I didn't say to quit .. I said to do your homework .. The odds of just picking up the game and being a winning player are astronomically against you.. Do your homework and do it right, you get a chance. Learn that game I spoke of. You will love it.

I have now moved up to the .50/1.00 tables...I've noticed that the more money involved, the more serious the player...Play money players are the worst....In the 0.02/0.04 rooms, it's full of Russians who are probably colluding behind the scenes and raising damn near every hand pre-flop....

In fact, I'm playing right now.....and still my BIGGEST flaw is chasing those two pairs...Once I get that under control, I'll be unstoppable.

We'll check in with you a year from now, when your broke with your pants around your ankles in an alley somewhere.

Your paysite is a piece of shit :1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

Let alone that all you do on that paysite is fuck disgusting pieces of shit :disgust

So now you're playing .02/.04 NL? woo hoo!!! and you can already notice a difference in the style of play? Awesome - you're doing great, just keep working your way up gradually and in 30 years you'll be making your 100$/day on a legit table :thumbsup

People are telling you to quit and walk away because Poker isn't a business for 99% of people that play it.... yep that's right, poker is even less of a business than your horrible website.

For the other 1% of people that poker is a business for:

- .8% are fat/scummy/low-life grinders
- .1% semi-pros
- .1% pros

One of the best hands ever recorded - lucky to have been there - cool

I laughed, i laughed hard reading this thread. Thank BVF.
On the other hand, if you want to play poker, get your ass off your computer, and sit your ass at a real table. That's where the fun begins.
Don't get me wrong, i played and liked online poker, but you're missing a big part of the game online : the other players. I couldn't get back to online after sitting at a table, that's much better, the feeling is not the same, you have your chips in front of your, you see the other player, you can actually read him (or try :D ).

For your best interest, either get this as a hobby, or just drop it. I tried to get a stable thing going on for 6month, 6 tables on 3 screen, after 6months and an initial buy in of 300$ i was up only 1500$ , that's a lousy 8.33$/day, i'm not a poker genius, but i'm not bad, to get a stable 100$/day, that's gonna require a LOT of discipline, a LOT of knowledge on Poker strategy and a very good understanding of bankroll management, as well as knowing what's your best game (tournament? ring table? 6 seated? 9 seated? turbo? ...) so yeah forget about a 100$. Keep a 10$/day is already pretty hard if you follow the BR management guidelines (you don't have to, but i'd recommend you do, those are pretty good if you don't want to get busted at a high stake table without the BR to back you up...)

I would like to get into live play eventually but I'm going to stick to online because I can do it anytime I want.....

And as long as there are people online making money, I'm gonna keep trying.

Then your mom will fit right in....Tell that bitch to get at me.

I suggest you stay away from .50/1dollar until you have a better idea of what the hell your doing. Start out small and consider playing more than one table at a time. Get a lot of hands under your belt and move up in stakes 1 level at a time as your bankroll allows.

Someone might have already mentioned it, but you need software to track stats. I suggest Hold'em Manager or Poker Tracker, both have free trials.

Get some books and read them, more than once. This will improve your play so fucking much!

Finally, spend some time on the twoplustwo.com forums. Not easy to navigate but that place is loaded with great free information.

I suggest you look up something called bankroll management. That's very important if you want to keep playing poker without going broke to many times..

Thanks...I've started playing 7 card stud with better results....I like playing with good ole americans....Playing holdem with a bunch of russians was starting to bore me.

I don't play 7 card stud online. But it seems like a shitty way to make money, especially when you look at the number of tables available.

Buck up and play some No Limit Hold'em or Pot Limit Omaha - I suggest you start with NLH.

Congrats on your discovery.