Sorry to hear its not going well. Just a couple of things what games are you playing and are you multi tabling. The 180 and 90 sngs are good games and on average the 180 ones are over within 2hours. The staking thing as mentioned I think you should rethink. My reason for this is, if they say play the big mtts how would you feel if you binked and had to hand over that cash. The big mtts are soo top heavy. I played one on Saturday and came 14th out of 15000 runners. The difference between 14th and 1st was over 18k. Posted by day4eire76
Yeh mate they are really top heavy, every mtt on there seems really top heavy, iv started grinding the 8 dollar 180s today most i can play is 10 tables, but im averaging about 7 to 8 with a few of the 3.50 rebuys and 2.50 180 thrown in cos they dont fill up that fast, I have had 2 results in them 180s today so things are looking a bit better today but I am min cashing alot, I also had a 30th in the big 11 so if I would of finaled that things may of been a different story but I didint and I have to get on with it i just keep loosing them massive flips which will make or break your tourney, win a few more of them its job done ayyyy !!!
Mine was the big 11 on Saturday which had a double gtd aswell. If you can multi table the 180s variance should even out. I found there is a big diff between the 8 and 15 buyins so if your playing the 15 maybe slightly reduce amount of tables.
Mine was the big 11 on Saturday which had a double gtd aswell. If you can multi table the 180s variance should even out. I found there is a big diff between the 8 and 15 buyins so if your playing the 15 maybe slightly reduce amount of tables. GL Posted by day4eire76
Nice 1 mate the carnival 1 ??? mine was a carnival but it wernt double !! vwp and yeh il keep that in mind.
jus had a loook at your SS - you seem to be losing quite a lot for the small limits your playing..!
imho id reduce the volume your playing until your playing optimally on every table.. unless your comfortable with your HUD and can play A game on all tables - your playing far too many.. you dont want to be blinding away until you get to the point where its tourney life and your forced to GII - you should be able to find the soft spots at the table and exploit them, build a stack so you can give yourself the best opportunity to take a tourney down..
playing too many table sub-optimally is not going to be the best way forward, especially where the standard of play is going to be higher. Im not saying this is the case at all, but for your level you are losing a fair bit mate.. im sure it'll all turn around
Hey bud. A few bits from me. Having played 6 max for years on sky I'm hopeless at full ring now (strangely still pretty good live though, thank goodness). U can't under estimate the value of notes. On here I play the same games and have notes on everyone and that's often the difference between a call, raise or fold. For me u play a loose aggressive style, that maybe doesn't work quite so well on a 9 or 10 max table, I think position is much more important. I too can't make a profit on stars. Play tighter, look for good spots, not just flips. You may shove early position on here with a wide range of hands, full ring is a lot harder. Aren't there any 6 max games on there u can play? When I get variance I take a break, or play even tighter. I'd rather make a bad fold than a bad call. Not sure if any of this will help, but I wish you all the luck in the world..... u big fish!!!!!
I did the reverse to you and came from 8 and 10 seat tables to 6max.
Took a while to adjust.
In a 10 seat table you need 3 different ranges for starting hands early mid and late position and early should be uber tight compared to what you are used to.
Also agree with earlier comments to play fewer tables and slightly lower stakes to get the feel for the games.
In Response to Re: Have I just become a loosing player overnight???? : Nice 1 mate the carnival 1 ??? mine was a carnival but it wernt double !! vwp and yeh il keep that in mind. Posted by K8LOU
Im pretty sure I had the same offer K8...seems like anfew people from sky got an offer. I turned it down because I didnt want to be fully liable for my makeup and they wouldn't budge on that. There are positives though, like the coaching and other benefits.
My advice would be to:
-play smaller until you start to win and gain back some confidence. less chance of binking big, but more chance of not getting deep into makeup
-make sure you book as much time in with their coaches as possible so they can help you find leaks in your game you cant spot yourself. Leakfinder wont tell you when a good spot to bluff was etc.
