Well I made my first ever deposit yesterday online in
pokerstars for $50 dollars which was the western union minimum. I am usually a pretty good player live and I've watched the excellent tutorial on pokerproweb.com for turbo NLHE tournaments. I practiced with play money a lot (I know it's differnent but still) and my hopes were really high that I could make money playing online poker.
My bankroll was wipped out on the first day.
I made another deposit today and this time I addressed all my mistakes and was quite sure I wouldn't go broke again, but I did later tonight. I am now down 100 bucks which is quite a lot for me espcailly for only 2 days. I think I played perfectly but I lost almost every single tournament except for 2. I followed the extremely tight and extremely aggressive strategy (basically all in or nothing) and on average I only play like 4 hands per tournament. But I don't seem to be profiting at all. I also feel I am pretty unlucky cause I often get outdrawn by my opponents. Sometimes I catch no real hands at all and just get blinded down.
I was wondering if anyone could share some advice or strategies on how to improve my online poker game or address any problems I may have because I am so tempted to make another deposit and try again but I don't want my money going down the drain. I really can't figure out where I went wrong but out of 10 tournaments I would only finish in the money like once.
Right before I went broke for the second time I played a $6.50 turbo (I usually play the 3 dollar ones for budget) and I came forth. I almost finished in the money. I was the shortstack and had pocket kings so I went all in and I was called with an A 7 of diamonds which then gave him a winning nut flush.
If I have any clue I think playing the $6.50 turbos is a lot better cause theres slightly less people and I tend to do a lot better for some reason.
Brandon