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RamdeeBen
Legend
Silver Level
Hello everybody.
I'v just joined your forum (which looks very good) and have a few questions which i'd appricate some answers too or just a general insight into the micro/low limit games.
First of i'd just like to say that i'v just started playin poker "properly" for around 3/4weeks. I have played poker over the years on just rather a more beginners level, ie: Know what to call with and what hands represent what but this time around iv really wanted to get into it and study the game a lot more. I’v been reading two books on poker and also been dropping by in forums to get the jist of what to expect and read some questions and threads regarding different aspects of the game.
I’d say i have learnt quite a lot over the weeks and done somewhat ok in the tournaments. My ROI is currently -50% (This is based on the fact i didnt know bankroll managment and just deposited with poker stars 3 times in 2 days for $10 a time just buying in $4.40 tournaments and didnt do to well, thats when i decided to study it more and since deposited another 10$ 3weeks ago and got upto $30 playing 0.25/$.50/$1.00 buy-in’s tournaments. According to “officalpokerrankings” i have an OPR of around 67% and ITM 23% of the time. I’d like your views if you can check out my stats and see how i am performing in relatity to other players..
The main questions i have is the plastyle of people.. I have lost on a river card in 5tournaments in a row from a caller preflop with like either a Jx or Ax caller when iv had a top pair and its very frutrating. Again today as iv been playing, i raised preflop 300..got 6 callers, graduly after the flop they folded as i bet another 400 as there was no higher card than mine. However someone called, so thought maybe they was slowplaying. Again, the turn came and another low card, i raised 1k, he put me all in. After a minute, i decided to call and see he had King,8...so nothing..then the river came he caught a King. Arrrrg, it riled me up somewhat rotten and i belive i’m playing my game ok but theres nothing i can do about how people cal so just want to know what level i think i can play at, as i can (wel feel) i can read what people seem to be doing, ie: caling with nothing.
People say you must be able to beat the low limits which i can to a degree its just because of the callers it really does feel like a lottery game at times.. I’m guessing because its such a small amount buy-in people dont care what they call with. For me, its not about the money, its about trying to gain more experiance and see how deep i can go in the tournament, but seems impossible to actually get a feel of how good you are when this sort of thing happens. When you watch higher level stake players playing, this just wouldent happen and a raise preflop wouldent get this many callers or even as xample above, surly they wouldent call hoping to catch a winning card on the river.
I’m tempted to raise my game by depositing a bigger amount of money in my account and to hopefully minimize the amount of callers with nothing/anything and how actually take pride in playing poker..Any advice would be great on this matter, what sort of limits am i going to have to move up if i do to minmize this problem?
Many thanks.
I'v just joined your forum (which looks very good) and have a few questions which i'd appricate some answers too or just a general insight into the micro/low limit games.
First of i'd just like to say that i'v just started playin poker "properly" for around 3/4weeks. I have played poker over the years on just rather a more beginners level, ie: Know what to call with and what hands represent what but this time around iv really wanted to get into it and study the game a lot more. I’v been reading two books on poker and also been dropping by in forums to get the jist of what to expect and read some questions and threads regarding different aspects of the game.
I’d say i have learnt quite a lot over the weeks and done somewhat ok in the tournaments. My ROI is currently -50% (This is based on the fact i didnt know bankroll managment and just deposited with poker stars 3 times in 2 days for $10 a time just buying in $4.40 tournaments and didnt do to well, thats when i decided to study it more and since deposited another 10$ 3weeks ago and got upto $30 playing 0.25/$.50/$1.00 buy-in’s tournaments. According to “officalpokerrankings” i have an OPR of around 67% and ITM 23% of the time. I’d like your views if you can check out my stats and see how i am performing in relatity to other players..
The main questions i have is the plastyle of people.. I have lost on a river card in 5tournaments in a row from a caller preflop with like either a Jx or Ax caller when iv had a top pair and its very frutrating. Again today as iv been playing, i raised preflop 300..got 6 callers, graduly after the flop they folded as i bet another 400 as there was no higher card than mine. However someone called, so thought maybe they was slowplaying. Again, the turn came and another low card, i raised 1k, he put me all in. After a minute, i decided to call and see he had King,8...so nothing..then the river came he caught a King. Arrrrg, it riled me up somewhat rotten and i belive i’m playing my game ok but theres nothing i can do about how people cal so just want to know what level i think i can play at, as i can (wel feel) i can read what people seem to be doing, ie: caling with nothing.
People say you must be able to beat the low limits which i can to a degree its just because of the callers it really does feel like a lottery game at times.. I’m guessing because its such a small amount buy-in people dont care what they call with. For me, its not about the money, its about trying to gain more experiance and see how deep i can go in the tournament, but seems impossible to actually get a feel of how good you are when this sort of thing happens. When you watch higher level stake players playing, this just wouldent happen and a raise preflop wouldent get this many callers or even as xample above, surly they wouldent call hoping to catch a winning card on the river.
I’m tempted to raise my game by depositing a bigger amount of money in my account and to hopefully minimize the amount of callers with nothing/anything and how actually take pride in playing poker..Any advice would be great on this matter, what sort of limits am i going to have to move up if i do to minmize this problem?
Many thanks.