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Have I just become a loosing player overnight????
Hi all, I have recently been staked on another site and I have to say its been awful, Iv had 2 or 3 decent results but im grinding crazy hours I really dont think I am playing to bad apart from 2 or 3 sessions were I have just became a tilt monster due to run bad. I cant put my finger on what I am doing wrong, Im going over hand histories constantly and I can honestly say in my opinion I am playing pretty well, my confidence has hit an all time low and I am debating giving up the game because it has become sooo demorilising, Im not sure if certain factors such as I am used to playing 6max come into it, over there the fields are sooooooooooo much bigger than sky. Is it possible to become a loosing player overnight ??? my graph apart from 3 results is dire !!! How do i get my confidence back ????
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Bigger fields = bigger variance.
It's that simple, K8.
The much bigger fields on the other site offer much bigger binks, however they also mean much bigger gaps between those binks. On a site with very large fields it will take a far bigger sample to get close to your long-term expected ROI than it would here on Sky. Hence your bankroll needs to be much deeper. For a juicy score you need to make a final table, even if there are thousands of entrants.
I'm a losing player on PS. I know I'd be a winner there in the long run, but I haven't played nearly enough games to get anywhere close to the long run.
Bounty Hunter tournaments on Sky are about the lowest variance MTTs you'll find anywhere online due to the super flat pay-out structure and relatively small fields.
Good luck.
Hi m8. Yeh Tikay says it all, TBH. Gary and Daggs post correct aswell. I would say I was
a decent MTT player and took me a while to get a few good cashes on PS.
On Sky less players, and obv 6 max might suit your game better, takes while to adapt to 9 at a table. Good luck m8, Guys might be right if your winning on Sky get back... Play odd biggy on other sites, But make Sky ure main site.
Another issue that's common is people reviewing their hand histories in a vacuum. You see it all the time in the clinic: People post their hand and offer no information on their opponents, just asking "What do you think of this play?" We can't really judge whether a play was good in a vacuum, we can only hypothesise circumstances in which it would be good and circumstances in which it would not be good.
So when reviewing your own hand histories, make sure you're thinking about whether this play was good against this particular opponent, in these particular circumstances. If you don't know much about the opponent you're playing against, ask yourself why you don't know more. If you have only just joined a the table with this player, would it have been better to take a more ABC approach, etc. etc...
Of course it may be that you're playing well and just not having a good run. It is important to reflect on our results as a whole, though, because our losses are just as indicative of our ability as our victories.
And mincashing in 2 out of 3? Sorry he's in cloud cuckoo land.
Ask your mate to provide you with the evidence. He can't, & wont.
Really surprised you bought that tale, to be honest. You must know that is not realistically possible?
Just a couple of things what games are you playing and are you multi tabling.
The 180 and 90 sngs are good games and on average the 180 ones are over within 2hours.
The staking thing as mentioned I think you should rethink.
My reason for this is, if they say play the big mtts how would you feel if you binked and had to hand over that cash.
The big mtts are soo top heavy.
I played one on Saturday and came 14th out of 15000 runners.
The difference between 14th and 1st was over 18k.
If you can multi table the 180s variance should even out.
I found there is a big diff between the 8 and 15 buyins so if your playing the 15 maybe slightly reduce amount of tables.
GL
Having played 6 max for years on sky I'm hopeless at full ring now (strangely still pretty good live though, thank goodness).
U can't under estimate the value of notes. On here I play the same games and have notes on everyone and that's often the difference between a call, raise or fold. For me u play a loose aggressive style, that maybe doesn't work quite so well on a 9 or 10 max table, I think position is much more important. I too can't make a profit on stars. Play tighter, look for good spots, not just flips. You may shove early position on here with a wide range of hands, full ring is a lot harder.
Aren't there any 6 max games on there u can play?
When I get variance I take a break, or play even tighter. I'd rather make a bad fold than a bad call.
Not sure if any of this will help, but I wish you all the luck in the world..... u big fish!!!!!
Adrian
Took a while to adjust.
In a 10 seat table you need 3 different ranges for starting hands early mid and late position and early should be uber tight compared to what you are used to.
Also agree with earlier comments to play fewer tables and slightly lower stakes to get the feel for the games.
It was a carnival event but they had some with double and treble prizepools.
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