A lot of wins on Skypoker rely you winning flips, all in pre flop and getting called by players with nothing. On other sites you have to actually be able to play poker. I have won far more on a certain other site than I ever will here.
On Sky "donk play" is considered good play, in other words, anything higher than A-5o means YOU MUST GO ALL IN!.. Look at the stats of winning regs, watch them on the tables, its a case of fold every hand THEN ALL IN A-7o and hope everyon folds.
On any other site that is crazy play, on here its a winning formula/ So just adjust your play, and actually use you notes, study other players and you will in.
I've won more in 3 weeks on "another site" than some have won in 2 years on here.
Remember something, A lot of wins on Skypoker rely you winning flips, all in pre flop and getting called by players with nothing. On other sites you have to actually be able to play poker. I have won far more on a certain other site than I ever will here. On Sky "donk play" is considered good play, in other words, anything higher than A-5o means YOU MUST GO ALL IN!.. Look at the stats of winning regs, watch them on the tables, its a case of fold every hand THEN ALL IN A-7o and hope everyon folds. On any other site that is crazy play, on here its a winning formula/ So just adjust your play, and actually use you notes, study other players and you will in. I've won more in 3 weeks on "another site" than some have won in 2 years on here. Posted by OHIMGOOD
I am sorry mate I totally and utterly disagree, you have to win flips on any site or any form of poker mate, esp in tournements ! I am a winning player on sky poker because I understand the game, 9 and 10 max takes sooooooooooooooooo much away from my game its unreal, i like to be involved in alot of pots as I am pretty loose, I have finally found the reason why I am loosing on the other site its because I am playing mainly 10 9 and 8 max, you have to be alot tighter and alot more disiplined and although I want to become a better player at a full ring game I am going to concentrate on the 6 max, I have never really played full ring so its new to me and it is a totally different game, I have had a great day at 6 max and I am going to play 6 tables at the 7 to 15 level of the 12 to 18 seaters because I have an edge in these games, and I think its pretty wrong of you to be calling regs on this site !! what ur saying it bang out of order and totally disrispectful !!! the best mtt player on this site in my eyes is mattbates by an absolute mile and iv heard he has had some sick sick results on other sites too !! does this just mean he runs good ?? I dont think so mate !!!!
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If you can multi table the 180s variance should even out.
I found there is a big diff between the 8 and 15 buyins so if your playing the 15 maybe slightly reduce amount of tables.
GL
Having played 6 max for years on sky I'm hopeless at full ring now (strangely still pretty good live though, thank goodness).
U can't under estimate the value of notes. On here I play the same games and have notes on everyone and that's often the difference between a call, raise or fold. For me u play a loose aggressive style, that maybe doesn't work quite so well on a 9 or 10 max table, I think position is much more important. I too can't make a profit on stars. Play tighter, look for good spots, not just flips. You may shove early position on here with a wide range of hands, full ring is a lot harder.
Aren't there any 6 max games on there u can play?
When I get variance I take a break, or play even tighter. I'd rather make a bad fold than a bad call.
Not sure if any of this will help, but I wish you all the luck in the world..... u big fish!!!!!
Adrian
Took a while to adjust.
In a 10 seat table you need 3 different ranges for starting hands early mid and late position and early should be uber tight compared to what you are used to.
Also agree with earlier comments to play fewer tables and slightly lower stakes to get the feel for the games.
It was a carnival event but they had some with double and treble prizepools.
In Response to Re: Have I just become a loosing player overnight????:
A lot of wins on Skypoker rely you winning flips, all in pre flop and getting called by players with nothing. On other sites you have to actually be able to play poker. I have won far more on a certain other site than I ever will here.
On Sky "donk play" is considered good play, in other words, anything higher than A-5o means YOU MUST GO ALL IN!.. Look at the stats of winning regs, watch them on the tables, its a case of fold every hand THEN ALL IN A-7o and hope everyon folds.
On any other site that is crazy play, on here its a winning formula/ So just adjust your play, and actually use you notes, study other players and you will in.
I've won more in 3 weeks on "another site" than some have won in 2 years on here.