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Can you make good money playing DYMs?
im currently a student and have a lot of spare time. i play £11 DYM's i play two or 3 tables at a time and always seem to do well and boost my bankroll that way. But then i play cant help myself and enter the big tournaments on sky and haven't yet been successful therefore taking my money back down. i have saved a little bit money up to put into my account and was thinking about putting it in and just playing DYMs for a little while. But i dont know if you can make good money doing this?
I would love someone with abit more knowledge on playing DYMs and manging your bankroll could help me. All help would be great.
Thankyou
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Hi Mikey.
With sit n go games you can predict your winnings by looking at expected ROIs.
A 5% roi is very good and most winning players will be around this mark.
5% roi on a £11 game is around 50p profit per game.
If you play 20 games a night, your profit will be a tenner.
Is this good money? It depends on your definition of 'good money'.
I see your roi is 8% in dyms over 100ish games. That's pretty good and gives you a profit of around 80pence per game. (not sure if the rake is included in the ROI calculation)
Up to you how much you play and therefore how many 80ps you can earn. But it should be easy to forecast your expected profits.
gl.
I got an avg stake of $16.50 which is around a tenner.
Still, 6% is very good. 99.6% of winning players would be happy with that long term
I got the stats from sharkscope.
It's free for basic searches but to get stats for specific games such as dyms you have to be a member.
If you want something finding out though just post up on here and I or someone else will get them for you.
Gl mikey btw I'm playing mainly 5's/11's atm so will no doubt see you on the tables at some point
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Sorry Jac, I meant specific, specific games :P
Done on a technicality
and not one of the other 3 had an ace. Very sigh.
gets to tghe point where ya all in or fold on level 6 and im going all in with ak aq or jj and gett called by ace rags n losing my worst dym run ever
so far played 14 £22 dyms only cashed 4 sucks
I purposely took multiple attempts to take the screenshot at the exact moment where the revolving star looks nothing like a star, and you go and point it out!*
Gotta try and keep these up n coming sickos grounded
*or maybe it was just un/lucky :P
I do enjoy playing them though, some ppl find them boring but when you get down to the last 4 and the blinds are crazy it does give me a buzz.....sad but true!!!
Mikey.......there has been some good advice from dohhh, jac and jd. All the best on the tables mate
It wasn't meant as some kinda thin brag I just genuinely wanted to know what my years ROI was because my total one is poor! I am thinking of playing these on a reg basis and wanted to see if I was gonna be wasting my time
This is quite interesting to me, because I've just done (almost) exactly that, & detailed the results in my little Diary every single day. (I mean, I've played over 500 DYM's in a month, NOT made 8%!)
Your question contains 2 red herrings - the profit per table, & ROI, are both completely irrelevant, & not connected, to the Reward Points & Reward Points payments you receive. You get the same Reward Points whether you win or lose.
Anyway.....
For every £11 (£10 + £1) DYM, you ordinarily receive TEN Reward Points.
So, play 500 of them, & you will get 500 x 10 points, = 5,000 points.
5,000 points would entitle you to exactly £100 in Reward Points payment, assuming you were opted in, & entitled to them.
You can see the "points bands" HERE
Note that if you fall even ONE point short of 5,000, you only get 1.5p per point, so you'd get a shade under £75.
Once you exceed 5,000, then your points become worth two pence each, so 5,000 x £0.02 = £100.00.
You should also look out for the occasional SNG "Double Rewards Weeks" (or Weekends) which Sky Poker offer from time to time. These make a HUGE difference to the Rewards Points you can earn. It does require a little personal sacrifice to put the extra hours in, or modify the times you play, but it is, arguably, worth the effort. Of course, as we've seen recently, many players expect extra bonuses without making any effort. It DOES require a bit of effort, but you don't seem the kind of chap to be bothered by that.
Good luck.
Incidentally......
It may not be of interest to you, but playing hundreds of these these DYM's every month is all about self-discipline. Many players find it is helpful to them if they keep a little "progress Diary". This can be "private", at home on "WORD" or whatever, or maybe here on the Community. It is a very stranfe thing, but keeping a strict daily record/Diary of progress ticks a lot of psychological boxes, & DOES help you perform better. Probably.
Mikey.
Think you have had some great advice in this thread, very little to disagree with, & all very helpful. Some Community, this, eh?
One thing, however, I would urge you to consider.
You asked, & got some great replies, about ROI.
ROI can get a bit distorted by various things, complicated, & be measured in a variety of ways.
Personally, I'd be thinking more along the "profit per DYM" line, than ROI.
The thing with Online Poker is that it is hard to equate Online Money with real money, money we jangle in our pocket, ten bob notes, that we can spend in the shops.
If we know we make, say, 50p per DYM, & play 500 per month, it's easy. That's £250, right? And we can buy ourself a new car, or suite of furniture, or whatever, with that £250.
But try going to Tesco or Sainsbury & spending ROI. They don't take ROI.
if u play and u notice a fe gd players avoid them play another 1
and oduble aaa points structurs goes £5.50 is 5 points £11 is 10 points £22 is 20 points n so on