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New Player - Just signed up today, any help would be appreciated
Hi,
As the topic says, just signed up today and looking forward to playing....
Not played for that long, only played via the facebook Poker so never spent any cash playing, so I can imagine how different that will be for my frame of mind.
I just have a few questions if you wouldn't mind spending some time to answer please:-
1) Has anyone got any tips, strategy and good websites that i can goto to learn more?
2) Also is their any Poker schools/tables so i can play with others who can then teach me my errors and where I am mainly going wrong??
3) I don't really want to spend alot at the moment as no doubt may lose more than I win, what are the games you suggest for beginners?
4) How does this Bounty Hunter Poker work?
Anyway I am sure I will have more questions later, but thanks in advance for reading
Cheers
Comments
Welcome to Sky poker, and the forum.
1. Bankroll management is important, a lot of us on here use what we term, the 5% rule, we will not risk any more than 5% of out Bankroll.
2. There are freeplay tables where you can get a feel for the tables, and betting, these are found in the cash games tab above.
3. the 30p/60p double your money games are where I started, but there are also £2.20 deepstacks where most players are helpful.
4. The Bounty Hunter is where the prize money is split into half, half goes on the players heads, and half in the prize fund, every time a player is knocked out the player knocking them out keeps 75% of that money, the other 25% goes onto thier heads.
It depends whether you just play like a donk on facebook or whether you have grasped the way to play and beat donks on there? if you are still learning the game in itself stick to freeplay & freerolls
if you think you have a good idea and want to try out cash depends what style will suit you, either Multi table tournaments? sit n gos? DYM or cash? if you need a break down of what each are just let us know.
As for books I personally can never finish a book so wrong person to answer but theres alot out there
Advice: one place you can go is poker clinic on here some very good posters who are happy to give advice, read poker magazines pick out bits and test them out. Also plenty of other forums out there dont have to stick to just one although this is the best imo for community & sound advice
Bounty Hunter is where 1/2 the prize pool is for where you finish and the other half for knocking people out. when you know someone out you usually get 75% of whats on there head and get 25% added to your value which is above your head. basically the more bounties the more monies and if they have took someone out you get more the more they have taken out. hope this is simplified please feel free to pm me or post on here and someone or myself be happy to help
Kind Regards
John
If you're new to poker then my best advice is to watch our special TV channel- which specially caters for newbies. You will pick loads of good advice in no time. It runs 24 hours a day with live transmissions on Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays from 8pm.
You can watch it on Sky Channel 865 or stream it from the homepage of this site.
and play RICHORFORD as often as possible, you'll soon be rich.
Just had a go of the velocity Satellite Tourney......did OK to start, but went all in when should have dropped out instead of chasing my previous bet's, was hoping the player would have been bluffed out:(
Oh well nevermind.....roll on
do the following and you cant go wrong .
invest yes invest lol in to your poker account .
if you want to make money on here do this if you dont and want to try just luck gl with it .
heres what you do with your 50 quid .
lets call your 50 quid your bankroll ( br ).
never ever bring in more than 5% of your br to any poker game .
try 5% @ cash .2p/4p
try 5% @ mtt.deepstacks
try 5% @ s&g .double your money
keep notes on your winnings & losses in each game .
do above a few times for a few weeks .
keep notes on players and then more notes .
reinvest 50 quid again if you run dry .
from here
review your hard work see what you profit in .
this will be your base for your most impotant of all
br management .
get it right from the start and its less pain in the long game .
Try to find the game that suits you best whether it be STT MTT cash.Speed or deepstack or even maybe the 4 card variants.
Talk to people a lot either on the tables or if you think you need help go to the clinic where a lot of good players will give great advice.
But the main thing to do is to have fun. Think of this to begin with as a recreation thatwill cost you money so you should enjoy what you are doing.Save all the deadly seriousness and ego for when you are ready to play at the highest levels.
As stated above BR managemet is everything. You need to feel comfortable, this was my biggest problem when i came to sky from facebook.
Best to note however, most things on facebook is a cash set up, so this will be closest to what your used to, so freeplay is a good turnover, although the play from Facebook isnt much different, so if you feel comfortable, load up £40 and start at the 2p/4p cash tables. Get some freerolls to get used to MTT's.
If you need advice on cash, inparticular 2p/4p, ive personally posted a guide in the poker clinic somewhere, and my understanding of this region is quite good if you need help give me a PM ill be happy to help.
Also i wouldnt worry too much about Bounty Hunters until you have a really strong understanding of the game and feeling for the site, their a pure tilt machine. However basically, its a tournament, half the buy in on your head, half into a prizepool. The prizepool is dived between usually the top 10% of players, and the head prizes you get 75% of everytime you take someone out, the other 25% goes on your head.
Best of luck, Don.