How long before you started winning?
 

I have played 15721 hands this month. This are my first hands ever. I am playing 05/10 at party.
I am braking even. Finishing reading SSHE while playing 2tables.

Now the question is am I wasting the opportunity to make some $ on bonuses? Cause I started of with $10 just to see how things go and had no need for more.

But than again I would have made some cash by now working on some bonus?
How different are the 05/10 from say 1/2?
Any advise appreciated.

Re: How long before you started winning?
 

.05/.10?
you shouldn't be playing anywhere that doesn't have a bonus.
check out www.bonuswhores.com

Re: How long before you started winning?
 

yep .05/.10
didnt know that bonuses existed when deposited $10
I dont need more to leaern. Should I start new account somwhere else with good sum of money to do the bonus?
If so gonna have to move in limits. is 1/2 much diff?
thank you

Re: How long before you started winning?
 

Full Tilt Poker offers many bonus options. You should be able to get between $100-$300 in bonuses if you have a bonus code. Otherwise it's a $50 bonus for every deposit you make. You can also accumulate Full Tilt Points in which you can buy merchandise.

The lowest stakes that FTP has is $0.25/$0.50 limit. There are a lot of differences between the micro and small stakes. If you are playing $1/$2 limit or $2/$4 limit, should get you your bonus money pretty quickly.

Re: How long before you started winning?
 

doesnt full tilt have 100% signup to $600?
use bonuswhores.com , seriously [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

the games get a lot harder as you move up from .05/.1 . if i were you i wouldn't jump to 1/2 right away until you are beating a lower limit.

Re: How long before you started winning?
 

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doesnt full tilt have 100% signup to $600?

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You are correct, 100% bonus on any deposit. My bad.

Re: How long before you started winning?
 

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doesnt full tilt have 100% signup to $600?
use bonuswhores.com , seriously [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

the games get a lot harder as you move up from .05/.1 . if i were you i wouldn't jump to 1/2 right away until you are beating a lower limit.

[/ QUOTE ]Last month, I started teaching a guy who had never played a hand of poker in his life and he started at .05/.10 and he is now slightly better than break even at 2/4-3/6 (he plays about 1k hands a day learning). So, we got to watch the quality of play across all the micro levels. There seems to be a BIG quality leap from .05/.1 to 1/2. 1/2 is still pretty soft, but you don't get to see the big family pots and all the calling stations. If you have played 15k hands at .05/.10 and you are only break even then you need to do a serious review of your game. 15K is not a ton of hands, but I couldn't imagine a winning player being break even after 15K hands at .05/1.

Re: How long before you started winning?
 

utah, teach me? heh

Re: How long before you started winning?
 

You're considering jumping to 20x the stakes you play now? What ever happened to taking shots at twice the stakes? lol...

Move up slowly, if you're only break-even you're doing something wrong. What are your stats?

Re: How long before you started winning?
 

wow 15721 in a month 2 tabling ... sounds like you didn't get much else done this month (lol)

to answer question: always play with a bonus and rake back (I didn't learn about this aspect of online play untill well into my playing life - March 2006 I was a total noob too)

answer two ... if you can't beat 5c/10c game after 15K - don't think about moving up (you'll get killed)

<font color="blue">FYI ... you should be posting in the MICRO forum (just below small stakes)</font>