Stopped playing Micro Cash Games Last Year

[fundiver199]

Idk I've found it pretty easy to go from $50 and 2nl full-ring to $500 and 10nl full-ring(takes 3-5+ months depending on ones volume). One is 100x better starting with $50 playing 2nl full-ring then they are playing freerolls and trying to go to $500. And if one can't afford to deposit and potentially $50 then they can't afford, don't have the mindset to be a winning player and should never be playing poker.

I very much agree with this. It does not require solvers or expensive training sites to grind your way to 10NL and a bankroll of around $500 starting with a $50-$100 deposit. And if someone can not afford even such a small deposit, they should fix their financial situation first before spending time on any kind of poker. I have also done this in around 3-5 month in the past. Twice.

 

[hardongear]

I very much agree with this. It does not require solvers or expensive training sites to grind your way to 10NL and a bankroll of around $500 starting with a $50-$100 deposit. And if someone can not afford even such a small deposit, they should fix their financial situation first before spending time on any kind of poker. I have also done this in around 3-5 month in the past. Twice.

And I'm not really that good a player if I'm being honest. What I do and the things I do really well are play a solid, mostly simple and consistent TAG style of poker. Nothing fancy. I'm also mental tough, have decent tilt control, patience and game selection. Those are the things I do well. The thing I do the worst is study to improve my game. I haven't done that in 15+ years. I do study my hand histories to make sure what game I do have stays on rails and I don't form bad habits.

There's plenty of players in this forum that are better, more knowledgeable and more right now studied players poker/strategy wise the I am. I think what most them struggle at is everything I do really well above. Winning poker is much more then just knowing GTO, taking courses and reading books on poker.

Cheers!!!

 

[SpanRmonka]

glad u stopped playing the micros and paying rake for the sites, smart decision.

This is like saying glad you stopped playing poker.......on a poker forum!!!!!

What on earth do you mean??

 

[fernandofcp]

Cash games are not only dangerous, but also quite challenging. Sometimes you’ll have a big win and then another where you lose a lot or everything you had in play. In cash games, everything is either going really well or everything is against you; even if you start with a monster hand, nothing is guaranteed.

 

[Poker Orifice]

Cash games are not only dangerous, but also quite challenging. Sometimes you’ll have a big win and then another where you lose a lot or everything you had in play. In cash games, everything is either going really well or everything is against you; even if you start with a monster hand, nothing is guaranteed.

it is standard to 'lose everything in play'. I think a lot of rookie cash game players attempt to play them like a tournament (ie. they don't reload to 100bb when they fall below starting stack; they try to pot control; they don't go for thin value; they play as if they're trying to preserve a stack; they play to 'not lose' instead of 'to win' (or to maximize ev); etc. etc.)

 

[fundiver199]

I think a lot of rookie cash game players attempt to play them like a tournament

Like Phil Helmuth?

 

[Station_Master]

it is standard to 'lose everything in play'. I think a lot of rookie cash game players attempt to play them like a tournament (ie. they don't reload to 100bb when they fall below starting stack; they try to pot control; they don't go for thin value; they play as if they're trying to preserve a stack; they play to 'not lose' instead of 'to win' (or to maximize ev); etc. etc.)

Yep, thats why alot of cash games are so soft!

Even better when these players get down to 20 or 30bb and start open shoving superwide.