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Stack is 12K now, average is 15K.Yeah I'm very confident right now after going through a few tough months. Have you had any big cashes since that score at Bellagio? I got suspended from FBGs for a bit, so I havn't had a chance to follow anybody here really. Hope you're doing well though. I'm going to try to be at the Borgata for the Winter Open, although right now I don't have near enough of a bankroll to play in the WPT Main Event there.
Cashed for a little over 2k in a 100 rebuy last week (only bought in for 200 because I doubled up on my first hand before I could rebuy), and made second to last table in the 100 freezeout tonight. Some minor cashes to keep the stack from falling apart but nothing huge. Ended up playing in one more Bellagio tourney last week, had a nice run but bubbled in 21st out of 180. Played in a Foxwoods tourney and got beat A9 vs KQ when I repopped the LAG big stack on a board of AQ9. He caught the river Q to knock me out. Nothing special. I don't think I'd buy in outright to a 10k main event. Take a shot in a satellite or two, and play the smaller events, but it's not good bankroll maintenance to put up a stake that's 4x the next biggest you play in the tourney where you have the least chance of cashing. Sure, it would be really nice to cash in it, but you've seen how much variance you have to survive to win a multi-day tourney. Let me know if you do enter it, though. When is the winter open? I've never been but I might make a weekend trip for a Saturday/Sunday event if it's in the 1k-3k range.
I like that play in blind vs. blind play, especially when you two had equal stacks. He basically got half your stack in the pot on a scary board, then pushed over the top. It sure seemed like he might have Jx. And I can totally see him thinking you were bullying with junk. Reason #165 to hate blind vs. blind play.
I mean, I guess I see what you're saying. But I had already put so much of my stack in the pot before he made his move. I think that when I continue to bet the turn unless he has a great read on me he should fold. And overall it just seems like an unecessary risk to take. I guess thats how you build your stack, and some people do only care about big finishes and not squeaking up the pay ladder. I like the aggression, especially in position, but I just think there are better spots for it.
Yeah I think he planned on making the play no matter what, especially when he saw the jacks, and then was a little unhappy with you leading out for over 1/3 of your remaining stack on the turn, but figured he still had a shot. I think it's a better play when you're against either a loose weak player, which you're generally not, or a very good player who would fold in the face of likely trips, and like you said, when you can make the push over the top before he gets half his chips in. But it's still a decent play to have in your arsenal.
Event #4 on January 20th is a possibility. $1500 two day event starting on a Saturday. The 1k event the following Saturday also looks good because there's a second chance type tourney for 750 on Sunday if you bust out. Are you going to be out there for the whole thing?
That's some bull#### right there. Good run though.
I'd like to, but I'm not doing well enough financially to be able to blow $1000+ on the hotel for the entire time. If I can make a big cash before, then I'll do it, but otherwise I'll probably just stop in for an event or two.
That's about where I am except I may be able to find free or cheap hotel rooms while I'm there. Let's keep this on the back burner for now but if we end up going the same weekend we can meet up.
sounds good man.
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Alright. Solves that problem.
I am sure it is covered in this thread somewhere, but you were on quite a roll a year or so ago, playing some 8 tables of 10/20. What happened to bring you back to playing 1/2? You don't have to answer here if you don't want to, but that answer would tell me if it was wise to move up in levels.Again, if you are crushing 1/2 to the tune of $500 a day, what are you trying to accomplish, and wouldn't it be a great thing to make the $300k++ you describe, and play in all those kick ### tournaments, where you might knock it out of the park?Thanks for all of the thoughts guys.$2500 is not my total bankroll at all. I had a depositing issue on Stars and could only get a friend to transfer me $100, so I had to start with that and work up. I have other money in the bank.I very much agree with the notion that it'd be silly to turn down such great income just due to my ego making me move up in limits. I'm just trying to be realisitc because I know myself. Two points:1. If I can crush $1/2 and build that bankroll up solidly over the first week or so, its going to be very hard for me to not want to move up to $2/4. After all, its only $2/4! I am a lifetime winner at the highest limits possible(at the time it was $10/20 on Party) according to over 50,000 hands I have on PokerTracker-so when I look at $2/4, I think of it as an easy game and an opportunity to make more money.2. Playing the higher stakes will really make earning VPPs easier. This may seem trivial, but as I'm grinding it out all year, I'm sure that the possibility of earning VPPs qiucker will be greatly appealing to me.With that said, I post here and throw my thoughts out in the open because I know that I'm not perfect and I know that it helps keep me on track. What I plan to do is thislay $1/2 until I get my $2500 up to $7500. Then move up to $2/4. Assess my ability to beat that. If I go 10 days at $2/4 and am not seeing anywhere close to the $500/day then I'll drop back down. Does everyone think thats a fair compromise?Thanks again for all of the thoughts....always appriciated.
