Joined: Jan '12
Location: Canada
Age: 34 (M)
Posts: 162
well... ive been playing online poker for a good year straight...and have not get the wins that ive been going for....little ones here and there...i play fairly good in my home games, i have invested some money into pokerstars during this time period....im not here to diss out pokerstars and call them rigged its a business yeah, they gotta make money too...but the money aint coming into my bankroll...lmao...thats ok i love playing poker, but would love to expand my knowledge....and have not really got any help...i noticed alot of good players receiving lots of help before winning the big money...but thats not what im after....of course i am...but thats a long term thing...im thinking short term game improving...., so if you would like some company in the online poker and possibly talk about tips and strategys that work for you...dont getme wrong...im not a bad player at all...i love to listen, and talk about poker, from where i am i cant get much help, and cant go straight to a casino...so online is a must for me....well, basicly im looking for a pokerbuddy inside the bankrollmob...
Joined: Jan '10
Location: Indonesia
Age: 60 (M)
Posts: 1875
I suggest start from zero. Learn basic poker theory for beginner ( conservative theory) . In fact that theory more effective to play micro or middle buy in. Start s n g first, if your percentage 60% ( 6 of 10 you win prize/ITM ) you could play MTT. Don't play at big site, start from small site first. For MTT I suggest Gear poker.For s n g , merge gaming, ex : Hero. Good luck, I wish you improve soon
Joined: Oct '08
Location: Canada
Age: 66 (M)
Posts: 2423
since you have a pokerstars account, join there poker school online, also good games to play when your starting out is the 10 player FIFTY50. start with the $1.50 buyin. these games are good because half the field gets paid instead of the top 3. so when there is only 5 players left, the game ends, and players get paid according to how many chips they have. at the $1.50 level your paid $1.39 plus $0.04 for every 100 chips you have. Its best to start small.as you start to win move up to higher stakes,.
don't dismiss freerolls as a spot to learn. there are tons(almost completely full) of bad players in which you can develop a tight aggressive winning style. If you cannot beat the worst players in the game then there is little hope in beating players with more skill.
Joined: Jan '12
Location: Canada
Age: 34 (M)
Posts: 162
right now i am running fairly decent in the p***************e leaderboard at 933 spot overall(open league)....i know my basic poker theory, NLHE is the game i am very used to playing, so that is what i stick to playing, also i do not use a hud,
i tryed that .1.2NL cash games in pokerstars but that very little success, SNG1.509 man ive cashed about 5/10, , but noticed that my bankroll got smaller, as the days went on by surely i was missing something, as for mtt's i have gotten busted early on in the game, well typically i waited for starting hands like AK AQ AJ, KQ, P10's and higher and opened it up a bit some when i can get in the pot cheap and never really had success ....well basically...i am stumped....
------------ i am leaning toward finding a smaller site, and start freerolling, and scrap the thought of reloading my pokerstar account, but what sites are best for building a reasonable bankroll?....
