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Old 09-05-2008, 18:29   #31 (permalink)
MartyMcG_1967
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Default Re: How do you get profitable at poker?

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Originally Posted by stooonami View Post
Welcome to my world!!!!

except i play on betfair... $5 level and i seem to win this consistently. Build my bankroll from a starting point of about $20 upto about $120.... this will usually take me 5/6 hours of play thru a day but then i'm stuck in a situation where i think shall i move up?

I do it and end up bubbling a lot. I'll be honest and say that I'm not a TAG I'm most prob loose agressive tryin to steal lots of little pots so that when I take a gamble or actually do get a big hand i can afford to lose it if you get me.

End up getting frustrated and blowing the large majority of it at a higher level and then all the hard work i have put in is undone.

If your making $100 over a period of 5/6 hours then I'm not sure you want to be looking at moving up a level just yet, maybe you could continue with the $120 and try and increase that at $5 games even if it is a drag so you are more comfortable if you up your stakes.

If you can make that in such a short space of time then your obviously a good player, recently I've restricted myself to one or two games a day as I found when I'd play when bored or hungover and my decision making was poorer and I'd basically call with crappy hands out of boredom. Also if i suffer a bad beat it can be easy to go on tilt and lose a lot in a short space of time, so I find giving myself time to get over the anger helps thwart tilt!

If your blowing a lot of it out of frustration maybe you should take a breather, play a different format or simply don't play for a few hours.
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