1/2 limit question

[jack24bauer24 0]

Hey,I deposited $600 on FullTilt and am playing the 1/2 limit there. I play tight-aggressive and the tables there are usually 30-40% flop percentage. The 20 hours of time I've put in so far I've had a hard time making money due to the chasers, etc. I have been playing great and been getting the cards, but It always comes down to the river and it ends up evening up overtime. I have made $13 in 20 hours. I don't know what to think but this is just a experience. Any help would be appreciated.. Should I just keep playing my A-game and it will eventually add up? Thanks! I know 20 hours is not a lot, but I was getting the cards too!

No I suggest playing your C game.Much more +EV that way.

[GTKID 0]

Seriously just move up to 3/6 or 5/10 shorthanded, who cares about minimizing your risk of ruin to 1% this is poker, i am fine with 20%, thats like the same chances my aces will that i will succeed. Your gonna spend years at 1/2 like all the other people just tryin to make it to 2/4.

[Egarim 0]

Ur stupid if u risk 20% of ur bankroll in a limit game.... u dont have to spend yrs at 1-2 to get up to 5-10... THe fastest way to build a small bankroll is with mtt. That will allow u to move up in limits a lot faster. if u put 20% of ur bankroll in a limit game u can easily go broke. I"m not saying u will or that it isn't possible... but it's really not worth the risk. But if ur a gambler go for it i guess :wink: This past 2 weeks i've seen the worst run of cards in my life and it's taken a chunk out of my bankroll. If i had been playing at higher than 5-10 i prob wouldn't have a bankroll anymore. Sometimes the cards will get u and well... its frustrating.... and if u dont have safety measures in place u can say goodbye to ur bankroll. I've also read articles in cardplayer about people getting a bad run of cards for a month! I don't like the sound of that but all u can do is play well and not let it affect ur game and make sure u don't go broke.

[kouta43 0]

lol you play tight aggressive at 1 2 with your a game. Maybe trade the A with a D and tight aggressive with good palyers are tight aggressive and i cant beat 1/2 so im good and therefore im tight aggressive. I see how you came up with your self description. Get a life, realise you dont know enough about poker to even call yourself tight/aggressive and then comeback when you have learnt why you have no right to call yourself tight aggressive with an 'A' game.

[TheIceman05 0]

lol you play tight aggressive at 1 2 with your a game. Maybe trade the A with a D and tight aggressive with good palyers are tight aggressive and i cant beat 1/2 so im good and therefore im tight aggressive. I see how you came up with your self description. Get a life, realise you dont know enough about poker to even call yourself tight/aggressive and then comeback when you have learnt why you have no right to call yourself tight aggressive with an 'A' game.

You, my friend, need to meet my good friend the comma. "Hey, man... feel free to, like, use me. I clarify things, and make you sound like less of a crazy-ass."Ice

[idiotbocs 0]

post a few hands in the strategy section.btw, this

You, my friend, need to meet my good friend the comma. "Hey, man... feel free to, like, use me. I clarify things, and make you sound like less of a crazy-ass."

is some funny shit.

[Egarim 0]

Everyone proceed to flame kouta43 :evil:

[SOWhatKid 0]

1/2 is a waste of time can't even pay for my dinner if I'm a big winner on those tables

[cortanpeter 0]

you need to loosen up totally. start betting and raising every hand, especially when your cards are not paired, suited or connected.Just kidding. Keep playing solid. You cant play defensive when you have raising hands. Dont lose confidence in the cards or your ability and eventually the turn and river will be more friendly to you. :-)

[idiotbocs 0]

1/2 is a waste of time can't even pay for my dinner if I'm a big winner on those tables

WRONG.I started out at .5/1 and now play 10/20 (6-max). It's hardly a waste of time to build your roll and gain hella experience.

[Egarim 0]

1/2 is a waste of time can't even pay for my dinner if I'm a big winner on those tables

WRONG.I started out at .5/1 and now play 10/20 (6-max). It's hardly a waste of time to build your roll and gain hella experience.

w0rd 8)

[kouta43 0]

this, guy, shouldnt, be, palying, at, 1/2, it, clearly, is, a , waste, of, time, being, a tight, aggressive, player, with, an 'A', game, he, should, clearly, take , up , DN's, challenge, do, not , waste, our, time, telling, us, how, good, your, game, is, that,it,cant,beat 1/2.

[KingAustin 0]

this, guy, shouldnt, be, palying, at, 1/2, it, clearly, is, a , waste, of, time, being, a tight, aggressive, player, with, an 'A', game, he, should, clearly, take , up , DN's, challenge, do, not , waste, our, time, telling, us, how, good, your, game, is, that,it,cant,beat 1/2.

