LC - No more cashier button for me...

michw · #1 09-22-2005, 02:47 AM

Starting tomorrow I'm playing for one week without looking at my account balance. I'd like to play 200 tournies during this week, which is alot for me. When I sign up for a tourney I'll give the screen the old 'squint eye' so I can't decipher my account balance. I just want to see what if feels like.

pergesu · #2 09-22-2005, 02:49 AM

dude. sweet.

durron597 · #3 09-22-2005, 03:04 AM

You can't avoid knowing what your account balance is when you can't join the next sng.

#4 09-22-2005, 03:06 AM

I think checking my account balance obsessively is +EV. It may even be +$/hour.

michw · #5 09-22-2005, 03:13 AM

[ QUOTE ]
I think checking my account balance obsessively is +EV. It may even be +$/hour

[/ QUOTE ]

why is this?

michw · #6 09-22-2005, 03:16 AM

That would mean I just experienced a 100+ downswing. I would probably never recover.

#7 09-22-2005, 03:17 AM

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
I think checking my account balance obsessively is +EV. It may even be +$/hour

[/ QUOTE ]

why is this?

[/ QUOTE ]

Totally just a different psychological effect that it has on me. I'm fortunate enough to not have to worry about money (and scared enough to play really low stakes), so I play poker entirely to see higher numbers in my bank account/the cashier. Not looking at the cashier would, I think, make me scared either to lose chips or to give up a pot. Looking makes me think only about what makes that number go up by more more frequently.

Not sure if that makes sense, but it helps me.

locutus2002 · #8 09-22-2005, 03:22 AM

200 tourneys a week? That's 28 a day. That's 2.8/hr (assuming 10 hours of play).

I think you should consider getting some professional help, you clearly have a problem.

From a poker point of view, I doubt that playing that much at once will improve your game, or your bankroll.

You probably won't remember any of it the following week; you are addicted.

GL.

caretaker1 · #9 09-22-2005, 03:26 AM

[ QUOTE ]
You can't avoid knowing what your account balance is when you can't join the next sng.

[/ QUOTE ]

Sweet

michw · #10 09-22-2005, 03:28 AM

You'll notice I initially said 200 tournies a week was alot for me. Some weeks I go crazy, some weeks I don't play at all. Whatever I feel like. Next week I think I'll go crazy. And I 4 table the 33's which is closer to 4 tournies an hour.