RAPTOR'S SNG CHALLENGE!!!!!

[raptor517]

ok, to all of you hardcore sngers out there, im proposing a challenge, which i will be partaking in myself. the goal is 500 sngs for 8 tablers and 250 sngs for 4 tablers. any limit is welcome to partake.

i will be playing the 109s on party and empire under the names of NurseLadyLV and Bebop86, respectively. my goal is a measly 8% roi. i have had an amazingly terrible run of 700 there breaking even which put my roi down WAY low. im going to play 500 no matter how terrrible im doing, in part to prove to myself that im not terrible enough to lose at the 109s. itm goal we can set at 36.5%, should be reasonable for an 8% return.

if i get in 500 sngs at an 8% roi in the 109s, thats $4360 profit. not a bad week eh? all of you college people that say u are broke make a note.

ok, so i challenge each and every one of you to play at least 250 if you 4 table and 500 if you 8 table. feel free to update with daily results, i may do that if i get bored, who knows. ok, so it officially starts NOW. of course, im going to sleep for 10 hours then getting started, so yall get a head start!!! lol, ok, well, im done being retarded, good luck, and see u at the tables. holla

[Apathy]

I accept your SNG challenge. I will play 250 SNGs 2-4 tabling at the 109s. I predict an 8.5% roi /images/graemlins/wink.gif

I think this SNG challenge could be really interesting. I will be playing under the name blaydzfsteel, hopefully we can avoid each other /images/graemlins/grin.gif.

[1C5]

What si the timeline for finishing the 500? 1 week?

[Hawkeye27]

I six table so I'll make it 325 sng's at the 20's. This will be good for me to get my BR back up to play the 30's again.

[The Yugoslavian]

I'll be in Vegas next week.

I will attempt to play 1-5 tournaments while there, one-tabling.

Due to variance, I have no promises or expectations for my ROI.

Just know I will be working this challenge with you in spirit, /images/graemlins/wink.gif.

Yugoslav
holla!

[raptor517]

yepp, the challenge will end on saturday march 19 at 11:59 pm, so start playin!! holla

[iMsoLucky0]

I'm definitely gonna get in on this. Not sure if I want to play 215s or 109s though. I won't be starting til tonight around 11:00 or midnight. Hmm, which limit should I play?

I think I'll go with 109s, and 4-table them. You're giving me a week? And it's spring break?!? And I don't have to see my fiance?!? I think I can get 250 easy. I'm gonna set a goal of 15% ROI.

Updates to come /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Benholio]

Sure, why not. I just went through a couple really bad stretches in the $30's, so I think I'll do this challenge in the $20's (8-tabling) for some confidence/bankroll boosting.

I think I'll set my goal to 20% ROI. I'd be pretty happy with that 8-tabling.

[raptor517]

oh goody, the more the merrier /images/graemlins/wink.gif holla

[1C5]

Questions for you from another thread maybe you missed:

Wow, only 18 and already 8 tabling the $109s?? very impressive!! How long ago did you start poker and how long ago did you start playing Party SnGs?

Also how many games did you play and what was your ROI approx at each level before you moved up?

Congrats on the progress!!

[Daliman]

Dalibaby won't let me play 250, but I'll try 150, prolly 90/60 100's/200's.

I'll shoot for 25% Roi in the 100's, 17% in the 200's

[raptor517]

well, i started playing just a home game with friends in october '03. started playing at a private club 1-2 NL about 8 months later. started up online bout 10 months ago when i turned 18, deposited 50 bucks and played the 25 NL tables and 10+1 sngs.

as far as moving up, i started playing in the fall semester this year. when i didnt have the bankroll i was playing 109s and 215s and slowly learning. then i found 2+2. that helped my game greatly. i went broke a number of times because of variance, so i started playing only 55s after building it up to around 1500. i played a bunch of those, but i didnt really tack my results.

about 2 months ago i bought a second monitor and 8 tabled the 33s to adjust. only played like 300 of em with an 18% roi. played 750 55s after that with an 18.1%. then i played about 1200 109s off and on while jumping back into the 55s when the games seemed tough.

