What became of your $2?

[Al Mirpuri]

Paradise gave two dollars to us play money boys. I am wondering if anyone of us has turned it into a tidy sum. Well, did you?

My $2 is currently $15 plus change and has been $155 plus change.

[freeze-tag]

$84. played $02.-04 until I had $20, and have been playing $.05-$.10 since. Wish they had something between $.05-.10 and $0.50-$1 since I figure I need $200 to play the next level safely. That's a long way off and I'm bored with $0.05-$.10 in the sense that the play is so hopelessly bad. I want to improve as a poker player, not just make a couple of BB / hour at $0.05-$.10...but: I also want my entire bank roll to grow from that $2.

[eric5148]

As soon as you can get $300 into your Paradise account, start playing .5/1. The games are very easy, trust me. Paradise has a 25% first time deposit bonus, which is rather easy to clear.

I started playing real money poker at UB .25/.5. When I switched to Paradise, I discovered the .5/1 games to be easier! I felt like stabbing myself in the wang for not playing Paradise (or Party) sooner!

[ZootMurph]

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I felt like stabbing myself in the wang for not playing Paradise (or Party) sooner!

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Ow.

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What do you think about 'winging' it a couple of times with $20 at $.5-$1? (sort of like saying: ok, set a bankroll floor of $65, maybe I can have a good session). $300 is a loooong way off. And I also have lost 20BB many many times. So I know I could easily have to play $0.05-0.10 even longer with this strategy.

[toots]

$18.50 right now, but I haven't been playing that much.

I figure when I hit $30, I'll move up to $.05/.10, but to tell the truth, the $.02/.04 games are so soft, I may dabble at .05/.10 after passing $20.

[bwana devil]

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What do you think about 'winging' it a couple of times with $20 at $.5-$1?

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"winging it" sounds like a good way to lose $20. if you are crushing the .05/.10 you may want to consider moving up for a short session otherwise id say hold off a bit longer and get more practice. if youre not ready, it will take a loooong time to make up that $20 at the .05/.10 tables.

[Jeff]

I originally made a small deposit on Paradise before I started playing at Party, and when I'm not feeling like I'm up to my best poker game, I play the .05/.1 at Paradise. The play is usually similar to .50/1 on Party, except maybe more agressive and a bit looser.

Last night, the .05/.1 table on Paradise I was at had 3 TAG players, 1 LAG, and the rest loose/passive, the seen flop percentage for the table was 39%, and on several occasions I sucessfully bluffed some people. This usually isn't the case, but you can find tables like that.


The .05/.1 game is very easy, if you have $15, I think it's a perfectly adequate bankroll.

[JerseyTom]

Up to about $56 and change, mostly playing the $2 NL tables. These games are great if you don't like variance.

[eric5148]

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What do you think about 'winging' it a couple of times with $20 at $.5-$1? (sort of like saying: ok, set a bankroll floor of $65, maybe I can have a good session).

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This is a horrible idea. Not having enough money to cover normal fluctuations for even one session is a good way to go broke. If you don't have at least $50 to bring to the table, then don't bother. It looks like you'll have to grind it out at .05/.10 some more.

[Sterno]

Do yourself a favor and buy in for $200 so that after 500 hands you can get the full $50 bonus for that buy-in at Paradise, then play $.5/$1. You'll have an adequate bankroll, you'll likely be making money, and in no time you'll have your $50 bonus from the buy-in PLUS the money you've made playing.

Hell, I started playing online only about two weeks ago, and before that I only played in a nickel & dime weekly home game, and $.5/$1 is nothing to be afraid of. If you can afford the $200 investment, you're almost guaranteed to make money after 500 hands, just from the bonus alone.

[Jeff]

You need to play at .50/1 if you are playing limit on Paradise if you plan on working off your bonuses.

When I deposited $40, I discovered this, and I played some .50/1. One bad beat killed a third of my bankroll off, and since I haven't touched .50/1 on Paradise because my "real" bankroll is on Party.

[Rah]

It will take forever to make a bankroll large enough from those limits. However, 20$ is not enough to handle a swing. Watch the 0.5/1 table for a while. If you feel you can beat it, which you most probably can, deposit 200$ and start playing. If you continue to play the extreme microlimits, chances are you'll get bored soon. Into the fire!

[DrBob]

I started playing 0.02/0.04 with the aim of building to $30, which is 300 BB at 0.05/0.10. This took a bit over a month; I just got there this weekend, averaging 26 BB/100 against the 0.02/0.04 fish. I did consistently sit at the less-loose tables, to try to build my skill.

So this week I've played "the big game", 0.05/0.10 and am up almost 8 BB/100 after almost 400 hands. I'm finding it harder to characterize some of the players, with few true maniacs at the tables I've been playing.

My next goal is $300, a 300 BB grubstake for the $0.50/$1.00 game. /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[Al Mirpuri]

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$84. played $02.-04 until I had $20, and have been playing $.05-$.10 since. Wish they had something between $.05-.10 and $0.50-$1 since I figure I need $200 to play the next level safely. That's a long way off and I'm bored with $0.05-$.10 in the sense that the play is so hopelessly bad. I want to improve as a poker player, not just make a couple of BB / hour at $0.05-$.10...but: I also want my entire bank roll to grow from that $2.

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I too wish PP had something between 0.05c/0.10c and 0.50c/$1.

[Al Mirpuri]

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What do you think about 'winging' it a couple of times with $20 at $.5-$1? (sort of like saying: ok, set a bankroll floor of $65, maybe I can have a good session). $300 is a loooong way off. And I also have lost 20BB many many times. So I know I could easily have to play $0.05-0.10 even longer with this strategy.

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I took $66 (all made from my initial $2 and I absolutely intend to turn it into something worthwhile) and sat in the $1/$2 draw at PP. I turned it into $155 and then the cards changed, new players arrived and I became tight weak (afraid of losing the money). I had been playing over 12 hours straight and did not have the sense to leave the table with my money. Hence, I currently have $15+ in operation.

[Al Mirpuri]

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$18.50 right now, but I haven't been playing that much.

I figure when I hit $30, I'll move up to $.05/.10, but to tell the truth, the $.02/.04 games are so soft, I may dabble at .05/.10 after passing $20.

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I average 30bb at 2c/4c stud and 20bb at 5c/10c hold'em. Move up. It does get a little harder but not exponentially.

[Al Mirpuri]

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The .05/.1 game is very easy, if you have $15, I think it's a perfectly adequate bankroll.

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If $15 was enough of a bankroll for .5/1 stud then why would the experts want 300bb before playing in a game? It is easy to become tight-weak when one is underbankrolled and have the rake eat one up.

[Al Mirpuri]

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Up to about $56 and change, mostly playing the $2 NL tables. These games are great if you don't like variance.

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When I got to $71 I gave these games a try. Those guys ate me up. I am going to stick to limit play which I understand.

[Al Mirpuri]

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Paradise gave two dollars to us play money boys. I am wondering if anyone of us has turned it into a tidy sum. Well, did you?

My $2 is currently $15 plus change and has been $155 plus change.

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I busted out. I lost every cent. I got tired of crushing the 2c/4c and 5c/10c games but not having anywhere near enough to sit in a decent sized game. By decent sized, I mean at least 50c/$1. More importantly, playing microlimits poker was beginning to negatively affect my social life.

My means of destruction was the $1/$2 draw game. It is a decent enough game if you have the bankroll to beat it.

I have not given up on poker but I have given up on trying to turn $2 into a sizeable sum. It feels sad and liberating not to sit playing three tables of 5c/10c hold'em all night.