TPT Magazine: "Winning the Most on the Internet"

[spentrent]

Here's a link (http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/current/shepperson0305.html). This article -- which focuses on multi-table limit play -- was torn to pieces in the magazine forum. How do you think it applies to SNGs?

[curtains]

I think 2+2 isn't doing a top notch job of selecting articles for their magazine.

[UMTerp]

I may be in the minority here, but I think it's dead-on for low limit SNGs, maybe even all the way up to the $50's, but definitely anything below that. SNGs are much more formulatic than ring games, and in the latter stages, probably more math-oriented as well. You CAN play like a "machine" in them and win a lot of money - the more tables the better. Heck, saabpo(sp?) is making money playing like that, right?

90%+ of the strategy posts on this form have a "correct" answer. It's all math whether to go (or call) all-in or fold, which are pretty much the only two options late in a SNG. And he's exactly right when he says that if it's really close enough to make you think for a while, it "doesn't matter". It's minute fractions of a buy-in either way. Of course it's good practice to study these situations afterwards, but in the heat of the battle, with rare exceptions (and there are some that are important enough), you often don't have time to think for that long.

I will concede that playing this way is a means to an end for a short-term goal though; you won't become a better poker player playing like this. And I can also understand why a cash game player would think that the article gave terrible advice though, particularly a NL player.

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I may be in the minority here, but I think it's dead-on for low limit SNGs, maybe even all the way up to the $50's, but definitely anything below that. SNGs are much more formulatic than ring games, and in the latter stages, probably more math-oriented as well. You CAN play like a "machine" in them and win a lot of money - the more tables the better. Heck, saabpo(sp?) is making money playing like that, right?

...And I can also understand why a cash game player would think that the article gave terrible advice though, particularly a NL player.



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I agree with this. It probably applies moreso to SNG play than limit and especially NL as most decisions are pretty automatic and the gray ones it just doesn't matter enough to make a difference. As is frequently pointed out in the literature, NL ring is all about pushing small edges to the max so it would more wrong to make predefined decision without analyzing the situation to a reasonable degree.

[jcm4ccc]

Making the Most on the Internet
By Piers Shepperson
Introduction

Ten years ago, there was no online porn. If you wanted to make money at sex you had to travel as far as necessary to some smoke filled room to give maybe 3 hand jobs in an hour. I guess it was possible to make a living this way, but most people could do better elsewhere. However, during the last few years everything has changed. You can now give head from the comfort of your sitting room and have people pay to watch. A good online porn star should normally be able to earn more from giving head than from most 'normal' jobs. Of course, such a radical change requires certain adjustment to the classical approach to prostitution. This article explores some of the relevant areas.


Multi Tasking

Once you accept the basic principle that making as much money as possible is more important than giving the best head that you can, it becomes instructive to turn the idea on its head. How should you change the way you give head when speed of decisions comes as critical factor as the EV of each decision? Here is the key idea:

Monetary return from giving head is a function of the quality and quantity of your decisions. You should seek to maximise the number of transactions per unit time, while not letting the quality slip outside certain bounds.

Or in other words, you make money by giving good head, the more head you give the more money you can make. What follows are some basic ideas about how to modify your activities to achieve this.


Don't Think

A general rule of thumb: If you need to spend time thinking about a decision, then its close enough to not matter what you do.

There are many times where you will be unsure which is the correct option. Spending a few seconds thinking will sometimes make it clear which option is best. Do you want to use your hand or your tongue? If the decision is really close, then the EV difference between the two options is likely not as great as the expected EV loss from not being able to give another blow job.


Prepare Streamlined Patterns

When in action, your play should be largely automatic. Any thinking should be done away from the bedroom. I find that a pattern recognition approach is essentially what is in effect here. Any experienced online porn star should have met all common situations numerous times before. The pattern and possible solutions should be instantly recognized. Often the pattern will have parameters that need to be resolved before a decision is reached. Typically position, length of member, camera angle, etc.

The most obvious example of these ideas in practice is to ignore particular details of your partners. Does he stink? Does he wash his hand after going to the bathroom? In most situations you will find on the Internet, treating all partners as one generic partner is sufficient. The next point "Ignore unnecessary information" expands on these ideas.


Ignore Unnecessary Information.

Most decisions you make are only dependent on a subset of the information available. Processing information takes time. Processing unnecessary information is time wasted, time you could have better spent making decisions elsewhere.

For example, the majority of blow jobs are the same irrespective of your position. If you have a nine-incher, just relax your diaphragm and breathe through your nose. Do you really need to know anything else? Similar thing with a pair of queens. Just let them do each other and collect the revenue. Maybe another option is better, but can you really spend the time getting enough information to make a better decision?

You're thinking about swallowing? How about:
1. Always swallow when it's an option.
2. Studying the person’s diet and breath and determining whether you really want to swallow.

You should never have enough time for Option No. 2. In the thick of the action you might often have to resort to Option No. 1. Don't panic, just accept it.


Results Don't Matter

You’re giving head. Do you really need to know what happens next? Maybe he comes maybe he doesn’t. Spending the time to find out is a leak. Time spent finding out whether he comes or not is time that could be spent making decisions elsewhere. Forget about it, move on.


What's Your Critical Resources?

If it's your own processing ability, then seek to improve your mental agility. Just give as many blow jobs as possible. Mainly due to your subconscious processing taking up more responsibilities you will find things start to get easier. Try adding another partner to see if you can cope, just like juggling. If you are serious about maximizing your income from online sex there is really no excuse.


How Many Blow Jobs to Give?

Assuming that you can give as many blow jobs as possible, how many should you give? Obviously it depends on numerous factors. How are you feeling? What are your limits? Do you get a bonus for a certain number of blow jobs? How much decision time do you have?

Each new blow job you give will give you a new income stream, however it will also decrease the income from all the other blow jobs you are giving. At some point the total reduction in income across all blow jobs will be more than the size of the return from the new partner. Clearly that last partner should not have been added.

My current experience is twelve is about the most I can physically keep up with. However unless everything else is perfect, I find I make a lot of extra mistakes. Hopefully with more practice I will improve. As an aside, once you have mastered giving ten blow jobs at once move back to giving four. You will be amazed at how much time you have. If you don't stretch yourself you don't improve.

[sofere]

I can honestly say, this is the first time I got aroused reading a post on this forum /images/graemlins/blush.gif

[The Yugoslavian]

POTD

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Way better than the last few OOT POTDs.

Yugoslav
This rivals the Irie and Giga posts, btw, for best of '05....and you think I'm joking, /images/graemlins/wink.gif.

[jackdaniels]

VERY FUNNY!

At first I was gonna ask why the heck you reposted an article that was available a click away (ofcourse I didn't RTFA at the time). The I saw a reply and decided to give it a second glance - excellent work!

[spentrent]

I don't think anyone can disagree with the points you make. Well said.