the first 500 109s i had around a 20% roi. then over the next 700 i broke dead even, whcih caused me to stop for a couple weeks. during THAT time i took a break, for 3 days, lol, then started playing the 400 tables on party. dominated those all week, then i proposed this challenge to get me back into sngs.

yea, im young, but i consider myself fairly intelligent, and poker makes me think, so i dont mind devoting a lot of time and energy into it. since im young i have a whole lot of time and energy to devote, so it works out.

now you know my life's poker story /images/graemlins/wink.gif holla

[Apathy]

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I'm definitely gonna get in on this. Not sure if I want to play 215s or 109s though. I won't be starting til tonight around 11:00 or midnight. Hmm, which limit should I play?

I think I'll go with 109s, and 4-table them. You're giving me a week? And it's spring break?!? And I don't have to see my fiance?!? I think I can get 250 easy. I'm gonna set a goal of 15% ROI.

Updates to come /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[/ QUOTE ]

What name are you playing under?

(If you don't want to tell me no worries, or you can PM me if you want noone else to know).

[Voltron87]

holla?

[ilya]

I'm game. 250 4-tabling the $20s. As far as goals...let's say 10% ROI and 39% ITM.

[raptor517]

do we have to get yugo back on this one? he made a list of rules, u BREAKING THEM!!!!!! lol. holla

[iMsoLucky0]

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I'm definitely gonna get in on this. Not sure if I want to play 215s or 109s though. I won't be starting til tonight around 11:00 or midnight. Hmm, which limit should I play?

I think I'll go with 109s, and 4-table them. You're giving me a week? And it's spring break?!? And I don't have to see my fiance?!? I think I can get 250 easy. I'm gonna set a goal of 15% ROI.

Updates to come /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[/ QUOTE ]

What name are you playing under?

(If you don't want to tell me no worries, or you can PM me if you want noone else to know).

[/ QUOTE ]

Since you're the 3rd person to ask (2 through PMs), I guess I'll post it here too. I just forgot the first time.

I'll be playing on Yahtzee0, iMsoLucky0, and maybe DeadMoneyINC later in the week.

[fiyah]

I'm down with you on this challenge, 250 $22 SnGs, 36% ITM 15% ROI goals. I'm RiverOuter on PP.

[DonButtons]

damn, thats a lot...

gl

My goal is 30 a day at least 4 tabling, and 45 6 tabling, 60 8 tabling...at the $200s

[raptor517]

any goals u wanna try to set for yourself don? holla

[raptor517]

well, i still seem to be running horribly mediocre. i might play a few more sets tonight, but im kinda tired, so heres an update.
70 109s played.
7.5% roi
35.7% itm
570 total profit

i seem to have a problem winning these damn things. my 1sts are only 8.6%, while my seconds are a whopping 20.0%, with thirds at a good 7.1% and bubbles at an attractive 8.6%. oh well, one day.. holla

[apd138]

$11 6 tables high twenties low thirties roi lets get it on.

[DonButtons]

my goals:

Get in 800 $200 sngs for march

It was set for 4 tabling, but Im starting to 6 table now since I got empire going (8 table soon, but I need another dell 2001 monitor as my lap top screen sucks)...I got spring break next week, so Im going to be able to get in a lot of hours.

[iMsoLucky0]

Just started at 11:30. Played 2 while I was in 2 multis. Won both /images/graemlins/smile.gif Good little start to this. I'm now in 4, and will update when I'm done with this session tonight.

Edit: Forgot to add that I got accused of being a cheater and a colluder in one of them. I had 5k chips with two shortstacks of 1k each and another guy with 3k. I, of course, started stealing the 3k guys chips every blind, and playing proper bubble strategy of letting the shortstacks stay alive, and had 9k when we got ITM. He said I was a "team player."

LOL

[Daliman]

Being accused of colluding is the hallmark of any great bubble pay, the pies de resistance, if you will.

[iMsoLucky0]

Didn't get a whole lot of play done tonight because some friends came over and we watched two movies.

