August Thread: Goals, Winrates, Updates.

[lightfungus]

Cost/benefit analysis: Time spent playing 5/10NL gains him 1 unit per hour
Time spent losing at 10/20 NL -2 units/hour
Once he starts winning at 10/20NL +2 units/hr

he just has to make sure he starts winning after a while...no? Granted it depends on his long term goals, so if he wants to make 100k by the end of the year, maybe he shouldn't do this until the end of the year...

[JDMcNugent7]

i get ur point. but seriously, u think cuz ive lost $ overall in a Very tough and high variance game it means its a very simple decision to continue playing 5/10 and not 10/20?

Ya, I'm a overall loser at 10/20, but i dont think it means much. Give me a year and I'd bet by then I'm a significant Winner at 10/20. Like Fungus said, right now in the short term, ya its costing me $. But i dont care about the short term, I'd much rather lose a few thousand playing 10/20 now and improve to be able to beat the game eventually. Seems much better than grinding at 5/10 with no plan to move up. Also, I beleive sessions at 10/20 make my 5/10 game seem much easier.

I know ur trying to make a point, but is this serious? I mean this just doesnt really apply to poker or this situation at all. I have the ability to improve, its not like i get a fixed salary of -20/hr if i play 10/20.

In both cases you are making points for, the logic you are describing would be that I never should have even moved up from 1/2 NL , cuz when i first started 2/4 I got killed. So I really dont agree with what ur saying at all.