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[ccarr]

A while ago i began playing Limit hold em on Pokerstars and had a nice run starting off at 2/4 with 20 bucks.. My problem was i got to 50 quickly on the nice run and immediately went to 5/10. I caught some hands and got up to 1200 as i progressed up the blinds. I quickly lost the 1200 in about 20 minutes playing 30/60 blinds which were way over my head.Im starting up again today with about 400 bucks. How can i effectively use this to make some money and not lose it all like that again?Thanks,

[guinevar]

How did you start 20 dollars on pokerstars when their lowest deposit is 25 and that was JUST lowered?In any event, with 400 you should play .50/1.00 until 600 when you can play 1/2 if you're a winning player. If you're unable to play seriously in these limits in terms of bets, you will most likely not be successful in the long run.

[custom36]

BANKROLL MANAGEMENTIf you only have $20 in your bankroll, you should be playing the lowest limits Pokerstars has to offer. I won't be playing 2/4 until I reach $1200 in bankroll. 300xBB (big bet) is the standard.With $400 the largest limit you should play is .50/1

[krup24]

ccarr said:

A while ago i began playing Limit hold em on Pokerstars and had a nice run starting off at 2/4 with 20 bucks.. My problem was i got to 50 quickly on the nice run and immediately went to 5/10. I caught some hands and got up to 1200 as i progressed up the blinds. I quickly lost the 1200 in about 20 minutes playing 30/60 blinds which were way over my head.Im starting up again today with about 400 bucks. How can i effectively use this to make some money and not lose it all like that again?Thanks,

sittin at 2/4 with 20 bucks. what a freaking joke. Got up to 50 and went to 5/10. what a freaking joke. This has to be a freaking joke. Has to be. As to starting over with $400. I'd try the 200/400 table should suit u just fine.

[speedz99]

ccarr said:

A while ago i began playing Limit hold em on Pokerstars and had a nice run starting off at 2/4 with 20 bucks.. My problem was i got to 50 quickly on the nice run and immediately went to 5/10. I caught some hands and got up to 1200 as i progressed up the blinds. I quickly lost the 1200 in about 20 minutes playing 30/60 blinds which were way over my head.Im starting up again today with about 400 bucks. How can i effectively use this to make some money and not lose it all like that again?Thanks,

Is this even possible? If it's true that is the luckiest run of cards I've ever heard of. Starting with 5 big bets and winning? I'm not sure what to say...

[kaisersoze12]

ccarr said:

A while ago i began playing Limit hold em on Pokerstars and had a nice run starting off at 2/4 with 20 bucks.. My problem was i got to 50 quickly on the nice run and immediately went to 5/10. I caught some hands and got up to 1200 as i progressed up the blinds. I quickly lost the 1200 in about 20 minutes playing 30/60 blinds which were way over my head.Im starting up again today with about 400 bucks. How can i effectively use this to make some money and not lose it all like that again?Thanks,

No way is this dude serious. This has tgo be a lie. Who can ever think 50 is enough for even one sitting at 5-10? Only a bad player. 1200 at 30/60? That is laughable. I think this is a blatant lie.

[guinevar]

kaisersoze12 said:

ccarr said:

A while ago i began playing Limit hold em on Pokerstars and had a nice run starting off at 2/4 with 20 bucks.. My problem was i got to 50 quickly on the nice run and immediately went to 5/10. I caught some hands and got up to 1200 as i progressed up the blinds. I quickly lost the 1200 in about 20 minutes playing 30/60 blinds which were way over my head.Im starting up again today with about 400 bucks. How can i effectively use this to make some money and not lose it all like that again?Thanks,

No way is this dude serious. This has tgo be a lie. Who can ever think 50 is enough for even one sitting at 5-10? Only a bad player. 1200 at 30/60? That is laughable. I think this is a blatant lie.

Let's stop replying. There's no way he started pstars with just 20 bucks.

[LongOdds]

I think he forgot the [sw] folks

[ccarr]

Thanks for the advice that i recieved. You don't have to believe me if you don't want too... Doesn't bother me at all.My friend bought me 50 and he transferred me 20 thats how i got the 20 to start with.You guys are tellin me you have never seen people turn 20 into 100 at a 2/4 table.. Then switch to bigger blinds and win?I have the hand history to prove it.Call me a liar if you want though.

