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moving up the levels
i have been playing on the site for a year but normally play stt and now started playing cash at 2p/4p i have 30 quid in my account as everytime i have more than 40 i reduce it straight back to 30 as as soon as i get a bit of money in the account bad beats start to happen every hand. Well my first 4 days i played about an hour and a half a day and was 15 quid up but today i lost 15 quid in an hour because awful players were calling me all in pre with 3,5 and 3,4 when i had aces and hitting full houses on the flop, typical sky to be honest but should i be moving up the levels to try and get away from these players (as poor players seem to get all the luck in the world against me and the half decent player who dont go all in pre with 3,4 i can outplay during a hand) or should i try and take advantage until i feel comfortable going up but then leaving myself open to these constant bad beats that make me want to leave the site?
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There's wayy more fishes up there!
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Firstly, there is no 'typical sky when you get a bit of cash in your account'. Break that thinking straight away because it will no doubt impact on your thinking and play.
Now, as for moving up, in my opinion, (unless you have enough money offline to reload), you should never use more than 5% of your BR, so that would answer your question.
I cannot stress more, if you can't beat the 2//4p level then you won't beat higher levels. You WANT people calling you all in with 35 preflop and if that is happening and you aren't beating the game, then sorry but you won't win higher up.
Your action for me:
Don't withdraw, leave the money in and see how well you can build it.
If it gets to £200 then move to 4/8p. When it gets to £250 then move to 5/10p etc etc. If you lose, move back down the stakes
It is the only way to move up safely without busting
Doohhhhh is right though, I took the time to write a thought out reply and you aren't interested. This will get moved to area 51 as soon as a mod sees it.
Over time you will win more hands and more money than those who get lucky every now and then.
The standard of play at 4p/8p isn't any different to that at 2p/4p tbh, except you can raise a little less.
5p/10p is a tiny bit better, you can raise 3x pre flop and people will fold or you thin the field out nicely.
To say it's easier to make money the higher up the levels you go is laughable tbh. If my level of tables aren't busy then i'll open up some 2p/4p tables and it feels great to be able to get people calling your flush draws when they're holding bottom pair and no kicker.
borrow as much as you possibly can from the bank, placing your house as security if necssary
Start playing the biggerst games online against durrr, Ivey, antonius etc. These are not fish so you can outplay them ,make loads of moniez, be a balla etc
Disclaimer: Not any of the advice in this post is good
well if you are better than dan and browndog u will be fine. I think you are being a little unfair to their play though
Poker is a long term game. It isn't about how you do in one or two hands, but how you do over a week or a month or a year.
BR I believe is just as important in STT as cash. Maybe you just didn't get ul and hit that losing streak that EVERYONE goes through at some point yet. Maybe you are a better STT player than cash?
I used to be a decent STT player. Then I moved to cash. My STT game is awful now. Funnily enough I make my profit from MTT's now.
The games are vastly different.
BR is the same, if you decide you only can afford to lose 30 quid, then stop after going 30 down. If you play till you have lost more than you are prepared, then you aren't managing your BR and that is the same in both STT and cash
But, weak players will 'often' win a small pot or lose a big one.
And how often will weak players get it all in pre anyway?
It is a public thread and the guy asked for advice. I have given it. Poker is about opinions. Now, a lot of people will say the way I play the game doesnt maximise my profits. I will be the first to agree. But I have found a way to play that suits my game. I did that by listening to opinions and seeing what worked for me.
I refrained from scoping the OP. That is because profit doesn't come into it. He asked for advice on a certain aspect of his game and I have given my honest answer based on the information provided.
You have wound me right up tbh and I will tell you why.
You haven't said anything against the advice. You made an inflammatory comment on purpose. That was no use at all to the OP and has done nothing to aid him.
If you had said, however, I don't agree with this comment because.... then we could debate it and that would be useful to the OP.
In short sir, you are a hypocrite. At least I tried to be useful