What type of poker should I teach friends?

[IronDragon1]

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So you are starting out and only have $100 dollars. You can start playing, but I would wait.

First off, we need a bankroll. $100 isn’t much.

Getting a Bankroll

1. Open up a Neteller account with the $100.
2. Open up a Star luck Casino account. Follow the BJ chart for the site and get the $100 for $100 match bonus. You should finish with a profit by flat betting $1 a hand. Do not bet more than $1 a hand. Don’t stop following the chart. Finish the requirements and withdraw to Neteller
3. Planet Luck is just like Star luck, so repeat with just $100. Leave the rest in Neteller. Follow the BJ chart for the site and get the $100 for $100 match bonus. You should finish with a profit by flat betting $1 a hand. Do not bet more than $1 a hand. Don’t stop following the chart. Finish the requirements and withdraw to Neteller
4. Casino on Net is $200 for $200 match. Follow the BJ chart for the site and get the $100 for $100 match bonus. You should finish with a profit by flat betting $1 a hand. Do not bet more than $1 a hand. Don’t stop following the chart. Finish the requirements and withdraw to Neteller
5. Ace Club is next. $100 for $100.

You should now have around $600 bankroll with no poker experience. We are half away there, but this is the dangerous part.

1. Buy Poker Tracker for $55 and download Player View….Arthur’s Layout would be a good idea too when you get to the Party Skins.
2. Open up an account with Poker Stars and/or Pacific (get the whole bonus). Play and get experience. Clearing the Pacific Bonus could take awhile, but I think you can deposit and withdraw your money. Free Experience?
3. I would star at .25/.50 tables. Play until you take 200 BB or so.
4. .50/$1 tables are next and you have $500. start on the party skins and take the bonus money from them. When you clear move on. (Get Rakeback for Empire if possible). The skins are Party, Empire, PokerNow, Intertops, Multipoker, EuroBet.
5. When you take 300 dollars from .50/$1 without counting bonus move up.
6. When you take 600 dollars from $1/$2 without counting bonus move up. Also at the level time to get some Crypto bonuses.
7. You are now at $2/$4 and making good money. Hopefully you were playing more tables than one at lower limits. Just keep adding tables. Until you get to 6-8. With 6 tables taking one bb an hour….you are making $24 an hour.

You are excited right? You missed some stuff. While you are working on the poker….research casino BJ bonuses. They are good money and you are over bankrolled.

Once you get to say $2000 in Neteller… you can start kicking out weekly pay checks your checking account. That is 500BB at $2/$4 and that should be enough.

Ok, Don’t play without an edges. Talent is an edge. Bonus are another. RakeBack is also one. You need two at all times….Your Talent and Bonus/Rakeback. I think $30 an hour at $2/$4 playing 4-6 tables is doable on average.

Move to $3/$6 at your own risk. It is a lot harder to multitable at good win rates. I might be slack, but I don’t play for fun. I play for money.



How is that? It is a collection of work and my own experiences.

SFWUSC

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Great post.

Starting off with the low-risk Casinos is something which cannot be emphasized enough.

[Jim Easton]

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Hmmm.... Something doesn't add up here.

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People that have never played for money before believe they can make more than a conventional job?

Gotta love the WPT.

[handsome]

Nice. I wouldn't follow every single step, but it's very good advice anyhow

[A-Baum]

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Do not bet more than $1 a hand. Don’t stop following the chart.

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Where is this chart you speak of?

[A-Baum]

Do you mean just use a standard blackjack cheat sheet? Almost sounds like the site has a chart for its respective game. Please clarify.

[TheMetetron]

www.wizardofodds.com/blackjack

[Cubswin]

My friends who are freshmen in college right now want to start playing professional poker over the summer. It's an obvious choice since they can make much more than a conventional job.

Playing poker over taking a summer internship is a -EV move.

[A-Baum]

Starluck's promotion requirements are wagering 8x your buy-in + bonus amount. So if you threw in $100, you'd have $200 in your account. You'd have to wager $900 total to satisfy the requirement.

Just seems like after wagering 900 $1 bets, you have a good chance of ending up below your initial $100 buy-in. Can someone explain this to me?

[sfwusc]

each site does have its own chart. Different deck numbers. Different double options. Different hit on soft 17. and so on.

SFWUSC

[SackUp]

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My friends who are freshmen in college right now want to start playing professional poker over the summer. It's an obvious choice since they can make much more than a conventional job.

Playing poker over taking a summer internship is a -EV move.

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Cubs is right on this. Your friends should be looking to getting some sort of work experience during the summer as well. Even if it is part time and unpaid. They will have plenty of time for poker in the evenings when it is best anyhow.