I did, however play 14 109s.

ROI: 83.5%
ITM: 50.0%
Profit: 1274

Not bad, eh? Maybe I can keep this up for the 250, lol.

I plan on playing 50 SNGs tomorrow night... we'll see how those go.

[mackthefork]

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Being accused of colluding is the hallmark of any great bubble pay, the pies de resistance, if you will.

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Yeah but if Party support ever got their [censored] together, I wouldn't want to try explaining that to them.

Mack

[Hawkeye27]

Day 1 results= 30 SnG's- +$60.

Goals= 375-$20 SnG's/ $1000

[Mr_J]

I'm in, started today. 5 tabling the $33s, so that's a goal of 313 for me. Most of these will probally be $55s, gonna experiment there for a few hundred sngs and see how I do. I'll shoot for 2k.

First 10, 9.1% ROI +$30 (my bad luck feels like it'll never end, hopefully I can play my way out of it).

[Daliman]

Ok, after my first 26 (all 200's)

8/1/1/16

38.5% cash(a bit below goal)
57.2% roi (a bit above )
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[Maulik]

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Ok, after my first 26 (all 200's)

8/1/1/16

38.5% cash(a bit below goal)
57.2% roi (a bit above )
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[/ QUOTE ]

wow, that's really solid. good job on all t4 placings.

[raptor517]

yea, i can imagine that, you prolly just sucking out on everyone. /images/graemlins/wink.gif holla

[citanul]

Is there a way I can play? I'll play between the 50s/100s/200s.
I only played 4 this weekend, but didn't know about the challenge. I'll try to play lots during the weekdays, but I don't think I can log the proper amount...

My goal will be, if I can play, 150 tournaments scattered between the 50s and 200s, and a 20% ROI? I dunno. Help. I honestly don't know what I should shoot for.

Can I count the 4 I played today?

citanul

[DonButtons]

woot woot....i had grand slam in 200s

[citanul]

I'm assuming you mean that you're now 3140 richer than you were 45 minutes ago?

citanul

[DonButtons]

yess

[Mr_J]

Well I did 26. Might do another set or 2 later.

40%ROI
+$342

Meant to be 287 to go but I'd be happy to get 210 done.

[Maulik]

I wonder how often you 2p2 players are running into each other at the $50, 100, 200. If only we knew...

[raptor517]

well for me its probably pretty often. 8 tabling im usually on just under half of them, and i start them up soon as they finish. who knows? /images/graemlins/wink.gif

[DonButtons]

I run into a couple 2+2ers...

Prob dailman and gramps the most...

[Maulik]

[ QUOTE ]
well for me its probably pretty often. 8 tabling im usually on just under half of them, and i start them up soon as they finish. who knows? /images/graemlins/wink.gif

[/ QUOTE ]

I'm curious to know how many $50 or $100 tables you think are playing at any givne time.

[SuitedSixes]

Congrats. That is impressive.

[raptor517]

err, at any given time, when i am playing 55s or 109s, im playing 8. 8 at a time. holla

[raptor517]

blah, update number 2 is here and its, as usual, very unimpressive. didnt get as many in today or yesterday as i would like, im too lazy, ill try to do 100 or so 2moro.

up to this point:

sngs played: 138
ROI : 4.4%
ITM : 34.8%
Total $ : $658

had a neat lil 16 buyin downswing today which sure did help the numbers too. ugh, one day ill win every hand im ahead. of course, that will be 1 sng with me being ahead twice. /images/graemlins/wink.gif holla

[Myst]

I feel ya Raptor. I finished on the bubble 5 times today with a dominating hand (70/30+) in 3 8 table sessions. $hit happens.

[raptor517]

yea, i bubbled 5 times in a row with the best hand. not like 5 times with the best hand vs not the best hand, back to back to back to back to back bubbles. yea. sucks. /images/graemlins/wink.gif go figure. holla

[curtains]

raptor is my favorite poster at the 1 table forums.

[iMsoLucky0]

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raptor is my favorite poster at the 1 table forums.

