My Journey in Live Mid-High Stakes
01-31-2015
, 01:08 AM
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Hey Snowball,
I am wanting to create a PG&C soon and was wondering what your opinion was on BR sizing. I recently just got a young professional job that can set money aside for an appropriate BR. My questions are 1)What do you think about trying to play only tournaments for sometime (~15 people usually and around $10 -$60 buy ins)? 2)Would I be better off playing cash 1/2 or 1/3 depending on the place instead of trying a PG&C with tournies? 3) If these are both doable options then what should my BR sizing be according to each of them?
4) What are your recommendations on study material? Do you think most books are outdated or still hold value, should I be reading a specific section in forums, etc?
Thanks
I am wanting to create a PG&C soon and was wondering what your opinion was on BR sizing. I recently just got a young professional job that can set money aside for an appropriate BR. My questions are 1)What do you think about trying to play only tournaments for sometime (~15 people usually and around $10 -$60 buy ins)? 2)Would I be better off playing cash 1/2 or 1/3 depending on the place instead of trying a PG&C with tournies? 3) If these are both doable options then what should my BR sizing be according to each of them?
4) What are your recommendations on study material? Do you think most books are outdated or still hold value, should I be reading a specific section in forums, etc?
Thanks
In terms of BR, there are a lot of discussions in other threads afaik so ill just add to it and not be repetitive. It really depends on how well you play. I kind of just moved up in the last few months using my profits from the previous stake, even though im properly rolled, i never had to dip into money that wasn't already profit (knock on wood!). I would say put away 10-15 BIs to start since you are getting paid from work as well.
Okay now as for study material i never read a poker book since i was fortunate enough to have coaching. 2p2 also changed my "poker career" tremendously. A major caveat is that do not believe everything you read in 2p2 strategy threads. Even if they have a high post count and praises are being sung about them it doesn't mean they are actually good. There are only a few people who knows what they are doing and most of them won't bother posting - but pay attention when they do give stuff away.
The good news though!! Is that you dont need advanced knowledge to beat 1/2 and even most 2/5 games for a decent amount. People are that bad. You just really need common sense. I have no idea how you play though so it's hard to say what you need. If you do decide to start your pgc lemme know the link
Good luck!
01-31-2015
, 04:28 AM
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Hey, i would definitely stay away from tournaments, especially the ones with the format you are describing. I always saw tournaments as the way for poker to reach out and pull people into the game because it gives just about anybody a chance to win a ton of money. However most people either never get there, or spending so much money&time that when they eventually do win something significant, the return is hardly worth the investment. You can make way more in way less time with way less stress in even 1/2 & 1/3 being a very solid player and gradually move up in stakes.
In terms of BR, there are a lot of discussions in other threads afaik so ill just add to it and not be repetitive. It really depends on how well you play. I kind of just moved up in the last few months using my profits from the previous stake, even though im properly rolled, i never had to dip into money that wasn't already profit (knock on wood!). I would say put away 10-15 BIs to start since you are getting paid from work as well.
Okay now as for study material i never read a poker book since i was fortunate enough to have coaching. 2p2 also changed my "poker career" tremendously. A major caveat is that do not believe everything you read in 2p2 strategy threads. Even if they have a high post count and praises are being sung about them it doesn't mean they are actually good. There are only a few people who knows what they are doing and most of them won't bother posting - but pay attention when they do give stuff away.
The good news though!! Is that you dont need advanced knowledge to beat 1/2 and even most 2/5 games for a decent amount. People are that bad. You just really need common sense. I have no idea how you play though so it's hard to say what you need. If you do decide to start your pgc lemme know the link
Good luck!
In terms of BR, there are a lot of discussions in other threads afaik so ill just add to it and not be repetitive. It really depends on how well you play. I kind of just moved up in the last few months using my profits from the previous stake, even though im properly rolled, i never had to dip into money that wasn't already profit (knock on wood!). I would say put away 10-15 BIs to start since you are getting paid from work as well.
Okay now as for study material i never read a poker book since i was fortunate enough to have coaching. 2p2 also changed my "poker career" tremendously. A major caveat is that do not believe everything you read in 2p2 strategy threads. Even if they have a high post count and praises are being sung about them it doesn't mean they are actually good. There are only a few people who knows what they are doing and most of them won't bother posting - but pay attention when they do give stuff away.
The good news though!! Is that you dont need advanced knowledge to beat 1/2 and even most 2/5 games for a decent amount. People are that bad. You just really need common sense. I have no idea how you play though so it's hard to say what you need. If you do decide to start your pgc lemme know the link
Good luck!
Cheers
02-01-2015
, 12:35 AM
02-01-2015
, 05:07 PM
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I had a brutal december. But when I came out of it, I started treating every pot of equal importance. It seems weird now that I get far more upset now when I spew $20 in a 2/5 pot preflop than I do putting 1k in bad in a 5/10 spot if I believe it's the correct thing to do.
I lost $35 at 2/5 yesterday in a tiny pot when I called a river bet with tptk after knowing for a fact I couldn't beat anything. (In all honesty, it was my recent addiction to Clash of Clans that caused me to play the hand terribly since I was in the heat of battle during the hand) It tilted the hell out of me and I had to get up and go for a walk.
I lost $35 at 2/5 yesterday in a tiny pot when I called a river bet with tptk after knowing for a fact I couldn't beat anything. (In all honesty, it was my recent addiction to Clash of Clans that caused me to play the hand terribly since I was in the heat of battle during the hand) It tilted the hell out of me and I had to get up and go for a walk.
02-01-2015
, 07:49 PM
02-01-2015
, 09:40 PM
In smaller games like a 100BB cap 2/5 game where I feel I have decent reads on the players (whether they are regs or recfish), I get bored pretty quickly. I tend to get super floaty and have some serious spewLAG tendencies when I'm bored, so having something to multitask with helps a lot. When playing full time, getting bored leads to burnout pretty quick. When I got bored of holdem I got into PLO. When PLO didn't run, I got into limit HOSE games. Then I needed something else so I got into OFC. Now it's CoC
I'm trying to be a CoC master. There's a lot of people that love the CoC. I'm trying to use my CoC with control so I don't spew everywhere.
02-02-2015
, 04:47 PM
