Help for a newbie

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hi and welcome to the forums.

if you're playing limit, you're in the perfect place. start off by reading small stakes hold'em by ed miller et. al multiple times. take the quiz at the end. that will teach you how to think and what kind of concepts you should be looking to apply in a large number of situations. if you're playing online, as a general rule, you should be applying the "tight" table conditions preflop chart. those loose games aren't quite as common as they used to be.

whenever you run into a hand where you were perplexed at any stage, copy the hand history and post it here. give all information available to you at the time (your opponent's play style, his tendencies, the table conditions, your own image, anything else you think may be relevant). use a converter to make the hand more friendly to read. here is the one that i use, but there are others out there if you like other ones better.

make sure you are properly rolled for the game you're playing. 300 big bets is good, 500 is super safe. realize that the game is extremely swingy, don't get on tilt, don't berate other players at the table for playing poorly, examine big hands you lost to see if you could have done something better.

hope this is a good starting point for you. again, welcome to the forums.