First Ever Time Playing Limit.. and it will be in a Casino.

[MCS]

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does everyone agree that its not worth my time to try to pick up a "reads" book?

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I agree.

[SlantNGo]

No one will notice even if you have tells unless you play at 20/40... maybe 10/20, but certainly not most 3/6 and 5/10 games.

wow, thanks for all the responses guys, I picked up SSHE this morning. I will be bringing 500 with me, and I will split my time evenly between the 1/2 nl game and a 3/6/12 limit game.

so I have one more question: Assuming I show a profit, what is the beest way of going about getting a room comped?

and while we're at it, how buot food comps?

[MCS]

You will not get your room comped for playing poker; the best you can hope for is a poker rate. Food comps work differently different places.

[bookie socks]

If you are going to play low limit hold em forget the books on tells and try Lee Jones book. Winning Low Limit Hold em 2nd edition


I read this book before going to BELLAGIOS . I bought into a 2/4 limit with $100 and in 2 hours I doubled my money while the other players kept pulling out their wallets. Maybe beginners luck. But I really had no experience before this and I played by the book and I'll give it credit.

[mike4bmp]

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If you are going to play low limit hold em forget the books on tells and try Lee Jones book. Winning Low Limit Hold em 2nd edition


I read this book before going to BELLAGIOS . I bought into a 2/4 limit with $100 and in 2 hours I doubled my money while the other players kept pulling out their wallets. Maybe beginners luck. But I really had no experience before this and I played by the book and I'll give it credit.

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Although I like this book as well you will find that some of the information and strategy in it will be in conflict with SSHE...I would just get SSHE first and then read WLLH by Jones later...or even vice versa as SSHE is a littler harder to digest on the fly without a little Small stakes experience....
Definitely skip the Caro book for now...I have his book and videos...useful info but probably not useful enough for the games that you will be playing in...concentrate on the rudiments of limit play so that you can progress quicker.

[Vincent Lepore]

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I bought into a 2/4 limit with $100 and in 2 hours I doubled my money while the other players kept pulling out their wallets. Maybe beginners luck.

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Beginners luck or not the fact that you read this book, maybe picked up a few pointers, and won now places it rightly or wrongly in your heart forever or atleast until you gain enough experience to look at it's value objectively.

Vince

well I'll be playing NLHE, and Im bringing in the neighborhood of 200-500, depending on my play leading up to my trip.

I have over 20k hands under my belt, and i do this online an average of 35 hours a week, so yes, I have the desire and determination to become a good poker player.

[Vincent Lepore]

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i do this online an average of 35 hours a week,

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So do you believe that you will make more money playing poker than doing something more creative with your time? Do you know that playing poker is a very small portion of David and Mason's income?

Think twice about spending your life at a poker table or behind a video screen flipping between games. Oh well.. who am I to talk.

Do yourself a favor ....enjoy yourself on your casino outing.

Vince

well, no I really dont envision spending my life behind a poker table... thats why I use online poker to pay for my computer science/computer graphics double major.

outta curiosity, what is your motivation behind ... apparently trying to convince me it's not worth it to play poker?

I just asked a couple simple questions, and this is a very interesting response.