Poker and the Beginning Trader

After trying out various different tactics, I now play almost exclusively at the Party 200+15 NL and 100+9 NL single table tourneys. For me, NL does not get all monotonous & boring like limit poker...not yet at least.

Anyways, my user ID on there is Frozen_Fish . Daytrading used to be the absolute center of my life. Now I just can't seem to get re-interested in the market. All the dumb money has swam over to the poker tables, or so it seems...
 
Quote from PuffyGums:

Just wait until everyone logs onto the poker sites with their own poker computers and bots. The online poker gravy train could end suddenly.

The real bull market is going to be in selling poker playing programs.

The first California gold rush millionaire was not a miner, but rather a merchant of pickaxes and shovels. :D
 
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After trying out various different tactics, I now play almost exclusively at the Party 200+15 NL and 100+9 NL single table tourneys. For me, NL does not get all monotonous & boring like limit poker...not yet at least.

Anyways, my user ID on there is Frozen_Fish . Daytrading used to be the absolute center of my life. Now I just can't seem to get re-interested in the market. All the dumb money has swam over to the poker tables, or so it seems...

i agree, thats why i have spent more time playing poker than cards... like daytrading in 99', for those of us playing the game for a long time anyway!
 
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UB has it's advantages. Decent software, 80-160 Omaha games, somewhat decent tournies, frequented by many poker celebs (On UB, I've played Layne Flack, Phil Helmuth, Ngyuyen- forgot which one, Annie Duke, Phil Ivey, probably more.)

Disadvantages: Unreliable Servers, not nearly as many games going as Party, No antes in the tourney blind structure like stars has.

Overall, only my 3rd favorite site.

NB- 2002 WSOP champ Robert Varkonyi is an equities trader. Can't remember too clearly (drugs), but I think I even told him to check out elitetrader.

i think its fergusson, wsop champ, trades at bright
 
Don't know about you guys, but I am finding more tough games on Party lately.

I think the shark/fish ratio is getting less favorable quicker than we think.

some days I can find a good loose game, but very agressive. Then I find a tight game, but aggressive. Having trouble finding the nice loose passive games that were plentiful a couple of months ago.

I play party 2/4 and occasionally 3/6.

I will say one thing though.. poker has definitely helped with my mental processes as far as trading goes.

:cool:
 
I am finding more rocks on there, not necessarily tough though. You have to get the table going. Raise more than you usually would and see how mad you can get people. Increases bankroll variances, but also your bottom line in my experience. Drop in stakes if you don't feel comfortable getting crazy at 3/6 or whatever. Make them think you are crazy, but only raise with playable hands. In stud/8 especially, I will raise a good hand no matter how many times it has been raised already. You'd be suprised how quick people open up when you raise everytime you decide to play a hand. I had the average pot on a 3/6 stud/8 table up to $100+ the other day doing this, and within 2 hours was up a couple hundred bucks. It is lots of fun too!
 
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