Re: Starting Poker at Different Stages of Life
Don't make the mistake that I made. I started out at micro limit holdem and moved up very rapidly. One day I found myself looking at a $500 loss in 2 hours playing no limit. That was truly horrifying to me and I started to think I was a compulsive gambler even though I never gambled before I started playing poker and I am in my 30's. I quit gambling completely, told my friends about what happened, and we all decided that I just got in over my head and there is a chance that I was a victim of collusion. After a 3 month break I started playing again at low limits B&M and won steadily for 3 months. Then I took some of that money and started playing low limits at a different online site that I think has a lot of security features to keep the amount of cheating low.
I have 3 warnings:
1. Track your performance even if its a piddling amount of money.
2. stay at low limits well beyond the time that you think you are ready to move up.
3. be very conscious of table selection. Even at low limits it is possible to run into very good players and/or collusion.
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