[/ QUOTE ]

He would be higher on my list if every one of his posts didnt end in "holla" /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[raptor517]

come on now, its like a signature. bwahahaha. and i cant stop staring at your damn avatar.. its so funny. hahahahhaa. oh, guess whats coming next /images/graemlins/wink.gif holla

[Beck]

I've just had 15 consecutive losses with superior hands. All all-in situations, were opponents, after all chips are pushed in spikes their underpair to a set, runner runner flush to beat my flopped str8, runner runner str8 against my set, runner runner runner quads!!!! against my Overpair and so on 15 times in a row. And for the rest of the games,when on the bubble I couldn't win a coinflip, and when it wasn't a coinflip (my AJ vs AT) they spiked their lower kicker again and again.

So over 65 SNG's today I too have a ROI of 4.90%, Only problem is I play the $11 for a whopping total of $35. My rakeback almost exceeds that /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[raptor517]

lez c, u are positive roi. sumthin to definitely be happy about. doesnt happen every day. or every week. break even over 700 then start talking bout suckouts. bah, im not bitter about that, and ill never mention it again. holla

[Beck]

It wasn't supposed to be a bad beat post. I'm just utterly amazed how you guys can get significantly higher ROI on your $55+ and I seem to be struggling with the $11.

Apparently I'm not good enough to be saying this, but the way I've witnessed the typical $11 player play, I think the ROI should be handicapped, so anything below 15% didn't qualify as positive /images/graemlins/smile.gif
As long as I can't consistently beat them by 20%+, I definately won't be quitting my dayjob....

[Apathy]

Ok so My first update:

all bad news.

I have only managed to play 40 SNG's which may actually be a good thing considering how badly I am playing/running.

40 109s

-1.4% ROI
30% ITM

-60 buck profit. /images/graemlins/frown.gif

At least I'm winning more then more share, I neeed to stop finishing 5th and 4th though.

[raptor517]

well, i know that i for one dont post those crazy rois, and i think most of the people that do have a sample of like 100. so it doesnt even really matter. and dont worry. 60 is nothing. ull be up b4 u no it. im sure ive dropped 40 buyins over 60 at some point in my oh so amazing run. holla

[raptor517]

but with rakeback.. you make money!!! yay!! holla

[Beck]

[ QUOTE ]
but with rakeback.. you make money!!! yay!! holla

[/ QUOTE ]
Yeah baby, 25c per SNG. Now, there is this ferrari I've been eye'ing /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[SuitedSixes]

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raptor is my favorite poster at the 1 table forums.

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He would be higher on my list if every one of his posts didnt end in "holla" /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[/ QUOTE ]

It makes him look like he's 18.

[iMsoLucky0]

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raptor is my favorite poster at the 1 table forums.

[/ QUOTE ]

He would be higher on my list if every one of his posts didnt end in "holla" /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[/ QUOTE ]

It makes him look like he's 18.

[/ QUOTE ]

That's funny. Isn't he 19?

[SuitedSixes]

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raptor is my favorite poster at the 1 table forums.

[/ QUOTE ]

He would be higher on my list if every one of his posts didnt end in "holla" /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[/ QUOTE ]

It makes him look like he's 18.

[/ QUOTE ]

That's funny. Isn't he 19?

[/ QUOTE ]

Like I said.

[citanul]

My first update:

I didn't get to play that much, due to running some silly game selection late last night. Had a very similar run to some other posters near the end of the night w.r.t. losing all kinds of stuff. I would like to dispute another poster's claim that a hand like 76s should take down a big unsuited ace ~40% of the time. It is clearly false, as my small sample size proves.

One hand of interest, if that's allowed?

4 handed, PP 200 sng, blinds 100/200

sb 2200
bb 3000
HERO 4000
utg 800

Hero is dealt 55, utg folds, Hero?

Hand bears resemblence to a hand posted yesterday or the day before. Blinds have been playing pretty tight. I feel this is a totally standard push. If the blinds were 150/300, I believe there could be no argument. If my stack was a little larger, same. In fact, I think there's little argument anyway.

