noob help plz guys

ive only learned how to play poker like a month ago, i'm reading and watching vids and stuff but was wandering if there were any tips and tricks i could learn from you guys, . i deposited $10 for the first time about 5 days ago, i played cash game 3/6c games . on the first night i doubled up, then the next day i got to $40 . but like a idiot i started playin tournaments and didnt know what i was doing and lost, so now today i got myself from 60c to $3 .ive been folding %80 so far, i notice i get impatient and or to excited and call .

what are the best hands usually to call with, i mean besides the obvious, sort of a half bluff blind bet ?

any replies will be appreciated , thanks

I would check out Full Tilt's online acadamy... lots of great information in there on these exact questions.

Good luck on the felts!!

Read, read, read. You went from $10 to $40 to 60 cents in a few days you need to read about & understand bankroll management or quit playing poker. Good luck & welcome to the forum.

thanks for the replies , deff will be reading allot, and thanks for the welcome

. also i play on 888poker.com

are there differences in full tilt or are they the same?

Welcome to the forums and to poker!

It's a great game, but there's so much to it--so many factors that go into weighing each decision--that it's nigh on impossible to produce a definitive list of hands you should "usually call with", in absence of any additional context.

This starting hands chart may be a useful starting point for you. Also, definitely read up on bankroll management; it will help prevent you from constantly losing back all the money you've won. You had a nice little thing going with $40, and maybe the next time you get your roll back up to that, you'll be able to nurture it into a decent sum. If you want to get a better general "feel" for the game without outright risking money, you can give freerolls or play money tables a try (I hung out at the latter for a looong time before I finally came around to real money games).

Poker comes with its own distinctive vocabulary and a great cluster of concepts that can't be mastered overnight, but which make increasing sense as you continue to play and study. Each time I discover a new facet of poker, I go here or to another poker forum, and look up what people have had to say about it. Keep at it, and you'll get the hang of it!

thanx SYWTWAF , great info, read everything, .

i actually lost that 3 $ i scraped back. lol.
deposited another $10 . been playing for the last 4 hours and i'm up $4 .
learned the hard way to stop calling just becoz i got a high card . or to be part of the game and its seems its paying off.

1 other question i have , what is the mentality when playing tourneys?(only free ones for now, learned the hard way) .

My mentality is avoid them at all costs, they are the root of all evil.

really? why do you say that?

WINNAAR.

You need to learn about BRM first and begin to learn about variance. Then you need to learn to fold everything except good solid hands. Then you need to read, read and read some more. Here:

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First Tip, SLOW your roll!!!! Learn the game before depositing 10 here and 10 there. Like stated above read, read, and read some more watch videos and stick around here and ask questions. Play some freerolls and if you can make it to the money 5 out of 10 you may be ready. You could play at the play money table til you learn the game. Did you say .3/.6? Take it down to .1/.2 or .2/.4, with 10 that isn't much BRM but I know you got to start some where.

GL

thanks for all the help people, very thankful for it, i'm reading the thread you posted now .

Tournaments can be divided into two main categories: MTTs (multi-table tournaments) and STTs (single table tournaments), the main difference being, as the names imply, that in an MTT you compete against multiple tables of players, whereas in an STT, you only compete against the one table you're seated at (usually consisting of 9, 10, or 6 players). Between these, of course, there are many sub-categories, where an MTT field can range from moderately large to absolutely humongous (see: FTP's WSOP Main Event Freeroll).

I point out this distinction because I think it's an important one; while I don't play MTTs very often, my bankroll was essentially built on the back of STTs. To succeed at MTTs, you need (besides poker skills, which is a given) a large bankroll, a great tolerance for variance, a lot of time, and good stamina. MTT pay-outs tend to be top-heavy, so you should aim to finish as close to the top as you can. Min-cashing, while better than not cashing at all, usually doesn't seem worth the time you spent playing that tourney. However, simply in virtue of the size of the field, your odds of making significant cash are stacked against you in any one tourney. You may not see much of a return on your investment until that one big payday (which may or may not ever come). Unless he/she happens to run hot early on (which can be a negative thing in itself, if it leads to an overestimation of his/her skills), this can be discouraging to a new player trying to build a starting bankroll.

STTs are a different ballgame. They're easier to cash in and see "immediate results" from than MTTs. I personally found them easier to get the hang of than cash games--at the low limits, play is very "learnable" and mechanical (albeit, I did spend most of my play money days playing STTs)--and see them as, unlike cash games, coming with a built-in stop loss mechanism (no matter how tilted you are and many chips you spew, you can't lose anything beyond your original buy-in). They served me as a slow-but-sure bankroll building tool.

I'm not suggesting you avoid MTTs entirely, or focus on STTs over cash games. Many would say that if you ultimately want to succeed at cash games, there's no need to bother with tournaments because they hone distinct skill sets (I don't dispute that). I think you're best off exploring every format and variant of poker yourself, and deciding from there what you like best.

Why is that? I personally find it better to build a BR on touneys than on Ring Games. Thats just me, just kinda curious why you think to avoid them at all costs?

I'm new here also but have built a 500.00 bankroll from nothing started with freerolls won a few bucks and ran them slowly upward. My adivce is patience and reading, you mentioned you get impatient or excited and call - this can kill a small bankroll quick. Dont look at your balance as money just think of it as # of blinds in a certain level and treat it accordingly. If you think of it as a couple burgers worth of cash you won't respect it and make decisions based on that. I made it a hobby as well as an ongoing quest to start with no funds and it's been alot of fun along the way . Best of luck