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Hi Irish great thread m8y here's my Question?
i've been playing Poker for 1 Year & 3 weeks started on this site as a hobby (now addicted ) in this time i've played all types of MTT's (played 750+ cashed 214) & the last few months have been mainly playing Cash Tables 2p/4p & 4p/8p i have noticed that MTT & CASH TABLES completely different games so have adapted to both my fav tourney is Deepstack which i've now started playing again last few days at present i've been using profit from cash to buy-in MTT's
So my question is
(a) What BR is needed to move upto 10p/20p & 15p/30p on cash?
(b) Do you think Sats are a good way of getting into Main Events for MTT?
(c) Would it be better for me to build my BR on Cash so i can then buy-in to the bigger Deepstacks like Dantb / £22 Monday nite d/s & the Double Stacks
many thanks
Michael
would u say that the ToT £2.20 on Monday would be a good way to get experience on tournament play?
I will try this, and will update you in a few months.
Ty INFINITYEV for your questions ,
but i am afraid this would be a injustice to those players who have made
great effort to take notes on one another.
passing this info on i personally feel would be wrong .
but feel free to ask another question and i hope i will be of
more help .
soz again denis
Ty michael for these questions ,
as said on previous post on this thread ,
one of my very best buds on here will be helping out.
so over to you the wiz of oz specialist in mid/low cash
ozzie !
Hi michael, i think you play poker as a hobbie so your amount of buy ins does not need to be as much as a player who plays for there living. I think its best to have 20/25 buy ins and this comes from my poker manager who runs so bad but has gr8 advice *smileyface*. You know who you are, here is some advice for him as well, its time to nit up.
If you move up a level and start losing, there is no shame in moving back down to the previous level. This is
key to gd br management. When you have rebuilt go and have another crack at that level.
Sats are a gr8 way of getting into the bigger tournies for a cheaper price, If your br is on the low side its best to avoid buying in to the main events beacuse as we know tournies have alot more variance.
When i was building my br i found cash to be the best way, and remember there is no rush to move up the levels. When i was br building as much as i wanted to play the bigger tournies i never bought in, it was sats all the way. You have been grinding away well michael so just keep doing wot you have been doing and yr soon be moving on to the nxt level
gl m8
Many Thanks to Denis for replying so quickly & to OZZIE08 for taking the time to answer my questions its very much appreciated m8 have printed out your advice so i have it at hand next to me laptop for Reference
Cheers guys
Michael
Ty walesboy for the question ,
The following advice
is based from research carried out on your stats from sharkscope :
On april 2010 you seemed to have found your winning game ,
you have profited on a monthly bases since then .
As you are aware this game is double your money no limit holdem [ dym nlh ]
now i note you play very low stakes .
After reviewing your dym stats i note you had a 16 game winning streak
This is a great achievement no matter what level one plays well done .
So if i was you i would move up slowly one level in dym ,
do this the following way :
every second game move to that higher level and then back down to the
level you are used to .
When moving up,
try your best to keep playing the way you do on the lower level .
When you feel comfortable with higher level stay on this permanently .
If you hit a bad run move back down refocus and move back up again .
Now in answer to your original question T O T £ 2.20 ,
Your skill on dym will prove very profitable over time on these deepstacks and
i would defo recommend you play these to take a quick break form the monotony
of dym games .
If you need clarification on any of the above don't hesitate to ask !
Denis
I have been playing poker for a about 2 years. I got lucky at the start and got hooked.
I do not manage a bankroll as such.I play for entertainment, and NLH is brilliant when you are winning, dire when you are having a bad run.
I play all levels , I tend to play what I can afford. As you have access to sharkscope, what would your advice to me be, if I wanted to stay in profit/
A big ask I know!
My question is, whats a good measure of knowing when your ready to move up the levels in micro stakes?
I have been 2 tabling 4NL for a while and have got my bankroll up from a low of £25 back up to £60 in two months. I probably only play half an hour each night on average, so although I am moving in the right direction slowly I'm not exactly playing a great volume.
Do you think I should start taking shots at the next level once I reach say £80?
Ty Wynne for the questions,
Dealing with bad runs ,
i feel is the hidden secret in how to be a profitable player .
If you search back in the posts on this thread ,
i have touched on this subject .
After reviewing your last 250 games & stats on sharkscope i note
of late you are showing good profit in double your money games ,
but losing this profit in mtt games .
so try the following for a few months :
note your starting bankroll ,
concentrate 95 % on dym games .
keep the buy in these games the same .
keep notes on players in this circle of dym buy ins .
Treat yourself to bank roll affordable mtts
for the other 5% of your games .
Any further question on above don't hesitate to ask !
Denis
Ty patching for the question ,
I will get ozzie the low / mid cash specialist [ lol ozzie ] ,
to answer this question tonight for you.
That is of course If the good man that he is can find the time tonight .
Denis
Hi Irish Would i be able to check my cash table stats on sharkscope & if so how would i do it?
If not what would you advise is best way of keeping track ?
Michael
uIn Response to Re: ASK IRISHROVER LOW STAKES SPECIALIST A POKER QUESTION: Ty for the question michael ,
Unfortunately sharkscope don't cover cash,
I would keep track by noting down your bring ins to the cash table &
your profit or loses as you pop in and out of tables .
you can also find this Info in your accounts page in skypoker .
