1. Watch tv and videos sure but as has been said they are highly edited and if you are a small stakes player it is not the ideal learning material IMHO.
2. Get good reading material and soak up the info.
3. I don't put much faith in play money. It is good for real noobs who are trying to learn the game. You are past that level. Can't see any real benefit there.
4. Search the internet. There is untold info out there. You probably know many of them anyway but I find Pocket Fives (no flaming please) Card Player, Full Tilt's forum and Pro Tips all very good.
My biggest tip for you is to learn proper BR skills,You must know it but you obviously didn't practice it. Next time you deposit understand your levels and when to move up or down. Plan what you should do and do what you have planned. Otherwise you will go busto again.
PT is good. But also make yourself an excel spreadsheet to incorporate all your live play as well. Log everything (and I mean everything) to find out if you are a winning player.
Before I played at all- online or in a casino, I practiced for several months using Poker Academy software. It helped.
Don't use play money, use real money but set a specific goal. Deposit $10 and that has to be turned into $250 only playing.01/.02.
Grind it out. You'll both be punished for playing above your Bankroll, because it's torturous to play at that level, and you'll actually make some money so by next year you can move up.
Plus, as bad as the play is there, it's better than at freeroll.
Just remember, you can't allow yourself to move up until the goal is reached.
It all depends on your play, if you go in not trying or playing crazy lag type play then it wont help.But if you play a disciplined tag type of game i think it can help with the general feel of the game, hand reading and bet sizing.Also it helps if you find rooms with low avg flop and the smallest pots.You can find tighter and tougher play money games then some micro real money games it all depends of table selection.
When i first started playing online poker i played play money for about 2 months and if it wasn't for that i don't think i could of started out as a winning player off my first deposit so it helped me.
2. Get good reading material and soak up the info.
3. I don't put much faith in play money. It is good for real noobs who are trying to learn the game. You are past that level. Can't see any real benefit there.
4. Search the internet. There is untold info out there. You probably know many of them anyway but I find Pocket Fives (no flaming please) Card Player, Full Tilt's forum and Pro Tips all very good.
My biggest tip for you is to learn proper BR skills,You must know it but you obviously didn't practice it. Next time you deposit understand your levels and when to move up or down. Plan what you should do and do what you have planned. Otherwise you will go busto again.
PT is good. But also make yourself an excel spreadsheet to incorporate all your live play as well. Log everything (and I mean everything) to find out if you are a winning player.
Before I played at all- online or in a casino, I practiced for several months using Poker Academy software. It helped.
Don't use play money, use real money but set a specific goal. Deposit $10 and that has to be turned into $250 only playing.01/.02.
Grind it out. You'll both be punished for playing above your Bankroll, because it's torturous to play at that level, and you'll actually make some money so by next year you can move up.
Plus, as bad as the play is there, it's better than at freeroll.
Just remember, you can't allow yourself to move up until the goal is reached.
It all depends on your play, if you go in not trying or playing crazy lag type play then it wont help.But if you play a disciplined tag type of game i think it can help with the general feel of the game, hand reading and bet sizing.Also it helps if you find rooms with low avg flop and the smallest pots.You can find tighter and tougher play money games then some micro real money games it all depends of table selection.
When i first started playing online poker i played play money for about 2 months and if it wasn't for that i don't think i could of started out as a winning player off my first deposit so it helped me.