Hi, I'm new

[Cardsharp]

Hallo everyone,

I've been browsing in this forum for some months now and finally discided to sign up and make some posts myself

I have played poker for about 2 years now, both life and on the internet.
My father introduced me to it, and he is winning nicely overall playing SNGs 22$ and 6maxNL 50$ or 100$.
I myself played life games at school mostly witch was easier than taking candy from a dead baby, so no problems there.(My name has something to do with it too:P)
But my real problems are showing up when I'm playing on online, and they are:

1- Having a crap low bankroll. I play 6max 25$ mostly and I usually deposid only 50-100$ witch I know can't realy handle the swings. This instantly leads to my second problem.
2- I tilt way to fast, becouse everytime I lose a few big hands my BR is down 20%+. And I usually lose all my money in 1-2 days then. Becouse I want to win it back fast I start playing crap, witch leads to more tilt etc etc.

I've put 50$ on partypoker about 2 weeks ago again to give it another shot.
I started playing 10$NL with min buyins, until I hit 100$
Then I started playing 6maxNL25$ with min buyins until I hit 200$
I'm on 290 now and am playing 6max with max buyin now. My bankroll is still to low I think.
Anyway, to avoid those big losses becouse of tilting I only play 1hour max a day, and 3max in the weekends.
This seems to be working so far.

So, whats the biggest things I can work on now?
Should I move down a lvl?
Should I leard how to control my tilting better?
And what about pokertracker? Is it realy that helpfull?

Thank for all the help in advance, and I'm looking forward on my stay here

Oh, 1 more thing. What does that hand means on the top left under my name? Or is it random?

[Stacks]

So, whats the biggest things I can work on now? Getting better at all aspects of poker. Read article, watch videos, post hands and questions. All will help you learn more. If you don't understand pot odds and implied odds learn them. Bet sizing, and why you bet. Pot control. Just read everything you can get your hands on.

Should I move down a lvl? IMO, yes. Your playing 25nl with a $290 roll. Thats online ~12 buyins. It sounds as if you want to win, and HATE losing your roll (which is obviously how you should feel). So why increase the chances that you go broke again? The general rule is you need 20+ buyins for the level you are wanting to play (more the higher the levels). SO you would need around a $500 BR before starting 25nl. So that means you should be playing 10nl right your current roll. I think this would also help control your tilt because instead of losing 8% of your roll when you get stacked you will only be losing 3%. Would probably help you deal with the swings a little better.

Should I leard how to control my tilting better? Absolutely. It could only help. I don't know how many rolls you've went through, but it's never good to go through any due to tilting. Just realize that YOU ARE GOING TO LOSE at times. It happens. The poker Gods aren't punishing you and your account isn't rigged. It happens. Your pocket Aces will get cracked. Your flopped straights will lose. It happens. Just make sure you don't do anything to increase the chances of it happening (ie. slowplaying when you shouldn't or stacking off too light). You really need to get tilt under control because if you tilt after losing $25 how are you going to handle it when you play incredibly good for 2 hours and lose $150 or so? Or even more when you get to the higher levels? Because that will happen also.

And what about pokertracker? Is it realy that helpfull? Pokertracker does a number of things and they all help in some way. Everyone should have it. At least download the free trial of PT3. It keeps track of how many hands you've played, money you've won/lost, your winrate, graphs, sessions, hands, position stats, stats on other players. It's pretty much mandatory for becoming a better player imo. Doesn't necessarily have to be PT. There is new software out called Hold'em Manager. Give that a look too.

Oh, 1 more thing. What does that hand means on the top left under my name? Or is it random?

As you get more posts the hand becomes stronger. So since your new you have a High Card (weakest hand ldo). After so many posts, it will become a pair, then two, etc and so on.

[wellrounded08]

Should I leard how to control my tilting better?

Why not? There's a couple Great articles just for this.
Go to the beginners circle, go to the beginners Digest Sticky, there are two articles:
"Emotional Mastery Part1"-Aokrongly
"The Psychology of Loosing-Know Theyself"-Aokrongly
Read-em and enjoy'm.

[Robb]

Should I leard how to control my tilting better?

Why not? There's a couple Great articles just for this.
Go to the beginners circle, go to the beginners Digest Sticky, there are two articles:
"Emotional Mastery Part1"-Aokrongly
"The Psychology of Loosing-Know Theyself"-Aokrongly
Read-em and enjoy'm.

I thought I'd add some FTR classics links about tilt, dealing with bad beats and bankroll management:

Taking Breaks and Avoiding Tilt. Dwafman's solid advice about tilt. Note to self: read once a month.

Dealing with Bad Beats. Long post but great for anyone who struggles with Bad Beat Anger Management Issues.

BR Management Rant. One of Spoon's great rants, and right on target, with good advice from guys like Lukie all the way through the thread.

Time to Start Over, Need Advice Skim noobie post and read excellent replies, especially BR Management guidelines by Spoony in Wesrman's reply (2nd post in thread).

BTW, happy to see you here. Welcome to FTR, awesome start, and good luck moving up and building your roll.

[taipan168]

Hi and welcome to FTR, it's good to have you here. I think the others pretty much covered your queries, so this is just a welcome

[a500lbgorilla]

Hey,

only advice you need is to ignore anything anyone else says and focus solely on me.

[oskar]

I just want to put this plain and simple:
If you keep up the bankroll management that you currently enjoy, you will stay a loosing player no matter how well you play. There's a critical flaw in the system.

[xptboy]

I just want to put this plain and simple:
If you keep up the bankroll management that you currently enjoy, you will stay a loosing player no matter how well you play. There's a critical flaw in the system.

Could you give a better explanation? I agree with what you're saying, but making a point without a reason doesn't really help... Besides, I know of plenty of succesful winning players who took a shot with 30% of their BR on the line. (not trying to say BR management isnt important)

[Cardsharp]

Alright! Thanks for all the replies so far

I will move down 1 lvl untill I hit around 500$
I'm also not going to play more than 1hour straight. This seems to help alot to avoid tilting for me.

And special thanks for the best advice from a5oolbgorilla, I will keep that in mind:P

[xptboy]

avoiding tilt is one of the things I really struggled on (and still do)

I don't think you should necessarily have 1 hour sessions, but rather quit everytime you're on tilt. I quit as soon as I am on tilt/tired/bored/emotionally controlled, but when I am having a good session where I feel I am playing well I keep on playing until I start playing worse (for whatever reason)

[Stacks]

It's your choice with the 1 hour session thing. However, maybe it would be best to leave when you no longer have an edge at the table. That is to say if there is a hudge fish there why not stay to take his money? If you are the best player at the table and there is alot of money on the table, why not stay so you can get as much as possible? Leave whenever you feel you aren't playing your best, but seriously try not to let that happen because of a bad beat. You have sucked out on people before, so it's only fair it happens to you every now and then.