Homey Jeromey
Rock Star
Silver Level
I have been playing play money at bodog with some success, but seem to loose all the cash i win in the freerolls. Play is just as loose and seem to always get a bad beat, well i guess i have gave a few of those also. Any suggestions on how to UP my game. I play pretty tight for bodog lol.
Play money and real money are completley different, the only reason i belive anyone should play play money is to learn the rules not strategy. You should start by playing low limits read some articles on this site then maybe buy a book.
At the higher level buyins for play money the play is significantly better and I would say equal to cash games depending on the site. Full Tilt games are one in point.
Really?
Why would people wast thier time playing play money though?
Then some genius started buying them so I sold 2 mill for $22. Easy way to make cash. You will not get better at poker but it is a way to at least try to start a bankroll if depositing is not an option. I think FT has a way to convert some play money to real money to help start a bankroll.
Havent tried play money, but Bodog seems a "soft" target. I havent deposited there yet, but have won - and lost - about 300$ there in the last months. registered there because of the CC freeroll and really liked the software, so started at their daily 500$ freerolls. Won it once and have had a few FT's (last night FT out of 3400 people).
As for advice, dj11 once submitted a real gem: MTT's are primarily about survival. Keep that in mind and only go for steals and bluff's when you are comfortable about the profile of the particular table you are at. A surefire way to get sucked out is trying fancy moves at a table you dont know. Sometimes you'll get sucked out anyway, but as a risk handling tool, knowledge of table and players is king.
Oh - and to get back to dj11's brillant advice for a second: Using that strategy you will begin to get better results. As a winning strategy it needs to be complemented with late game play, bubble strats, blocking bets in second half of the game etc. But you will first and foremost get better results and that will teach you alot in it itself.
Ok, enough praise for dj11. crancko signing off!