Special 1k Post: So You Want To Become a Cash Game Player (A Guide)

As a very special thank you to CardsChat.com, I put together this 11 page PDF guide on how to become a cash game player. It is best read by those who are either not playing for real money (yet!) or are SNG/MTT types that really want to try out the world of cash game poker. You know how to play ... you just don't know how to get started and need someone to point you in all the right directions.

This guide has the following highlights:

- Awesome Introduction by ME
- Where to play online
- The Best Deposit Methods
- Tracking Software (PokerTracker / Holdem Manager)
- Online Poker Communities
- Picking the right level & game
- Strategy Resources (how to be a better poker player)
- When to move up / move down
- Dealing With Tilt
- Video Capture
- Blogging

Consider this my thank you to CardsChat and this is where it will be exclusively hosted. Again, this guide isn't for someone who has been playing cash games for 6 months and wants to "be a better player" (although they would do good by looking at the strategy resource section). But this WILL answer a lot of your questions and save you a lot of time looking for answers.

SO YOU WANT TO BE A CASH GAME PLAYER
by Sean 'Icemonkey9' Gibson
Dated September, 2008

EXCLUSIVE LINK >>
http://www.cardschat.com/icemonkey_guide.pdf

This is awesome dude, and I'm surprised this hasn't got more love.

This should be stickied in the learning poker section imo.

Sticky this, please.

Very nice guide.

Terrific work.

You should keep this as a work in progress, and add chapters as and when.

Great work .... been thinking about trying cash for some time (playing STT right now) another few bucks and I'll have my buy in

Thanks

Sticky this.
Great article Ice and imo the mods should ask permision to put this in the strategy article section.

p.s
Will there be a volume 2?

Thanks - this is really good. It is very timely for me as I am just now starting my serious cash game playing.

Will discuss with the other mods and Nick a good place for it. (It does link to other forums and places that have poker site links so have to get Nick involved).

Lots of kudos to Cardschat included though - thanks for that bit too!

ice,

Get in touch with Nick, I'm pretty sure he would be delighted to add this to the strategy/articles section and give it adequate pimpage.

Really good work.

edit: wait i'm an idiot it's hosted on CC already so obviosuly you've been chatting to nick. still, some pimpage needs to occur in the strat section.

Sweetness, allmos tmissed this since it was in the Learning section, but this is a good place. Thanks Ice...will read now!

Nice, I have not read it yet Icemonkey, Im of the hospital then Ill read it and might try to start me a cash roll maybe just play an hour a day to get used to it.

I also agree with the sticky!

This really SUKS! I clicked on your link, and up pops this box asking me if I want to 'Open' or 'save' it--I click on 'open' and another box pops up full of GIBERISH!! and then this stupid old computor just wouldn't let me open it! Stupid Computor-Stupid Computor!!!!

Nice 1000th post. And I actually did learn a couple of things.

Just checked out your guide, nice work. Great read for its intended audience. Kudos!

thanks icemonkey9 for the guide. it is perfect for me as that is where i am at in my poker game. i have been playing the s&g's and mtt's for so long and am pretty good but i want to move to the cash game. your guide will help and i appreciate your work in putting it together. i will need to wait till i have the proper bankroll but look-out, i am coming.

any way to get this in another format? i have used adobe in the past but this computer has crashed like umpteen times and it wont work right anymore.

Thank you I am printing this now as I am at work but it looks great so far.

Good stuff Ice.

Couple of points though:

1) PT3 is much better now than it was when you last used it. I haven't had it crash for several betas now.

2) FTP has very recently changed their policy on datamining. It's now forbidden. More info here, Online Poker at Full Tilt Poker - Legal Information: Prohibited Programs. There is still some debate on how this effects personal datamining for table selection.

just got done reading it....very very good, way better han my 1 post lol...I would def sticky this

WOW! Thanks for the love guys ... last night I went to see if anyone commented and I had only 11 reads and 0 replies and I was thinking "boo!" but man I wake up and see all the love. AWESOME!!!

FYI - yes, I did contact Nick before posting this and he wanted something to beef up the LEARNING POKER section of the site, and I think this guide is best served here myself. I hope it does get stickied and definitely there will be a part 2, but probably not for another 1k posts

Excellent stuff Ice, and a very strong writing style, accessible and engaging. You manage to convey a lot of information without patronising or overcomplicating which is a skill.

A+

I'm in education and a qualified teacher (among other things) so I know of what I speak

It will be stickied - we are just working out in how many places cause it is so good. It should be in the Golden Archives as well.

I for one did not see it until today cause I had major computer issues last night.

Icemonkey for president imo.

Thanks Irexes and Dakota. I actually have written freelance (as some already know) and actually was recently even offered a *very small time* poker writing gig. Go figure.

And I'll take Dakota's nomination for President. I do not belong to a political party poker and just tackle the issues. I'm pro-USA and con-Evil.

Thanks Ice! Exactly why I joined this site yesterday!

Ice, You're Awesome....

Congrat's on 1K and a job very well done on your articles!

Very nice work Ice.
You have it all together and know what your talking about, it was a very nice read.
Congrats on 1k posts, it's an honor to know you my friend.

Thanks shinedown ... i saw this made the Golden Archive, which I am really happy about. Not sure if its appropriate to be stickied in this thread but I hope so, glad everyone liked it so much.

IM, only just saw this, as Ive been busy with crap all week, but I just wanted to bookmark this, so I can come back and read it properly sometime.
Thanks for doing this, Ice.

Good job, Ice.

wow what an informative guide

What an article! And what a way to contribute your 1000th post. Fantastic effort Ice. You've got me thinking about switching upto 25NL as I'm technically rolled for it. Keep it up mate, looking forward to more of your writings.

Congrats on 1k! Good article!

Wow, cant believe I missed this. Looking forward to reading it after I finish reading this stupid article titled Testosterone and territorial behavior in sedentary and migratory sparrows (yea, school blows).

I will download it, thanks

very nice info icemonkey. quite well done.