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sc1pio United States. Jan 21 2011 16:32. Posts 117

I'm pretty bad at poker but I'm trying to learn, and it's difficult when you don't have the capital to start a serious bankroll. This causes me to play scared, which makes the situation even worse. This is what my month of january looks like:

In both graphs I start running pretty good but then start to do worse. It's not tilt, I'm not actually angry at being sucked out, its just the stress of the game weighing down on me.

I know poker is about swings but I don't know if I can withstand much more of this thrill of running $25 up to $100 in two days followed by a complete bust within 20 hours. Maybe I'm just not cut out for this is all.

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Coaly United States. Jan 21 2011 17:38. Posts 120

Reading some basic beginner tutorials on 2+2 / lp would probably be a good start. 5nl rush and 2nl you can play super tight basic and do fine. Stats and your strategy thoughts might be good info for others to give you advice on as well.

sc1pio United States. Jan 21 2011 18:20. Posts 117

I've read the tutorials here, and I've read most of the Theory of Poker.

Here's my current stats based on position:

I guess the immediate leak would be playing too many hands out of the blinds... but any others anyone can see based on this?

drone666 Brasil. Jan 21 2011 18:29. Posts 1825

such a small sample that doesn`t say anything
play more

Dont listen to anything I say

vasoline73 United States. Jan 21 2011 18:56. Posts 808

You should be playing closer to 20/18 or something imo. I'm saying this because you don't sound too confident in your game. Tighten up a bit... maybe consider not playing rush without a large enough bankroll for it.

Also yeah sample size is way small.

Coaly United States. Jan 21 2011 20:26. Posts 120

You need to tighten up a lot imo. Should help a huge amount. Like basically cut off the bottom of your ranges in all positions. At nl2 and nl5, especially nl5 rush you can play a really premium range of hands and make money. People will call dominated and station dominated.

Check out here http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/69/micro-stakes-pl-nl/ and here specifucally http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/69/micro-stakes-pl-nl/unl-archives-memorable-strategy-threads-430489/

env0y_nl Netherlands. Jan 22 2011 05:53. Posts 244

i play more like 16/14 overall, your to loose,
but nice to play the big blind profitable but you call to much on the BB though.

Conquer, but dont triumph

Last edit: 22/01/2011 06:01

sc1pio United States. Jan 22 2011 13:23. Posts 117

I should probably stop being a whiny bitch:

Also thanks for the help everyone, I'll try to tighten up in the future.