Next we will visit our good friend the period.

[Canada 0]

1/2 is a waste of time can't even pay for my dinner if I'm a big winner on those tables

You're so full of shit I'm surprised you have any room for dinner...

[TruePoker 1]

I get through 1200 hands in 2-3 hours usually. 20 hours 3 tabling sounds a bit ludicrous for 1200 hands.Chasers will make you money if you are in fact playing a great game of poker. My opinon is to look at what you are doing wrong perhaps rather than saying that you are playing great and getting unlucky. One session isn't really going to tell you a lot. IF I was you I would invest a few more hours at the tables so you have a more conclusive test.As long as you aren't giving chasers free cards then everything is good. I lost 200 dollars in 1200 hands yesterday at 2/4. There is such a thing as variance, this could explain your results.

[SOWhatKid 0]

1/2 is a waste of time can't even pay for my dinner if I'm a big winner on those tables

You're so full of shit I'm surprised you have any room for dinner...

have any room for dinner? What the hell were you talking about

[justblaze 0]

1/2 is a waste of time can't even pay for my dinner if I'm a big winner on those tables

You're so full of shit I'm surprised you have any room for dinner...

have any room for dinner? What the hell were you talking about

he's talking about how you should stop trying to seem big by insulting the stakes others play.

[711Buddha 0]

Roughly 27-32%

Seems too loose for that sort of game.I'd suggest tightening up to about 20-22% That means folding big blinds when they are raised and you have crap and not completing the small blind unless you have cards worth playing. All things being equal you are only going to have best hand 1 out of 10 times - don't pay when you don't if you can help it. Send me hand historys if you want and I'll look at them. GL

[brian67 0]

The reason most people are losing players is because they play more hands than they should. Unless you are a very good post flop player, you should play very tight. If you are always going into the hand with the edge and betting it, then you will be fine. In the long run the chasers are the ones that make you big money.

[mbreon 0]

this, guy, shouldnt, be, palying, at, 1/2, it, clearly, is, a , waste, of, time, being, a tight, aggressive, player, with, an 'A', game, he, should, clearly, take , up , DN's, challenge, do, not , waste, our, time, telling, us, how, good, your, game, is, that,it,cant,beat 1/2.

Next we will visit our good friend the period.

He is probably familiar with the period, as it is the excuse every girl has used when he was tried to sleep with them.

[drb75088 0]

I do not play on-line, and my math is not very good, but if I ever tried to play 5 hands per minute (1200 in 4 hours), I would be broke in less than a quarter hour. Do people really play 5 hands per minute?A hand every 12 seconds? Here I thought I was learning to play the game, but that is way out of my league.

[brian67 0]

I do not play on-line, and my math is not very good, but if I ever tried to play 5 hands per minute (1200 in 4 hours), I would be broke in less than a quarter hour. Do people really play 5 hands per minute?A hand every 12 seconds? Here I thought I was learning to play the game, but that is way out of my league.

It's called multitabling.

[allinbluff35 0]

I know people that 8 table full ring and a few that 12 table sng's on party.

[GTKID 0]

Ur stupid if u risk 20% of ur bankroll in a limit game.... u dont have to spend yrs at 1-2 to get up to 5-10... THe fastest way to build a small bankroll is with mtt. That will allow u to move up in limits a lot faster. if u put 20% of ur bankroll in a limit game u can easily go broke. I"m not saying u will or that it isn't possible... but it's really not worth the risk. But if ur a gambler go for it i guess :wink: This past 2 weeks i've seen the worst run of cards in my life and it's taken a chunk out of my bankroll. If i had been playing at higher than 5-10 i prob wouldn't have a bankroll anymore. Sometimes the cards will get u and well... its frustrating.... and if u dont have safety measures in place u can say goodbye to ur bankroll. I've also read articles in cardplayer about people getting a bad run of cards for a month! I don't like the sound of that but all u can do is play well and not let it affect ur game and make sure u don't go broke.

Thats what its all about, taking good odds on gambling. If you give me an aces change of doubling my roll I will take it in a heartbeat just like Doyle said he would in supersystem, but I admit i got a lot of gamble in me. But if you think about it almost all great players did.

[drb75088 0]

It's certainly not for me. Get much above 30-35 hands an hour and I'll be irritating others with my slow play. I've watched some online tables, and I presume that's why people get so irritated when someone takes awhile to make a decision.Live tournaments are about as fast as I want to play.