Id say if you turned your 2500 @ 1/2 into 10k, you should move up to 2/4. I chose 10 because its 25BB which should last a winning player a good while.For the record ... Im a winning 10/20 player also. I probably have a few thousand hands, but never at the stake (multi-table) you were. It took me a 25% hit in roll for me to cash out and start over. Being a "winning player" only means you are in the black. It doesnt mean you play good poker per se.Also, I would guess that there are many less fish these days. Should make your "rounding", much more difficult.Im being selfish with my posts here. Im not thinking about you, Im thinking about myself. I realy want you to succeed so I can tell people IcyPots is my iboy.Good luckThanks for all of the thoughts guys.$2500 is not my total bankroll at all. I had a depositing issue on Stars and could only get a friend to transfer me $100, so I had to start with that and work up. I have other money in the bank.I very much agree with the notion that it'd be silly to turn down such great income just due to my ego making me move up in limits. I'm just trying to be realisitc because I know myself. Two points:1. If I can crush $1/2 and build that bankroll up solidly over the first week or so, its going to be very hard for me to not want to move up to $2/4. After all, its only $2/4! I am a lifetime winner at the highest limits possible(at the time it was $10/20 on Party) according to over 50,000 hands I have on PokerTracker-so when I look at $2/4, I think of it as an easy game and an opportunity to make more money.2. Playing the higher stakes will really make earning VPPs easier. This may seem trivial, but as I'm grinding it out all year, I'm sure that the possibility of earning VPPs qiucker will be greatly appealing to me.With that said, I post here and throw my thoughts out in the open because I know that I'm not perfect and I know that it helps keep me on track. What I plan to do is this
Ring vs TourneyI like my ring game. One aspect of my ring game is that Im ok pushing my entire stack in any hand. I feel this gives me an advantage over other players.I hate my Tourney game. One aspect of my tourney game is that Im ok pushing my entire stack in any hand. I feel this gives me a huge disadvantage over other tourney players.
I think he covered this one. He could only get $100 transferred and doesn't have the bankroll yet to play on the higher limits. I'm positive it wasn't a move because of skill level.
