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 Getting "real" practice, LakerFan, 23. Dec 2003 13:32 | ||
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| I've just started playing online (3 mos or so) with play money at UB and PokerStars. Also opened an account at UB and started playing 0.01/0.02. I want to play in the sit and go's. I am wondering what the best way to get "real" practice. Play money tables are usually filled with maniacs that jam it with anything. My thought is to stick with the minimum real money tables and move up. I've read Hellmuth's book a few times and am getting through "Super System", but love to play. Most thoughts are "get out there and play", but I'm not too keen on wagering too much too soon. I won't play above my wallet, I'm not in this to get rich, but I want to have a good time and learn, learn, learn. Will 0.01/0.02 tables give me the "real" practice? | ||
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| Re: Getting "real" practice, Dupree, 23. Dec 2003 13:53 | ||
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| Your best bet is to bite the bullet, come up with a spare $6 ($5+0.50) and just play a limit sit and go. I got lucky and won my first one. Play real tight and watch. You could probably fold every hand pre-flop and still easily come in 5th or 6th place. The top 3 places pay in a 10 player table. That means if you place, you at least (almost) double up. I find that the $5 SnG tables to be an excellent way to get some relevant experience cheaply. Dupree | ||
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| Re: Getting "real" practice, Mark Barnett II, 23. Dec 2003 16:01 | ||
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| if you have the discipline you can turn $1.50 into $300+ *i magically turned $300 into $700+ then into $1.50 and back to $300+* to answer your question i would say poker doesnt really start til .25/.50 but you can use the lower limits as trying out places/learning the ropes Rule #1 of Poker Circumstances alter cases Rule #2 NEVER forget rule #1 | ||
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| Re: Getting "real" practice, Guy F, 23. Dec 2003 21:21 | ||
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| on 23. Dec 2003 16:01 Mark Barnett II wrote: > to answer your question i would say poker doesnt really start til .25/.50 but you > can use the lower limits as trying out places/learning the ropes I've been playing < 6 mos myself but this matches my experience so far. The .25/.50 level, at least on PokerStars, is where people started to behave the way I'd been learning about in the books. Below that there seemed to be more gambling than skill. I didn't see myself improving, just getting annoyed at the number of people hanging around in pots for their miracle card. And with 4-6 people seeing the river one of them was going to catch it. The only important skills I was developing were extreme patience and the ability to shrug off bad beats. Good things to have, but not much fun. It wasn't completely useless experience, though, as it drove me to run lots of simulations on how many people had to be in a hand for different holdings to win < 50% of the time. Kind of an eye opener for me. WIth 1 opponent lots of starting hands look good. With 3 or more, even QQ ain't so hot. | ||
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