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[QUOTE="aliengenius, post: 705585, member: 11924"]
[b]my thoughts[/b]

You want to try to progress beyond preflop play and thinking about "playing good cards" and here are my suggestions:

1. start to [U][I]overvalue[/I][/U] [B]POSITION[/B] in hold'em, experimenting (perhaps in a free roll or play money game at first) with playing a lot more hands ([U]even any two[/U]) on the button and cut off seats.

2. [B]AGGRESSION[/B] is the second key to success (after position). Be the better and raiser, not the caller. In fact, I want you to start to [U][I]overvalue [/I][/U]aggression as well: try not calling EVER for awhile. That's right, raise, re-raise, check, bet or FOLD.

After you take the above two concepts to the [I][U][B]extreme[/B][/U][/I] you can start to phase back to more regular play, incorporating calling back into your game, and tightening up a little in position. Your need to go a bit crazy at first to learn just how powerful the above factors are in hold'em. Then you can scale back to the perfect balance.

3. $50 is plenty, just know that you can't really afford any cash games yet, and will have to stick to 50cent or $1 tournaments. There are a lot of good bankroll threads and info on this site, just use the 'search' function. That being said, "investing" $50 in the learning the importance of the above concepts so you can play real money games will be worth it long term. Expect to lose the money as tuition for your learning, the price of your education; then make a another real $50 deposit that you intend to build as a bankroll.
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