Hi I am a new player here - started yesterday.
I am not yet familiar with all details in this site, but so far the idea looks fine.
I have played poker a few years. Mostly tournaments but I have tried some cash games also.
About 4 years ago when I was a total newbie I won a satellite of 800 players (buy-in $200 which I also won from a satellite), where the reward was a ticket to EPT Copenhagen worth of $6500. Well the tourney was sold out and I received money instead. I needed the money for other than poker purposes and lost a chance to start with a nice BR. After that I occasionally deposited money to different sites, but I didn't take the game seriously. I played games that I could not afford. With only $400 BR I joined tables where the minimum buy-in was like $100. I didn't know much about bankroll management.
I have decided to make a new start/try. I have not played real money games in many months.
I have learned a lot during these couple of years and believe/hope that I will not make the same mistakes again. I have played 4 years also in a poker school. There I started doing much better this year and my ranking raised considerably. Unfortunately the school was closed.
My known problems:
- bankroll management (which I have now studied from the net, but advice always welcome)
- playing too loose sometimes (I anyway prefer shorthanded tables)
- jumping too early to higher stake games
Now started with $10 roll here. First evening was ups and downs - but ended up to $10.65 roll.
This morning played 30 minutes and now have $12.27. Excited to see how this will continue, when I try hard not to lose the BR. I have never really started from the micro stake games.
/ Nuijasota from Finland
New player
My first questions are:
- should I try multitabling from the beginning - most that I am used to is 2 tables same time?
- how to play against big bullies, who raise every hand 10xBB in short handed tables? if I just wait for an excellent hand, I play one hand in 20-30 minutes, and can't afford that in short handed table.
/ Nuijasota
Welcome to your new home for poker, hope you enjoy your stay here. I would start slow with the multitables, as your BR increases then you can start adding more tables. Just play tight, I wouldn't play shorthanded tables until you have enough buyins to handle the swings. If your a good lag player than by all means go ahead but with only a starting BR of $10 any form of bad start just cripples your chance of survival. Good luck and hope to see some of your hands in the future.
Playing the $10 games in Absolute poker.
Not an easy start when I faced a losing streak which brought my roll down to $4. Lost to runner runners and if I had a premium hand guys drew successfully past me, I lost all flush draws when my opponents were too many times succesfull with their flush draws against me.
Now (14 Nov morning) I climbed from 4 -> 9.8 in an hour. The fight goes on.
Having had average luck my roll should be now around $25. After 3 days play. For some reason - maybe bad run of cards - I have done not so well in full tables, but much better in short handed tables. And I suppose I am a LAG player. How good - that is to be seen.
