Thoughts on my Oppurtunity Cost of playing cash games

[Maulik]

I originally put this post on the SNG forum as I frequently post there. However, I am disappointed by the number of posts I've received, so if you have any thoughts please chime in @ the original post.

A few things fore mostly; I am a winning SNG player at the $30+3, my ROI after my first 600 tournaments was 15%. I began a move to cash games this summer, as I didn’t have the time to log set after set as I used to since I work FT during the day. This was the sole reason for not playing SNGs as I like to continuously open set after set if I bust out.

I would like to say cash games lets you understand and better deal with variance than SNGs do, IMO.

Great, so cash games seems like a perfect fit for me now, get up as I please, etc. Today, I was thinking in terms of opportunity cost, which given the time I’ve been playing has cost me $3500. Furthermore, I would with great certainty be able to say I’d be playing the $50+5 with a large bankroll and would be a small winning player at this point. With that said by the end of August, in all likelihood I’d be playing the $100+9 if not sooner.

Before you drill me for not taking the easy money, my other considerations as I’ve discussed with some SNG players & some cash game players are here:

When the fish dry out (not that they will anytime soon, we won’t discuss that here); I’ll be better suited to beating better players. The room for growth in my opinion is larger for a cash game player (discuss).

With that said, I’m not really sure where I want to go as far as poker goes, I want to become proficient poker player over the course of my lifetime, I like the challenge; I like making great plays and a result of being a good player happens to be the money (which was my driving factor earlier in my career).

Ask any questions, which may help you further answer my questions or rip me. Thanks guys and let variance be good.