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Posted: 19-Aug-2009 08:41 by gaztheyorkie
osted: 12-Jul-2009 11:21 by jaywhat
How much are you depositing at a time mate?
I just think you need to re-assess which games you play.
Im no expert but I will tell you my story..
When I 1st started playing here all I played were SnG's I had no idea of BRM and was depositing $300 at a time playing the £10, $20, $30 even the odd $50 SnG's. I dont play coz I need the money I played for fun so it didnt matter that I kept going busto, Just re-deposit and carry on.
Check my SS graph for SnG's to see how bad I was. Happy
It appeared to me that when people play these they seem to forget its real cash they are playing with and just a stack of chips and it was too hard to get anyone to lay down a drawing hand (and always hitting) thus me getting frustrated and tilting the rest of my chips away!!
One day I thought enough was enough I had to stop playing these SnG's coz im pissing money away and not enjoying the game so I switched to low stakes cash 0.05/0.10 to start with then quickly moved up to 0.10/0.25, I found an amazing difference.
It seemed because players were actually sat with the cash in front of them they valued it more, this resulted in less fishy play which in turn meant taking more pots down and less tilt in my game and me enjoying it more!!!
I would play the odd MTT for fun but never really had the patience for it and used to bust out through boredom more than anything else...
I slowly built a decent bankroll and moved up stakes to $1/2. At these stakes I found the game changed completely, Instead of less fishy play I found it got worse, it seemed to me that the guys that played these stakes really didnt care about losing the money because they could easily afford playing at this level and this is where again I hit a brick wall..
I wasnt really winning but I wasnt really losing so I decided I needed to do something different, this is when I started playing Omaha.....
I went back to the $5 SnG's to learn the game properly, there are some great Omaha players there
and it didnt take me long adjust from the switch to 4 cards from 2..
Once my confidence was high in it I decided to start again on the cash tables and work my way up (mainly because I knew I was a losing player in SnG's)
Started again on the 0.10/0.25 tables, even though I was rolled for higher I felt I wanted to get a feel for the game in cash before the higher stakes, In no time I had moved up to $1/2.
I had also found playing Omaha that my patience had improved because of waiting for 4 decent hole cards before getting involved so decided to try the Omaha Showdown.
I would never of dreamed of paying $50 to buy-in to an MTT but my confidence was sky high now and I took it down on the 1st time of asking!!
I then followed that up with a 3rd the week after, then 2 weeks later I won it again and a 2nd the week after that!!
What Im trying to get across is you need to concentrate on what game you feel confident in and stick to that, forget all the speed and turbo donkaments because they are too unpredictable and it looks like you are spewing alot of cash on lotteries trying to get into bigger events, forget low stakes SnG's because as I said from my experience people dont treat them like its real money.
Stick to cash at 0.05/0.10 or 0.10/25 whatever you can afford, dont try anything fancy, have some patience (you dont have to try and win the pot with 27o) Happyand play big hands hard. Get notes on every player you can, it helps immensely.
Play the odd MTT and again have some patience, you know you can do it coz you have proved it in the past. Happy
I just stick to Omaha cash and Omaha Tourneys with just the odd special Holdem tourns (forums etc) and I have found I can consistently make a profit and on average manage to withdraw $1-1.5k every couple of months, and as I said I play for fun not a living so thats good enough for me!! Happy
Sorry for babbling on but that felt quite good getting all that out!! LOL
I just think if you can apply yourself to a couple of variations rather than spewing money here there and everywhere you will see an improvement in your game and your Bankroll...
All the best mate.. Happy