Hello All,

Had an incredibly frustrating day online today, and wanted to pose a question to anyone who has played micro-stakes online (.50-1.00) mostly.


A little background...I am a fairly profitable mid-level limit player in B&M Casinos, mostly playing 5/10,7.50/15.00, and 10/20 Hold'em in AC and a few other places I would care not to mention. Started playing online a month ago and figured if I could beat the cheapeast games I would move up. I am a pretty tight player(I have no problem discarding KJoff, or Axs from early position), and I believe my biggest flaw is paying people off when they hit a hand and I have top pair with a good (Ten or greater) kicker.


Until today, After playing about 90 Hours online, I am down 42 Big Bets, for a loss of -0.466BB/HR. Today, I had a 5 Hour Session on Paradise where I lost 58.5 Big Bets....So I am now losing over a BB per Hour. My questions for anyone who has an opinion is this...


1)Does any of this matter. It seems like 100 hours of online poker is more than a blip, and has some significance. If 100 hours is not enought time, how much is enough?


2)Is Online Poker that much tougher than B&M? Like I said, I don't seem to have problems in RL, but I find it hard to believe I am facing better competition when I regularly get beat by 83 off catching a second pair on the river..I am not complaining, it's just hard for me to believe that the competition is better.


3)How do you find holes in your game? I've read many good books, several times, love this message board, as well as rgp.


I appreciate any suggestions...


Thanks,

UK