Results: I didn't get to play horribly much yesterday, and the results were entirely Meh.

14 200s, ITM: 35.71, ROI 12.96 Finish Detail 2/1/2/3.

As my maintenance guy has just woken me up, hopefully I'll get a few hours in /images/graemlins/smile.gif

citanul

[shejk]

Whee! I decided to step up to the thirties a day or so ago, and I've had the most magnificent run since - 30 tournies and roi 90.9%. ITM is like 60%.

Contrary to what some guys here seem to be saying, I've won every time I'm dominating, and couple of times when I'm the underdog.

These stats would be even better if I kept myself away from the omaha hilo PL tables.

Anyways, my goal is to play a hundred or a bit more til the week is ended. I hope(d) for 25% roi, but now I feel that with this start I should be able to do better.

[Daliman]

The hand in question is an instapush, and with larger blinds, an instapush any 2 unless the BB has been calling VERY loosely..

[pooh74]

[ QUOTE ]
I six table so I'll make it 325 sng's at the 20's. This will be good for me to get my BR back up to play the 30's again.

[/ QUOTE ]

u play at Stars Hwkeye? I think we've played together before on the 30s?...

[1C5]

[ QUOTE ]
The hand in question is an instapush, and with larger blinds, an instapush any 2 unless the BB has been calling VERY loosely..

[/ QUOTE ]

With any 2 because of the small stack right? But if there were just 3 left, then wouldnt push any 2 right?

[citanul]

Yes. Yeah, it's a clear push, and a push with any two as well. It turned out that my opponent had a morbid fascination with paint cards.

citanul

[Daliman]

[ QUOTE ]
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The hand in question is an instapush, and with larger blinds, an instapush any 2 unless the BB has been calling VERY loosely..

[/ QUOTE ]

With any 2 because of the small stack right? But if there were just 3 left, then wouldnt push any 2 right?

[/ QUOTE ]

You got it.

[Apathy]

I'm happy to report I am now in the black after a few very succesful sets:

Totals after 50 109's:
20.4% ROI
35.4% ITM

[citanul]

nicely done apathy.

the 200s are sooooooo slooooooow in the early afternoon. so after having logged 6 more, i luckboxed my way into the 2nd to last seat in the double shootout that's about to start. i guess i'll like, pay attention to that, or something.

totals so far, a totally uninspiring 18 tournaments. roi 29.2.

citanul =( <- that's my shame smiley.

[raptor517]

well, actually, im not 19, i got 2 months to go. im still 18, and im still saying holla

[soda]

[ QUOTE ]
I would like to dispute another poster's claim that a hand like 76s should take down a big unsuited ace ~40% of the time.

[/ QUOTE ]

Well, that poster would be me and if people who take this game seriously don't understand the basics of why this is so and what makes Hold'em such a fantastic game... well, that's not my fault.

cards win %win lose %lose tie %tie EV
As Kd 985515 57.55 720259 42.06 6530 0.38 0.577
7h 6h 720259 42.06 985515 57.55 6530 0.38 0.423

soda

[Apathy]

Why not try reading the whole post for once, the quote is taken clearly out of context. He was joking that is was never 40% to win for HIM. (get it, he's running bad...joke...anybody?)

[soda]

Meh, sorry citanul.

My defenses on these boards have been too finely tuned from the past.

soda

[citanul]

no prob dude.

i'm not exactly known for my lighthearted, heart warming, coddly nature.

you're just mad cuz some joke sh player dumbed down your challenge to 60 days so it was more manageable. /images/graemlins/wink.gif

good to have more players in the forum, always.

citanul

[iMsoLucky0]

[ QUOTE ]
you're just mad cuz some joke sh player dumbed down your challenge to 60 days so it was more manageable.

[/ QUOTE ]

OUCH. HOLLA!

[citanul]

I give up.

I should just admit that I am the worst volume player in the universe. I am incredibly easilly distracted, have no work ethic, like to sleep late, and a few other things as well.

