The New Brian

[SirFWALGMan]

Well, since I am the new Brian, I have a hair brained scheme like his. Let me hear your comments.

So here was my idea. I have been playing a ton of MTTs lately. You pay like 3-20$, and you get a chance to score 200-3000$. So here is the hair brained part. I am going to play MTTs all week. I am going to try and win one for around 300-400 bucks. I am then going to take the score from that one game and sit on a 30/60 table for a little and see if I can run it up to 1K or more. If I lose it, hey, its only three bucks. If I hit a good hand and score, then aewsome.

If I am going to be a maniac I might as well embrace it. It does not effect my online bankroll at all. Anything can happen in a short period of time at a table. So anyway, I am thinking about doing this. I will let you know how it works out.

[johnp158]

Brilliant.

It'll only cost you $3? So you're gonna win the first MTT you enter? And you're gonna win enough in a $3 MTT to sit at a 30/60 table?

WTF.

[SirFWALGMan]

You got it. Actually, I do very well at all of the MTTs. All I really want to win is $300. Not enough to sit at a 30/60, but enough to take a shot and make a score.

I am playing MTTs anyways, not specifically to win the $300. Alot of the $5-$10 1500 and 2K contests pay out anywhere from $700 and up. The $3 750 turbo I came in 5th in last night paid $79 for $3. If I had hit first in that I would have won $400 and that is the goal for the shot at the 30/60.

I score in probably 3 of 5 MTTs I play on Titan. Not for big bucks, but ITM at least. The fields are small, the overlays are large, and you can make it ITM fairly easily. I have actually final tabled for a good amount of the MTTs I have played also. Alot of these require you to get 4th-5th for decent money. I have had several of the 4th-8th finishes also. I would be surprised if at the end of the week I have not had a $300 finish. We shall see though.

[junYUN]

even if it works out you'll blow it

just my 2 cents.

[SirFWALGMan]

It is always a possability. At least your comment makes sense and somewhat addresses the question. I know all the low-level grinders eaking out there 3BB an hour are offended by the idea that maybe you can vault up a little.. but why not? What is the risk? Nothing really. Expand your thinking a little.. Adter all what are MTTs? Just a way to take a small risk, spend (x) dollars and have a chance to vault up 500, 1000, 3K whatever the big payout is. So is there any difference? Not really. Even the most skilled MTT players do not score all the time. They are taking a fixed amount and risking it, trying to use skill and get lucky, to make a larger amount. Same difference.

[junYUN]

no its not that i care about grinding and shit.. if it doesnt matter to you then you shouldnt care. all im saying is thats a gambling mindset... and gamblers always lose in the long run.

[BlibbityBlabbity]

If you just want to see if you can get say $400-$600 from $3-$20 then I guess it could be an interesting experiment. If you are saying that this is a good idea (as anything more than an experiment), then I would have to disagree.

One question.... You win the $300 for 1st and sit at the 30/60 table. What are you shooting for at this point? $600, $1000, or just play till its gone? I don't mean that sarcastically, if you don't have a goal for it then it will be the latter at that limit with that bankroll, IMO.

You could look at this like parlaying a small buyin tourney into a big event. Say you played a SNG for $10 and won, bought into a $100, etc etc with the goal of getting $10000 to get into a major tourney while not considering ever playing in a major event buying in directly with "your own" money. Then again you could aslo realize that when you are up to the $1000 level you HAVE $1000 and might not want to throw it on a single tourney. Also like the step tourneys (in a way)

[BlibbityBlabbity]

Truly worthy of the name Brain....