[krup24]

LIAR LIAR LIAR LIAR LIAR LIAR LIAR.orMORON MORON MORON MORON MORON MORON MORONeither way ur a RETARD

[custom36]

ccarr said:

You guys are tellin me you have never seen people turn 20 into 100 at a 2/4 table.. Then switch to bigger blinds and win?

To be honest - no.

[custom36]

krup24 said:

either way ur a RETARD

Pot :arrow: kettle

[guinevar]

ccarr said:

Thanks for the advice that i recieved. You don't have to believe me if you don't want too... Doesn't bother me at all.My friend bought me 50 and he transferred me 20 thats how i got the 20 to start with.You guys are tellin me you have never seen people turn 20 into 100 at a 2/4 table.. Then switch to bigger blinds and win?I have the hand history to prove it.Call me a liar if you want though.

Post hand history then.If you think that we'll buy a statement like "I don't have to prove nothing to you. I know what I did. I lost the hand histories," don't worry, we're much too smart for that.Guinevar

[Royal_Tour]

Custom36 said:

ccarr said:

You guys are tellin me you have never seen people turn 20 into 100 at a 2/4 table.. Then switch to bigger blinds and win?

To be honest - no.

isnt the min. buy in at the 2/4 table like 50 bucks or something?on my site we have min buy ins

[speedz99]

ccarr said:

Thanks for the advice that i recieved. You don't have to believe me if you don't want too... Doesn't bother me at all.My friend bought me 50 and he transferred me 20 thats how i got the 20 to start with.You guys are tellin me you have never seen people turn 20 into 100 at a 2/4 table.. Then switch to bigger blinds and win?I have the hand history to prove it.Call me a liar if you want though.

I'm not necessarily calling you a liar...I'm just saying that you are lying.I'm sorry, but starting with $20 at 2-4 and $50 at 5-10 is ridiculous, and you would have to be unbelievably lucky not to go broke. Even if you were that lucky, to make it to $1200 by continuing to move up blinds you would have to have the best run of cards in the history of the game.The one thing that makes me thing it might be true is the fact that you admit to losing $1200 very quickly at 30-60.Ok, lets say you are telling the truth. Take our word for it that you were unbelievably fortunate and probably should have lost your original $20 fairly quickly. With your $400 you should be playing $1-2 at the most, and probably .5-1 is more like it until you get past $600.

[speedz99]

Custom36 said:

krup24 said:

either way ur a RETARD

Pot :arrow: kettle

:-)

[cdddc75]

ccarr said:

Thanks for the advice that i recieved. You don't have to believe me if you don't want too... Doesn't bother me at all.My friend bought me 50 and he transferred me 20 thats how i got the 20 to start with.You guys are tellin me you have never seen people turn 20 into 100 at a 2/4 table.. Then switch to bigger blinds and win?I have the hand history to prove it.Call me a liar if you want though.

I can believe that you pulled that off. Of course, I find it much easier to believe that you blew the money once variance turned around and kicked you in the nuts.

[krup24]

Custom36 said:

krup24 said:

either way ur a RETARD

Pot :arrow: kettle

STFU veteran :twisted:

[UnionGuy]

Seriously, why is everyone flaming this guy? He asked some questions and everyone is going to town on him. Who cares, even if he is lying? Just try to address the question.On my first deposit on Pacific Poker, I ran $25 up into $320 playing 2/4 and then 3/6. Of course, I then proceeded to lose it all at 5/10. I think this happens to a lot of players.The answer to your question about how much you need to play specific limits is pretty simple. The standard rule is 300 big bets to withstand variance. This means to play 2/4 you need $1200. To play 1/2 you need $600 and to play .50/1 you need $300. This might seem like a lot, but it's to withstand the variance that comes with playing these low-levels. Some people say you can play the low limits with just 300x the small blind. That means $300 for 1/2. But that's a little more risky.

[Tritz]

on Pstars there is a minimum buy in of $80 on the 2/4 table..you are a liar.you can't even watch that table for $20 :roll: