Thank you all for your posts. It has encouraged me that i am not completely on the wrong track and that experience counts for so much. Best get playing then!

Quote Originally Posted by Buzz
Good luck with it I know how you feel! One question back at you ...how do you find 10nl comapred to the lowest level, I'm stll at 2nl until my bankroll gets a little stronger.
I find NL10 on Paradise very tight and passive. Generally less than 50% see the flop and people hardly ever raise unless they have something. The thing I find is that generally people at this level don't know when they are beat (including me sometimes) and so they will call a large re-raise with TPTK or draws when you obviously have trips/straight/flush.

The other problem is that people play lesser hands like they have the nuts. This hand is an example I had today:

I don't think I did anything wrong here as I put him on 2 high cards or a pocket pair lower than KK. So as the board was not really connected and not suited I thought I had the best of it, hence the AI call. I was right! But still lost. Unfortunately it happens! I made my money back off other players like him and broke even whilst still learning. Can't be bad.

GAME #1255484795 - (BLINDS $0.05/$0.10) NO LIMIT TEXAS HOLD'EM - 2006/02/01-08:08:39.4 (CST)
Table "Caramulo" (real money) -- Seat 8 is the button
Seat 1: amicis ($10.20 in chips)
Seat 2: Hornsta9 ($9.17 in chips)
Seat 3: chipraider ($9.80 in chips)
Seat 4: ricardo p ($10.30 in chips)
Seat 5: MediumSalsa ($39.52 in chips)
Seat 7: braumman ($23.95 in chips)
Seat 8: pizead ($7.89 in chips)
Seat 9: Utour ($9.70 in chips)
Seat 10: mykester ($3.80 in chips)
Utour : Post Small Blind ($0.05)
mykester: Post Big Blind ($0.10)
Dealing...
Dealt to Hornsta9 [ Ks ]
Dealt to Hornsta9 [ Kd ]
amicis : Raise ($0.70)
Hornsta9: Raise ($2)
chipraider: Fold
ricardo p: Fold
MediumSalsa: Fold
braumman: Fold
pizead : Fold
Utour : Fold
mykester: Fold
amicis : Call ($1.30)
*** FLOP *** : [ 6s 8h 2c ]
amicis : Bet ($8.20)
Hornsta9: Call All-in ($7.17)
*** TURN *** : [ 6s 8h 2c ] [ 3c ]
*** RIVER *** : [ 6s 8h 2c 3c ] [ 7h ]
*** SUMMARY ***
Pot: $17.59 | Rake: $0.90
Board: [ 6s 8h 2c 3c 7h ]
amicis bet $10.20, collected $18.62, net +$8.42 (showed hand) [ 7c 7s ] (three of a kind, sevens)
Hornsta9 lost $9.17 (showed hand) [ Ks Kd ] (a pair of kings)
chipraider didn't bet (folded)
ricardo p didn't bet (folded)
MediumSalsa didn't bet (folded)
big hand vin didn't bet
braumman didn't bet (folded)
pizead didn't bet (folded)