I might close out today with 20 sngs or so. Maybe this challenge was a silly thing to take up for me at the same time as attempting to make the full time switch back to the 200s.

citanul

[raptor517]

ive been pretty lazy too, but since i came up with the challenge i suppose its only right i complete it eh? holla

[Benholio]

Well, 150 SNG's in ($22), and sitting at about 15% ROI. After 100 that was 35% ROI. Ewww bad streak...

Here's an interesting stat: 152 tournaments, 34 4th place. Not good for the blood pressure.

[curtains]

I wonder what is the difference between a push and an instapush!

[Mr_J]

Did another 25 so far today, should do at least another 25.

Week to date (starting from the 14th which was yesterday for me):

51 sngs
30.1% ROI

Don't know $ amount since it's a mix of $22s and $33s (stepped down a few times since the $33s are being pretty mean).

And this was an unlucky run of cards. Had 7 of my last 8 preflop aces cracked.

[Daliman]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
I would like to dispute another poster's claim that a hand like 76s should take down a big unsuited ace ~40% of the time.

[/ QUOTE ]

Well, that poster would be me and if people who take this game seriously don't understand the basics of why this is so and what makes Hold'em such a fantastic game... well, that's not my fault.

cards win %win lose %lose tie %tie EV
As Kd 985515 57.55 720259 42.06 6530 0.38 0.577
7h 6h 720259 42.06 985515 57.55 6530 0.38 0.423

soda

[/ QUOTE ]

I believe this;
[ QUOTE ]
It is clearly false, as my small sample size proves.

[/ QUOTE ]

From the initial post shows you may need this. (http://www.sarcasmdetector.com)

[citanul]

While I'm hopelessly behind in terms of raw numbers, though I'm trying to gut it out and push myself to play constantly, some table selection, and having to run out in a bit stop me for the week so far at:

32 200s, 40.63% itm, 30.81 ROI.

Blech, I'll try to do better tomorrow.

citanul

[Mr_J]

"32 200s, 40.63% itm, 30.81 ROI.

Blech, I'll try to do better tomorrow."

/images/graemlins/confused.gif
$70 a tourney is bad???

[citanul]

well my goal whenever i play a bunch is 40% itm, 30% roi. for this challenge, 20% roi. but i was mostly referring to specifically the quantity of games played. i'm totally dogging it relative to the other players in this challenge.

citanul

[raptor517]

im pretty sure he means in terms of the number he plays, tough to dislike the results. holla

[Mr_J]

yep I get it now. If I could hit those numbers I'd take quality over quantity any day.

[raptor517]

ok, here is update #2. again, i slacked off today, i gotta stop bein lazy. curtains convinced me to play some multis, so i only 4 tabled while doing that. i know i know, im a sucker, but still. slightly better day today, though i ended my session with 4 bubbles. thats always a blast. losing every hand. yea, anyway, up to this point...

195 sngs played
6.3% roi (gag me)
34.4% itm (spit on me)
$1,345 total profit (3 dell monitors)

holla

[yanicehand]

well, your post came at the same time as i had decided to move up to the 20s (representing the low buyin players!) and for the last 50 ive been hitting one of those o-so-precious dream streaks. almost makes me loathe starting the next set because reality is surely hanging over my head like a 2 ton acme weight.

[raptor517]

well, i decided to play a few more tonight, had a good run, woohoo, new stats:

10.5% ROI
35.6% ITM
$2,355 Total Profit

everyone update!!

[WarDekar]

How many SNGs have you averaged per day since becoming serious?

