Move up to juicy game above your limits?

[kurosh]

I consider myself a pretty solid 2/4 limit player. I found an EXTREMELY juicy 15/30 game with 50%+ seeing the flop and passive players. I have about a 10k BR. Would it be that bad of an idea to invest $1000 to test out the game?

<font color="white">I actually already did it. Played in it a few hours today and ended up $800. Just wondering what other people's opinions are. </font>

[Mons]

Why do you ask when you already know the answer?

[kurosh]

I don't know the answer. I'm wondering what other people think.

[Cornell Fiji]

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Why do you ask when you already know the answer?

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I am going to make the assumption that as a 2/4 player you have the skills to beat this juicy 15/30 game (although most likely this is an extremely faulty assumption.)

Obviously 50% seeing the flop means an even higher variance and a greater chance you go broke. You should not go and 'test yourself' in this game because the most likely result is you ending up -$1000.

Or even worse, (i've seen this happen - actually, ive done this!) sitting down with another $1000 because 'the game is so juicy' and another and another... and oops your 10k roll is back to 3k and you are playing 1/2.

Youre asking a question you know the answer to.


Note: I am somewhat hypocritical, I play in games that exceed my bankroll all of the time. I am just giving you the correct answer to your question.

[Evan]

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I am going to make the assumption that as a 2/4 player you have the skills to beat this juicy 15/30 game (although most likely this is an extremely faulty assumption.)


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This is more than "extremely faulty", its fu[/i]cking retarded. No matter how good you are at playing 2/4 you are not inherently a winner at 15/30. The bad players at 15/30 are bad in a very different way than players are bad at 2/4. 15/30 players are bad-aggressive, 2/4 players are bad-passive. That change in game texture is really really important.

[Tosh]

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This is more than "extremely faulty", its fu[/i]cking retarded. No matter how good you are at playing 2/4 you are not inherently a winner at 15/30. The bad players at 15/30 are bad in a very different way than players are bad at 2/4. 15/30 players are bad-aggressive, 2/4 players are bad-passive. That change in game texture is really really important.

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He specified that in this game the players were loose passive; presumably like a typical 2/4 game.

Assuming a game like Party 2/4 a good player IMO needs no more than 200BB, if the game is like this 10k is fine. Given the information we have been given, I see no problem.

[snowbank]

I wouldn't suggest it. That's probably the standard answer you will get. If you decide you want to go crazy in a situation like that, I wouldn't "invest" $1,000. I would maybe bring in a few hundred to "gamble" with.(not sure what the minimum is so it might be $1,000. If it is $1,000, and you have your heart set on it, set an amount where you will stop at.) I wouldn't consider it "investing" unless you had proper reasoning to assume that your rewards outweigh your risks by a greater amount than your current "investing" would return you. If you wanted to have fun and gamble a little, do it very carefully. Again, I wouldn't recommend it, but I assume you knew that would be people's answers, so I suspect you may be looking for alternative suggestions if you "had" to do it. This would be mine.

[kurosh]

But they're SO BAD! I saw a guy raise 94s UTG and they call down with king high.

[Malcom Reynolds]

The game is so fuc[/i]king swingy, that you could play at the craziest table there and drop $1000 like that. Remember that when everyone is chasing all the time, you might hit bad beat after bad beat after bad beat. I think CDC said something like a proper bankroll for 15/30 is 400 or 450 BB. That's 12 grand!

This entirely has everything to do with bankroll and how much risk you are willing to take. I've taken a few shots at 15/30 and have lost a total of $1,500 so far. No big deal, that's only 50 BB. First off, it's a very aggressive game and it's hard to adjust. When to make the laydowns and when to call down.

If you could drop $1,000 and not sweat it, go for it. If that would hurt, then I strongly recommend you don't try.

[GuyOnTilt]

I think CDC said something like a proper bankroll for 15/30 is 400 or 450 BB. That's 12 grand!

Higher.

GoT