Can you be a winning player without GT?

[dknightx]

I have a friend who is going to start 8-tabling 5/10 full ring. Because of his computer, he won't be able to run Gametime while he is playing. We had this discussion, and I was wondering, if you played straight ABC poker without knowing ANYTHING about your opponents (if they are LAG/TAG, their VPIP/PFR numbers, etc), and you just played solely on the cards and the pot, could you be a winning player at 5/10? 6 max? I consider "winning" to be at least 1BB/100.

[Nick Royale]

Yes

[@bsolute_luck]

i hope so. i don't have it [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

[Klak]

5/10 full = [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

[TheHammer24]

Yeah, certainly. But why wouldn't you use it?

[mowz]

There are other alternatives to consider like as pokerace that may not chew through as many cpu cycles.

[mjohnson406]

Tell him to 4 table for a while and use that extra money to buy a computer that can handle Gametime

I have not played 5/10 but I have read here that that is the first limit where you cannot get by just by playing ABC poker.

[dknightx]

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I have not played 5/10 but I have read here that that is the first limit where you cannot get by just by playing ABC poker.

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This is what I have heard as well, so I was hoping someone with more experience in the higher limits could comment. This is more for discussion because personally, I find myself sometimes forgetting who was just at my table (when you play 8), and which player is the LAG/TAG. GT helps a lot, but is it necessary?

[Bob T.]

Yes, but its harder.