to 2.5 with freeroll sng and some horse freeroll from 2.5 to 11 now I'm at 4.5 (still about 90 pts)
I think it's better I will apply for myself what I'm suggesting to other people
I have 8.25$ and 13 pts, but i will go broke... Play for 0.10$ is not possible for me, I have a bankroll of 1600$ in another poker rooms... Or live or dead in next 3-4 session...
Posted by JoeJeavons: $1+0.08 DoNs x 9 and NL2x5bi's isn't great BRM but you have to go for it really imo. Use the HORSE freerolls as a back up if you need to.
Exactly the advice I would give there,starting with the $1 DoNs as first real money games is a must... starting in cash games with $10 as bankroll is not really the right idea. gl
I also recieved my 10$ and I'm going to play some Don's to start with, hopefully I can get it to like 30$ so I can easely play the 4NL, only problem is that the 1$ Dons fill very very very slowly I play the Horse freerolls while I'm waiting (managed to get like 2$ out of them haha). GL with the bankroll.
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My answer is Short Stack Strategy. You can read about that in a lot of sites in the internet. It is a boring tactic? maybe.. but it is great to begginers and the risk is smaller than playing poker other way than that! Good luck with your poker^!
Posted by magatt966: tell me at what tables u decided to suicide: cash game or sng?
just joking, wish u good luck and let us know what will happen
Update. After 3 session. I play SSS in NL4 multitable in 7 table, DON NLH 1$, DON OMAHA 1$. Nothing to do with some donk... Now I have 17.98$ and 38.99pts...
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Posted by Sardoso:
Posted by magatt966: tell me at what tables u decided to suicide: cash game or sng?
just joking, wish u good luck and let us know what will happen
Update. After 3 session. I play SSS in NL4 multitable in 7 table, DON NLH 1$, DON OMAHA 1$. Nothing to do with some donk... Now I have 17.98$ and 38.99pts...
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Well, $10 is not much of a bankroll. But it is free, so no complaints...
You can't really follow proper BRM, as you really don't have one, and the $0.10/$0.20 SNG(proper BRM) would probably take you forever to dbl thru, but what do I know.
I can tell you what I did, and I took the $10 to $47 in about 3 hours. This is ballsy and fearless, maybe even stupid, but hey what can you do with $10?
$5.40 NLHE DON ITM, so now I have, what $14.60? That was pretty easy, let's try that again. Took 20-30 min. $5.40 NLHE DON ITM, so now I have, what $19.20? Took 20-30 min. Decent start, but I'm not a big fan of DONs. I should have stayed on that path and continued to build my roll, but, again, maybe I'm not too smart. So I played a $2 or $4 Bounty SNG, for a little more action. Did alright, 2nd, with a few bounties, and made another $8 or so(must have been $2). Was up to ~$27...
Posted by klopmand: Well, $10 is not much of a bankroll. But it is free, so no complaints...
You can't really follow proper BRM, as you really don't have one, and the $0.10/$0.20 SNG(proper BRM) would probably take you forever to dbl thru, but what do I know.
I can tell you what I did, and I took the $10 to $47 in about 3 hours. This is ballsy and fearless, maybe even stupid, but hey what can you do with $10?
$5.40 NLHE DON ITM, so now I have, what $14.60? That was pretty easy, let's try that again. Took 20-30 min. $5.40 NLHE DON ITM, so now I have, what $19.20? Took 20-30 min. Decent start, but I'm not a big fan of DONs. I should have stayed on that path and continued to build my roll, but, again, maybe I'm not too smart. So I played a $2 or $4 Bounty SNG, for a little more action. Did alright, 2nd, with a few bounties, and made another $8 or so(must have been $2). Was up to ~$27...
Not bad, I may add for 2 hours of play...
More later...
Not bad going at all. Risky certainly but they sometimes pay off!
When my bankroll was about that size i used to play SNG's around 40buyins max, maybe 35 at some points and even though it took a long time to grinding, the risk of going broke is small if you avoid tilt. After that 0.5/0.10NL is easy money on most sites, although i don't think your properly rolled for that just yet, maybe limit but not NL imo. Alot of the players there are just plain terrible & ive come across some of the worst players ever at those limits. Good luck.
Posted by Sardoso: I have 8.25$ and 13 pts, but i will go broke... Play for 0.10$ is not possible for me, I have a bankroll of 1600$ in another poker rooms... Or live or dead in next 3-4 session...
If you have 1600 $, wtf are you playing BigBet in ? With a so small bankroll you only have to be calm, respect rules and bankrolls and be lucky. Just to know, did you manage to increase your roll or did you lose all money?
A Sardoso, che caxxo giochi a fare su BigBet se hai 1600 pippi da un'altra parte? Sei sempre più sola...
. Almost everyone goes all-in in the first hand, so it's just a coinflip. But if you get lucky and win the showdown, just manage that lead and you can win easily.
