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So yesterday I played a $1 double or nothing sit n go at PokerStars and from that experience I came to the conclusion that I could probably get to top5 by just folding every single hand. Not this game however.

I went up against a round of player who seemed to employ this very same strategy, folding everything unless they got a high pocket pair or broadway cards. By adjusting my game, I was chip leader the entire game because everyone folded their hands. A lot of the time I ended up raising ~5-7 BB with absolute trash hands and raked in the money.

I think I played maybe 80% of my hands, yet I only saw the flop maybe up to ten times, five of those when other people called each others all-ins for eliminating the other player.

Are these kinds of styles common in micro-stakes sit n go tournaments? I've played some turbo ones but I've never really got any good hands and lost because I either played poorly preflop and postflop. Should I avoid turbo sit n go's all together? Are they bad for someone who's pretty new (~2500 hands played total or something)?

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Coming from StarCraft I was greatly inspired by Mr. ElkY Grospellier and decided to learn how to play poker, as I don't really want a job and I don't think it's that unreasonable that I can make an OK living off of poker (~$2000 a month), since my living expenses barely exceed $1200 per month. I don't need a lot of pointless shit.

Now don't get me wrong, I know being a professional at poker isn't easy, especially for people like me who are just starting out, and I don't expect to be making 2k a month starting tomorrow. I know it'll take me quite a while until I fully grasp how to play properly so I can make a living off of it. But when I do, it's FUCK YOU Sweden and Hello London because the gambling taxes in the UK seems to be non-existant. Is this true?

I knew that the tax laws on Poker in Sweden were pretty tough, but I never realized how unreasonable they were until just recently as I looked them up. Apparently if we play on a poker site that's not based in the EU we have to pay 30% tax on every pot we win, excluding losses. Meaning I have to pay 30% on every tiny pot I win, not the total amount I withdraw to the bank when I cash out my chips I have on PokerStars.

I recently started playing on the micro stakes and after having played about 2000 hands I've lost a total of 6 dollars, five of these dollars came down to just horrible luck from lucky calling stations who managed to river a two-pair when I have their first pair dominated with pocket AA/KK. Needless to say I got quite angry because luck was against me. I probably could've played those hands better and as a newbie I'm not sure I even played correctly. I knew with Hold'em manager that these players had a VPIP of over 50% which is why out betting war ensued me going all in five fucking times, and losing.

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