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fresh fish here, apprently Ripptyde's favorite lol
Hello everyone.
As you can see, i'm a newbie at FTR, but i'm also a hold'em newbie. I've played some home games like most average joes, but it's only been 4months since i took up on learning the game seriously.
By the way, i've been visiting FTR for a month now, so naturally some of you seem very familiar to me. Active members like, Ripptyde, Xianti, TheNatural, Fnord, jmrogers7, and maxxscam, i almost feel like i know you guys already. I should thank the guys above cause them guys really helped a lot in improving my poker skills. You guys post some great stuff here.
Anyways, what got me started playing poker online was the book "Play Poker Like the Pros" by Phil Hellmuth (personally, i don't think the book is all that great). I think the book would turn an F grade poker player into... maybe D+. The first month i'd play by the book and i was actually up $100 playing 1/2 limit on about 20hrs of play. $5 an hour makes newbie very giddy. I played at Ultimate.bet and i frequently bumped into players that i played before with. I played tight aggressive, after a while, experienced poker players knew exactly how i played. As a result, i lost the $100 that i'd won and additional $50 in three days, probably consisting of 3hrs per day sessions.
That's when i realized that i couldn't just play by the book.
For a fresh start, i opened an account with PP. I barely played ring games. I felt that i should put at least 3hrs for every sessions, but i didn't have that kind of time until recently.
Instead, i've concentrated on S&Gs. My results are following for NL 5+1 S&Gs.
1st x 2
2nd x 3
3rd x 10
4th x 6
5th x 5
6th x 2
I'm up $27, it's kind of embarassing to post such a moderate gain though.
Although with 3 players left luck plays a big role, i think i improved my game a lot by playing S&Gs. If not anything, i at least learned a lot about positions, playing small pairs and low suited connectors, and gained a lot of agression. I'm now playing 1/2 limit and 25NL at PP. I'm up a bit overall. I'm still learnining, so i'm happy that i'm still afloat with good bankroll.
I just wanted to give you guys a look at my poker history, i'm really here to absorb as much as i can from you guys. I apologize if i said too much. I'll drop by with lots of questions guys, i'll look forward to your insightful advices. Thanks for reading, see ya.[/img]
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