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June 17, 2014
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Hi TPE members,
To give you some background, i have just started playing micro-stakes ($0.11-$1.10) tournaments on Stars just to get used with the game. i deposited $30 so far but i'm going to put another $70 in the following months in order to have a $100 Br.
One thing to add is that i have never played cash games either.
What do you consider your top 5 tips for a newbie?
Love the comunity here at TPE,
Mihnea
October 30, 2013
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Any site will tell you bankroll management is mandatory for a newer player and I think everyone would agree with a start there. Obviously TPE is the place to be and the articles and vids are great and the podcasts are the best strategy pods u can find. I’m not sure if they mind if I recommend something else but there is a site called the pokerbank which has very easy to read articles and very simple breakdowns of rules and plays, great for beginners. Id just start your TPEU classes right away as they have what you need. I’d suggest reading up and variance to go ahead and prepare your mind for the ups and downs that is poker. GL
April 26, 2013
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Maybe not top 5, but some random thoughts of important advice for a newbe:
1. BRM! If you play fields that are 500 – 1500 players, have at least 200 buyins in your BR. Personally I use 300 as my average-buyin, I play some SNGs to reduce variance (45 – 180 players) but also play the Bigs and Hots on stars with 4000 – 10000 players. So adjust accordingly depending on the field size you mainly play.
2. If you are new: study, analize, study. As soon as you think you got the fundamentals, spend your time for at least 50% actually playing poker, because that's how you will encounter all the different situations and learn the most – if you are willing to put in the time to analyse your play afterwards (discussing HH on TPE, picking a specific weakness in your game and trying to find as much info to the subject as possible etc.).
When progressing further as an experienced poker player you can slowly change your playing : studying ratio to something like 90:10
3. Variance… is a bitch. So trying to reduce it by playing smaller fields is always a good idea. Also, try not to get totally demoralized when experiencing suck-out after suck-out and bad-run after bad-run. Whereas if you make a lot of final tables in a small amount of time, don't get overconfident. Positive variance excists as well as negative, so just try to avoid getting influenced too much by your results.
4. Poker is almost infinitly complex, because the equation for an optimal play includes so many variables: your cards, your position, your stacksize, the stacksize of the other players, the info you got on the different tendencies of your opponents, bubble-play, ICM-considerations, your image on the table etcetc. Therefore learning never ends.
Also I believe that a professional approach to poker includes more than just directly game-related issues. There are many things that indirectly may increase your performance as a poker player. Physical excercise, eating healthy, getting good and enough sleep, having a plan or routine, taking time off are just a small example.
5. Write down some short term goals and some long term goals. Try and make them realistic, otherwise they may just demotivate you. Keep track of your progress.
GL! You definitly came to the right place to learn.
June 17, 2014
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Great and thoughtful response Sen.
For the last 3 weeks i played turbo tourneys with a large number of people (around 2.5k -3k) and managed to get ITM 75% of the time(13 tourneys played) but I realised i was limping and always trying to get ITM and not making the best decisions.
Since last week i started playing 500 limit 0.55 NHLM (standard, non turbo) and i find it more enjoyable asi can make better decisions considering I can play tighter in the first part of the tourney.
Even though i'm not making ITM as frequently as i did on the turbos i'm constantly thinking about the percieved right play so i think i'm on a better path than before.
Thanks,
M
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April 6, 2010
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Kilavolts said:
Any site will tell you bankroll management is mandatory for a newer player and I think everyone would agree with a start there. Obviously TPE is the place to be and the articles and vids are great and the podcasts are the best strategy pods u can find. I'm not sure if they mind if I recommend something else but there is a site called the pokerbank which has very easy to read articles and very simple breakdowns of rules and plays, great for beginners. Id just start your TPEU classes right away as they have what you need. I'd suggest reading up and variance to go ahead and prepare your mind for the ups and downs that is poker. GL
We dont mind this at all. Anything that helps our members get better! Tpe or otherwise.
Top 5 things I would master:
Bankroll Management
Tilt/mental game
ICM
Poker Math
Hand Reading
February 9, 2014
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Patience
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August 25, 2012
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1. Get your head right. Work on your mental game right from the beginning. Seek out the resolution to any questions you have about the nature of the game in the long term. Fix tilt problems before they become an issue, not after.
2. Set goals. Where do you want to go in poker? Why are you playing the game? What's your motivation? What's your backup plan?
3. Prepare for the worst. Not to be pessimistic, but if you know that even the biggest of downswings couldn't possibly break you financially or affect your life, you'll avoid one of the biggest pitfalls for new players, and play much better poker, much more consistently. If you're worried about paying the rent, you can't play your best.
4. Give up wanting to win. Seriously, give it up. You want to make the best decisions, that's all you want. Who 'wins' in any given situation is determined by variance, not you. You'll never have to beat yourself up about your losses if you're able to accept that you're only partially responsible for your individual successes. If you tell yourself that the tournament you just won was all because you're so great at poker, you'll also feel terrible when you lose, even when it's not your fault.
5. Check your ego at the door. Don't try to act tough at the table. Don't berate fish, it doesn't make you smarter than them, it makes you a douche. Be nice to people. Improve the image of poker.
July 12, 2013
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Position and starting hand selection are very important. Pay attention to the videos you watch and what the pros talk about in terms of position… It’s so important.
Preflop hand selection… Just cause you see someone raising 89cc from the CO doesn’t mean that YOU should be raising 89cc every time you get it in the CO… There are a lot of reasons why people play these hands. So I would just say really watch and listen to the pros talk about preflop hand selection.
And have fun pal!! It’s an amazing game!!
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