A good tip for newbies from a newbie

[Dangergirl]

Also you are going to have to be ready for the swings of the game. Even if you had a winning month, don't expect to be a winner all the time. I think we've all read about the -510BB downswing of david ross. You have to play the limits your bankroll can afford. We aren't always going to be winners here and when we lose you will have to be ready for the emotional and mental swings as well.

You can easily win 2k a month, but be prepared that there is a possibility you can lose it all back just as quickly.

[lighterjobs]

good point.

[AKhearts]

Are you playing solely online or are you playing live games as well? Limit or No Limit and what stakes have you achieved this win at this month?
AKHearts

[dakine]

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Also for newbies. Do not expect to get this game quickly. The only reason I am doing so well is that I am a computer enginnering major in my last month. I have had to take sooo many math courses up to calc 5 that the math is not hard at all for me so calculating pot odds is kinda easy. I also had to take probability and random processes so that has helped my game also. Learn pot odds very well. I can't stress enough that if you don't have pot odds DO NOT CALL. Even if you have a high pocket pair that I know is hard to fold. FOLD IT. This play will save you money in the long run. One last tip that has greatly improved my game. Make an excel spreadsheet of the pf hands that you should play from every position. So you have it right in front of you. FOLLOW IT. I just want to throw all these tips out because this site has been so helpful in my poker development I just want to give back. If any newbie has any questions I will try to answer them. Pm me if you want. Good luck everyone.

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So-your thoughts are, to be a "Good" poker player you should have all of those Math skills that you mentioned? So-"Luck" did not have at least... a little impact on you winning?

Hmmm...Did Doyle and TJ have all of those math skills to make them "Good" players? [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]

[dansellbuddy]

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Also for newbies. Do not expect to get this game quickly. The only reason I am doing so well is that I am a computer enginnering major in my last month. I have had to take sooo many math courses up to calc 5 that the math is not hard at all for me so calculating pot odds is kinda easy. I also had to take probability and random processes so that has helped my game also. Learn pot odds very well. I can't stress enough that if you don't have pot odds DO NOT CALL. Even if you have a high pocket pair that I know is hard to fold. FOLD IT. This play will save you money in the long run. One last tip that has greatly improved my game. Make an excel spreadsheet of the pf hands that you should play from every position. So you have it right in front of you. FOLLOW IT. I just want to throw all these tips out because this site has been so helpful in my poker development I just want to give back. If any newbie has any questions I will try to answer them. Pm me if you want. Good luck everyone.

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So-your thoughts are, to be a "Good" poker player you should have all of those Math skills that you mentioned? So-"Luck" did not have at least... a little impact on you winning?

Hmmm...Did Doyle and TJ have all of those math skills to make them "Good" players? [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]

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they didn't play online.
and im sure they're not too shabby with math either. maybe not in the exact odds down to the decimal, but at least have a relative idea as to what things are worth.