Early results.... I Stink

[kyro]

Everyone's telling you to move down a level. I personally think that's a ridiculous statement considering the information you've given us, which is basically nothing. A few things...

1) Where did you start? Have you been playing the 11s, and been building up steadily and are just now trying out the 55s? Or did you put a crapload of money into Party and say, I think I'll try the SNGs. If it's the former, and you were a winning player after a certain amount of SNGs, moving down is silly. If it's the latter, then yes, I would step down to at least the 20s and play there until you become comfortable with the SNG structure. They are incredibly beatable, even for an untalented hack like myself.

2) My stats at the 55s
First 100: 0% ROI
Second 100: 30% ROI
Final 50: 30% ROI

I didn't improve on my SNG skills THAT drastically. Maybe a push here, a fold there, but nothing that big. This is the reason why, SNGs are streaky as all hell. I've had 7 straight ITM finishes, and followed that up with 19 out of 21 OOM. If you decide to stick with the 50s, you're gonna need to play a hell of a lot more than 55.

3) It looks as if you have a crapload of 4ths. You could be unlucky, or you could be playing suboptimally on the bubble. It's up to you to figure out which of the two it is.

Good luck to you. I hope this calms your fears a bit, or at least points you in a general direction.

[eastbay]

Your results at $11, $22, and $33 were what?

eastbay

[John Hurst]

I honestly cannot understand the thought process behind these posts. You provide zero details about your thought process or style of play only results. Then you somehow expect people to help you improve your game.

Equivalent sports post:

Here are my results in basketball -

100 games

10 games 10+ points
90 games less than 10 points

What am I doing wrong? Thanks!

Ugh. Post some meaningful content that can be reviewed and discussed.

[pooh74]

Am I the only one sick of sample size snobs

No you're not. sample size is irrelevant here with those 4th place finishes...and even if those are just noise, who's to say that his bubble game couldnt use some work?

post some hands

[Gk123]

Well I guess nobody realized that the post was a joke. I agree with the people that say the sample is too small, seems obvious enough. My bubble play could probably use some improving as well. Even in the 33s I was only %78 from bubble with an ROI of %34 after +2000 tournies.

Based on what i've seen so far it seems as though people seem to be quite a bit more patient in the 50s as opposed to the 30s, definatly more so than I had thought they would be. This is what I feel that I have to adjust to most of all. Not to mention the fact that there are many more stupid nits who have to berate people.


Gk123

[John Hurst]

Damn it. I should have realized this was a joke post. My sarcasm detector must be faulty. NH

[Cleveland Guy]

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Damn it. I should have realized this was a joke post. My sarcasm detector must be faulty. NH

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It helps when the joke is funny.... or at least we can know it's a joke.

[Gk123]

Didn't know anyone from Cleveland actually posted on here. I'm guessing if you play live there you must make a mint seeing that nobody there has a clue

[Cleveland Guy]

Married w/ 2 Kids under 5.

I rarely get to play live at the "church" things.

The tournaments are a joke, and I can't play during the weekends to much.

I play in a weekly home game, which is very easy to cash in.

Rest of my play is online.

[pooh74]

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Didn't know anyone from Cleveland actually posted on here. I'm guessing if you play live there you must make a mint seeing that nobody there has a clue

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I played at the Drew Carey home game...I beat Albert Belle Heads up to take it down...