Finally Seeing A Profit

[taylovesthebeatles]

It's taken me a while, but I've finally started to profit at No Limit Hold'Em. I'm definitely still pretty new and not playing high stakes poker by any means, but my sessions have finally started to see a profit. I just wanted to thank all of you for continuing to help me become better at this game- even the times I've been dealt a bad beat or played a hand terribly and lost. I've always learned something and I know I'll continue to do so. I love playing with you guys. Thanks NDN especially for allowing me to post and play here so I can earn the money to play on FullTilt! You rock.

[PANAMHIEST]

Well good for you and gope that you will continue to do well. good luck in your future poker game!

[eejit101]

What sessions?

[taylovesthebeatles]

What sessions?

Playing SnG's on FullTilt. Maybe you wouldn't call that a session, but I meant I don't just play in the NDN games.

[eejit101]

Cool.

Good to hear.

Just learn each time you play and ur golden!

[BnLM5]

O M G I tried to play a little poker tonight, I lost, but I think I am great at it.... A born natural.... NOT, ABSOLUTELY NOT!!! I don't know if I will be good enough to play with the anybody that knows what they are doing. (at this time) So if I can find a place to play with people, I mean slow people so that i will be the better one there, than, I can do that! That being said, I can tell you I will be good at it one day! Watch and see!

[GloBug]

O M G I tried to play a little poker tonight, I lost, but I think I am great at it.... A born natural.... NOT, ABSOLUTELY NOT!!! I don't know if I will be good enough to play with the anybody that knows what they are doing. (at this time) So if I can find a place to play with people, I mean slow people so that i will be the better one there, than, I can do that! That being said, I can tell you I will be good at it one day! Watch and see!

u need to play the chips buyin tourneys we will wait for u. hey tay good job on making a profit. like eejit said learn every hand and u will get better.

[DenAK47]

Congratulations buddy! I hope you will become a professional poker player soon and play high stakes! All the best

[freeringo]

Your skills and patience are one thing.
The games you choose to play, make up a huge percentage of your success.
Sit and goes are great to make a small long term profit. Double up games are good too. The problem is that these games get boring after awhile because they are for a better word (lack the excitement). I do my best at playing in private games with money added. There are lots to choose from on a daily basis. You just got to look for them. When I played a 100 sit and goes a week, I averaged $100 profit a month. I quit playing sit and goes now and spend my free time on NDN forum and play added money games and now averaging $200 a month. Stay away from cash games and re-buy games.
Good examples of good games to play: $1 entry $50 added 17 players.
$2 entry $100 added 40 players. I played in both this week and there are 2 more this week.

Summary: stay active at NDN, choose your games wisely and make a profit.

[0maxpower0]

It's taken me a while, but I've finally started to profit at No Limit Hold'Em. I'm definitely still pretty new and not playing high stakes poker by any means, but my sessions have finally started to see a profit. I just wanted to thank all of you for continuing to help me become better at this game- even the times I've been dealt a bad beat or played a hand terribly and lost. I've always learned something and I know I'll continue to do so. I love playing with you guys. Thanks NDN especially for allowing me to post and play here so I can earn the money to play on FullTilt! You rock.

Ditto everything tay said, except for the part about making money, lol. But seriously the site is great, every time i go on tilt or anything i come here and try to beat hte high scores at the arcade, and then get mad about a whole new thing . Thanks the NDN for makin it happen, im still waitin on my 5!!! :-p, its only been 3 days so im jsut being impatient. I guess ill have to try and beat the high scrabble score.... 27000 something like that...sigh. How in the world is that possible!!

[taylovesthebeatles]

O M G I tried to play a little poker tonight, I lost, but I think I am great at it.... A born natural.... NOT, ABSOLUTELY NOT!!! I don't know if I will be good enough to play with the anybody that knows what they are doing. (at this time) So if I can find a place to play with people, I mean slow people so that i will be the better one there, than, I can do that! That being said, I can tell you I will be good at it one day! Watch and see!

If and when you do decide to play more, I can vouch for the players here at NDN. They may give you a little crap but they'll be patient with you and you'll definitely learn something. I really don't think anyone here is just in it for themselves- an improvement for one person reflects on all of us.

