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Originally Posted by PokeRock
Thanx for the feedback, I get your point, really.
So there is not much difference in terms of variance when you play 150 tourneys in 3-4 sessions or 3 months.
Since average live players can get to play about 150-200 tourneys live a year, how do they make a living out of it?
If it is perfectly plausible that they can hit such negative results easily in just 150 tournaments, or 1-2 year of tournament plays.
There is 0 difference in variance whether you play 150-200 tourneys over two days or two years, assuming equal level of play.
You can limit the variance by playing smaller fields. I assume people manage to play live for a living as a combination of the following:
-Bigger skill edge vs live donks (100+ ROI vs online typical 30% ROI)
-Playing cash/online on the side
-Being selective about MTTs they play
I doubt there are that many pros who actually only play live tournaments. There are some, sure, but they've originally grinded their bankrolls from online or something else back in the day when games were soft. It would be nearly impossible for an up-and-comer with, say, 10k roll to only play live tournaments for a living and make it without getting very lucky.
I don't enjoy live tournaments all that much precisely because it always ****s with my mind to think that it can take years and years for the variance to even itself out. You need a very deep bankroll for that stuff.
I didn't read all of your posts, so I'm not aware why exactly you put in such low volume. Obviously it's completely fine if poker isn't your job, if it is your job you absolute must put in 500+MTTs/month and less than 1000/month is considered abysmal effort by many. But if you're only playing MTTs once a week or so, then you just need to understand that ok, it's my choice to play 4 sessions a month, and it means I can easily lose for 6 months straight and it's normal. I understand you remember bad beat hands etc much easier when you won't get to play poker for another week. For those who play every day, no one even notices a beat (unless it's a huge ft etc), because there will be an endless amount of new tournaments on a daily basis.
Not one single tournament, result, or bad beat matters for an MTT player, and the best thing you can do to boost your winrate is to plug that mental leak and find a way to not give a **** about results. It's harder when you play low volume, I know, but there's just no way around it.