The New Brian

SirFWALGMan · #1 10-29-05, 05:45 PM

I think this thread was cool. If for nothing else than for people to talk about what they beleive is a winning strategy. All good stuff. I can not argue.

I guess my problem is I am stuck in the middle. I know I could crush the 5/10 on Titan and it would be somewhat worthwhile money. I have played MUCH HARDER 5/10 competition. It is very passive here. Makes it easy to draw out and make money. Not alot of check-raising or trickyness at all. Hell, not much bluffing .. some people bluff alot, but most people play very passive, readable, poker.

However I do not want to put 2K online. That is a substantial amount of money for me, so I need to win my way back to 3K in order to play. Sometimes Poker drives me mad and I feel like doing crazy shit, other times I am pretty stable. Anyway, thanks to everyone who commented. Again, all good stuff.

nflchad · #2 10-29-05, 07:06 PM

but 300's not?

BTW I don't think this is an experiment so much as I think it's flushing money down the toilet, an experiment implies that it accomplishes something or would prove something which this certainly doesn't.

SirFWALGMan · #3 10-29-05, 09:46 PM

The question of the experiment was simple: Can one take $5-$15, win a small MTT, and turn that original capital investment into $1000 in a week. I guess the next question is can it be repeated.

I think it is worth asking. You risk minimal amounts of your capital bankroll so technically you are playing in the affordable range of your bankroll. While $300 on a 30/60 table, while way too little, is enough to find a hand or two and make $1000. It is not as hard as it might seem. Every pot is at least $400. It is not FLUSHING money away as everyone thinks. It may not be the optimal way to make money, but there is a very good chance of turning that $300 into $1K. I have done it before people. Call it lucky. But I have done it multiple times. It is not impossible. As a matter of fact, with the play I have watched and participated in, I would say it would be probably. The only chance it does not happen is if I get sucked out on.

You all have this awe of anyone playing 30/60. Grow up people. They are the same as you, they just have more cash. As a matter of fact I would put a bunch of you up against any of the players I have seen there, and if you did not wet your pants because you were so scared, I bet you would outplay them. There are sites where the 30/60 players are much better than you are. I would be scared myself if I was playing on those sites, but I am not. I am playing in some freaking retard Poker dream world where people try and catch there 2-outers all the time. I keep pinching myself and hoping they do not run out of money before I get some.

Anyway, the experiment is closed for now. I will let you know if I decide to try it again. Oh, and yeah I will say it again, $300 is not a huge amount of money.

JDMcNugent7 · #4 10-30-05, 01:25 AM

Our very own Phil Helmuth.

badblood44 · #5 10-30-05, 08:41 AM

If this is true, then you should be depositing $2000 online into this site RIGHT NOW. Why do you need to wait to win a roll if these games are so bad? I have to imagine you've got that lying around somewhere with a close to 200K income.

Tony Cheval · #6 10-30-05, 05:30 PM

Considering this very board just recently had a 'Build Your Bankroll' contest starting with $50 IIRC, I think a few people here are taking this a little too seriously.

SirFWALGMan · #7 10-30-05, 07:41 PM

I like keeping Poker as a hobby. Trying to make some money at it, but not losing anything. I do not want to invest 2K into a hobby. It is better as a $200 once a year kind of thing. Either someday I win alot or I do not.. either way it stays a hobby this way.