08-16-2005, 03:14 AM
Hey,
I've been playing 5/10 shorthanded 1 to 3 tables, and I think I'm a winning player longrun, especially after rakeback. I don't know because my balance fluctuates constantly between +500 and down -800. Constantly. I'm a 19 year old college student, and these 1200 dollar plus swings are an awful lot of money for me.
Anyways, for a break, I decided to 4 table 3/6 instead of 5/10. Holy crap! The players are so bad. I never have to worry about a 2+2er destroying me. It felt like play money, and me just running over everyone with a semi. It felt great.
Anyways, I'd like some tips on reducing variance, because I think I can make more $/hr on 5/10. Maybe not as good of a BB/100 as 3/6, but I need some tips on reducing variance for this to be viable.
It is not a bankroll issue, it's just that the dollar amounts that I'm winning/losing are an unhealthily large amount of my net worth/life savings, so reducing variance is important, even at the expense of a little EV. Also, I think that thinking about how much money each chip is worth detrimentally affects my play. Knowing I'm dealing with 100's of dollars per hand really affects me. At 3/6, I never got upset about a bad beat because it was such a comparatively low amount of money.
Tips/Thoughts?
Thx,
Kevin
I've been playing 5/10 shorthanded 1 to 3 tables, and I think I'm a winning player longrun, especially after rakeback. I don't know because my balance fluctuates constantly between +500 and down -800. Constantly. I'm a 19 year old college student, and these 1200 dollar plus swings are an awful lot of money for me.
Anyways, for a break, I decided to 4 table 3/6 instead of 5/10. Holy crap! The players are so bad. I never have to worry about a 2+2er destroying me. It felt like play money, and me just running over everyone with a semi. It felt great.
Anyways, I'd like some tips on reducing variance, because I think I can make more $/hr on 5/10. Maybe not as good of a BB/100 as 3/6, but I need some tips on reducing variance for this to be viable.
It is not a bankroll issue, it's just that the dollar amounts that I'm winning/losing are an unhealthily large amount of my net worth/life savings, so reducing variance is important, even at the expense of a little EV. Also, I think that thinking about how much money each chip is worth detrimentally affects my play. Knowing I'm dealing with 100's of dollars per hand really affects me. At 3/6, I never got upset about a bad beat because it was such a comparatively low amount of money.
Tips/Thoughts?
Thx,
Kevin