Fahrenheit451
Rock Star
Silver Level
Hi !
I'm learning to play Holdem for about 2 months and hope to get some additional income to my pension some day.
I can afford max $40 a month for my poker education.
First month I lost $20 at PS, playing LH.
I choose limit because it is safer, but didn't like it - you play against ton of MT grinders and it's very boring.
Second month I invested $20 in poker770 and raised it to $40 (including bonuses)
As for playing my wins / loses totaled ~ zero.
I play SNG 10 seat tables microstakes, because it is safer than cash games and I can get much more practice for a buck.
My strategy is simple:
1) wait for a bubble (and play only premium hands at that time)
2) when money on the table gets smaller than 15BB - I switch to All In / Fold mode and play increasingly aggressive.
Post flop is nonexistent in such strategy.
That way I win about one third of all games (end in places 1-3) which is not enough.
Here is my learning considerations.
One thing is clear - I must master post flop to gain advantage when bubble comes.
It seems to me that SNG are safer for BR, but harder, because of increasing pressure at the end of tournament while at cash table you can sit and wait for premium cards almost an eternity.
So my plan would be - continue SNG, but increasingly add post flop to pre bubble phase.
That way I would get huge practice for little money and (if all goes well and I could consistently win SNG, say 60% of all games)) I could easily switch to cash games later and start to build BR.
Other learning strategy would be - play micro limit cash games, but I don't see any advantages here.
Any flaws in my reasoning ?
Recommendations & advises ?
Please, criticise me as hard as you can ! :shakehand
Thank you in advance !
I'm learning to play Holdem for about 2 months and hope to get some additional income to my pension some day.
I can afford max $40 a month for my poker education.
First month I lost $20 at PS, playing LH.
I choose limit because it is safer, but didn't like it - you play against ton of MT grinders and it's very boring.
Second month I invested $20 in poker770 and raised it to $40 (including bonuses)
As for playing my wins / loses totaled ~ zero.
I play SNG 10 seat tables microstakes, because it is safer than cash games and I can get much more practice for a buck.
My strategy is simple:
1) wait for a bubble (and play only premium hands at that time)
2) when money on the table gets smaller than 15BB - I switch to All In / Fold mode and play increasingly aggressive.
Post flop is nonexistent in such strategy.
That way I win about one third of all games (end in places 1-3) which is not enough.
Here is my learning considerations.
One thing is clear - I must master post flop to gain advantage when bubble comes.
It seems to me that SNG are safer for BR, but harder, because of increasing pressure at the end of tournament while at cash table you can sit and wait for premium cards almost an eternity.
So my plan would be - continue SNG, but increasingly add post flop to pre bubble phase.
That way I would get huge practice for little money and (if all goes well and I could consistently win SNG, say 60% of all games)) I could easily switch to cash games later and start to build BR.
Other learning strategy would be - play micro limit cash games, but I don't see any advantages here.
Any flaws in my reasoning ?
Recommendations & advises ?
Please, criticise me as hard as you can ! :shakehand
Thank you in advance !