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Old 02-23-2006, 02:45 PM
Quocy04 Quocy04 is offline
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Default .50/1 to 10/20? How Long?

Hi,
I was wondering how long does it take for a .50/1 player to move up to a 10/20?Im a month new to poker and i been playing .50/1 and im doing decent in it. How long did it take for you to move up to 10/20 or 5/10 and how long have u been playing poker?
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Old 02-23-2006, 03:13 PM
Dan BRIGHT Dan BRIGHT is offline
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Default Re: .50/1 to 10/20? How Long?

I started late june/ early august, and I was playing 10-20 by november. I have read a few books a few times (right when I started) and read the forums quite a bit since then. I also play a looooooot of hands.

Ive have heard of some people taking a year to get to 10-20 and that seems a bit like a long time, but maybe they have less free time than me
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Old 02-23-2006, 03:23 PM
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Default Re: .50/1 to 10/20? How Long?

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I also play a looooooot of hands.

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This is the second most important element (playing well is the first).

Also worth thinking about is what kind of bankroll you want to play 10/20 with. Some people dive in with 200BB ready to move down at the first sign of trouble. Other players want 500BB before they even think about sitting down.

Some players never stay at 10/20 for very long since the $ amounts meant too much to them.

At any rate, how long it takes to get to 10/20 - and stay there - is different for everyone.

- Jim
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Old 02-23-2006, 03:29 PM
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Default Re: .50/1 to 10/20? How Long?

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I also play a looooooot of hands.

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This is the second most important element (playing well is the first).


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Some players play well for a certain number of hands to get the $, I, on teh other hand, play mediocre over a large number of hands to get the $ [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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Old 02-23-2006, 03:32 PM
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I hope you didnt take my post as bashing you Bright. I was simply pointing out that # of hands someone can play is huge - but nothing if you can't make money at all. I should have made that more clear.

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Old 02-23-2006, 03:35 PM
Dan BRIGHT Dan BRIGHT is offline
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I hope you didnt take my post as bashing you Bright. I was simply pointing out that # of hands someone can play is huge - but nothing if you can't make money at all. I should have made that more clear.

- Jim

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no thats fine, I know I play mediocrely, thats why Im here. I do however have exellent seat selection and pick up fishes betting patterns fairly quickly.
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Old 02-23-2006, 03:36 PM
Arnfinn Madsen Arnfinn Madsen is offline
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Ive have heard of some people taking a year to get to 10-20 and that seems a bit like a long time, but maybe they have less free time than me

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Remember that most who try, do not even make it. Getting good in poker is easy for some, but very hard for others. When you try to explain the game to somebody you notice that some would probably get to 10/20 quite quickly but for others it would be completely hopeless.
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Old 02-23-2006, 04:01 PM
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Default Re: .50/1 to 10/20? How Long?

bright, u went from .5/1 to 10/20 in a few months?

Thats crazy! It took me a year(ok i took months and months off, and now i find it hard to log 10k a month) to get from 0.02/.04 to $2/4.

Dam i need to take a break and then return and kick some serious ass.
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Old 02-23-2006, 05:27 PM
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It took me about a year too. I play a lot less hands than everyone on here though. I'm also currently running like [censored].
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Old 02-23-2006, 05:34 PM
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It took me about a year too. I play a lot less hands than everyone on here though. I'm also currently running like [censored].

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This is almost my exact situation. Instead of running like [censored] though, its become apparent that I just plain suck.
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