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Message: [QUOTE="x2486, post: 1572814, member: 72408"] [COLOR=black]Here's my 2¢, for what it's worth. (about 2¢)[/COLOR] [COLOR=black]Of course, bankroll management is important, but it's not going to help you if you're a losing player. (Though it should help you lose slower by forcing you to play the smallest limits available)[/COLOR] [COLOR=black]You need to start reading everything you can about Hold'em. There are a lot of resources available free online, and more at the bookstore. One of the most enlightening things I've read was about how the immediate results in poker are often divorced from our actions. The random nature of poker means that incorrect actions may win and correct actions may lose in the short term. Our brains don't handle this sort of thing well, and we learn bad habits as a result.*[/COLOR] [COLOR=black]From looking at a couple of your hands on poker-edge, I'd say you need to stop bluffing and only play your premium hands. ABC poker is your friend at small stakes. Bet your good hands, fold your bad ones, don't pay a lot to see a flop, and don't chase when the pot odds are not in your favor. If someone is looking weak, you can try to nudge them off a pot, but don't shove - that will win little pots and lose big ones. If they are weak, they'll go quietly, otherwise, take your small loss and move on to the next hand.[/COLOR] [COLOR=black]Finally, I'd say if you can't win at play money, don't even try real money. This is also one way to build a bankroll. If you can build up a few million in play money chips, they can be sold to start a real money bankroll. If you lose that, just go back to play money again and start over. It requires nothing out of your pocket and it can help you learn how to manage a bankroll as well.[/COLOR] [COLOR=black]Hope this helps.[/COLOR] [COLOR=black]*paraphrased from "Small Stakes Hold'em - Winning Big With Expert Play", by Miller, Sklansky & Malmuth[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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