Posts Tagged ‘tight-aggressive’

Had Fun!

Hello,

I’ve been playing for two or three months now. I just arrived from the bowls club. One thing I can’t forget, I pulled $900 out of the button mashers. Well, I used to play the mashers, $2/300 every month.

To keep this short, I’m actually here to share you something, Five guys and me, no 2k for the first one. I admit I was a little nervous to start out as I’ve been far in terms of everything. Well, I could read on “TG” however after some performances I wasn’t so sure then. Big clincher for me then was that the chips finally arrived via courier. Much later, we started playing $1/2 with $32.50 each. There were some young girls present at the room. One girl ended up with $47 odd. There were also some guys and one ended with $44 odd. Hero a crunched $20 odd. Queen, a busted up $13odd.

It was actually a game of play money but it was one of my best poker games where I learned some golden lessons.

Now, next game’s coming. Finally real stuff came and started at 7pm and finished at 4am. My opponent had $48 up and able to turn around and go sleep in my own bed.

If I try to look back, all I can see is the need for me to move up to $1/2 soon. Any thoughts or advice?

Thanks a ton!

Best regards,
Francis
Francis,

This really doesn’t give me much of an idea of your overall playing ability. What I will say is that starting out you will want to probably play a tight aggressive style until you determine how the other players are playing and then adjust accordingly. Be careful about playing speculative hands for raises and push your advantages when you have them.

How Many Hands to Play

Hello,

I don’t know how many hands one should exactly play. Well, a tight one will play approximately 20-25% of the hands they are dealt. By the way, play here means the hands that see the flop.

In case you calculate the percentage, will you include the percentage of times you saw the flop from the big blind position? I tried deducting the big blind from the total to get the percent of hands that I do play and I got approximately 30-40%. Is my percentage good enough?

Since I started playing poker, I’ve been earning fairly. Maybe if I tighten up a bit, I might earn more. I’ve been playing limit holdem (not exceeding .25/.50), however I’m oftentimes short in bankroll. At times cleaned the house and other instances ended a loser.

I’ve tried to play right. Quit when there’s a need to do so. At times if I started with $20 and make $10 then I will quit for a while. Any thoughts?

Your help will be much appreciated.

Many thanks,
Richard
Richard,

The 20% or so rule usually applies to No Limit Holdem and is for a solid tight-aggressive player. A loose player will obviously see many more flops.