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Karak567
05-17-2005, 04:39 PM
How the heck do you SNG players clear bonuses? I've tried NL cash and limit cash and I just can't seem to make money. I can see myself losing my bonus amount before I clear the damn thing.

Bluff Daddy
05-17-2005, 04:44 PM
then dont do any if you cant clear them through sng's, or try doing it at fulltilt where u can clear them through sng's

KingDan
05-17-2005, 05:02 PM
NL 25 beats itself.

DasLeben
05-17-2005, 05:11 PM
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NL 25 beats itself.

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Yeah, just sit around and wait for AA/KK, then MOH. Seriously. /images/graemlins/grin.gif

spentrent
05-17-2005, 05:12 PM
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How the heck do you SNG players clear bonuses? I've tried NL cash and limit cash and I just can't seem to make money. I can see myself losing my bonus amount before I clear the damn thing.

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Nut peddle, nut peddle, peddle them nuts.

Play NL200 for a month and enjoy the "why am I playing SNGs again?" crisis.

Play PLO and have crazy variance but insane bonus clearing speed.

octaveshift
05-17-2005, 05:20 PM
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NL 25 beats itself.

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Yeah, just sit around and wait for AA/KK, then MOH. Seriously. /images/graemlins/grin.gif

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MOH?

DasLeben
05-17-2005, 05:20 PM
MOH = Move of Honor. It doesn't matter what the blinds are, what your stack is, or what any previous action is. Just pooooooosh!

KingDan
05-17-2005, 05:21 PM
Move on him, or sometihng like that.

I am convinced a bot that pushed AA, KK, QQ, and AK and folded everything else would beat nl25. Especially if you consider bonuses.

octaveshift
05-17-2005, 05:22 PM
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Just pooooooosh!

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1C5
05-17-2005, 05:26 PM
I clear them 4 tabling NL25. Clears at a decent pace.

Karak567
05-17-2005, 05:35 PM
Yeah I just blew 50 dollars trying to clear my 100 dollar bonus at .5/1 thinking I could clear it faster that way. TPTK doesn't mean much in .5/1 limit, I learned that the hard way.

Ugh, 50 dollars is like... 2 buy-ins... that hurts!

I guess I'll have to nut peddle at NL25.

citanul
05-17-2005, 05:49 PM
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I'm LOSING money trying to clear a bonus?

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yeah, don't do that. if you don't have a game you can beat that qualifies for rake bonuses, don't play to clear the bonuses? solution = get better at some other game or find a site that has bonuses linked to sng play.

citanul

Nottom
05-17-2005, 05:51 PM
Last few party skin bonuses I've had I've cleared playing 1/2 6-max limit (Takes about 4-5 hours 4 tabling).

Both times I've won considerably more than the bonus amount and am left wondering why I stopped playing limit.

beeyjay
05-17-2005, 05:53 PM
When I used to clear bonuses I would play o8. Its a nice change of pace and doesnt take much more than chillin waitin for butter hands to show a profit. just play for the low and hope for the high i guess.

I do agree with the others tho, my girlfriend was beatin 25 nl the other day and she was playin like a monkey.

Newt_Buggs
05-17-2005, 06:53 PM
realize though that a winning ring game player could be clearing a bonus and losing money. Chances are that you don't have to play enough hands to clear the bonus for the results to be anything other than pure variance.

vindikation
05-17-2005, 06:54 PM
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I clear them 4 tabling NL25. Clears at a decent pace.

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Same here, I clear 150 hands an hour. I basically play $25NL like the first 2 rounds of an SnG.

I clear the Poker Room and Poker Stars bonii with SnG's though, you will die of old age before you can clear either site at $25NL.

Karak567
05-17-2005, 08:47 PM
You guys were right.

I went to NL 25, and aside from my boat running into quads, I just sat on my cards for an hour, then I hit a set on a very not-scary board... 2 people all in ahead of me who have me covered (i have 25 sitting in front of me), I call and triple up.

It's pretty easy.