[taylovesthebeatles]

u need to play the chips buyin tourneys we will wait for u. hey tay good job on making a profit. like eejit said learn every hand and u will get better.

Thanks for the encouragement Glo. And as I said also for the bad beats, I've learned from them! It's an honor to play at your table.

[freeringo]

It took 14 hours then I quit.
I could have went forever.
Good luck
Don't forget to exchange tiles when a bomb get 1/2 way down and your stuck

[taylovesthebeatles]

Your skills and patience are one thing.
The games you choose to play, make up a huge percentage of your success.
Sit and goes are great to make a small long term profit. Double up games are good too. The problem is that these games get boring after awhile because they are for a better word (lack the excitement). I do my best at playing in private games with money added. There are lots to choose from on a daily basis. You just got to look for them. When I played a 100 sit and goes a week, I averaged $100 profit a month. I quit playing sit and goes now and spend my free time on NDN forum and play added money games and now averaging $200 a month. Stay away from cash games and re-buy games.
Good examples of good games to play: $1 entry $50 added 17 players.
$2 entry $100 added 40 players. I played in both this week and there are 2 more this week.

Summary: stay active at NDN, choose your games wisely and make a profit.

Thanks for the great advice, freeringo, I really appreciate it. Do they have those kinds of games at FullTilt? That's where I like to play, as their blind structure is best.

[freeringo]

If and when you do decide to play more, I can vouch for the players here at NDN. They may give you a little crap but they'll be patient with you and you'll definitely learn something. I really don't think anyone here is just in it for themselves- an improvement for one person reflects on all of us.

So eloquenlty said

Never Full Tilt

Cake and Carbon only

[navuta]

Your skills and patience are one thing.
The games you choose to play, make up a huge percentage of your success.
Sit and goes are great to make a small long term profit. Double up games are good too. The problem is that these games get boring after awhile because they are for a better word (lack the excitement). I do my best at playing in private games with money added. There are lots to choose from on a daily basis. You just got to look for them. When I played a 100 sit and goes a week, I averaged $100 profit a month. I quit playing sit and goes now and spend my free time on NDN forum and play added money games and now averaging $200 a month. Stay away from cash games and re-buy games.
Good examples of good games to play: $1 entry $50 added 17 players.
$2 entry $100 added 40 players. I played in both this week and there are 2 more this week.

Summary: stay active at NDN, choose your games wisely and make a profit.

Very nice things to hear here today. Those sometimes are just basic rocomendations, but i got to have it on mind every single minute of play. Like a famous saying about poker ( that poker is flame you have to control ) just like your mind. so, the most your remember those basic things like pacience, calmnes, and equilibrated mind, so u dont go tilt, the most you will win, and the most you will learn from it. Thats way i think poker is cool, because is like a meditation, you have to watch yourself 100% of the time. And ringo, yours advice are also very good ones, i´ve also trying to find those kinds of games. As all are privates, we have to be active in many forums. Thats a wonderfull oportunity to lean and earn. And NDN are one of the bests out there.

[freeringo]

I will let you all in on a secret about other forums.
Most of them only protect their passwords on freerolls.
Their buy-in games (with money added) are not password protected.
You may have to register with site, but that's it.
Most players know this already.

[navuta]

I will let you all in on a secret about other forums.
Most of them only protect their passwords on freerolls.
Their buy-in games (with money added) are not password protected.
You may have to register with site, but that's it.
Most players know this already.

Thanks... I have to orvercome that tilt that I lost 386 dolars. I think in total I deposited 175 dolars. Trying to withdraw 50. So there is 125 to go. Now I fell more confident with you guys giving all this support. My aim is to get at least 1K until the end of the year.

[Sassy12U]

That's really nice to thank all of the forum for helping you through your poker experience. Especially NDN who hosts this forum. I think it goes to show how important NDN is to the members of the forum.

Congrats on your winnings! Shoot for the stars hun!

[GloBug]

Thanks... I have to orvercome that tilt that I lost 386 dolars. I think in total I deposited 175 dolars. Trying to withdraw 50. So there is 125 to go. Now I fell more confident with you guys giving all this support. My aim is to get at least 1K until the end of the year.

okay you are confusing me on how much u lost and how much put in all that. here is what u wrote on another post.


