GtrHtr
02-23-2005, 11:39 AM
I'm a long time observer who would first like to thank the posters on this forum for all the free advice I have been leaching over the past months.
I play on UB and have a modest bankroll. Started with $300, down to $100 on ring games (interestingly, I do very well at B&M limit games) with my only real success on MTT's here and there or I would have been down to $0. Over 3 months of online play and study I figured out that I was a better tournement player than cash game player, at least for now. I do enjoy MTT's but the odds seemed long and ROI was very poor at the lower buy ins.
Thanks to 2+2 I discovered what an SnG was and then how to play more or less correctly, HOH has helped a lot in my understanding as well. Within a few days my bankroll was back up to $200 playing 5+.50 and any thoughts I had about redeposit were fading for the time being.
I play in about 8-10 Sng's per week mostly at 5+.50 with the odd 10+1 (4 total to date this month). I try to play once a day during the week in the evening with some success and then 2 or 3 on Sat or Sun in the afternoon.
Here is the deal. I still have my BR hovering at $200 mainly due to finishing OOTM 7 times this past weekend. This week (starting monday) I have played one each night finishing 1st, 2d and 3d all at $5 level and all in the evening (EST) during the week which has allowed me to recover from this weekends beating. My ROI % for FEB (only 30 enteries) has been 42% - interestingly mostly on weekday evenings. Not a huge sample or even valid but interesting to me. Thoughts?
I find the competition - on average - to be good - fairly tight with the 2-3 madmen playing every hand and usually going out early. I enjoy playing on UB as I think it is making me a better, more thoughtful player and I learn every time I play.
I am not a huge gambler obviously and am not looking to become one. I would like to become a more consistant player at a moderately higher level so I could begin to have some extra cash coming back and endulge in a few more MTT's.
I guess I am asking for feed back on:
1. Playing on UB and the time of day.
2. Moving up in buy-in based on BR.
Thanks for any help and sorry if this is too simple/stupid/confusing.
I play on UB and have a modest bankroll. Started with $300, down to $100 on ring games (interestingly, I do very well at B&M limit games) with my only real success on MTT's here and there or I would have been down to $0. Over 3 months of online play and study I figured out that I was a better tournement player than cash game player, at least for now. I do enjoy MTT's but the odds seemed long and ROI was very poor at the lower buy ins.
Thanks to 2+2 I discovered what an SnG was and then how to play more or less correctly, HOH has helped a lot in my understanding as well. Within a few days my bankroll was back up to $200 playing 5+.50 and any thoughts I had about redeposit were fading for the time being.
I play in about 8-10 Sng's per week mostly at 5+.50 with the odd 10+1 (4 total to date this month). I try to play once a day during the week in the evening with some success and then 2 or 3 on Sat or Sun in the afternoon.
Here is the deal. I still have my BR hovering at $200 mainly due to finishing OOTM 7 times this past weekend. This week (starting monday) I have played one each night finishing 1st, 2d and 3d all at $5 level and all in the evening (EST) during the week which has allowed me to recover from this weekends beating. My ROI % for FEB (only 30 enteries) has been 42% - interestingly mostly on weekday evenings. Not a huge sample or even valid but interesting to me. Thoughts?
I find the competition - on average - to be good - fairly tight with the 2-3 madmen playing every hand and usually going out early. I enjoy playing on UB as I think it is making me a better, more thoughtful player and I learn every time I play.
I am not a huge gambler obviously and am not looking to become one. I would like to become a more consistant player at a moderately higher level so I could begin to have some extra cash coming back and endulge in a few more MTT's.
I guess I am asking for feed back on:
1. Playing on UB and the time of day.
2. Moving up in buy-in based on BR.
Thanks for any help and sorry if this is too simple/stupid/confusing.