The New Brian

[SirFWALGMan]

It is a total Deal TP! But remember, A) You always lose to people in the forum, and B) I am only there until I take 2-3 hands and make 800-900, and C) You should fucking play 30/60 on Titan all the time, I bet you would kill the game!!!! Ok, so you could not 19 table. Oh well.

In regards to money being money. I kind of buy into the casino mentality. When it is sitting in my bank account I consider it money, until then I consider it chips. I dissasociate my bankroll from real world money. I am not sure that is a bad thing at all. I know some people who are afraid to play at all because all they can see is the money. They stay at the .10/.20 tables for there entire game. That is fine for them but it does not work for me.

[Talking Poker]

So.... let's say you win some huge tourney that you won a satellite into and pocket 6 or 7 figures. Or better yet, let's say you hit the Bad Beat Jackpot on Party for $400,000 or so. Rather than going and buying yourself a house and a nice car, etc, you think it would be perfectly reasonable for you to go blow $399,975 of it playing Heads Up with Negreanu, because - HEY! You're still 25 bucks ahead???? I mean, after all, it's not money, right? Just "chips."

Yeah, good luck with that. And seriously, don't forget to let me know about that $30/60 game.

[SirFWALGMan]

I will sign you up first. Now your talking scales of value. If I won 400K, I would for sure take it out and spend it on something nice. However, $300 is like a few hours pay.. so it does not mean THAT MUCH to me. Not that I am going to take $300 from my bank account and put it on a site. It is all a matter of perspective I guess.

[Talking Poker]

Explain to me why the $300 sitting in your bank account is worth any more or less than:

$300 in your wallet.
$300 in your car.
$300 in your hand.
$300 under your mattress.
$300 in you Neteller account.

Please.

[2Tone]

But I suspect this is how the regulars at 30/60 make their money. If you sit with $300, what are the chances that your big blind won't be three bet?

[Gordogg]

Materially there's no difference. Psychologically it's different because it's money that was won, not earned from your regular job. Fwalg has built his curent roll from fifty bucks, up to 1k now right? And the money he started with was a handout from Empire in the first place. Fwalg has a good job so realistically this money doesn't mean a whole lot one way or the other if he loses it or keeps it. But, if he can score a nice chunk it would mean something. I don't agree with this logic, but I can see where he's coming from.

Edit: GL btw Fwalg. Interested to see how it pans out.

[eddo31]

do you have to sit at 30/60 for this to work?

couldnt you take the same 300 and sit at 5/10, where you will actually have some wiggle room and take a shot? obviously this isnt even close to a bankroll for that level, but at least you wouldnt be playing with 5 big bets.

if you are going to sit ridiculously short for a level, you might as well play no limit where you can push and guarantee that you will see all five board cards.

not that i would ever do something like this, but good luck anyways.

[Aequitas58]

Nevermind.

[SirFWALGMan]

With 300 I can see 3 rounds of blinds and see a flop or two, play out a hand or two. No great odds, but it has worked twice before. I could play on the 5/10 table with the 300. However I am not going to get the same bang for the buck. If I win at the 30/60 I am easily trippling or quadruppling my money. It is not even a question. If I win at 5/10 I will possibly double it. The experiment is to try and take a HUGE leap and see what happens.

[Quint]

This is fine if you've got Bill Gates money or Stuey Unger skill. Otherwise, you better learn the value of a dollar and proper BR management. Good luck.

[ChipFish]

This would be alot funnier if it were true.

Here is the first nomination to bring back Brian.