LOL...at least he didn't blab on about his poker stories.

Yeah all the casinos I play at offer some sort of high hand type prizes, was wondering if anyone has tracked results over a large sample size. I'm just trying to get an idea of what to normally expect.

I normally play at off hours so I expect my rate to be more consistent.

But I know right now I'm on what must be a super heater for promotional money. I know the total was 2500 but that was from at least 10 different promotions which is insane, When I get to 500 hours I'll post my spreadsheet it's pretty gross looking right now.

I currently don't record my comp dollars or tips only because if I did I would start thinking about it to often, and if it gets to the point where how much I'm tipping matters I'll proably stop playing.

You can figure out how far above EV you are running in promotion just by figuring out your EV of these promotions.

Right. My rough $3-$5 / hr is just an educated guess. I occasionally count how many people are playing jackpot eligible games, how much is being awarded per hour, estimate how much edge is slanted to limit vs 1-2 vs 2-5 and I usually get something in that range.

For the vegas wsop regulars here what percentage of you bankroll do you bring with/advise someone to bring.

100%

how long do you plan on being in town
how many and what events do you plan on playing
what cash games and how many hours do you plan on playing
are you a winning player
how much do you plan on spending on food
how much do you plan on spending on lodging
how much do you plan on spending on going out/partying/hookers/blow

6 weeks playing strictly cash 1-3, 2-5 nl and 1-2 and 1-3 plo no events or comps of any kind. This poker money only I'm asking about, nothing else what percentage of your roll do you guys take? And what percentage would you advise me to take? Have 23k roll in £ which is 33k US dollars, hopefully i am still able to increase this significantly by June.

I will already have money aside for food expenses gym ect.

Such a weird question. How could anyone possibly answer that question better than yourself? We know nothing about you.

It's really not an important question anyway. The much more important question is,"Should i go to wsop to play low stakes cash?"

Answer: Absolutely not. Total waste of time and money. Games there will be some of the worst in the country.

Yea vegas has dried up, it's getting worse every year.

It's worth it to go there if you are going with friends and planning on taking a vacation. Going there alone or just to grind, you will regret it.

sorry if stupid had never been before all the guys I know going are going to grind events. Ok disgarding the percentage thing just how much money do you take to Vegas for poker trips to play poker, again disregarding food ect poker only ?

10k

For $1-2 and $1-3, I bring $700 to the casino and lost everything I brought twice. 430 sessions.

That's for 1 day not x weeks, but you can extrapolate it.

I saw someone said Vegas is drying up & the games are dying, however, you're talking about during the WSOP events. I thought the games were good during that time. Squid Face would know.

I'm conservative, so I wouldn't take more than 2.5x the max I've ever lost over a 6 week period. Not that I'd be willing to lose that much. If I lost 1x I'd probably be taking a week's break by the pool.

Is it possible for 1/2 to ever dry up?

Seems very unlikely

If inflation ever kills the dollar completely it might. But then we'd have all the same mopes playing $2/5.

If $1/2 can survive (and thrive) when the economy in MI took a dump and the car companies almost died .... I expect it to survive anything.

It dried up for those who sit there for hours waiting to flop a set, finally did, and only to see everyone check to river and fold.

Yeah lol @ people saying games there are bad, you're just plain wrong.

You couldn't possibly need more then 5k if you aren't playing anything above 2/5

I mean... it's possible, but at the point of losing almost 20% of your roll on a trip I'd call it quits at that point.

I must be terrible then.

If I compare the games where I am right now (niagara falls) and the vegas games, let's just say I am never going back to vegas. My local games are also much better & much more fun.

If you can get a seat here, the field is fakking insanely beautifull, too bad getti a seat takes 10 hours.

There are certain times of the year when vegas games are epic

1 new years
2 super bowl
3 march madness
4 wsop (completely off the hook during colossus/milly maker - and july 4 weekend. July 4 is a trifecta start of main, major holiday, v deepstack)
5 other major holidays and sporting events

That being said Now that I have changed locations these games suck ass compared to the ******ation that happens on the regular in the hinterland games where I honestly believe some of the players actually WANT to lose

In terms of roll needed I think bringing 5k should be ample assuming you are not prone to being a tilt monkey. You could prolly bring less and have $$$ available in a checking acct that you could access via atm if you dont like having cash

Well ****, if those games are so juicy somebody rent me a damn room and I'll go crush right quick

I went to maryland live 2yrs ago with less than $3k playing 1/2, ran poorly (and degened some stupid table game cuz lolpromo) and still had ample $.

Couple months ago went to borgata to gring 2/5 with $5k during their tourney series and ran average (one day of playing a whale and another playing an aggtard, but also got set over setted and a few other spots like missing combo draws twice, chopped once, then played bad at 5T by jamming KK into a set), also lost lots of credit card games, was never in a spot i felt like 5k was too little.

Squid exaggerates to the extreme. Games are certifiable awful. Stay away, you're better off anywhere.

Now somebody is trying to convince me they aren't handing out free money at said casino.... SO IT MUST BE TRUE.

ON MY WAY