Thanks for the advice guys. Really appreciate it.
So I'm deffo going with 70bb buy ins again. I won Ł2,650 that way already, I hopefully can do it again.
Re. Smaller tables:
We have 1/1 tables too but rake is 10% compared to 1/2 at 5% and both are capped at Ł10. I sometimes play 1/1 while waiting for 1/2 but assumed rake was unbeatable. Maybe I should give it a try just to double check how bad the fish are. Thoughts on beatability appreciated.
GG you are right - my biggest mistake yesterday was to stay seated. Table changes weren't available but I should have just gone home. I guess after such a long winning streak I felt like i could take a shot at dealing with the regs - hubris, I can't, certainly not OOP and barely IP. That's hubris too, some of them still own me from OOP!
Re. fish, they won't pay off really badly unless they have 2pair+ but they also telegraph their hands so you can get folds - if you have enough chips behind. But yeah, it's usually Ł100 at a time you get out of them so probably I get the bulk of what's easy to get buying in short anyway now I think about it.
Re. What to do when I double up (this has been a big point of indecision for me!). Hopefully you guys can advise. Table change rules are same stack for same stakes unless you are gone from table for 2 hours.
My options are:
1) Switching between stakes:
Cycling between 1/3 and 1/2 is bigger buy ins and better players, 5% rake capped at Ł10 + Ł1 loyalty tornament prise pool.
Switching 1/2 and 1/1 means half my time at 10% rake, Ł10 cap + Ł1 loyalty tourney.
All tables are min buyin 40bb, max buyin initially 200bb and thereafter to cover deepest stack.
2) I could just take 2 hours out but it is difficult enough fitting evening/nights poker in with daytime hours as it is.
3) I can just go home but then travel costs-per-hour-played go up and it takes longer to accumulated enough hours to see whether I'm actually winning or not.
One other thought I have - if I do enough hours and survive it I can get into the loyalty tournament and play the regs "for free", no risk to my BR. It's a good tournament every 5 weeks top prize usually Ł25,000. Could solve my BR issues too. Also I'm much more likely to win that through luck than I am to beat the regs through skill in the cash games
Last edited by Ragequit99; 05-25-2017 at 06:44 PM.