It took me a long time to discover just how bad it was trying to make the TSP final through DYMs. October through to start of December. And at times I probably qualified for ALL of your categories in an attempt to make it more interesting. Even mixing in a lot of PLO8 didnt really help.
And I did find all that tedium had a negative effect on my tourny play.When I knew I had done enough to get to the TSP STT final I just had to stop. Within a couple of days my brain cells recovered enough to get a few good tournament results and I ended up with a better position in the MTT league with little effort so had to give up my STT seat. All that grinding a total waste of time !
So this time round I am tournies only and probably playing a bit less than normal. My brain doesnt hurt and I am still well in touch in the MTT league and can push for a seat next month. A nice Open win on Friday helped.
One of these days I am going to make a serious effort to adapt my game to cash. I dip my toes in from time but seriously thinking of joining DOHHHH and Phil at 15/30 and making a real go of it.
U mean pod1 Phil?? Phil12 swims with the sharks nowardays. Hope he does really really well and stays there Wish ozzie would cough up there too. U ever given cash a go in the past penguin? A prolonged go....not jst a few sessions here and there.....? Posted by DOHHHHHHH
Not for a while. A few years back when away working in Germany, I couldnt play tournies coz of dodgy internet so played cash for a couple of weeks. Started with £100 at 10/20 and moved up through the levels ending up holding my own at 50/100 with a roll of over £1500. Then blew it all in a day at 1/2 !
Now I know a little more about poker and BR management ! I have played a few sessions at 15/30 and 25/50, but find it boring unless I have at least 4 tables up. I probably play too tight to be good. Usually I find that I do well for a while on a couple of tables getting up to doubling my BIs. Then invariably I get involved where I perhaps should not and make a mistake or hit a bad beat or two. Usually against the likes of Scotty77 ! So often I find I have grinded away for an hour and end up with £1.50 profit or even a small loss.
Step away from the DYMS!!!! Come sit with me at the roulette tables and do an hour 9 tabling RR's. You will make plenty of points, then after that go and play cash!
You really don't need 70+ buyins!! Your a good steady grinder and 70 buyins is waaaaay beyond what you need. I play 9 tables @ 50nl and have 40 buyins in my account and withdraw down to that every sunday night, the lowest i've ever got to is 25 buyins. I don't know if you have a mindset of "Cash play is harder than DYM" or not ( I wouldnt of thought you did) but 20 and 30nl is so easily winable for a player who knows what they are doing.
Get yourself accross to the cash tables and if you see yourself slipping in the leaderboard then just russian roulette your way back up (its great for rakeback)
lol Penguin you own me, usually multiple times/day
and yeah I agree with Flash 70BI is a bit too conservative. as you are a solid player, and thus unlikely to have huge swings, I reckon anything around 40 is fine.
I used to play the DYM's all the time but would get fed up and blow any winnings i had on RR's. Now i stick to the 2.20 DS's and only play the occasional DYM if i bust out early.
In Response to Re: Double your money... Halve your brain cells. : Im going to put you in the random plonker* category Wynne, sorry! But only cos you beat me with AJ... I take it LML gave you lessons?:) *you can also keep Dohhhhhh and Young_gun company Posted by GREGHOGG
Thanks gregg for being so honest, but I felt lucky, you got to play like this sometimes against regular grindmonkees(your terminology).
i normally play some DYMs around the £5 mark like greg, after i play about 6 or 7 of these even though i am normally in profit i get very bored then jump on the cash tables and donk it off, so although DYMs are boring anti poker type things..if you are making money you should stay there....after all greg your never good enough to make any money from cash...or to put it another way, you would always have a full table very very quickly.
Oi....mind numbingly boring, even more so than a tikay train story or a stien forum post...:)
I agree greg you should move to cash you will be a welcome addition. Don't forget studying can make you worse, you need to think less about the game and trust your experience and instincts.
