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Moving on from play money

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  • 11-01-2005 8:06pm
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    The_Bullman
    Registered Users Posts: 1,997 ✭✭✭


    I've been playing for play money on Ladbrooks poker for some time now and generally doing ok.

    I'm basically wondering about moving onto real money. Is there a steep learning curve? Is it much different?

    And does anyone here regularly make money playing poker online?


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    #2
    Davey Devil
    Registered Users Posts: 2,220 ✭✭✭Davey Devil


    Forget everything you learned with play money.


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    nesf
    Registered Users Posts: 27,645 ✭✭✭✭nesf


    It's a big step up, people play very very differently with play money as opposed to real cash.

    IMO the best way to learn is to start playing micro-limit limit hold'em, play money won't help you much beyond perhaps getting your pre-flop hand choosing right.


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    Lafortezza
    Registered Users Posts: 8,806 ✭✭✭Lafortezza


    Best thing to do is to come into the fitz and play freerolls and sit'n'gos for an evening or two.


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    Imposter
    Registered Users Posts: 4,666 ✭✭✭Imposter


    Ladbrokes don't have microlimits. The lowest they have is 0.15/0.30 which you'd need somewhere between 10$ and 30$ to sit down to give yourself a reasonable chance. Join Gaming Club or VC if you want micro limits 0.01/0.02!! The standard won't be great but it'll still probably be a step up from play money.

    Another option is Sit and Go's if you can afford them. Ladbrokes start at 5$ but again VC and GamingClub go lower.


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    Rodge
    Closed Accounts Posts: 204 ✭✭Rodge


    My own plan when I started playing online for money (after playing play money for a long time) was to put €10 into Victor Chandler Poker and to play in .10c+1c STT's. €10 will get you about 13 dollars so even if you were to lose every single STT you would still get to play over 100 of them for a tenner.

    It is a step up from play money but the .10c tables arent a huge step up in quality at all. A lot of the time the only raising pre flop will be an all in effort. Its pretty easy to pick your spots.

    From what I have read here, a lot of the lads play for huge money (well huge money IMO anyway) but we all have to start somewhere.


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