$20+2 stats after 960 in month of April

[J-Lo]

Stats look ok? Move up-- or grind out some more 8 tabling? Most of these were 8 tabling.

# SNG played 960
ROI 17%
ITM 38.5%
profit $3600+rakeback @ 24%

Most importantly-- finish distribution
Finish % Number
1st 13.5% 130
2nd 11.0% 106
3rd 14.0% 134
4th 14.3% 137
5th 15.9% 153
6th 13.5% 130
7th 9.2% 88
8th 5.3% 51
9th 1.8% 17
10th 1.5% 14

edit: My 240 SNG's in a row (from sng #500 to #750) w/ break even play sucked.

[Nottom]

I'd at least try the 30s ... the difference in play isn't that great so I wouldn't expect more than a couple %-point drop in your ROI.

[Blarg]

Nice, grats, especially for 8-tabling. I wish I could do more than 4 tables without seeing a noticeable drop-off in the quality of my play.

[The Yugoslavian]

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edit: My 240 SNG's in a row (from sng #500 to #750) w/ break even play sucked.

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Hehehe, boo-hoo. Wait until it's over 1000, /images/graemlins/tongue.gif.

Yugoslav

[ace_in_the_hole]

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edit: My 240 SNG's in a row (from sng #500 to #750) w/ break even play sucked.

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Hehehe, boo-hoo. Wait until it's over 1000, /images/graemlins/tongue.gif.

Yugoslav

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Are you saying that has happened to you? If so, you are my endurance hero. /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Sponger15SB]

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rakeback @ 24%


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hahahahahaha!

[J-Lo]

I was a newb when i signed up, i tought 24% was good... o well...

[justin D]

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I was a newb when i signed up, i tought 24% was good... o well...

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Dont worry, it's much better than 0%

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I was a newb when i signed up, i tought 24% was good... o well...

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Dont worry, it's much better than 0%

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What retard would play without rakeback?

[DasLeben]

Man. I have 25%. /images/graemlins/frown.gif

[Mr_J]

"so I wouldn't expect more than a couple %-point drop in your ROI."

Wrong.

As for the OP. 17% is good, but I'd wanna work on my game a little bit more. Then I'd SKIP the $33s and go straight to the $55s.

[FatalError]

i think your bubble play is a little weak, i don't like your 1-2-3 disto, i think a bit stronger play 4 handed on will produce closer to 15-14-13, other than that looks good and you should be ready for 33's at least, maybe 55's if you have the roll, the extra chips will allow you to play better, just start out by 4 tabling again and start adding tables

[theredpill5]

So you played 960 SNG's in one month ? How many did you usually play in one day ? How many hours ? That is a very nice profit ? I wish I could 8 table. I had trouble 2 tabling SNG's. Do you have any advice ? I'm a NL ring game player. I'm doing well at this but not $3600 well.

[BradleyT]

Looks like 32 a day to me.

[Blarg]

Which is roughly what I get through in about six hours of 4-tabling.

[Nottom]

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"so I wouldn't expect more than a couple %-point drop in your ROI."

Wrong.

As for the OP. 17% is good, but I'd wanna work on my game a little bit more. Then I'd SKIP the $33s and go straight to the $55s.

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I stand by my statement.

The jump to 50s >>> the jump to 30s. Not saying the OP can't beat the 50s as well, but I'd at least splash around in the 30s first.

[1C5]

Hey congrats, nice stats, I knew you must have played a lot of games last month as I always see you on the 20s.

I am just trying 8 tabling in the 11s for fun, how did your stats compare in the 20s when you used to 4 table instead of 8 table?

I would try the 33s now, see how they go, you can always drop back down if you don't like them.

[jcm4ccc]

J-Lo

Congrats on these stats. Personally I hate the 30s. Too many good players, not enough chips (who the hell would play a $30 tournament except someone who is serious about their game--if you have money to burn, you play the $50 - $100 tournaments. If you don't, you play the $10 or $20 tournaments -- at least, that's my theory). But then I only played about 15 tournaments at the 30s before I got the hell out of there.

I play the $20s in the morning and during the day. I play the $50s at night. I don't have enough stats to make a definitive conclusion, but I believe that the $50s at night (especially on Friday and Saturday) can be beat by somebody with your stats (which are pretty similar to mine), as long as you have the bankroll to sustain the inevitable bad luck/bad run. I feel very comfortable playing the $50 tables at night. I don't feel that I am out of my league at all.

I would be interested in what others think. My opinions are based on very limited data.

[dfscott]

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Man. I have 25%. /images/graemlins/frown.gif

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Don't feel bad. I have 20%. /images/graemlins/frown.gif /images/graemlins/frown.gif

[J-Lo]

I have splashed around in the $50's last month on the weekends, only 78 played, but a good upswing of $1055 4 tabling-- means nothing except the added peace of mind of an extra $1,000 in my roll. So this month i plan on 8 tabling the $33's as my bread and butter, and then 4 tabling the 55s on the weekends, and slowly try and 8 table the 55s as my main game. The swings pschologically are hard for me to take. Last time i tried to move from the $22's to the $33's i lost $1k. And i'm afraid of a similar downswing in the $55's. My bankroll is fat ($6,000+) but i need to learn not to look at my results for the day.

The extra chips throw me off. I'm used to folding everything (exceptions: AA-QQ and other pocket pairs for set value, AK) til level 4 or 5 at the $22's... and then that leaves me with ~600 chips which is the perfect amount to give me FE, but not allow me to wait. (i can also do this at the $33's) I take a very systematic aproach to the $22's. I need to find that perfect balance in chip count at the $55's, but there are an extra 2k chips in play. However, i feel a systematic approach won't work at this high a level-- i need to learn to play poker.

To the person who asked how to 8 table. Basically, these stats aren't 8 tabling the entire month. I got my monitor about the 12th of april. Got my second account up and runnin by the 15th. I fired up 8 sitngos of $11's-- CRAZY is all i can say when i first went from 4 to 8. I made MANY mistakes. Folded for 100 chips more at lvl 5 in BB on bubble. Timed out all the time etc... But i got used to it, and moved up to my regular $22's. i used to play RTS games that require multitasking, and quick decisions. There is nothing i can really tell you besides grind grind grind. The reason i got so many games in last month was because i would play 4-5 hrs each night for the last 2 weeks of he month. And i did the raptor challenge for an extra 100.

[Messy_Jesse]

Nice stats. I was in your position a couple weeks ago. I decided to jump up to the 33s 8-tabling. The 33s really are a lot harder for your money than the 55s. However, you will definitely be able to beat them, and I would suggest moving up for a few hundred SNGs. You've got the roll, and though the downswings will be big, the upswings will be bigger. Not only that, but with "better" play, your own game should improve as well.
As for moving up the 55s, well, I gave it a try last night. I played about 50, and my first impression is that they are much easier for your money than the 33s. The extra 200 chips is really incredible: it gives you a lot more flexibility. Although they seem intimidating, especially if you've been 8-tabling the 22s, they really are very very beatable (if you can handle the swings). So, my advice would be to move up (you really are wasting your time at the 22s), stick your feet in the water at the 33s and then move on up to the 55s. Good luck.

Jess