Hi,

I just turned 18 and finally ready to play online poker for real money. My brother is 24 and hes been playing since he was 16. He plays high stakes. I guess I am pretty lucky that I have him but he said that it will be really hard for me to build a bankroll now unless I started at say 50nl(no knowledge of poker). He has told me that, before, when it was the golden age, it was very easy to build a roll. I didn't believe him.

I plan on starting with 2k which my brother is giving to me of course. He suggested to learn the basics of nano plo and then just play straight at 50plo while he coach me.

I wanted to start with sng first but he said it wasn't worth it. Before 2007, he said that a 20$ single table sng on stars took only 3-6 minutes to finish. Is there any truth to this? He couldn't show any proof because he didn't play sngs or tournaments but I prefer to start off with sngs.



Is it true that it took 3 minutes to finish a 20$ sng a few years ago?


sorry english is my third language.