Are you a winning player?

[stupidsucker]

There has been some talk recently in a post about how people lie about if they are winning or not.

Does 2+2 have more winning players then average? And by how much.

Please answer honestly, no one will know who you are

[adanthar]

I'm about 50 SNG's short but it's mathematically impossible for me to be losing after 500 so I get to vote over [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

[RavenJackson]

I am interested in the honest and anonymous response to this poll. So I am bumping it up a bit. [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

[ilya]

I'm a winning player after about 1500 $10s, $20s, and $30s on Party (mostly $20s). However my ROI sucks, relatively speaking. I haven't tallied it up in a while, but I would guess it's somewhere in the low teens. I'm a slow learner, I suppose, though I've only been playing since July. I 3-table and play a lot during the day as well as at night, all days of the week. That's East Coast time.

It's too bad I can't convert 1-table satellite wins into cash...I'd have a healthy 60% ROI in those.

[stupidsucker]

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It's too bad I can't convert 1-table satellite wins into cash...I'd have a healthy 60% ROI in those

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After how many? what kind of payout struture did they use. 60% seems way high.

[B Mando]

I think there are going to be many more winning players responding to this poll because I assume most of the players who post here are active players and think about the game and have read books and such about poker...
BTW Stud8 SNGS on pokerstars are CAKE

[ilya]

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It's too bad I can't convert 1-table satellite wins into cash...I'd have a healthy 60% ROI in those

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After how many? what kind of payout struture did they use. 60% seems way high.

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Small sample, about 100. I was just being cheeky, mostly.
The payout structure varies. In the sats for the Supers it's 81/19. But in the sats for the Carib Classic satellite, for example, it's 92/8. That is, that's what the structure would be if 1st place paid cash.
The weird thing is, my ratio of 1sts in regular SnGs is not good. I have a suspicion that the satellite structure may affect my play for the better by making me play more agressively on the bubble. But it's probably just sample size or weaker competition. Or it could be that my opponents are overadjusting for the format, and playing TOO recklessly. Or the super steep payout structure is very kind to a 1sts percentage that would be low in a 50/30/20 format.

[HoldingFolding]

A real winning player would also be able to pay for the opportunity cost; you could be flipping burgers or juggling a few LBOs. So although technically a winning player, by this criteria I'm way out of the money, even as a can collector [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

[bismillahno]

great excuse to combine spreadsheets and see my tally. And I passed the 500 barrier today [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]. Barely above minimum wage hourly, but at least its up.

[spentrent]

30% ROI with about 100 10s and 20s: my spreadsheet is mixed (I'm designing a DB). I voted "winning, but under 500." However, I don't think about 100 is enough for me to really feel like a generally "winning player." I'll feel it out at 500.