Is it worth playing 1/2 cent games?

[monkey23]

Hi,

I need some feedback on whether there is actually any point playing these such small stake games if I am trying to make money off poker.

I deposited $25 and i've only played a few couple of hour sessions and my bankroll is at $26.50. Should I not just try the next highest because I find it really boring at the amount of money I'm winning.

Any advice is appreciated.

Thanks

get out of the 1c/2c & 2c/4c purgatory as soon as you can...these levels were designed to send sane people crazy. variance is wayyyy too high...

If you can beat these levels, and can afford to deposit, play 5/10 asap..

But don't play scared...you must be in your comfort zone long-term...scared money is dead money..

if you can afford to deposit 25, then you should be able to afford 100...

take time to study away from the tables...and to observe the 5/10 tables in advance, before you play them...make notes...

and glgl to ya....may the farce be with ya.

 

[empreseo]

Hope this my little history will be helpful.The bankroll will not be enough for a calm and confident game. I started with $20 on NL2, went up to $32 and switched to NL5 (I thought my skill would allow me to play there because earlier I played NL5 and NL10). As a result, I lost 2 stacks (the first with my mistake and the second time I was out of luck) and it started to put pressure on me, then I lost the third stack and stopped (and this is not always possible to do). Now again on NL2, I think to play up to $50, and even better $75-$100.

 

[Indigo33]

I recommend playing more expensive only for the money won.

 

[gena31]

get out of the 1c/2c & 2c/4c purgatory as soon as you can...these levels were designed to send sane people crazy. variance is wayyyy too high...

If you can beat these levels, and can afford to deposit, play 5/10 asap..

But don't play scared...you must be in your comfort zone long-term...scared money is dead money..

if you can afford to deposit 25, then you should be able to afford 100...

take time to study away from the tables...and to observe the 5/10 tables in advance, before you play them...make notes...

and glgl to ya....may the farce be with ya.

you need to be able to play with different players, at small limits there is a lot to learn and you should not climb to high ones right away, defeat will greatly affect your psyche

 

[German629]

If you want to increase your bankroll then playing 1-2 cents games is not the option.

Hello, Russian bro! I'm fully agree with this statement. Necessary as more quickly by possibility go up on limit higher, and etc...

 

[lusquinha2020]

absolutely not!! Save that money to play 0,25/0,50

 

[fundiver199]

I replyed to this way back in august, but since the thread has been revived, and few people probably bother to read all the replys, lets just take it once again. Yes its worth playing 2NL for practice, if you are new to poker. Its also fine to relatively quickly move to 5NL or 10NL, but then you need to have a reasonable bankroll to play those games.

When I started playing on pokerstars, my first deposit was 100$, and this allowed me to not spend so much time at 2NL. I think, I played less than 20k hands before moving to 5NL. But if you are only able to deposit 25$ because of financial difficulties, then you are going to be confined to 2NL and freerolls for a considerable amount of time.

And its probably worth a consideration to find another way than online poker to earn 100$ for a more reasonable starting deposit. If I was to start all over again, I would even say, that 100$ should be the absolute minimum, and that 300-500$ is a better starting point for serious players.

 

[Pokerpoet2]

Hi,

I need some feedback on whether there is actually any point playing these such small stake games if I am trying to make money off poker.

I deposited $25 and i've only played a few couple of hour sessions and my bankroll is at $26.50. Should I not just try the next highest because I find it really boring at the amount of money I'm winning.

Any advice is appreciated.

Thanks

All Poker is worth it,
It is always good to practice something you want to be good at, You do not see football stars stopping training simply because they made it into the best teams in the World, that is when the real hard work begins, Practice, Practice, Practice, and more Practice.
It is the same with Poker! Practice makes perfect and any Pro will fell you you need to study the game and its different strategies all the time because the game is evolving and changing all the time.
My best advice to anyone wanting to play poker is never play with what you cannot afford to lose, and don't try to make the big bucks before you can take down the small stake games regularly
Remember the 4 Ps, Practice, Patience, and Persistence, Pays Off.

When the fun Stops, STOP!

 

[IanP304]

I agree with what a lot of others have said. This bankroll is too small to succeed at 5nl you will only have 5buyins. The better option if you can is to deposit $100+ and play 5NL. Personally I like to start with at least 30 buyins for the level I am playing, so $150 would work be minimum optimal starting point for 5NL.

That said, if financially you cannot deposit then playing at 2NL is not a waste of time as the game isn't really any different in terms of skill level from NL5 so is still a good learning experience and you can combine your 2NL sessions with the CC freerolls and move up once you have a $100+ roll.

