What cards should i play with in .5/1

[NiR]

hi, i am new here and i have no clue how to actually show you guys any hands i have played. and my real question is that i just started playing partypoker a while ago and this is my 2nd deposit(lost my first one). i am playing the .5/1. what hands should i play? and which hands should i raise? how bad of a hand can i play? i need some good advice guy and anything else ya can tell me will be appreciated. if anyone can tell me some fixed rules that i should do in a given situation would be very helpful. i play in partypoker.com.

[milesdyson]

Beginner's Forum

Start there.

[Peter Harris]

Buy Lee Jones's Winning Low Limit Hold 'Em. you will get a list of starting hands that should keep you from losing your bankroll.

[droolie]

I wouldn't be playing at party poker just yet if I were you. You're just not ready for that game yet (.5/1 party).

Open an account at pokerstars with $30- $50 and play the .05/.1 game for a few thousand hands while you read a few good books on poker and familiarize yourself with this forum some more. The Lee Jones book is a good start. Eventually you will learn that you need around $150 to play pokerstars .25/.50 game successfully. This is a great training ground and where many of us cut our teeth. I probably played close to 25,000 hands there.

If you can learn the basics you should never lose your deposit. I started with $50 and never had to deposit again. This is not because I am a great player but because I learned against weak competition at safe limits that were very forgiveable. I didn't start at party until I had turned my $50 at pokerstars into over $300. I highly recommend the same to you.

[btspider]

- buy Lee Jones book
- pokerstars .05/.10
- read hands here

take a month to assimilate the core basics first. posting hands too early may put too much aggression (misapplied) in your game. understand the PF game first.

[wildfirefighter]

Just curious, what is the difference between poker stars and party poker? Thanks.

[Entity]

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Just curious, what is the difference between poker stars and party poker? Thanks.

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Party is looser and more aggressive, with less microlimit games.

Rob

[deception5]

Biggest difference is that the games start with much lower stakes. It gives you a good chance to refine your poker skills while only risking a small amount of money. Once you get that experience under your belt you can move up and make money at these higher stakes. Pacific is another good one to start at (although recently their .10/.20 tables have been down, but they've stated that this is just temporary while they put in no limit ring games). Here's the strategy I've been following there.

http://www.kingscascade.com/OnLine.html

Good luck!
D5

[DMBFan23]

what entity said, basically party's games will be better for a given limit (worse players) but party doesnt offer any limit below .5/1, so it's kind of a big leap for someone just starting out playing for money.

[Entity]

If you really don't want to buy a book, then read this:

http://www.posev.com/poker/holdem/st...lop-abdul.html