[raptor517]

hmmmmm. good question. lemme do some thinkin. i played a lot while i was living at the dorm, skipping class, getting in around 20-30 a day. i wasnt TOO serious as i blew my bankroll a few times over. played a lot of limits higher than i had the money for. then i got seriuos a little while ago when i realized the possiblities..

i started playin hardcore 4 tabling on Jan 24th.. only been 8 tabling for whoa, just one month. thot it was longer. bleh, anyway, got in just over 3k since then.. took a week off to play the NL cash games cuz i neededa break.. sngs can get to ya if u play a whole lot of em..

so whats that, something like 6 weeks? ok well use that, so 42 days, so i actually get in more per day, since this includes time spent 4 tabling. well use 42 days, at 3k sngs, on average thats 71.43 sngs a day. yikes i played a lot in february.

i highly dont recommend this to anyone, as it IS pretty grueling. i got in around 130 in my longest day. in a week i did around 700. now im lazy, and dont want to sit here and 8 table for 10 hours straight with no break. so i hope i can still hit my 500 mark. i better pick it up a lil bit, 4 days to go.

so yea, that gives ya an idea of how many i played in that short amount of time. i have about 2k or so sngs before i started tracking my 'professional' status, which im leaving out of these equations, because i didnt take it too seriously. GL with the rest of the challenge. holla

[WarDekar]

Dude...that's kinda sick...

I just recently started 8-tabling and I put in maybe half that a day *IF* I play that day. I should play as much as you for a little while but I can't seem to get myself to do it...

[raptor517]

well, if i dont play i dont make money. so i suppose in my mind its not TOO hard to motivate myself to play a lot, as i rather enjoy making money. the beginning of the month is great too cuz of all the rakeback i get. that really helps out. plus, i have a lot of time, cuz i dont really do anything else worthwhile with my time.. holla

[Mr_J]

"plus, i have a lot of time, cuz i dont really do anything else worthwhile with my time."

I'm 21, not a student and don't have a 'real job' (sportsbetting/poker is my income), and I still don't have enough time to work /images/graemlins/wink.gif

Up until I started poker the max I've worked is 30mins a day, and maybe 7-8 hrs at the beginning of a sports season. Taken me 7 weeks to do 500 sngs, I'm in the groove now though and won't have any trouble pumping out 30+ sngs a day 5tabling). Wouldn't wanna do more than 4-5 hrs though.

[raptor517]

all right, i figured i would throw in an update and try to see how everyone is doing on their sng challenges. this is almost the end of day 5, so we have 2 days left to finish up. im on track to complete my goals, which makes me happy. i came off one of the best nights of my life tonight.

101 sngs played
38.1% roi
44.6% itm
$4,191 total profit

so in total, since i had a terrible run yesterday (who woulda thought sngs would have high variance?) my stats are:

383 sngs played
10.4% roi
36.8% itm
$4,353 total profit

id love to hear from everyone about how their challenges are goin, so post away!

[Maulik]

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well, if i dont play i dont make money. so i suppose in my mind its not TOO hard to motivate myself to play a lot, as i rather enjoy making money. the beginning of the month is great too cuz of all the rakeback i get. that really helps out. plus, i have a lot of time, cuz i dont really do anything else worthwhile with my time.. holla

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does rakeback apply to tournament play as well?

[johnnybeef]

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101 sngs played
38.1% roi
44.6% itm
$4,191 total profit


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nice run...good to see someone is running good.

[raptor517]

yes. its a must to have if you consider playing seriously. i got over 3k last month. should give u an idea..

[Benholio]

I am following a similar path as you Raptor, but I am not quite as far into it.

First 100: 35% ROI
Now I'm at 250: 13% ROI.

I've lost a little bit of money over the last 150. Bleh.

A little behind the pace for 500, but I'm still going to try to make it. Just going to take 9-10 hours a day between now and Saturday. Holla

[raptor517]

well, as long as you still making money, its all good. variance is a mother. hopefully ill have up to around 450 today so tomorrow i can have a nice relaxing 50 session and take a break. right now im on track to reach my goals, so i hope i get there /images/graemlins/wink.gif holla

[Mr_J]

"well, as long as you still making money, its all good. variance is a mother"

you're telling me. I'm breakeven over nearly 500 sngs, and I've only played around 550 (6%ROI, mostly $33s) /images/graemlins/crazy.gif

I guess in a months time when I have another 1000 down chances are I'll be over all of this. But jeez, experiencing an ugly run so early doesn't help confidence or motivation.

[doubleplus]

You never updated this with your stats. No one did. Or am I missing something...

[Daliman]

There was a seperate thread with the updates.