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Help me get the points needed?

shaun84shaun84 Member Posts: 685
edited December 2011 in Poker Chat
I am 240 points short of my next jump in the 'Cash for Points' scheme and only have until tomorrow to get them. Anyone got any tips on a quick way to boost my points haul? I play the Main event every night so will gain some points for tonights Open, and once I'm out I'll usually play a couple of Bounty Hunters for £11. Any advice would be gratefully received.
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  • 68Trebor68Trebor Member Posts: 1,944
    edited November 2011
     HU cash FTW
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  • shaun84shaun84 Member Posts: 685
    edited November 2011
    Thought it said that heads up cash doesn't yield points. I thought it had to be 3 players minimum? Or is that just for League Points?
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  • spornybolspornybol Member Posts: 8,212
    edited November 2011
    In Response to Help me get the points needed?:
    I am 240 points short of my next jump in the 'Cash for Points' scheme and only have until tomorrow to get them. Anyone got any tips on a quick way to boost my points haul? I play the Main event every night so will gain some points for tonights Open, and once I'm out I'll usually play a couple of Bounty Hunters for £11. Any advice would be gratefully received.
    Posted by shaun84
    i hear cash table is a good way to go but you need to multi-table or even dym same again multi-table, but don`t bust your bank roll just for this
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  • DOHHHHHHHDOHHHHHHH Member Posts: 17,929
    edited November 2011
    Depends how much extra the 250 points will earn you, as to how far it's worth going to get them.....


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  • shaun84shaun84 Member Posts: 685
    edited November 2011
    Thanks SpornyBol. I won't bust my BR. I missed out by 70 last month by not checking my total so don't want to miss it by a small amount again.lol. Thanks guys for the replies.
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  • shaun84shaun84 Member Posts: 685
    edited November 2011
    It's only to get me to 3,000 DOHHHHHHH. So obviously not worth me going too far for. I just wondered if anyone knew an easy way to boost them a small amount. Thanks for your reply too.
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  • DOHHHHHHHDOHHHHHHH Member Posts: 17,929
    edited November 2011
    There is a way, but it wont work for an amount as big as 250 I don't think, especially for a jump that low, but if you post where you're at @ this time tomorrow I'll pm you. 

    I did it last month, it doesn't take long, and it's basically a freeroll where u can't possibly lose money and a chance u can make sum!
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  • shaun84shaun84 Member Posts: 685
    edited November 2011
    In Response to Re: Help me get the points needed?:
    There is a way, but it wont work for an amount as big as 250 I don't think, especially for a jump that low, but if you post where you're at @ this time tomorrow I'll pm you.  I did it last month, it doesn't take long, and it's basically a freeroll where u can't possibly lose money and a chance u can make sum!
    Posted by DOHHHHHHH
    Thanks again for the response mate. I'll post here tomorrow. Best of luck tonight at the tables.
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  • Lambert180Lambert180 Member Posts: 12,197
    edited November 2011
    In Response to Re: Help me get the points needed?:
    There is a way, but it wont work for an amount as big as 250 I don't think, especially for a jump that low, but if you post where you're at @ this time tomorrow I'll pm you.  I did it last month, it doesn't take long, and it's basically a freeroll where u can't possibly lose money and a chance u can make sum!
    Posted by DOHHHHHHH
    Sounds very intriguing Dohhhh...
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  • Poker_FailPoker_Fail Member Posts: 1,755
    edited November 2011
    In Response to Re: Help me get the points needed?:
    There is a way, but it wont work for an amount as big as 250 I don't think, especially for a jump that low, but if you post where you're at @ this time tomorrow I'll pm you.  I did it last month, it doesn't take long, and it's basically a freeroll where u can't possibly lose money and a chance u can make sum!
    Posted by DOHHHHHHH
    Lemme guess... Russian Roulette?
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  • DOHHHHHHHDOHHHHHHH Member Posts: 17,929
    edited November 2011

    Yeh it's not rocket science, but there's a subtilty that makes it more profitable! 

    There's prob no real advantage to it @ lower levels of the c4p scale tho
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  • Poker_FailPoker_Fail Member Posts: 1,755
    edited November 2011
    In Response to Re: Help me get the points needed?:
    Yeh it's not rocket science, but there's a subtilty that makes it more profitable!  There's prob no real advantage to it @ lower levels of the c4p scale tho
    Posted by DOHHHHHHH
    Instead of playing a couple big ones, playing lots of small ones to reduce variance?

    PM me pleeeeaaaaassssseeeee, I'm curious : )
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  • Lambert180Lambert180 Member Posts: 12,197
    edited November 2011
    Yeah could you PM me too please lol. I'm curious..
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  • Tikay10Tikay10 Member, Administrator, Moderator Posts: 173,868
    edited November 2011

    Morning Shaun.

    As I took 2 weeks holiday this month, I also faced the problem of "speeding up" my C4P chase, as I only had 10 days to make up the defecit.

    My solution - perfectly legit, & not rocket science - was to Multi-Table Cash. I love playing the Tourneys, as you probably know, huge fun, & I bink nicely every now & then.

    However, I can earn more C4P quicker by Multi-Tabling cash games, & what's more, whilst I have not had the "buzz" of Tourneys, I have made a profit 5 nights in the last 6, which I have found rather satisfying.

    Whilst I was multi-tasbling cash on Monday, a chap came onto the Rail & said to me - "you are playing the Take-on-tikay tonight aren't you?". Fair point, & I felt quite bad, as I had not planned to.

