Moving from Playdough to Real Dough

[VLV]

Theres nothing that I love more than sitting at a play money table and going all in every hand haha. Pisses people off so much and great stress release.

[GrumpyB]

I'm a newbie here too, so I don't know if my opinion has any real value, but I can say that when I moved from play money to real money I started on tournies because:

(a) after the initial all-in fest the games seemed much more 'sensible' than the moron micros - so I thought it would be better for my game

(b) if I didn't make any crazy plays a $10 buy-in to a MTT could last a couple of hours, while I could be down two buy-ins on a micro table in less than 30 minutes

But I still hadn't read Harrington on Holdem book 2, I had never heard of 'M' and I didn't know that I should loosen up as my stack dwindled away - so I always lost. Big mistake!

So, for what it's worth, if I knew then what I know now, I'd have left the MTT's till later.

[Miraculix]

Hi.
When I read this post I can see that some of you´re playing small buy-in SNG´s. If it´s possible for you to play at Pacific (don´t know if they are US friendly) I´d recommend that you give it a try. When I had a big downswing in my NL cash play I spent some time trying to learn SNG tactics by playing $2.50/30c 6 handed SNG, and believe me, it´s very soft. Besides that Pacific pays the first 3 places evan in the 6 handed SNG´s. Basically it´s just your money back for 3rd place, but it´s money saved. This is the only site I´ve found that pays 3 places in a shorthanded SNG.

Just my 2 cents....

// M

[Soupy]

my suggestion is when you pick the type of game you want to play (cash, sng, mtt) read the forums here. the FAQ for each of these will help out, including bankroll suggestions as well as some strategy.

goodluck!

[JanelleBB7]

Poker Clif,

I think I will definately take your advice and avoid the MTTs. I don't have the time to devote to a game if it were to last 5 hrs.

I definately will start out just playing no more than 2 tables. I can see in your case having roomates can cause distractions which will lead to mistakes. I find even without any distractions that if more than two games are on I can't play as well as if I can concentrate on one or two.

Thanks for all your help and advice.

[JanelleBB7]

I never played at Poker Stars before. I will try it out in play money and see how that goes... Thanks! [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[bill_nj]

One of the sites I play at is Absolute. They have .50 + .10 SNG that pay top 3. They're a cheap way to learn & earn.

Also I signed up on Absolute thru a site that gave me $50 for free to start me out. The site is www.pokersourceonline.com. I think I originally found them somewhere here on 2+2. If you try them tell them bill_nj sent you [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

Bill

[crashzzz]

Don't forget, by practicing with playmoney, you are actually making money...

1 Million pokerstars playmoney can be sold for about 10$ in real money.

[JanelleBB7]

Oh I didn't know that thanks!! Will try that now!

[dtysiak]

How do you sell your play money on poker stars. I have over $2 mill play money, would love to sell it for $20 real