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12-02-2009 , 07:31 PM

#76

Absurd

grinder

Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 689

If i could restart i wouldn't start.

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12-02-2009 , 07:35 PM

#77

nuisance

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 11,643

I would have never played Play money games or Micro ring games.

I would have saved a BR from my live game winnings instead of using it as supplemental income.

I would have deposited $1k online and started 25nl or >.

I have picked up some REALLY REALLY bad habits from playing micro ring games.

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12-02-2009 , 07:42 PM

#78

BitchiBee

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 24,622

Wouldn't go near that HU table in a moment of tilt.
Stuck to 6 max.

--- prehaps stick to lhe? meh.

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12-02-2009 , 07:55 PM

#79

uofi2012

adept

Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 1,124

Deposit.

Not play 1/2 LHEHU

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12-02-2009 , 09:42 PM

#80

udrawdead2

newbie

Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 21

i wouldnt have cussed pokerstars so much in chat!

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12-02-2009 , 10:53 PM

#81

Jakeeck

adept

Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 1,098

not donk off my first $50 deposit on the the micro donkaments

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12-02-2009 , 10:58 PM

#82

Bannnnnnn

banned

Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 3,696

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Originally Posted by BitchiBee

Wouldn't go near that HU table in a moment of tilt.
Stuck to 6 max.

--- prehaps stick to lhe? meh.

Yea cuz making 6k at hu per month is so bad lol

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12-02-2009 , 11:34 PM

#83

Never Win

veteran

Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 2,316

more money to be made at 6 max though.

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12-02-2009 , 11:37 PM

#84

ReyzorXxX

old hand

Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 1,408

Get coaching, watch more training videos, play more deep stack cash... instead of tournaments live

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12-02-2009 , 11:44 PM

#85

BitchiBee

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 24,622

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Originally Posted by Never Win

more money to be made at 6 max though.

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12-03-2009 , 12:07 AM

#86

rippu van winkeru

newbie

Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 19

i wouldn't have played so long and with such dedication for play money.

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12-03-2009 , 12:15 AM

#87

Men"the master"fan

veteran

Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 3,360

I would of played according to proper bankroll management. This would of meant I would have gone straight to 2nl or 5nl instead of 25nl.

First deposit: $100 straight to 25nl
30 minutes later 2nd $100 deposit straight to 25nl
Rinse and repeat I do not know how many times.

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12-03-2009 , 12:24 AM

#88

SaM StarK

veteran

Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 2,384

Not make a ****ing 15$ first deposit and throw my PS bonus to waste.

Not waste my time playing playmoney.

Not waste my time playing SnGs for so long.

Jump straight into cash games.

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12-03-2009 , 12:32 AM

#89

Lord Bodak

enthusiast

Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 82

Rakeback on FT. I'm a Mac user and when I started playing online the only option was PokerRoom. PokerRoom unceremoniously pulled out of the US after UIGEA passed and the only other option for Macs at the time was Full Tilt. I was focused on simply getting my money out of PR and into FT while I still could (ah, the days of Neteller), and didn't know what a mistake I was making by not looking for a rakeback affiliate.

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12-03-2009 , 12:37 AM

#90

brett712

centurion

Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 191

Signing up right away for a bunch of sites and then thinking of a cool poker screen name afterwards that I can no longer use now.

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12-03-2009 , 02:28 AM

#91

JamesLame

newbie

Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 20

- Don't use my whole 30$ roll

- Signing up to the majority of poker sites to try their UI and at the same time forfeiting a lot of bonuses i didn't know about.
- Never multi-task while I'm playing
- Don't brag about my gains while I'm still a newb, most of the time it bites you in the ass.

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12-03-2009 , 04:01 AM

#92

mericky

enthusiast

Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 73

Buy a pee jar

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12-03-2009 , 09:28 AM

#93

Subux

journeyman

Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 367

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Originally Posted by DiamondDog

I'd learn about rakeback before opening so many darned poker accounts.

this

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12-03-2009 , 09:53 AM

#94

Pickled pepperolini

self-banned

Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 1,808

Thank you guys!

I'm relatively new to poker, and find some of these answers interesting.

N1 thread!

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12-03-2009 , 09:54 AM

#95

Check Check Lay

old hand

Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 1,674

Quit my job 6 years earlier and play on party poker from 2002-2007, insert millions

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12-03-2009 , 11:25 AM

#96

Paymenoworlater

adept

Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,111

Make better quits and avoid trying to recover losses on blackjack.
I would also have invested my winnings a lot sooner.

Regarding pure poker knowledge, I really dont know.
Its not that easy to make big money.

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12-03-2009 , 11:36 AM

#97

Ruebs

old hand

Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 1,837

Play more and make more hay when the sun was shining.

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12-03-2009 , 02:38 PM

#98

ElBandito

newbie

Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 32

'bout time someone mentioned Blackjack.

This is the biggest source of my losses over the years. Have blown multiple bankrolls in 10 minute sprees, watching myself lose 17 times in a row in blackjack while steadily increasing my bets.

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12-03-2009 , 10:39 PM

#99

pokerstar8

stranger

Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 1

- Learned to count to 10
- Learned my ABC
- Got glasses for my awful site (deuces look like aces on the ipoker minitables)
- Try my best to actually remember during play that there is 52 cards in a deck (my edge)

I think thats it.........eeeeeeeeeeahhhhhhhhhhhhhh