Why play for pennies??

[Penguinfan]

We don't all have an unllimited cash supply like you do money bags

[Gutzz]

PShabi, it's better to spend 4 hours to win 8.75 than play 4 hours and lose 100 .

Which is what would've happened had I jumped into the higher stakes. I was terrible

You don't like the idea of gradually building up a br over time without having to inject money from other sources? I think it's a great idea.

Cheers,

Gutzz

[Talking Poker]

Maybe it's time you start playing better

[TajaUk]

I have played micro limit tables and they can be fun. If I wanna try out a new style of play its nice to use these small limit tables. Any stake is better then play money tables.

[Penguinfan]

[Tuff Luck]

I've played at them before. It's definitely better than play money..

[jillaj]

If people could just play better at the snap o fthe fingers it would work. You have to start somewhere so you might as well start low to minimize your losses initially.

[BlibbityBlabbity]

If poker is a hobby for you then you really don't care whether you start with $10 and build it up to $100 playing micro limits or start with $100 and end up with $1000 playing $1/$2 or higher.

If you are just starting out and you know you are not playing correctly, why would you throw $100 on a site and give it away to players you have almost no chance of beating unless the cards hit you over the head all session?

I think that playing microlimits while reading some books and trying out new ideas is a very good place to start. Learning to read the board and other players hands takes time and personally, I would hate to throw a few $100 to that training when it is available for $10 or so.

Learning and moving up through the levels as soon as you are ready is the only way poker stays interesting/challenging, though. If you were to stay at the micros for more than a few months I think you could start to see boredom setting in and causing you to play more hands, play hands farther than you should, etc.

One Key note is that IMO microlimits CAN ONLY be useful if you forget that the big bet is ONLY 2 CENTS. If you treat a BB as a BB then you can use them as a tool.

Microlimits are also great for developing a tollerance for taking the bad beats, while avoiding tilt. This can help when you move up and people actually start respecting a raise instead of assuming you MUST be bluffing, because who would raise with a good hand? (The mantra of the microlimit maniac )

I will say, however, that it takes a concious effort to adjust to higher limit games after playing at the micros. Where you usually have odds to draw to open-enders and flushes at micros, when you move up and are 2-3 handed after most flops you will lose those drawing odds.

Just my thoughts. I have on a few occasions taken a free $5/$10 or some freeroll winnings on a site that I can't withdraw from and used it as a side project to see how much I could build it up to, or try to build it up to the level required for getting it off the site.

OK , that is enough about that...

[drewjax]

I dont see how playing micro can be a bad thing. anything, anything is better than play money. basically its win/win.

[hackers238]

I play micro limit because I enjoy the idea of working up my bankroll from nothing. I also don't consider myself incredibly skilled at poker, and am trying to learn.

Some people respond to this with "you need to play at higher limits to be able to learn, because people have such terrible play at the lower limits", but I disagree. I think that by progressing and playing at nearly every type and style of play you can grow to be a more rounded adaptable player, and that is just what I am trying to do. Not to mention that Depositing my Own money in poker doesnt seem like that good of an idea to me, as well as the "allure" of big winnings.

Also, while I am still learning why not kick around pennies so that I don't lose anything big, huh?