Best Way To Start From Scratch, Recommendations & Suggestions!

[ibuddy 0]

Alright I use to be a big 3-6 NL player fell off for a while and want to get back in, been playing online and dumping money left and right. Talked with my buddy and we came up with a plan to keep discipline on our poker sessions.

• each of us start out with $1500
• Play $1/2 NL only
• Keep reports of every session wins/loses
• Save bad beat hands and go over them and talk about thought process to prevent those situations
• If you go busto u have 1 week to cool off before you can reload
• your allowed 1 reload a month
• We are going to do this for 6 months
• Move up in levels after you triple the original amounts
• May play sit and gos and tournaments but no more than $100 buyins (until you move up to the next level

So basically we would need $4500 to play the 2/4 NL games, $13,500 to play the 3/6 NL games etc etc.Do you think this setup is good or bad, or what would you change?

[GeneralGeeWhiz 0]

Alright I use to be a big 3-6 NL player fell off for a while and want to get back in, been playing online and dumping money left and right. Talked with my buddy and we came up with a plan to keep discipline on our poker sessions.

• each of us start out with $1500
• Play $1/2 NL only
• Keep reports of every session wins/loses
• Save bad beat hands and go over them and talk about thought process to prevent those situations
• If you go busto u have 1 week to cool off before you can reload
• your allowed 1 reload a month
• We are going to do this for 6 months
• Move up in levels after you triple the original amounts
• May play sit and gos and tournaments but no more than $100 buyins (until you move up to the next level

So basically we would need $4500 to play the 2/4 NL games, $13,500 to play the 3/6 NL games etc etc.Do you think this setup is good or bad, or what would you change?

Sounds fun. I wish I had the money to do it also.

[conor_mw 0]

that seems like a nice way to move up without dumping lots of amounts and keeping cool , especially if you are doing it with someone else and you can help each other stay off tilt and not continue in an already losing session. GL

[ibuddy 0]

that seems like a nice way to move up without dumping lots of amounts and keeping cool , especially if you are doing it with someone else and you can help each other stay off tilt and not continue in an already losing session. GL

ya thats the biggest thing about me, is when I lose big I want to win that money back and play extra aggressive, so what me and my buddy are going to setup is play at the same time (not same tables tho) or on the phone on like speaker phone and talk through hands. I think this will really help each other out so we dont dump money and instead tell the other to cool off for a bit and play the next day.

[Moneyball16 0]

i would probably wait till I had 15-20 buyins for a game before I moved up and I wouldnt worry too much about going over the hands that you had a bad beat in, just go over hands you thought you could have played better.

[MyPlayIsRAB 0]

id say with the 1500 you could start at .5/1.. and be alrightly rolled

[GetSprung 0]

For once I agree with RAB. If you want to make it a challenge start at 1/2, but if you want to play smart you should start at .5/1.

[ibuddy 0]

For once I agree with RAB. If you want to make it a challenge start at 1/2, but if you want to play smart you should start at .5/1.

I prefer to start at 1/2 because the game level at .5/1 is really bad. 1/2 should be a good start, I want to be at 5/10nl / 10/20 nl by that 6 months hopefully.15-20 buy ins sounds good I will have to find out how full tilt is setup, as far as max buying per increment.

[ElToasto 0]

i would probably wait till I had 15-20 buyins for a game before I moved up and I wouldnt worry too much about going over the hands that you had a bad beat in, just go over hands you thought you could have played better.

Sounds like a great plan. Bad beats happen and there is really very little you can do about it. I would only talk w/ your friend about them if it could be avoided. Good luck in your mission.

[ibuddy 0]

Sounds like a great plan. Bad beats happen and there is really very little you can do about it. I would only talk w/ your friend about them if it could be avoided. Good luck in your mission.

thank you sir and thanks to everyone else that contributed their comments. We are probably going to start around April 3rd and keep blogs so I will throw the link back up here if I remember.

[sixhands 0]

I prefer to start at 1/2 because the game level at .5/1 is really bad. 1/2 should be a good start, I want to be at 5/10nl / 10/20 nl by that 6 months hopefully.15-20 buy ins sounds good I will have to find out how full tilt is setup, as far as max buying per increment.

Is there really that much of a difference in the play between these two levels?

[sixsixtie 0]

Thats a little 7 buyins at 1/2 thats not enough of a bankroll, you start out running bad and you could go bustto.

[jay1085 0]

I prefer to start at 1/2 because the game level at .5/1 is really bad. 1/2 should be a good start, I want to be at 5/10nl / 10/20 nl by that 6 months hopefully.15-20 buy ins sounds good I will have to find out how full tilt is setup, as far as max buying per increment.

Not nearly enough to play 1/2 how do you go from needing 1,500 to play 1/2 and then 13,500 for 3/6???Thats 7-8 buy ins at 1/2 and 22-23 at 3/6???I would agree and say .5/1 Not enough for 1/2 bud.

[SpiderGuard 0]

He said he can reload. Bankroll doesn't necessarily mean what you deposit on the site, it's the amount of money dedicated to poker.

[akoff 0]

Reload now.

[Ganador 0]

Forget about all these guys telling you to have a bigger roll than 1500 for 1/2. Obviously if you can reload this is not your entire roll, and also, 1500 for 1/2 is fine unless you take some sick beats over and over, or you suck. Ha, everyone hears sweats the bankroll requirements so hard, lighten up and loosen up boys, its ok to take some shots. Seriously, if you deposit 500 online, you cant play anything over what? .10/.25??? god, i'd rather kill myself then raise to a dollar preflop. I think you have a great system set out there, and think you can do well if you play well, good luck to you sir. let the flaming begin.