In Response to Re: Double your money... Halve your brain cells. : Im going to put you in the random plonker* category Wynne, sorry! But only cos you beat me with AJ... I take it LML gave you lessons?:) *you can also keep Dohhhhhh and Young_gun company Posted by GREGHOGG
If 30nl regs were football teams. Ozzie08 - Barcalona. Corbett04 - Man United. DOHHHHHHH - Arsenal. All passive fish - Dagenham and Redbrige All shortstacking fish - Macclesfield Town. Stanley644 - Baisingstoke Town. spdbrkr - The coach and horses sunday morning "ave it" league - 3rd team. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Greghogg - Wigan Athletic - some winable fixtures for ya there lad. Get yersen promoted Posted by DOHHHHHHH
If 30nl regs were football teams. Ozzie08 - Barcalona. Corbett04 - Man United. DOHHHHHHH - Arsenal. All passive fish - Dagenham and Redbrige All shortstacking fish - Macclesfield Town. Stanley644 - Baisingstoke Town. spdbrkr - The coach and horses sunday morning "ave it" league - 3rd team. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Greghogg - Wigan Athletic - some winable fixtures for ya there lad. Get yersen promoted Posted by DOHHHHHHH
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If 30nl regs were football teams.
Ozzie08 - Barcalona.
Corbett04 - Man United.
DOHHHHHHH - Arsenal.
All passive fish - Dagenham and Redbrige
All shortstacking fish - Macclesfield Town.
Stanley644 - Baisingstoke Town.
spdbrkr - The coach and horses sunday morning "ave it" league - 3rd team.
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Greghogg - Wigan Athletic - some winable fixtures for ya there lad. Get yersen promoted
Oh, and Fins is pretty good too.
I guess he could be Sheffield United
And I did find all that tedium had a negative effect on my tourny play.When I knew I had done enough to get to the TSP STT final I just had to stop. Within a couple of days my brain cells recovered enough to get a few good tournament results and I ended up with a better position in the MTT league with little effort so had to give up my STT seat. All that grinding a total waste of time !
So this time round I am tournies only and probably playing a bit less than normal. My brain doesnt hurt and I am still well in touch in the MTT league and can push for a seat next month. A nice Open win on Friday helped.
One of these days I am going to make a serious effort to adapt my game to cash. I dip my toes in from time but seriously thinking of joining DOHHHH and Phil at 15/30 and making a real go of it.
I am Crystal Palace, JJ !
U mean pod1 Phil??
Phil12 swims with the sharks nowardays. Hope he does really really well and stays there
Wish ozzie would cough up there too.
U ever given cash a go in the past penguin? A prolonged go....not jst a few sessions here and there.....?
Now I know a little more about poker and BR management ! I have played a few sessions at 15/30 and 25/50, but find it boring unless I have at least 4 tables up. I probably play too tight to be good. Usually I find that I do well for a while on a couple of tables getting up to doubling my BIs. Then invariably I get involved where I perhaps should not and make a mistake or hit a bad beat or two. Usually against the likes of Scotty77 ! So often I find I have grinded away for an hour and end up with £1.50 profit or even a small loss.
May give it a serious go again this week.
You really don't need 70+ buyins!! Your a good steady grinder and 70 buyins is waaaaay beyond what you need. I play 9 tables @ 50nl and have 40 buyins in my account and withdraw down to that every sunday night, the lowest i've ever got to is 25 buyins. I don't know if you have a mindset of "Cash play is harder than DYM" or not ( I wouldnt of thought you did) but 20 and 30nl is so easily winable for a player who knows what they are doing.
Get yourself accross to the cash tables and if you see yourself slipping in the leaderboard then just russian roulette your way back up (its great for rakeback)
and yeah I agree with Flash 70BI is a bit too conservative. as you are a solid player, and thus unlikely to have huge swings, I reckon anything around 40 is fine.
Oi....mind numbingly boring, even more so than a tikay train story or a stien forum post...:)
I agree greg you should move to cash you will be a welcome addition. Don't forget studying can make you worse, you need to think less about the game and trust your experience and instincts.
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