    So I registered for the Monday TOTTY, & now I had three 25p-50p Omaha Cash Tables on the go, PLUS a £2.20 Tourney. I somehow scraped into the money in the TOTTY - just! - & made a profit of exactly £1. Meanwhile, I was "diverted" from my cash Tables, where my profit on the session was, iirc, about £60. Now, £60 might not impress the High Roller guys, but if I can nick £60 profit per night - & I have averaged that the last 6 nights - I'll settle for that...... 
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  • Sky_DaveSky_Dave Member Posts: 3,288
    edited November 2011
    A lot of people think it's about sitting down for hours on end and just ploughing through the hands. Of course that does have a great effect on the C4Ps you'd earn, but not all of us are built to smash through 12 cash tables at a time. 

    I don't really consider myself an online pro in the slightest, but I enjoy playing cash sessions maybe 3-4 times a week. When I play I've always found it more far beneficial to play a solid number of tables at the same time.

    For me, it does a few key things.

    1) Keeps me from getting bored and playing too many speculative hands, which can be a leak in my game especially if grinding smaller stakes.

    2) Ramps up the amount of loyalty points you earn. As staff I'm not allowed to play on Sky, but the vastly inferior site that I put up with in its absence does a similar kind of thing to C4P. I find playing 6 tables has a massive effect on the number of hands I play and has a nice effect on the loyalty points I earn too - far more of a boost than you'd think.

    3) It also means that when you tilt or need a break for a bit you would have got through more hands in the spell before, so it's easier to walk off, take a quick 10 minute break and then get back to it without it hurting your session too much. Tilt control is a key element in cash poker - 1 table or 12 - and I find that playing more hands allows you to see more of those gross spots and eventually anaethetises you to the pain of variance (which IS a pain but also a key part of poker).

    I tend to play 4 tables if just relaxing and trying to play a small session, 6 is my bread and butter and I'll do 8-10 if I am grinding. It's all about finding your comfort zone, but the one thing I would say is that it's better to play 2 tables for 1 hour than 1 table for 2 as it combats that urge you sometimes have with a pretty looking suited connector under the gun, etc. ;)

    It's all basically down to personal preference in the end. Try firing up an extra cash game or tourney when you're next on site though and see how it feels. If that works for you, add another and so on until you're comfortable with the quicker pace. The one thing I can guarantee is you'll earn more C4Ps! :)

    N.B If you want C4P boosts I'd suggest either cash or fast structured tourneys. Only problem with the latter is you might need to play say 10 of those to earn as much as you would in say 15 minutes of cash grinding. I know which I prefer, but again it's a personal thing.

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  • Tikay10Tikay10 Member, Administrator, Moderator Posts: 173,868
    edited November 2011

    Off the back of Blandy's Post, I must say, the logic of playing more Cash Tables at a time has helped me enormously. I play LESS hands than I normally would, sometimes we don't see a hand for a while whilst single-Tabling, so if I have a few open, I remain more focussed, & when I do find something to go to war with, I can focus on it & play it better. As you can imagine, I pretty much nit up, but even nits find a few hands when Multi-Tabling.

    In Omaha, of course, pre-flop, it's about position, & starting hand criteria, post-flop, we are either protecting our hand, or playing our draws - which are the very essence of Omaha - strongly.

    In NLH, we get the "buzz" from flopping sets, trips, or straights. In Omaha, the buzz frequently comes from flopping a super-wrap - nothing beats that feeling! 

    Last night, on a flop of 7-8-10, I held 6-9-J-Q. Now that's a thing of sheer beauty.
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  • Sky_DaveSky_Dave Member Posts: 3,288
    edited November 2011
    In Response to Re: Help me get the points needed?:
    Off the back of Blandy's Post, I must say, the logic of playing more Cash Tables at a time has helped me enormously. I play LESS hands than I normally would...
    Posted by Tikay10

    You can play LESS hands? :P

    Seriously though, it is a valid point. The amount of times I used to stack myself by mangling KJ by raising from early position and then doing the lot on a King-high board vs A-K makes me feel a bit icky. Now I just bin it. Normally because I've got J-J or something on another table ;)

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  • Tikay10Tikay10 Member, Administrator, Moderator Posts: 173,868
    edited November 2011
    In Response to Re: Help me get the points needed?:
    In Response to Re: Help me get the points needed? : You can play LESS hands? :P Seriously though, it is a valid point. The amount of times I used to stack myself by mangling KJ by raising from early position and then doing the lot on a King-high board vs A-K makes me feel a bit icky. Now I just bind it. Normally because I've got J-J or something on another table ;)
    Posted by Sky_Dave
    If I find a really interesting spot on one Table, I just bin all the marginals on the other three. It makes an amazing difference to overall profitability!

    I think the Cash Tables will be heaving tonight, as everyone makes a dash for C4P before the Midnight Deadline. Wiiiiiiiii
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  • spornybolspornybol Member Posts: 8,212
    edited November 2011
    high shaun if you are on cash tables make sure you you come off before midnight or your points you`ve earn will go onto next month, i`m sure off that unless someone, ie tikay or sky dave proves me wrong
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  • Sky_DaveSky_Dave Member Posts: 3,288
    edited November 2011
    In Response to Re: Help me get the points needed?:
    high shaun if you are on cash tables make sure you you come off before midnight or your points you`ve earn will go onto next month, i`m sure off that unless someone, ie tikay or sky dave proves me wrong
    Posted by spornybol
    That's correct. You'd need to leave the tables for the points to register in the November month. Well reminded, Sporny.
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