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Hey People,
Suuuuuper new to poker here. I’m from Toronto Canada and just got into it last month when everything in Ontario shut down and I found myself with a lot of free time. Started off playing the WSOP game on FB and ended up playing a bunch at the free tables on PokerStars. I had a good month with play money so I’m planning on checking out the microstakes tables next week.
Suuuuuuper duper new and looking to learn at every opportunity. So far I’ve read Dusty Schmidt’s book Treat Your Poker Like A Business and I found a copy of the grinders manual online that I’m working my way through. I’ve also been doing the exercises on pokerfighter. Any recommendations or tips would be greatly appreciated!
Hello Jacob,
Welcome to the world of Poker, hope you have a suitcase of patience and a duffel bag of concentration.
There are a lot of things to remember when getting started in poker that sound obvious but you need to internalize.
Do not play outside your comfort level. If losing $100-$200 hurts you don’t play much above 0.02/0.05 for a while. Losses can add up fast even when playing only $1-$2 stacks. Stick to 0.01/0.02 until you win regularly.
Learn the fundamentals first before branching out. Stick with pre-flop raise charts and understand pot-odds and relative hand strength post flop.
Accept that you will lose a lot when you start playing and maybe for a long time after. I have yet to prove to be a winning player, my best year I averaged about a -1BB to -2BB per hour rate. It’s why I don’t play at all now and if I decide to start again I will likely start at the limit tables at my local casinos.
Understand what variance means. AA wins about 80% of the time, meaning that 1/5 times you lose with AA. and that doesn’t mean that if you play AA 5 times you lose 1, you could lose 2, 0 or even all 5 times, but over a large sample size (meaning 1000+ hands of AA) you win about 80% of the time.
And finally, find a group of people to play or talk with. My biggest problem is I haven’t found a community to be around. I can’t stand playing with people I know and like because I feel bad when I win, its not a good mind frame to have.
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