Posted Tue Feb 13, 2007 10:54 am GMT by bcndiamond
A few months ago, I watched HSP Season 2 and I really liked the show.
I started playing poker at some random online pokerroom for playmoney.
After a while I stopped playing because I had exams at schools.
Two weeks ago I started playing again, and deposited 20$ at PKR.
I go to the casino once in a while, and I came back with 200 Euro profit playing Black Jack, so I thought Id use some of that to play online poker and have some fun.
So the poker room told me I get an additional 30$ on my account at my first deposit. At this room you get points for raked pots, so I would have to get 3000 points to qualify for the additional 30 bucks. Or like 100 points for every dollar in fees spend on tourneys. I lost my 20$ pretty much in the first hour playing online, but I thought its all good ill get 30 Bucks back soon, So i deposited again 20dollars in my account and played with that a little more carefull, I went broke in 2 days this time. But I was almost there so I deposited 50$ this time and got my 30dollar bonus just in time before i went broke, so i had 31$ on my account now, and played till I had 5 left. . I watched some more poker online, and vistited sites to learn more about strategys and how to play.
I did my first S&G 3+0.30 and won 15$.
Then I played 5+0.50 10seater and got in 1st place and won 25$
Then I played in a 1000$ premium freeroll with 700 runners.
I got in 6th place losing with trip Aces against a low straight.
Yesterday my account was up to <60$ but unfortunately its at 0.00$ again after a day playing 0.10/0.25c.
I dont think I played really bad for a beginner, i guess my biggest problem is that if I loose like 10$ i get pissed off and start loosing more and more, till i go broke.
Im really competitive and I really like this game now, also the attitude of people playing it. So im going to deposit 100$ next week, and start playing more serious. I got the feeling im doing alot better at tournements, so Im going to start only playing those, I have heard people talking about Brolls
but how should I work with this on S&G as a beginning player ?
I heared people on this forum talking about Harrington, I downloaded Volume 3 yesterday and printed it. I cant seem to find volume 1&2 tho.
I play at the room PKR at the moment, don't know wether this is a good room to play or not.
Did you guys had some alike expierence when you started playing online ?
Or are you now sitting on a 10k stack wich still includes your first deposit..
-_- would be kinda discouraging 
Anyway i need advise on how to start with a fresh start and 100$ BR.
Thanks for all response to a nub.
Gl on the tables
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Posted Tue Feb 13, 2007 11:01 am GMT by aaronw
Bankroll management is the key... noway you should be playing $0.25/$0.50 on a $60 bank roll. The standard rule is that you shouldhave 20 buy ins for cash games and 30 buyins for SNGS (someone correct me if I am wrong?!!?!?).
Posted Tue Feb 13, 2007 1:14 pm GMT by Phil14312
Buy a couple of good books. Harrington on Hold'em I've heard is good for tourneys. But basically one or two of any books will give you some bankroll considerations and some basic strategy.
For low-LIMIT games: Small Stakes Hold'em by Sklansky/Miller/Malmuth
Maybe some other people can chime in with some other book recommendations.
Posted Tue Feb 13, 2007 6:29 pm GMT by tame_deuces
Read some books, practice bankroll management. Take some small steps and invest 200-300 bucks in a bankroll for playing 10NL and don't start doing anything fancy until you feel comfortable with your game, a tight and careful approach will get you on your way for this level just fine, but as time goes you should def. open your game a little more, but you should have learned how by then.
After feeling sure of yourself, you could try to grind it up to a stake for playing higher or put in some more money from your own pocket pending on your own wishes for playing poker. Some do the grind and others just want to play recreationally, nothing wrong with either.
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