(wow. How long have u being into poker? on my poker story I just lost 100 dolars total. That a bad bad poker player status. so im negative 100, need to do something about it.)


ok say is it u lost $100 total on one site and $386 total all together?. im not getting u at all. poker isnt mainly about going on tilt. tilt is usually what happens when u get a bad beat. dont know to many people that get on tilt when just playing. poker is about picking your spots. and having patience. luck helps to. if u are so worried about being on tilt then u got issued with anger and shouldnt be playing till u seen a shrink. u confuse me alot. can u please tell me the str8 story.

[eejit101]

Please ignore anyone who tells you a particular site is bad Tay.

None of the biggest 4 (PS, FT, Cake, Merge) that accept Us players are in anyway compromised, all of them have tons of fish. The trick is having hands hold up.


Gl

[Hydrotrip]

Im glad to hear you are doing well. The most important thing to consider as you begin to play bigger games, to ensure a fluid profitability, is the estimated value of fold equity. Im sure you have taken note that running bluffs on inexperienced players at micro stakes yeilds a negative expectation, and have reacted accordingly by playing relatively snug. However, as your table stakes increase, be certain to respectively integrate an ascending value to fold equity, as unlike the peddlers in low limit ring games, advanced players are more willing to release marginal hands, but less willing to pay-off ultra-tight players, which mandates an increase in small-pot aggression and bluff frequency, and will, in turn, encourage opponents to pay off your strong holdings in larger pots. The key manipulation is to heavily extract from large pots to over-compensate for losses incurred while constructing an aggressive image through small-pot activity. Keep in mind this is a gradual shift in strategy, correlative to the increase in table stakes, so be sure to not 'over-adapt'. Feel free to ask if you have any questions concerning this methodology. Good Luck!

[eejit101]

Im glad to hear you are doing well. The most important thing to consider as you begin to play bigger games, to ensure a fluid profitability, is the estimated value of fold equity. Im sure you have taken note that running bluffs on inexperienced players at micro stakes yeilds a negative expectation, and have reacted accordingly by playing relatively snug. However, as your table stakes increase, be certain to respectively integrate an ascending value to fold equity, as unlike the peddlers in low limit ring games, advanced players are more willing to release marginal hands, but less willing to pay-off ultra-tight players, which mandates an increase in small-pot aggression and bluff frequency, and will, in turn, encourage opponents to pay off your strong holdings in larger pots. The key manipulation is to heavily extract from large pots to over-compensate for losses incurred while constructing an aggressive image through small-pot activity. Keep in mind this is a gradual shift in strategy, correlative to the increase in table stakes, so be sure to not 'over-adapt'. Feel free to ask if you have any questions concerning this methodology. Good Luck!

Wow.

This is all fine, and mainly true, but the levels your talking about here are way more than a jump in 1 level of cash tables, or 1 buyin at SnGs.

Your post is great, but surely a more basic approach in the early stages is warranted?

[Hydrotrip]

Wow.

This is all fine, and mainly true, but the levels your talking about here are way more than a jump in 1 level of cash tables, or 1 buyin at SnGs.

Your post is great, but surely a more basic approach in the early stages is warranted?

Absolutely. A tight-aggressive style certainly is applicable through all low-limit levels. I would like to re-iterate the importance of a gradual shift in approach to any players reading this thread. An over-adaptation would undoubtedly catalyze any players debacle, not only due to an unbalanced application, but also his or her unfamiliarity with the style. Hopefully Tay will take this preliminary advice with a grain of salt, and maintain his winning strategy through these introductory levels. That being said, as table stakes begin to increase, without fluid adaptation, the profitability curve will inevitably begin to stabilize. Many players, after treading in the comfort of invariable stakes, neglect to alter their gameplay until this curve plateaus at the subsequent levels. The purpose of my former post was intended not to induce sweeping, and potentially regressive amendments, but to encourage an evolutionary perspective on strategy so that Tay will not need an emergency reformation to combat the tribulations of encumbered profitability.

[eejit101]

Thats my main problem.

I moved up to rather high SnG/tournaments.

Now when dropping back down again im assuming the villains can pkay to a level that they clearly cant.

Its also why its hard to ghost a player at low levels, as some plays and reads are so far off the mark because of a lack of general basic knowledge by some people.