I'm a new player too so if anyone with more experience contradicts what I'm about to say, beleive them not me! [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

It was your comment about being bullied that struck me. One thing that it has taken me a while to understand is that at the micro limits (I play $0.10/$0.20 No Limit Hold'em) there is very little going on in the way of 'moves'and bluffs and world class 'plays'.

I got the impression, from watching a lot of poker coverage on TV, that everyone was guessing, second guessing, third guessing and fourth guessing every play and pulling off complicated moves all the time. From looking back over hand histories in Poker Tracker I've discovered that most of the time this is just not true. If the guy checks on the rag flop and rag turn then bets big when a King comes on the river, most of the time it's because it's improved his hand. I'm not saying that nobody bluffs I'm just saying that you need to keep it in perspective.

The times when you believe you are being bullied is probably because you have entered a pot with a less than spectacular holding yourself and the guy really is beating you. If you wait for good hands it will do several things:

It will give you the confidence to bet back if you believe your hand to be winning (and there is more chance of this if you start with a some good cards)

It will mean that even if you loose a showdown people will see that you had something rather than nothing. This will give your hands more credibility in thier eyes and reduce the times they will go at you with nothing.

It will reduce your loses as I'm guessing that most are coming from starting with a bad holding and then either having to fold it or call it down for a loss.

But hey, what do I know!

Good luck and don't give up.