What did you go through?

[bholdr]

Lots of posters are encouraging you to get off the play money tables... and you definitly should make that a goal for the near-future. I've always said that the play money tables are next to worthless... the players are terrible, the wagers are meaningless, etc...

but, seriously, if you can't consistantly CRUSH the play money games... DON'T play for real money- unless you're willing to consider your deposit strictly disposable income that you're spending on lessons/entertainment... The very lowest limit cash cames, 2c/4c nanos on stars, are much more skillful/tighter than play money games (though still easy to beat for any knowlageable player).


you probably stand to lose a few bucks if you do dive in to the cash game world... Of course, the competition gets better as limits go up, so you'll learn much faster in a $1/2 game than in a .05/.10 game... but you don't have to break the bank to get a worthwhile learning experience.

here's what i went through en route to becoming a winning player:

-got hurt, had to sit on my ass for 6 months, and i was stir crazy after 2. so I decided i needed a hobby: I'd played cards my whole life... 31 for quarters with my gamblin' grandpa since age 4, cribbage, hearts, backgammon... i always destroyed my buddies in the litttle $10 home games that were played from time to time... online poker? i hear it's all the rage these days.

so i tried play money, hated it, lost my first $50, and my second... and my third...

then i found 2+2...

since then I've made over 10k and i've never looked back.