aren't you a pro? how come you're not busto if you're down 2.5k?

Well, if you review your hands and realize you didnt make nearly the mistakes you made in the past then you've gotten better, right?

Mistakes are usually measured by result, so who knows.

means you're a fish obv.

gfy commie

I like to 'freeroll' shottake.

Play your usual 1-2 game till you have a really good night, and have made enough for 1.5-2 buyins at the higher stakes, and you're not too burnt out, and you can find a promising 2-5 table to get into.

Had one of my best nights buying into a 1-2 game for $60, hitting a holiday high hand for $550, and moving to a 2-5 table with a $350 buyin. Walked away 4 hours later with approx. $1800 (merry xmas).

Dgi student?

DGI alt

FL tho

... That is not a freeroll

*insert olive investment analogy

House olives

For all ya'll that play 1-2, what is a proper BR iyo?

It depends. The more the better.

Do you have a job? Are you playing for an income? Side income?

Ok then...how about 'earning your way' into a bigger game.

If Poker's the only income, 50 buy-ins plus 6 months living expenses.

If you have a job, play whenever you have a couple of buyins.

What do you define 'heater' as?

What if you notice that the red deck has flopped two 7s the last 4 times it has been used. If you are dealt, say 97o UTG the 5th time it's used, as you going to play it, since the DeckMate is on a 'heater' of dealin' out two 7s on the flop with that deck?

Depends if you're partial to Bayesian probability.

If you set up a differential equation for it, you'd be able to figure out if you should call or fold

I look at eliminating leaks in my game as the equivalent of improving my efficient in a job. Say I have a sales job that pays primarily commission. If I eliminate the 15-20 minutes when I get to work talkin' with co-workers & gettin' warmed up. If I stop spending 10-15 minutes prior to lunch figuring out where we are all going & if I stop slowing down 10-15 minutes prior to quittin' time, I'm not improving my skill at sales. I'm improving my efficiency.

There are websites that can give you an estimate based upon your win rate & standard deviation. I go by being able to lose 12 $250 all-ins pre in a row in a so called 'coin-flip' situation [AK vs. QQ] & still have 1/2 my bankroll. So, $6000.00 to start for 1/2NL & I never concern myself with the fact that the chips are money.

However, I don't need to meet a monthly nut, so there is no pressure. I thought I was saving as much of my winnings as possible for a new, used car. However, my wife informed me that my thinking is flawed - it's being saved for home improvements this summer. She also thinks that a deck in the backyard & a smoker & fancy grill will allow me the opportunity to spend time learning how to grill like Bobby Flay. Then there's the kitchen & bathroom, that for some reason - she thinks should be upgraded! Women. They'll let ya' do what you want - but there's a price.

I would slap myself across the face if I ever find myself asking those questions.

Well, I think 'heaters' are ridiculous. Always have. I've only believed in variance. "Heaters" to me, are like guys saying "Sevens are runnin' hot tonight." Or, getting a seat change button so that when seat 7 leaves [who is runnin' good] they can grab his seat. Or, being told by someone you know who sees you on a table he played at the last 2 days, tells you: "You're at a good table. Try & get seat 9. I won a lot in that seat the last two days & as you can see, the guy in seat 9 is doing good today."

If you can be on a "heater" and get good cards that hit flops, then why can't a specific seat at a table run good? Why can't a specific deck run hot flopping a specific rank a high % of the time? Ever see a deck run hot at flopping monotone over 10 flops when it's only suppose to happen 5% of the time?

I won't go into why I was tracking this, however I once went 48 times in a row without flopping a set of 6s. Then when I did, my V caught a 4th card to work with 1 of his for a str8. It wasn't until the 59th time of being dealt 66 that I won a really nice pot.

After about 3-5 weeks of running so so with my 66, I went on a heater and flopped several sets making a nice amount of money. Was it really a heater, or just variance? I think a more accurate term would be "High +Ev Variance."

"All of my good streaks & all of my bad streaks of every length & depth have had one thing in common. They did not exist in your mind. They only existed in my mind. And this is true for everyone's winning & losing streaks. None of them actually exist. They are all mental fabrication, like past & future. Everything that ever happens happens in the present tense. But how can you have a "streak" in the present tense? You can't. And therefore, if you are in the present tense, which, in fact, at this time you are, then at this moment there is no streak in your life. There is no inherent existence to streaks. The streak is there when you think about it, and when you stop thinking about, it goes away. It blossoms and withers, all in your mind. And when your mind invents a streak, you believe it exists, because you believe what your mind tells you. But the truth is there is only the hand you are playing." - Tommy Angelo

"Heater" can also just mean that you have been on the positive side of variance. I am sure that is how it was used in the post you are referencing. It doesn't necessarily imply that future events have different odds, just that past events worked out favorably.

I don't keep track of win rates personally, only whether or not more money comes in than goes out.

Since the start of the new year, I've played 21/23 days and have won 19/21 days for a minimum of $200 at 1/2. At least twice a week for three weeks now I've had cash outs for $1k+. If this keeps up, I'll be on my way to winning the WSOP ME 2016.

For me, "heater" is putting it lightly. I'm running God mode cheat codes right now - wallhacks, aimbots, maphack, the works. Just tonight I flopped a set of fives, went running queens for fives full. Two other guys had the case queens paid off all-in bets OTR. All in the first hour of playing.

Printing money.

Waiting to get my ass kicked due to hubris.