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Old 08-01-2005, 11:04 PM
beaster beaster is offline
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Default Re: Moving up when starting out

I suggest you first grab a copy of Poker Tracker, if you haven't already. Even if you don't understand what all the numbers mean yet, it's crucial you begin tracking your play. You will understand it soon enough.

Concentrate on one level for the moment. Pick nickel/dimes and stick with it. Or try 0.10/0.20 if the hits at 0.25/0.50 are messing with your confidence and/or bankroll.

I think its crucial to stay at one level and play through at least 10k hands. While most here will tell you "small sample size", after 10k hands you should have a pretty good idea if you're beating the level. Feel confident? Padded your bankroll enough? Move up. Otherwise, continue studying and improving your game. Personally I feel you should be beating the nanos to the tune of at least 2+ BB/100, but others may have differing opinions. Break-even poker isn't saying much since these limits are usually not raked.

The book that helped me the most with the nanolimits was Lee Jones' Winning Low-Limit Hold'em. Read and re-read this text. It wasn't until I beat 0.10/0.20 that I moved on to other books.

Hope that helps. To give you an idea, I started out at 2c/4c, went to nickel/dimes for about 5k hands, then 0.10/0.20 for 10k. Beat all levels quite handily. Moved up 0.25/0.50 and it took me a solid 11k hands before I had both confidence and bankroll. Currently beating the pants off of 0.50/1. Hope I can keep it going.
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