Unless of course you dont mind the risk of going broke in which case sure go for it at 5NL with your $26 and hope for the positive side of variance.

 

[Kenad_MNE]

good thing about 1/2 c games is that people will call more often with weak holdings so you can double up usualy if you have it, I think is better to multitable it than to risk all on higher limits

 

[Alexio]

It is worth continuing to play until you beat the micro-stakes, then, after gaining a bankroll, you should move to higher limits. This is important because the variance is too high, and it is also worth remembering about rake. In addition, the field of players has really become stronger thanks to the large amount of information on the Internet, as well as special programs.

 

[Dimission]

I think you can play much better free tournaments.

 

[otiko99]

if you are bigginer you must play micro stacks and after go up and up if you interesd to poker and iprove your game GL !

 

[DeadlyAce85]

I think it depends mainly on where you live and what the minimum wages are like.

 

[gena31]

but I think that you need to play what you like and are not afraid to try yourself in this or that game, as far as reasonable

 

[roberto51]

The rule is simple: if you want to win larger sums and faster, you have to play higher stakes for bigger money. Of course, the opposite is also true and you can quickly fall low.

 

[Mrfake]

1-2 cents is very risky. There are a lot of people playing, a lot of ALL INs with trash hands. There are a lot of crossings.:joyman:

 

[LitPavel]

I believe that these 26 dollars are better to invest in MTT on micro-limits, in the cache they are very easy to lose playing at those limits that you can not afford. For example if you play tournaments for 0.55 cents where in the evening for 1 place often more than 100 dollars then you can play 47 such tournaments for this money.

 

[chalghaf]

Hi,

I need some feedback on whether there is actually any point playing these such small stake games if I am trying to make money off poker.

I deposited $25 and i've only played a few couple of hour sessions and my bankroll is at $26.50. Should I not just try the next highest because I find it really boring at the amount of money I'm winning.

Any advice is appreciated.

Thanks

I think if you invest it in MTTs its better , better risk/reward ratio

Best of luck out there

 

[Syltan]

You have played a very short distance, in order to draw some conclusions, to increase the limits you need 50-100 buy-ins for the next limit. Bankroll is our everything, if you do not understand what I mean, there is a lot of information on this topic in Google in the public domain.

 

[Belgiumburnley]

Yes for experience it's always worth !

 

[ninjareal]

hi all , I think all very good advice, I may add that you could also try a "steps system"
play nl2 and get $5 or so in 1 sitting, then take this to a higher table nl5 and try double up , if you do then go back to nl2 and start again ( you should have invested $2 and come out with around $10 , a cool $8 profit, ) an do this idea again, of course you need to win for this to work, but at least you're only risking $2 at a time , same as nl2 , my 5c , good poker and see you at the tables .

 

[partz]

I don't find nothing against playing at small blinds. Many of us started like this. The problem is with playing at small blinds is time consuming. Players at that level are really tight. And you stack pretty hard, so once you feel like you can handle bigger games, it's useless to go back to 0.1c. There's also a different tactic to adopt for small games, so patience should be your best allay.

 

[Poker Orifice]

get out of the 1c/2c & 2c/4c purgatory as soon as you can...these levels were designed to send sane people crazy. variance is wayyyy too high...

If you can beat these levels, and can afford to deposit, play 5/10 asap..

But don't play scared...you must be in your comfort zone long-term...scared money is dead money..

if you can afford to deposit 25, then you should be able to afford 100...

take time to study away from the tables...and to observe the 5/10 tables in advance, before you play them...make notes...

and glgl to ya....may the farce be with ya.

I disagree. If they can't beat 2nl, it's going to be worse for them at 10nl. And your reason they shouldn't play 2nl or 4nl is because variance is wayyyy too high?? But they're also going to run into a lot of payoff wizards & some very spewy blindly-aggro types (not to mention many weak players sitting with 40 or 50bb's & others who are choosing to not reload). IMO, if they can't beat 2nl, they're making a big mistake by playing higher.

And $100 isn't enough for someone to start off at 10nl with (not if they're hoping to not deposit again... but if they're open to depositing often, then no problem obviously).

 

[Poker Orifice]

hi all , I think all very good advice, I may add that you could also try a "steps system"
play nl2 and get $5 or so in 1 sitting, then take this to a higher table nl5 and try double up , if you do then go back to nl2 and start again ( you should have invested $2 and come out with around $10 , a cool $8 profit, ) an do this idea again, of course you need to win for this to work, but at least you're only risking $2 at a time , same as nl2 , my 5c , good poker and see you at the tables .

It's an idea but I think it's honestly a recipe to go busto.