The main reason I'm playing so low is that deposit issue. When I go play live(usually at Borgata) I'm still playing in the high limit area. However I did lose a lot in Vegas. My goals regarding that quest was basically to save up enough to play in all of the WSOP events in Vegas and live out there for a month and a half. I took my shot, and I didn't hit. I placed in two tourneys, but it was nothing bit, and all of those big entry fees add up. I think I played well though, and I'm not one to cry about bad beats, so its ok.Also living in Vegas for 7 weeks and being a 23(at the time) year old single guy means spending a lot of money. No clue how much exactly, but I wouldn't be surprised if I dropped around $20,000 when you factor in housing, rental car, and general partying.The plan all along was to take a big shot while I'm young. And I came close quite a few times. For example(and I"m not telling this story to whine about a bad beat, just telling it to show how truly close I was), in one of the MTTs I finished in somewhere around 120th place. I lost with QQ all in preflop against A3 and 77. If I would've won that hand I would've been top 3 in chips I think. First prize was over a million IIRC. So considering things like that, I have no regrets.But now that I didn't score big, I need to "play it safe" and be smart, so I'm not taking any big chances. For the record, I was a VERY slight winner at $10/20...something like +$4000 over 50,000 hands according to pokertracker. At the time that was the highest stakes offered at Party or STars. They added $25/50 over the summer, and just a month ago Stars added way higher stakes(all the way up to $200/400 NL!). Because of this I'd expect that the $10/20 game would be even easier since the best players have moved up.I am sure it is covered in this thread somewhere, but you were on quite a roll a year or so ago, playing some 8 tables of 10/20. What happened to bring you back to playing 1/2? You don't have to answer here if you don't want to, but that answer would tell me if it was wise to move up in levels.Again, if you are crushing 1/2 to the tune of $500 a day, what are you trying to accomplish, and wouldn't it be a great thing to make the $300k++ you describe, and play in all those kick ### tournaments, where you might knock it out of the park?Thanks for all of the thoughts guys.$2500 is not my total bankroll at all. I had a depositing issue on Stars and could only get a friend to transfer me $100, so I had to start with that and work up. I have other money in the bank.I very much agree with the notion that it'd be silly to turn down such great income just due to my ego making me move up in limits. I'm just trying to be realisitc because I know myself. Two points:1. If I can crush $1/2 and build that bankroll up solidly over the first week or so, its going to be very hard for me to not want to move up to $2/4. After all, its only $2/4! I am a lifetime winner at the highest limits possible(at the time it was $10/20 on Party) according to over 50,000 hands I have on PokerTracker-so when I look at $2/4, I think of it as an easy game and an opportunity to make more money.2. Playing the higher stakes will really make earning VPPs easier. This may seem trivial, but as I'm grinding it out all year, I'm sure that the possibility of earning VPPs qiucker will be greatly appealing to me.With that said, I post here and throw my thoughts out in the open because I know that I'm not perfect and I know that it helps keep me on track. What I plan to do is this
$10,000 it is then! If things go to plan($500/day) it won't take that long anyway. I'll post updates here.Id say if you turned your 2500 @ 1/2 into 10k, you should move up to 2/4. I chose 10 because its 25BB which should last a winning player a good while.For the record ... Im a winning 10/20 player also. I probably have a few thousand hands, but never at the stake (multi-table) you were. It took me a 25% hit in roll for me to cash out and start over. Being a "winning player" only means you are in the black. It doesnt mean you play good poker per se.Also, I would guess that there are many less fish these days. Should make your "rounding", much more difficult.Im being selfish with my posts here. Im not thinking about you, Im thinking about myself. I realy want you to succeed so I can tell people IcyPots is my iboy.Good luckThanks for all of the thoughts guys.$2500 is not my total bankroll at all. I had a depositing issue on Stars and could only get a friend to transfer me $100, so I had to start with that and work up. I have other money in the bank.I very much agree with the notion that it'd be silly to turn down such great income just due to my ego making me move up in limits. I'm just trying to be realisitc because I know myself. Two points:1. If I can crush $1/2 and build that bankroll up solidly over the first week or so, its going to be very hard for me to not want to move up to $2/4. After all, its only $2/4! I am a lifetime winner at the highest limits possible(at the time it was $10/20 on Party) according to over 50,000 hands I have on PokerTracker-so when I look at $2/4, I think of it as an easy game and an opportunity to make more money.2. Playing the higher stakes will really make earning VPPs easier. This may seem trivial, but as I'm grinding it out all year, I'm sure that the possibility of earning VPPs qiucker will be greatly appealing to me.With that said, I post here and throw my thoughts out in the open because I know that I'm not perfect and I know that it helps keep me on track. What I plan to do is this
that is the role I play.
Reading these posts have got me hungry to play some poker again. I'll be at the 2/5 limits....cents
Assani, I for one, like the plan. I think building an online bankroll is priority #1, and you're definitely going about it the right way.Personally, I'd wait for 12k before moving up to 2/4, but since you do have money behind, 10k isn't bad.Let's do this. You gonna join me on the $6 Turbo NL SNG's?
By the way, I thought SNG's were your thing? Why the switch to NL ring games? Did you switch because you just felt like they would be the most profitable?