Denis
Afternoon Denis
Can I please ask you to give me your honest advice on how I can improve my return when playing poker here via my shark scope stats. I am not a cash player and used to play a lot of the bigger MTT's on here but I am now just realising that the variance in these were crippling my BR. I do not really have any BRM and normally just play the games which were on but I am now becoming more selective and for the last month or so feel that my game is more suited to the deep stack tournaments.
Should I just mainly concentrate on these now (with the odd forum SnG of course) and try to steer clear of all the other temptations for a while or persevere with a mixture of games?
Regards,
Alan
If I might give an answer here; I have been playing low stakes cash for about 3 months and I keep a spreadsheet. Every session I record how long I played, how much profit or loss I made and how many hands I played. Unfortunately, the only way to get the information on how many hands you played is to go into My Account, select the session and then scroll down and count all the hands. It doesn't take longer than 2 or 3 minutes to do this. Once you have this information logged for each session it's easy to calculate how much you are winning or losing per hour and per 100 hands. I calculate 4 running totals; profit per hour, profit per 100 hands, profit in bb's per hour and profit in bb's per 100 hands. I keep a separate list and calculate separate running totals for each level at which I play. If you play multiple levels then the bb's per 100 hands is the best comparison as to how you perform at the different levels.
p.s sent youu a pm .
Many thanks Seagull thats helped me loads dtw
well you did say be honest right here goes lol .
In your last 250 games a lot of which were bounty hunters [ bh ]
On bh games you invested over £ 500 and are shown a loss of over £400,
Taking the bh games out you would be shown a healthy profit on
on the rest of the 250 games you played .
so yep stick to other games like deepstacks & forum s&gs i note
from playing on these with you ,
that you do great on these and yes your stats prove this .
I think also you have the waiting game and moves to profit well on dym games .
Denis
Thanks for your advice.
n Response to Re: ASK IRISHROVER LOW STAKES SPECIALIST A POKER QUESTION:
Bet out thing it was either half or 3/4 of the pot, which id been doing most of since the start and was picking up pots that way. On this occassion player x calls, and the turn comes a duece. I dont suspect he has a deuce mainly because of the call on the flop. I bet he calls.
River comes a Q i suspect maybe KQ which would mean hes rivered me, but i decide against that and call, feel kind of stupid when he shows the duece.
So question is did i play it incorrectly?
Yes, I think I should give the B/H amiss for a while. The only reason I was playing so many I suppose was that I have actually won a few including the £1500 & £750 ones plus the £22 buy in once.
I will now play more deep stacks and hopefully try to sat in to some of the bigger games with them bigger boys and try to hold my own. That is one of the reasons I want to increase my return to attempt them games TBH.
I will endeavour to try out some more DYM's as well but sometimes dont have the patience and start 'dancing' after a while.
Thank you once again Denis....see you in a forum SnG soon I hope mate.
Regards,
Alan
Not so much a question on low level play but do you have any advice on brm, and on how to stop chasing losses?
I could have £200 in my account lose a fiver, and id move up the levels to try and win it back and end up losing the lot.
Just this weekend I was playing £5 dym's donig ok nothing spectacular won 3 in a row, bubbled in the 4th so moved up to £11 when if anything i should have moved down.
Also any advice on how to stay away from vegas and the horses? i also go chasing loses on there and again end up blowing the lot.
Now a question which you can probably help with, from looking at me with sharkscope whats my most proiitable game? when i say profitable its probably more a case of which one do i lose less at?
I love playing the bigger games, im going bank now to put some more money in my account it wont be much but I just know ill end up playing the £22 deepy tonight, which will be the majority of my br if not all of it, I know i should play the t-0-t over this.
Anyway any adivce would be great,
Gareth
loose call on the flop by the other guy ,
he got lucky but then he went on to get value on the river bet .
we both were on the same table last night for about 2 hours so i got to see
a lot of your game .
your game is good very good in fact.
Deepstacks suit your game .
any more questions now,
or at a later date don't hesitate to ask !
Denis
you lose less at £5 double your money games [ dym ] ,
i note you lose most at £20 / £30 & £50 dym .
you would be showing a very healthy profit if you focus in on
£5 , it may be that you feel comfortable in this buy in zone .
Now try this sign up for sharkscope its around £100 for 12 months ,
go for the 150 searches option .
Look at the above cost as an investment in yourself .
IF you profit over £10 a month its payed for itself !
From here you can search for soft tables ,
don't worry i will help you on line at first with this, just seek me out on the
skypoker tables .
From here you can do very quick notes on players .
Any other questions dont hesitate to ask !
Denis
If you only play a small amount of poker maybe wait untill you reach £100/£120 and 1 tb nl4 and 1 tb of nl8. But remember if you start to lose a nl8 dont be afraid to drop back down and rebuild the roll again.
gl at the tbs wotever u decide to do patching99 and enjoy your poker because thats wot its all about
Hi Lozgo and Ty for the questions ,
I had a look at your monthly stats & your last 250 games .
At present you are as you say yourself in the learning process.
You can speed this learning process up by doing the following :
Remain around the same buy in circle & keep notes on players .
Be honest with yourself if you are playing poorly,
note it down and try iron this out .
If you run good for a period of time , note down what you are doing right .
As you progress keep notes on moves that work for you and new things
that you are learning about this game .
Don't tilt ,
tilt is for wimps lol !
If you read back a bit on this thread ,
you will find advice i have posted on how to deal with
minimizing loses on tilt or on a bad run .
At present the games you are playing are well suited for you ,
maybe play a little more of the £ 2 deepstacks .
Lozgo If you have any questions on above don't hesitate to ask !
Denis
Laurie