I've read a few books on poker, and I consider myself to be a decent player, I've made about $1,000 playing online. I can't determine whether it is luck or skill. I try only to play quality hands. I play Limit, usually 1/2 or 2/4. But recently it seems I just keep losing, especially on the river. I use Royal Vegas. Basically I'm trying to figure out what I'm doing wrong becuase recently I went broke playing. I only had $100 in my account and as I said I like playing the 1/2 limit and 2/4 limit becuase theres not as many people playing crap. Are all the sites the same in terms of what cards come up, because it seems to me a lot of people catch crazy crap on the river. Also what do you think my roll should be to play 1/2 and 2/4? Thanks

Totally in agreement with Beavis I personally have lost $100 playing 2/4 in a half hour before.

and remember if you are up $1000 and lose your entire $100 bankroll you are still up $900. there is nothing wrong with your play but there is a major flaw in your bankroll and game selection in relationship to your bankroll. being a good poker player involves away from the table skills as well.

my issue is personally i find that the people who play .25/.50 don't really care about good play, it just seems to me that i can't really raise a pot to get out the crap, i could go in with AA and raise preflop but its only 1 more bet to call, its only .50 cents so people will play somethin like 48suited. I like NL but at the same time I can't really afford a decent bankroll at that.

OK when your getting pot equity of 60% vs 4 players, what you just stated is a VERY GOOD thing. Its called playing with an edge. Learn it, Love it.

AA is the best hand against 1 opponent and it is the best hand against 9 opponents, raise it for value not to trim the field

I prefer limit way much more than NL. Mainly becuase it is a grind. Beats don't hurt, because you know you will eventually get them. In NL, a bad beat can take your entire stack and put you so far on Tilt that you can't play anymore. Yes limit is boring, but thats why I five table. And you can bluff in Limit, you just gotta smarter then them.