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Psychohawk United States. Jul 06 2009 21:12. Posts 5

Sorry for the semi-long / spastic / poor grammar post but i need help!!!

Hey LP, I've been lurking here for a few months but have now chosen to make an account to seek advice. I have been playing poker for about 6 months now and currently play at Absolute Poker at NL50 and NL25 under the name Psychohawk(the first 3 months i played at fulltilt under the name zlaught in which i pretty much had no clue on how to play and just mass grinded ftp tournaments and then would mess around trying/wasting my money on different games), my bankroll has now fallen to around 800$ and am no longer able to play NL50. I normally play 15-20 tables FR (this site doesn't always have 20tables at nl25 for fr when i do play and recently have been breaking even or losing for about the past 3 weeks. I play 6max once in awhile but i seem to also just break even in that right now. Since summer has started I have been play 6-8 hours a day (before summer i didnt play much) and feel like I haven't gotten much better, if at all. What I'm wondering is what i should do now if i want to get better, Should i keep trying to multitable and move up limits or should i switch to 6max and play less tables, or should i switch to a different site and give sng's/tournaments a try (Right now this seems like the choice i feel like is best). I feel like i get my money in good and play well but since i have been breaking even the past 3 weeks i am obviously not doing either.

Uhhh some other questions/things-
1.should i be using poker programs? i have never used any and not sure if they help much
2.is absolute poker safe to play on? i watched some tv show and they talked about how like the head person on there scams people (which im not sure is true/ dont think happens at my limits but idk what do you guys think/know)
3.I currently have 2800 status points on Absolute poker which is way ahead of what i need atm to hit the highest rank of Diamond elite or w/e it is were you get the 9% interest thing, i can get this if i keep 20 tabling for the rest of the month, is this alone worth it to keep multitabling and breaking even there?
4.when watching johnnycosmos video from the lp vids thread on the site donkeytest, i took the test and got like 120 on everything and 143 on mtt, is this accurate and should i be playing mtt's/sng's or is it just another dumb test that doesnt mean anything.
5.oh yeah lastly,i found this site because i lurk TL and saw liquidpoker and checked it out one day. I used to play starcraft a lot under the names Zlaught/Abr/th[em] and some others(lol i like to change my name a lot ;/)

this is all i can think of now but im sure ill have a lot more questions but thanks in advance to anyone with some advice on what i should do

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Critterer United Kingdom. Jul 06 2009 21:23. Posts 5337

1. DEFINITELY if u are playing 15-20 tables without pokertracker then u are probably leaking like hell
2. not sure really, since the scandal id expect they have totally cleaned up but then u cant be sure, id say its very little risk playing there though tbh.
3. no idea what absolutes rake system is like so cant say, long run unless ur at fairly higher stakes id say its not worth thinking about rakeback and stuff and more think about improving as a player.
4. its kinda accurate but definitely not worth basing ANYTHING upon, i would not choose a type of game based upon this test
5. not so much a question

in general i would first invest in etiher holdem manager or pokertracker, i would personally go for pokertracker but theres a lot of people who will argue HEM to the death also, so its pretty much personal choice.

15-20 tabling a hud will help you greatly, but u might find better results if you just cut back the tables a bit so you can pay more attention.

once you get a pokertracker program u will be able to post a screenshot of your stats which will help massively for people to critique ur play since its a bit impossible to give good advice without any idea how to see what ur leaks are

Good luck!

LudaHid: dam.ned dam.ned dam.ned. LudaHid: dam.ned northwooden as..hole

Psychohawk United States. Jul 06 2009 22:06. Posts 5

Alright thanks a lot for the help, i just got HEM professional version so hopefully this will help a bit and i guess ill post my stats after a few sessions so i can find out what im doing wrong , thanks again

joLin United States. Jul 06 2009 22:33. Posts 3818

cut down on tables.

YoUr_KiLLeR @ TL

TremendousGats Canada. Jul 06 2009 22:37. Posts 467

1. play LESS tables, like 4-6 and improve as a player
2. Get Hold Em Manager, by far the best poker software on the market.
3. Dont worry about a silly test score, that stuff means nothing.

How you want it, bars or bullets?

Uptown . Jul 06 2009 23:29. Posts 3557

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Half Pot!

hoylemj United States. Jul 07 2009 00:09. Posts 840

I'm working on a new book for micros...just wait on it, it's gonna be $750, but it'll have all you need.