Quote Originally Posted by Ripptyde
another reason to step outside the box with marginal cards. Ca,ping out waiting on monster starting hands will be the death of you. I used to sit and wait around for monsters all day long and used to lose my ass. Then started playing suited connecters and hands like 10/9, J/9 , etc and you'd be really surprised how often they turn into the monster you were looking for. Yesterday in a 55 SnG it was early and I catch 4/6 suited. Guy raises ahead of me 100 and I fold only to see the flop 6/6/4. Starting hands are only a small part of the game and more often than not you are going to get burned with you shove all your chips in the pot with that big slick you waited 20 orbits for. Play more marginal cards with affordable bets and watch your success grow.
I don't think this is good advice for a beginner. You need a lot of reads and you need to get to a feel when you can push better hands out by strong betting to play like that. It may work for you, but it requires poker skills most beginners don't possess.