Managing Play Money Account Working...

Hi, guys, please, I need some advice or information about my experience on poker so far...

In october last year, because of my wife and a mate of mine, I started reading some books about poker - I´ve read around 5 so far, and adding - after my first reading I started an account at PokerStars - since I received 1,000 in play money I decide to take it very seriously as my bankroll, never losing it, and I treated it as if it were money itself...

I put in my mind I would be very restricted following bankroll management and never dared a limit beyond it...

Today, after about 3 months from registration, that first 1,000 is now 17,000 - I must tell I started playing playmoney SnGs which buy-in is 200+15 only after I reached 10,000 - before this, I used to play only heads-up, and I´ve been confident with SnGs now, since I´ve reached second and first place very often, that is improving my playmoney bankroll a lot!

My primary next goal is improving to be able to play SnGs 500+x buy-in, that are much more rewarding...

I noticed, also, that after I reached 10,000 - which was my first goal - improving to 17,000 was a bit easier, since I could join much more profitable tables. I think this means the larger´s one´s bankroll, the more chances one has to go gathering more to feed it...

This experience was good, among other aspects, for practicing patience, self-confidence and to confirm bankroll management does work!

Also, I´ve gained around U$5 to U$6 dollars altogether from getting ITM in some freerolls, and now I´m around U$15 added from 0.1/0.2 NLHold´em tables... But I don´t play very much on real money tables, ´coz I´m not that sure I can do it...

The question is, will this experience with managing my play money account add as soon as I really start playing with real money - in the next 3 or 6 months?

Thank you in advance...

For a quick answer, yes. Fundamentals like Bankroll Managment positional play apply to all stakes, play money or real.

i started play money tables too and used free money (never deposited my own) to build a bankroll

from my transition from play money to 2NL, i noticed the play was remarkably similar. most people dont care about the money at 2NL or they just are poor players. with a bit of reading up on ABC poker, you can easily exploit how often they'll call you down with 2nd or 3rd pair

as far as your BRM goes, thats good that you're taking play money seriously. that'll just mean you'll take real money even more serious. but just remember that as long as you play within your BR, you shouldn't be playing scared money