If you could restart your "poker career", what would you do differently? - Page 2 - Beginning Poker Questions

-Read more books before starting
-Rakeback
-Not playing in the huge $2-$26 MTTs
-Take more breaks
-Strict bankroll management
-No 'shot taking'
-Keep a poker journal for live games

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09-15-2009 , 06:56 PM

#27

Megloooo

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control my tilt so my roll would be multiple times larger than it is now

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09-15-2009 , 10:41 PM

#28

evildeadalive

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Fold more.

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09-15-2009 , 10:48 PM

#29

nuisance

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Originally Posted by superleeds90

haha yeah that's another one to add to mine, although with me i thought i knew it all from playing the WPT PSP game

I would have read books(oh wait I still havent done that). I still think I know everything from what I learned from the WSOP PSP game.

Seriously I still have a lot to learn. But I would have saved a BR from my winnings instead of using it as supplemental income. Now I am going through hard times I am not able to play enough 1/2 live to save a BR.

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09-16-2009 , 12:30 AM

#30

MisterChipster

grinder

Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 482

not log on last night :|

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09-16-2009 , 12:40 AM

#31

grng92

journeyman

Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 261

Actually read the sticky on how to beat the micros before thinking crap like "well I know J9o from MP is marginal but I need to mix up my play every so often so I'll raise to avoid being pegged as a nit" every 20 hands.

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09-16-2009 , 12:41 AM

#32

27AllIn

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i'm pretty happy with all the decisions i've made thus far. Rakeback on full tilt would be nice though.

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09-16-2009 , 01:21 AM

#33

IamPro

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Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 17,652

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Originally Posted by 27AllIn

i'm pretty happy with all the decisions i've made thus far. Rakeback on full tilt would be nice though.

this & I need a coach

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09-16-2009 , 02:00 AM

#34

raze

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Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 5,540

I'd get a subscription to a video site like Cardrunners ASAP

I wouldn't listen to 95% of the advice on 2+2, mainly strategy forums... ESPECIALLY things that are considered 'standard'

I'd spend a lot more time watching my opponent's tendencies and patterns, and trust my own reads and instincts.

I'd cut the bonus whoring / multi-tabling, and go for higher stakes as soon as possible, all the time, within a short bankroll.

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09-16-2009 , 02:07 AM

#35

MajinBoob

old hand

Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 1,214

Probably try and grind properly right at the start, as opposed to scoring bit in a few MTTs and getting all hot headed rushing into massive cash games purely because I was rolled.

Also, start 3-4 years earlier :P

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09-16-2009 , 02:10 AM

#36

Rek

HUZA 2008

Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 10,033

I would have taken 4 years out of my life between 2003 and 2007, played every waking hour and then retired to spend my fortune on wine, women and song.

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09-16-2009 , 02:13 AM

#37

CBorders

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SNG's ---> cash ---> MTT's ---> PLO and mixed games

Learn about variance, get a grasp on how bad it can really get, and prepare

Grind really hard

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09-16-2009 , 02:22 AM

#38

z0rg

centurion

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Focus more on learning instead of just playing

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09-16-2009 , 02:28 AM

#39

Ksight3

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Hire a coach right off the bat.
Range vs. individual hands <- Oh. My. God. so hard to transition

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09-16-2009 , 02:31 AM

#40

rwu

centurion

Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 139

-Stop playing the $2.15 HU SNG cuz the rake sucks
-Play the $1.25 instead of 2NL to build a bankroll (I REALLY REALLY hate 2NL because of the short stacks and the crazy plays people make that shouldnt work but do work)
-Sign up for rakeback on FT
-Not open up an account on a bunch of poker sites

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09-16-2009 , 03:04 AM

#41

27AllIn

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Originally Posted by IamPro

this & I need a coach

I am considering starting coaching.

This is a sample of my 100nl career. I moved up to 2/4-5/10nl since then.

PM me if interested.

(sorry for the sidetrack on the thread)

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09-16-2009 , 03:05 AM

#42

syncmax149

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Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 563

seeing as how I just started playing for money, i would have folded those Kings about an hour ago

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09-16-2009 , 03:18 AM

#43

TwoGemini

centurion

Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 128

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Originally Posted by raze

Is this for real or are you restocking the fish? (Not that I'm complaining. . .)
"Forget learning strategy. Trust your gut. And go straight to the high stakes. In fact, there's an open right here to my right . . ."

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09-16-2009 , 06:13 AM

#44

tower$

grinder

Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 580

I wasted my first year in the deposit-SNGs-MTTs-occasional win-busto cycle.

Cash games ftw.

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09-16-2009 , 06:21 AM

#45

theskipirate

journeyman

Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 395

Started multi tabling right away. Didn't even try this untill 6 months in

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09-16-2009 , 06:41 AM

#46

USS_steamship

enthusiast

Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 58

I would not play stakes I'm not bankrolled for, it cost me a fistful of dollars.

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09-16-2009 , 06:59 AM

#47

SheepMoose

adept

Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 1,172

I would restart my poker career by learning 6max.
I learnt fullring first and struggle with 6max now.

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09-16-2009 , 07:00 AM

#48

boythinks

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Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 2,293

i think what raze meant was focus on on moving up and getting better rather than eeeking out some meager monies at the lower stakes and stunting your poker growth

at least i hope thats what hes saying... lol

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09-16-2009 , 08:51 AM

#49

whysoawful

grinder

Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 465

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Originally Posted by Olipop

Stay disciplined

co-sign.

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09-16-2009 , 08:54 AM

#50

Ice_W0lf

Tremendous

Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 13,530

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Originally Posted by TwoGemini

No he's saying the exact opposite... take in everything you can... work hard on studying/improving your game.. and start moving up when you feel you have a comfortable roll for the next level.

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