help/beginner

[wizard]

i have been playing poker for 2 or 3 weeks now on Stans. i vary between cash and sit&go games but much prefer sit&go's. i tend to place in the money 1 in every 3 s&g's i play, but so far (although it may not seem much) im about £30 down. i think im an ok player and i finished 90 out of 10000 in the pokerbowl free roll, but i just dont seem to know when to stop and bank what i've got. im also not sure about pot odds etc. and hands to raie and not to raise... any advice would be a great help. thanks

[legendkiller]

Re: help/beginner i tend to aim at playing stts that are about 10% of my bank on that site, for instance if I have £200 in ladcrooks i play £20 stts, if I have £50 in will hills I play £5 ones. You could use this for mtts but your wont finish in the money very often, so either reduced the entry fee or play them less often. For mtt's it is often worth watch for tourneys that are just over a threshold for extra money places (201 players pay 30 places, whereas 199 players pay 20). Dont worry overly about pot odds, if you make them your master you'll end up in the nuthouse worrying saying "well the pot odds said that I should call" even though there was overcards on the board. If you think you are beat then lay em down. Other than that, the best advice I can give is - dont put yourself all in unless you either have the nuts or a very good ready made hand. I am amazed at the amount of players who will call an all in with a drawing hand.