The New Brian

[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]

DAAAMN AEQ Man you gotta post, or else TP will need to change your forum name. Bring it resident asshole.

Gordon has it right. Let me ask you this. If you sit at a table of 5/10, and you put $250 down and you lose it. Do you think, "Man, I just lost a car payment?". No you think oh well, my bankroll dipped a little. If I thought of my money as "money" I would never want to play anything. All having fun aside, I do not think it is healthy to see your bankroll as a mortgage payment or a car payment. (Even though $300 covers neither of those things in Boston). I think it leads to playing scared. Just my opinion. Now, I am not saying my way is totally right either, seeing it as nothing at all. I can compartmentalize things though. If I take $5 from my bankroll, run it up to $300, and try and run it up to $1K I can deal with that. It only effects my bankroll -5$ and possibly effects it +1K which allows me to play games that mean more to me on a consistant and more bankroll safe way.

The update for the night. Cash Games Good / MTTs Bad. I played in 3 of them tonight. The closest I came for the night was 45th place. I flopped 2 pair, J6 and pushed. A8 calls. Turns and ace for the trips. Ouch. Oh well. I played it the best way I could. The very next hand my pair of tens ran up against aces.

On the good side I made over $50 in cash games, so it paid for all the MTTs and then some. I got on a nice .25/.50 NL table and scored $30 quickly. I also scored another few bucks at another table. I then played a heads up match with a blogger and smoked him for a nice $20 profit.

Will update you all tomorrow night.

[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.

[Zybomb]

Unlike everyone else I dont see this *experiment* as that bad as long as

-- You realize what exactly this is - an experiment

-- The money lost is money that you can simply lose and not be affected by

-- You realize are here straight GAMBLING and not playing a skill game while tilting the odds in your favor

Personally, Id be in favor of stickin it on Red (or black if you prefer) and seeing how long it rides.... but either way