Hello,

I'm currently paying 10% on all HU sng games, however i have 60% rakeback.

The problem is, when i run break even, its killing my immediate roll. Do you suggest switching to Fulltilt where HU SNG rake is only 5% combined with a 27% RB account.


Thoughts?

Anyone could answer these?

If you have 60% rakeback on a 10% rake, you end up paying a 4% rake. 27% rakeback on a 5% rake gives 3.65% rake, so yeah, FT would be better. Unless the action on the site with 10% rake is *really* good, which is possible, since very few thinking players are going to pay that much when they can pay 5% on the two sites with the most traffic (stars and tilt).

my question goes together with the "good sample" question.
i just started out with hu, playing 11$ sng's (2 and 4 man). i'm coming from 50NL 6 max and am pretty overrolled. just played 120 games and made 33 buy-ins, so i am obviously running hot. at how many games and which winrate would you advice me to move up. i am a br nit and tilting very easily when confronted with my own failure. that's why i need to "KNOW" i will be beating the next level.

hope someone can help me.

ohly!

Unfortunately, the "know" you talk about is about as probable as you "knowing" your opponent's hand.

You have to consider that an opponent is likely bluffing say, 90% of the time in a spot. The other 10% you are beat. So when they flip the nuts, you shouldn't get angry. Now, if you assign the 90-10 chances in say 50 spots over 200 games and you are getting beat 50% of the time, then your reads are off and you need to rethink some things.

But, to your question, it is extremely likely that you are a winning player at your level, very very high probability. It's also very likely you are a winner (without tilting) at the next level. So go ahead and take that shot, if you're a little nervous, just take a 2-3 buyin shot, if you lose those 2-3 buyins, move back down and repeat the process when you rebuild those 2-3 buyins (or wait until you have a few more).

The main thing is that you're improving your game and moving up as you feel comfortable. But don't wait for it to feel 100% correct, if you're beating the current level and have the roll, go for it, just stay responsible with your bankroll and buyin levels you play, especially when on a downswing or emotional.

thank you very much chicagory, i will stay on 11's till the weekend and take a shot then

Your questions are very player dependable. It is possible to live off HU Cash, alot of players do great despite the variance. If you do this for the living i would take a bigger cushion, how much really depends on you and your confidence/tilt/experience etc.
HU is not 6-max. It does probably improve your overall game because you get into alot of spots that you don't come often in other games. But it doesn't mean you will auto-crush the 6-max games when you are good at it. Although alot of succesfull players are good at both.
Player dependent again. Some can crush playing up to 4 (or more) others have troubles with two. While learning not more than two, if you do more you start to play on autopilot alot especially if you don't have much experience doing it.
I'd say the big two, it doesn't hurt to spread your base.
Doing all those won't auto improve your game. You have to know and keep thinking about your game, why you do certain things and what works or not. They all help in improving your game but you have to know why.

I think all coaching sites have a video or two about that

what does SPR mean? Haven't ever seen it used on this site till today, then saw it in about 3 threads.
thanks

Stack to pot ratio

Look at the bottom of http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/69...hreads-430489/, there are some good threads about SPR in the "Professional NLHE" section

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aaron_bloom26 224$3 $55 5%$650 -N/AFullTiltE<=2 S50-80


So over 224 games I've only managed to win $650, 13 buyins to be exact with a 5% ROI. This seems somewhat pathetic to me as I've been constantly studying and taking notes and I feel it should be higher. Granted it's a small sample size but what should a decent player being doing here at roughly 1k tgames?