Hi there - brand new to the site - I've read a couple of the recent threads here and am finding the info really helpful, cheers everyone.

I figured I'd begin on the forum by posting a quandary I have at the moment, see if anybody here can lend hand to me.

I've of course spent my early days of poker losing lots of hands and have been stung on certain wins more times than I can remember. Anyway I'm starting to be able to make chips now and I'm faced with a new challenge.

I've started to learn well enough (for the level of player I face) how to get out of trouble when my stack falls short. The problem comes when I take an early lead in chips. I seem incapable of holding on to them.

A vague question, granted, but does anybody have any 'rule of thumb' tactics to keep that stack rising once ou take the lead?

Thanks in advance for your help.


*Decided to add a few details:

I've been playing NL. Not up on all the terminolagy yet, pay before you enter chip tourney - 10c entry + rake. 9 players to a table.*