To play the games I did last year I'd say you'd need 200k minimum to start, possibly more.

Hi Jorj...if you had to give a newbie advice on what all to do to reach the $109 turbos from low stake $33 SNG's.....then what would it be ?

Play something else besides sngs.

But if you really want to do this, just study icm a lot and read the sng forum and make sure you understand not just what to do in spots, but why you are doing it. The 109s and up are pretty tough now so you have to be a pretty good player just to break even at them. You may find that you can make more at the lower sngs, and if this is the case, there is no reason to move up.

Great well btw.

Quick question you may know the answer to. If I register to a "target tournament" then play a step6, and win, will stars give me $w? Can I then unreg for target tourney and get my cash back, and have the $w? Thanks

Yes if you are already registered you get w$ if you win another seat. No you cannot unregister.

I dont think I was clear. I meant, I would pre-register for the $10k tournament using cash from my stars account. I then would play the step6. If I win my first step6 I play, I assume $w would show in my account (since I have already pre-registered for $10k). I then want to unregister from tournament, I assume I then will get the cash back (since I bought in with cash) and also have $w form my step6 win. Hope that is clearer.

Basically looking for loophole so I dont have to playif i win.

I don't think it's possible to unregister. I understood your question the first time. Now if you win a SCOOP or WCOOP satellite with w$ you can unregister for those, but you can't unregister from live seats (as far as I know). Others might know more than me though.

so can u turn the wcoop seat from making sne into cash?

No.

Unless you cash in the tourney obv.

Really great read. Love to hear about the SNG players. Question now. I've just thrown some money onto FTP and am grinding the $6 turbos (9 and 6 man). For the lower limits is FTP with RB better or is stars still the place to be. I'm only 6-8 tabling so no need to worry about mass tables.

I don't know what the rake structure is for the tournaments on stars and fulltilt at that level, but if they are the same, then fulltilt is definitely going to give you more money back per sng. If the rake amounts are different then you're almost certainly better off playing at the one with less rake. Of course the overriding factor is how good the games are at each site.

which live events are you going to play this year?

I'm doing Monte Carlo and I will be in Vegas for the entire WSOP. I'll probably add in a few more events after the WSOP but I'm not really sure what yet.

I'll be in Monte Carlo too. Maybe I'll meet you this time. Haven't seen you playing. Just taking a break?