I nearly quit this past Monday after I ran through another bankroll. But after my first weekend collecting info from this cool site, I felt renewed confidence in my developing game. Now, I realize that my biggest errors were bad bankroll management (big surprise….) and playing too loose (50% of hands…it sounds absurd now).

Now, I play about 30% of the hands and I’ve really come to appreciate the instances when I fold mediocre hands almost as much as when I do win hands. Patience, patience, patience…Being able to hover around the buy-in limit until a playable hand presents itself is a great feeling.

So, after two days with an adequate bankroll (for once), I’ve managed to turn a modest profit of 80 bucks. Thanks for the insight fellas and good luck ATLplayer.

I do have one noob question: I seem to suffer from raise-itis (preflop). And when I do, even if the flop doesn’t improve my hand, I feel obligated to place a substantial bet (maintain aggessiveness) . I realize that one should only play 30-35% of their hands and place larger raises in later positions. Of the played hands, on average, how many of those hands should be raised? Just looking for a rough estimate-I realize it depends alot on position, type of players at the table, etc.