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WarriorStoic
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Silver Level
I have been playing poker for about seven years and playing online for about 5 years, I now live remoteley in a town in alaska that is only reachable by boat or plane in the summer, or by plane in the winter. (my job brought me here). I have what I thought was quite a bit of experience at the game of holdem, and am a novice at the game of omaha, have not delved much into other games
This forum as a resource is continually amazing me at the information that is avalable, and also at the willingness of the people with experience to assist those who do not have much or any. To all of you I say THANK YOU. While im SURE that the following questions have already been answered im going to ask anyway cause I have a few of them.
1) My goal is to play poker well enough that my time spent playing poker is not only fun but profitable as well. I would consider myself successfull at calling poker a part time job if i could make perhaps 10-15 dollars an hour avg. what level is necessary to acheive this type of earning avg?
what size roll is necessary to play at this level?
what game is most conducive to achieving this goal ie, stsng, ntsng, cash nlhe, cash limithe, cash plo etc etc
2) I have read many threads here since I joined, and it appears that ALL of the serious players manitian that a program like Holdem manager or Poker Tracker 3 is an ABSOLUTE necessity for success online, I have not bought one of these yet because i am concerned that it will hurt my live game (at which i am very profitable (I beleive it is because I can read people at the table very well) since that type of program will do things FOR me i fear that it will put me at a disadvantage in live play.....?
3) I currently have a roll of just over 80.00, so in refernce to my above question, is there a place i can start? or do I need to put more money on before i proceed to play as a person taking the game "Serious"
4) I have looked myself up on numerous sites, and my numbers and ratings are TERRIBLE. does this put me at a disadvantage against other players even tho I am seriously attempting to find and plug the holes in my game? does it make me more likley to be called when i play a hand for a raise? does it mean i should never bluff? should I create a new account and transfer the money i have to there so I can start at zero?
I intend to add to this thread as I come up with more questions
thanks everyone
This forum as a resource is continually amazing me at the information that is avalable, and also at the willingness of the people with experience to assist those who do not have much or any. To all of you I say THANK YOU. While im SURE that the following questions have already been answered im going to ask anyway cause I have a few of them.
1) My goal is to play poker well enough that my time spent playing poker is not only fun but profitable as well. I would consider myself successfull at calling poker a part time job if i could make perhaps 10-15 dollars an hour avg. what level is necessary to acheive this type of earning avg?
what size roll is necessary to play at this level?
what game is most conducive to achieving this goal ie, stsng, ntsng, cash nlhe, cash limithe, cash plo etc etc
2) I have read many threads here since I joined, and it appears that ALL of the serious players manitian that a program like Holdem manager or Poker Tracker 3 is an ABSOLUTE necessity for success online, I have not bought one of these yet because i am concerned that it will hurt my live game (at which i am very profitable (I beleive it is because I can read people at the table very well) since that type of program will do things FOR me i fear that it will put me at a disadvantage in live play.....?
3) I currently have a roll of just over 80.00, so in refernce to my above question, is there a place i can start? or do I need to put more money on before i proceed to play as a person taking the game "Serious"
4) I have looked myself up on numerous sites, and my numbers and ratings are TERRIBLE. does this put me at a disadvantage against other players even tho I am seriously attempting to find and plug the holes in my game? does it make me more likley to be called when i play a hand for a raise? does it mean i should never bluff? should I create a new account and transfer the money i have to there so I can start at zero?
I intend to add to this thread as I come up with more questions
thanks everyone