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Originally Posted by mistanator
I would like to thank you for your post about shot taking. I was like many other 1/2 players grinding away until I felt I was rolled enough to move up. I have played 2/5 three times now since I read this post. Each game was obsurdly soft like 1/2 and most players are more spewy and loose. The table always has money on it instead of 1/2 where hardly anyone buys in for the full amount. The max buy in is 500 instead of 300 so it really doesnt thin out any bad players. The bigger gamblers want to make more so they drift towards the higher games. I buy in for 300 since my roll is only about 2.5k at the moment. I tightened up my range and was quite patient observing players long enough to get it in at the right time. I understand variance has played some role in my success as of late. I do see more players making tons more mistakes than I would which reassures me that in the long term it is a good game. If I go broke so be it. 2.5k or 4k for a bankroll isnt so much in the grand scheme of things. You can make 1k easily on a good night where making that at 1/2 is few and far between. Bottom line: if you crush 1/2 then you can crush 2/5. The big name pros all took shots to become where they are today. Many of them also went broke but good players will always get back in the game. Take your shot.
I like this approach because you're: (1) table-selecting, with attention to stack-sizing and (hopefully) player-types; (2) realistic about the prospect of dropping a 3K roll (not the end of the world). The idea of 1/2 players grinding to build a roll and then dropping a large portion of it through a lack of experience or variance just doesn't seem right (I mean, really I shouldn't care less, but, for some reason, I don't like seeing smart players suffer)
A few nights ago I saw a player do WHAT shot-takers IMO should NOT do. I was playing 2/3, largely because there was only one 2/5 table (with no large stacks and a number of tough players), and I'm enjoying the lower-stakes game at the moment. Anyway this guy on 2/3 had a 250BB stack and was on my 2/5 table on the weekend. He asks me why I'm not playing 2/5 (I mumble something). 45mins later this guy's dropped 75% of his stack (no coolers or bad-beats that I saw). What does he do? Goes to the 2/5 to make his money back!
Some guys take-a-shot because of (1) the status of the higher game and (2) frustration tilt, without actually paying attention to table-dynamics and player pools, let alone their own bankrolls, which, to me, always adds up to a one likely scenario---BUSTO!