Hello all,

I am Mike, new here and just like to say hello!
I usually play on pokerstars, but mostly just lose my money..

Bought some poker books but guess I miss the math gene to figure out the odds and all that stuff!

Anyways, hello!

Hi Mike,
Its usually like that in the beginning for everyone. You are doing the right thing by reading. Dont give up

Post any questions you may have.

Good luck at the tables

I actually have 1 question,

I currently have cash in my paypal account but cannot use it to fund my Pokerstars account...
the cash deposit system they have is nice, but it takes 5 days to get into my account (from Japan) part of the reason why I signed up for this forum is because there is a section for trading, but it seems it is locked and not so busy!
Do you have any tips where I can go and find some place or someone>?

Gonna be pretty hard since many people have been burned by villain getting a refund from paypal.

I would suggest waiting the 5 days and doing some studying of poker books and videos while you wait. Poker is not something you want to rush into

I guess your right! I already had funded my account, lost it in like 10 minutes..
the 5 days seems like such along time hahahaa!

Originally Posted by lawstudent

I guess your right! I already had funded my account, lost it in like 10 minutes..
the 5 days seems like such along time hahahaa!

How much did you fund into your account and at what stakes did you play ?

Im no expert (at all) im rather new myself but i know you need approximately 50 buy ins for one limit. like if your buying into a 0.01/0.02 NL game and you put $1 at the table, you need $50 in your account to do so COMFORTABLY.

So your not playing under pressure thinking oh i better not raise as i dont have much left... this affects your play in a major way.

I learnt this the hard way my friend

sorry correction, i think its 25x buy in amount, so $25