I been playing the fast 50's with some success. I won $6 bucks in the free rolls so I been building up from there with these.

I found the $1 DON's a rock garden in the small sample size and I was bubbling these with no success.

I could keep playing the fast 50's but I been eyeing up the .2/.4 cent games. Looking at the ave. pot size I may be way under rolled. I know in an ideal world I would have $50 or so but I was wondering if a pretty nitty player like me has a chance to build up from a $15 or is it a lottery ticket bankroll?

Hello Guys,

is it possible to purchase this book paying on stars?

I think like you said $15 is a pretty light roll. But it is nearly 4 buyins at NL4. If you do a little bit of table selection and don't get really unlucky you will probably be ok most of the time. You don't really have much to lose so why not give it a try!

Pokerstars does not like it when someone receives frequent transfers for goods or services. And who could blame them? They aren't a bank. So that is why I do not list them as a payment option anymore. PM me or email me at blackrain79@dragthebar.com and I will see what I can do to help you out.

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I would highly recommend checking this tool before taking this advice. If you have a decent winrate and standard deviation you have around a significant chance of busting your roll at NL4 with that small a bankroll.

Fair point but I think this person said that they were not going to deposit again due to fears with being a US player. That is how I was approaching the question anyways. By no means do I recommend playing with a 3.75 buyin roll. However given the choice between sitting on $15 forever or giving it a shot I think it's a pretty easy call.

I am serveral grand from Full Tilt. My wife would think I was crazy if I said I was going to put more cash online knowing there is a good chance I won't ever see it again. If it wasn't me depositing, I would agree with her. I can keep grinding the freerolls but I wonder if it's worth it to keep playing freerolls for another month to try to hit $20 to $25 to avoid the risk of ruin or is $15 enough to take a shot.

I am actually surprised at the average pot size in the 4 NL games on merge. I would have guessed it would be around 50 cents but instead it's closer to a buck.

If this book would help my 1/2 NL live game and I have a decent shot of not going busto, I thought it might be worth the $20.

My wife even offered to buy me a Club WPT membership. If something happens to merge that might be my only option but so far I have had fun playing the free rolls. Two years ago I would never have guessed I would be asking about bankroll requirements for 4NL but now these games are calling to me.

Hi BlackRain,

Thank you for your participation in this thread.

I plan to buy your book next week. However, I don't use a HUD. Can I still benefit from your book if I am reasonably observant?

Thanks.

I actually played the majority of the hands in my poker career without a HUD. I started 5 or 6 years ago when HUD's were not widely used at all. And then I thought they were a waste of time for several more years after that and still didn't use one. I was totally wrong and probably cost myself a lot of money over the years. I highly recommend getting one.

My book talks about and refers to HUD stats a fair bit but not to the point where it is necessary that you use one in order to make sense of the information. Most of the book is really just about making fundamentally sound poker decisions at the micros.

Here is a detailed review earlier in this thread by a live player (obviously doesn't use a HUD) which may provide some more insight:

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/sh...7&postcount=26

I purchased and read Crushing the Microstakes over the weekend. The book is very well written and goes step-by-step on how to play each street. There are also interesting sections on tilt and variance.

Blackrain79 emphasizes the importance of aggression and position. He basically advocates ABC poker: bet big when you think you're ahead and get out if you think that you're behind. Preflop, he recommends playing extremely tight from early position (22+ AQ+) and rather loose from the button (which include which look to me like very weak hands like K2o and T8o). There is almost no limping preflop (mostly low pairs from early position). Postflop, aggression is the key. The author has a detailed discussion of c-betting. There is relatively little discussion of turn and river play compared to playing on the flop.

I'm a losing player at NL4, so I obviously can't comment on the validity of his strategies except to say that he is a big winner at these stakes and that his recommendations will help the player mostly avoid marginal or "tricky" situations when possible.

Overall, I recommend Crushing the Microstakes. It is very detailed yet it is very easy to understand what is being taught.

I'd like to thank Blackrain79 for writing this book.

I plan on depositing a few bucks on a US friendly site and grinding some micros just for practice. I am mainly planning on playing the 1-2 live games in AC and the WOOD and SUN casinos.

I have been away from the game for a long time but as you can see from my join date I go back a ways. Just trying to re-start my beloved hobby.

I would like a resource that can help me develop my online game *AND* my live 1-2 game. Is this book for me or should I look elsewhere for a starting point?

Thanks guys.

Hey GameBreaker,

My book is mainly targeted towards the micro limits online and especially the very lowest ones, NL2-NL10. I am not much of a live player myself but I have heard many times that the game quality at your standard 1/2 game would be equivilent to those stakes online. So, short answer yes, my book would probably help you. A couple posts above this one I linked to a review from earlier in this thread from a live only player. I think he plays 1/2 specifically. So maybe that will help as well.

I bought this the other night and read threw it pretty fast. I've played for years as a hobby/recreational player. I've never bought a book and bought this mainly because of his graphs at the micros, which I play at.

I've played 3k hands since buying it and it has helped a lot with mistakes I was making at these stakes. Personally, I think it's a great beginners book. It also will help those looking to sure up some leaks at the micros (NL5/4). I ran real horrible during my 2nd session (-5bi @4NL ), but my +EV has went up quite a bit and I won my 5bi back during sessions 3/4 +some.

Really good book for beginners or players that are having trouble at small stakes.

+1 blackrain good book man.

Hey guys, i'm really interested in this book, but I'm kind of mixed up on the idea of it being FR. Is it still useful for 6max? I really prefer 6max a lot more over FR.