Help my horse (and me)
 

Hi all,

I am trying to help a buddy out with small stakes nl. What are the best sites to play now for $0.50-$1 and $1-$2? (And is $2-$4 small stakes?) Are you finding bots and/or set farmers are hurting the games much? We're only interested in sites that pay quickly and without hassle. How are FTP and Pokerstars nowadays? Is PokerTracker still the best software? Should he use overlays?

(For those of you who are curious, I gave up online poker last spring. The video game + poker addiction aspect was interfering with sleep -- I couldn't sleep well after playing -- so I quit. And for those of you who have to hear it, yes, I won a lot and still could easily.)

My guy plays ok and has control and some clue about the math of poker, but does not know how to play JJ and AK, when to play 76s, when to fire a second barrel, what circumstances make 55 a good play, and so forth. The plan is to beat the book's techniques into his head and see what he can do. You'll be getting updates, but we won't be starting until after Tunica.

Play good, 'cause I may see you online and post your hands.

Any help is appreciated. PMs are fine.

Thanks!

Matt

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PokerStars is fine, I haven't played at FTP for a while but I hear the games are quite tight there. Could be wrong on this.

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PokerStars is fine, I haven't played at FTP for a while but I hear the games are quite tight there. Could be wrong on this.

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FTP is definitely tighter than PokerStars, but the rakeback makes up for it (if he chooses a site that allows it, make sure he gets rakeback!).

Games are tight like you wouldn't believe. I'd have him start at $.25-$.50 or $.10-$.25. And $2-$4 is considered medium stakes, not small stakes.

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What is the best site for rakeback?

When you say tight, what kind of VPIP are we talking about for full ring and 6-max? We'll be starting at 0.50-1.

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Also...I didn't mention in my PM, but have your buddy practice judicious table selection...biggest pots, most players to flop, etc.

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Of course this thread spawns this, but I can't resist. Are the games at Stars that much jucier than at FTP. I play 1/2NL at FTP, and there seem to be plenty of donks for the taking. RB + datamining = yay. No resizable tables = nay.

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There is a rakeback forum sir [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

Stars doesn't allow RB, so FT would be best if those are the two sites you've decided to play (They are the two largest open to US players by a huge margin).

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FT has better bonuses too, it think they still do the %100 up to $600 for signup. a nice help to a starting bankroll.

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FT has better bonuses too, it think they still do the %100 up to $600 for signup. a nice help to a starting bankroll.

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Holy *&^$! Nice!

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What is the best site for rakeback?

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There is a rakeback forum sir [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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