At least I can buy myself a cup of coffee ...
Hi all! I've been lurking for awhile & I figured it's about time I said hi. I've been playing hold'em for about six months now. I play in a small home game about once a month and yesterday I finally moved from the play money to real money tables online. Which explains the title of the post; I earned enough money yesterday to buy myself a cup of coffee.
I learned that even a few mistakes can seriously harm the profitability of your day. I should've earned $3+/hr ... instead I earned a measly $0.25/hr.
Oh well, as long as I learn from my mistakes and no one lost any blood I guess it's all good. Although, I am still pretty choked about how I managed to spectacularly self-destruct three spots out of the money in a MTT. "Don't do anything stupid", I said to myself. Three hands later, I did something (incredibly) stupid. Two hours down the drain. *sigh*
I learned that even a few mistakes can seriously harm the profitability of your day. I should've earned $3+/hr ... instead I earned a measly $0.25/hr.
Oh well, as long as I learn from my mistakes and no one lost any blood I guess it's all good. Although, I am still pretty choked about how I managed to spectacularly self-destruct three spots out of the money in a MTT. "Don't do anything stupid", I said to myself. Three hands later, I did something (incredibly) stupid. Two hours down the drain. *sigh*
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Don't worry, theres a member on the forum who made $1.45 with quad aces in a home game, so don't feel too bad
$1.59 now at Tims. You got some more work to do.
I generally play on the 50 or 100PL tables.
Throughout the week I usually end up just slightly up – I consider these my days of “learning†– but I generally don’t take any big hits either. Then when I play on Thursday through Sunday my session profits are considerably greater, so on a weekly basis I remain up.
Previously, I would play the same way during the week as I did on the weekends. But I found that 1 or 2 of those days I could take some big hits– meaning I would sacrifice my weekend earnings. I was literally making money from Thursday through Sunday just to give most of it back Monday through Wednesday.
I have learned to adjust my play on the weekdays (when there are fewer fish). I generally play only the 25PL or 50PL and use it as a practice for the weekends – where I personally find there is more money available.
Oh and I would definately hold out until I had made enough to get the Hazelnut shot!
Just remember that while you are learning and making mistakes, you are making them at a small limit and thus, paying less to learn them unlike other who jump right into the big game and pay thousands.
Been there, done that.