MikePM911

Thanks for the encouragement, Makata.And you are right. I checked and I was in the $1 BB. That's how I raised to $3.I am a douche.I will keep reading and keep playing. I appreciate helpful people like you who are willing to take time out to school a moron like me."Mad props." Isn't that what the kids say?MikePM911 - Nola, beeOTCH!

Holy crap.Did you see that call? 8 then J of diamonds?!?!DN is touched by a friggin' angel or something.

So, to recap:1) Don't play cute with a nut flush when so many things potentially beat it.2)Don't brings a knife to a gunfight. (Come with more BB's to your roll)3)Don't abandon your strategy when you make a hand on the flop.Did I get all of it? So, am I doing okay for a newbie? Should I continue and use this as a growing experience? Or am I a hopeless douche who should stick to blackjack? :)Thanks for the constructive criticism.MikePM911 - Nola!

I used to play $20 buy-in Hold 'Em in college (when I was drunk, mostly) and loved the game but never played again. Now that I am a family man (three kids, wife, etc.) I have a little money squirreled away and have decided to venture from "Play Chips" to "Real Money" online. I wanted an opinion on my introductory session, if possible.I started with $50 in the $1/$2 NL. I played pretty tight, only really raising groups 0 -2 of Sklansky's chart. Every now and then with a weak player, I would represent strong post-flop and take down a decent amount.After about 2 & 1/2 hours I am up to $210 an