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maya
Rising Star
Bronze Level
Hi all,
I'm still learning how to play poker and I've been trying to play at the very low stakes tables ($0.02/0.04 limited holdem) to get some experience.
I've been reading this forum with all my attention, making notes of the important tips, making notes of my hands and learning a lot from my mistakes. So far, I've been doing ok I think. I'm starting to build my bankroll slowly but steadily.
But it seems like I'm stucked right now.
I'm not sure if I'm just being very unlucky or if I need to learn how to deal with those especific tables. The problem is, in the past days, I was unfortunate enough to see my AA, KK, AK being beaten by straights using 75, 54 off suit! I raised preflop all the time but because "it's only $0.02", most of the players go for it and end up having all the luck. I used to think that they were just lucky that time but it seems like its turning to something more frequent and now I'm scared to death when I've got an AA in my hands.
I've been trying to be a tight player and only play premium cards. When I try to play connected cards or something like Q8, K9 I always regret later. I try to chase only if it's cheap, otherwise I fold.
So I'm here to learn from you all if I'm doing something terrible wrong or if I need to have some kind of different strategies to play in those tables. Any advice, input and comments will be very appreciated.
Thank you so much in advance.
Maya
I'm still learning how to play poker and I've been trying to play at the very low stakes tables ($0.02/0.04 limited holdem) to get some experience.
I've been reading this forum with all my attention, making notes of the important tips, making notes of my hands and learning a lot from my mistakes. So far, I've been doing ok I think. I'm starting to build my bankroll slowly but steadily.
But it seems like I'm stucked right now.
I'm not sure if I'm just being very unlucky or if I need to learn how to deal with those especific tables. The problem is, in the past days, I was unfortunate enough to see my AA, KK, AK being beaten by straights using 75, 54 off suit! I raised preflop all the time but because "it's only $0.02", most of the players go for it and end up having all the luck. I used to think that they were just lucky that time but it seems like its turning to something more frequent and now I'm scared to death when I've got an AA in my hands.
I've been trying to be a tight player and only play premium cards. When I try to play connected cards or something like Q8, K9 I always regret later. I try to chase only if it's cheap, otherwise I fold.
So I'm here to learn from you all if I'm doing something terrible wrong or if I need to have some kind of different strategies to play in those tables. Any advice, input and comments will be very appreciated.
Thank you so much in advance.
Maya