STTs are the rubbish

[ACE2M]

STTs are the most soulless, boring form of poker that exists. From this day forth i shall never play another.

Anyone agree?

[booder]

i believe tank is of the same opinion

[Dewi_cool]

I think it all depends on the numbers you play apparently 4000 in a month is what you should go for

[tikay]

Well, printing money is boring, but it's a nice earner. I don't mind being bored if it pays my pension.

[thetank]

They may be boring, but they do have soul.

[RED-DOG]

Strange that this post should pop up just as I have STARTED playing STTs.

I only play one at a time, $100+9, 10 minute levels, and only 3 or 4 in a row.

So far this week I'm + $1200 which for me is very nice, and they make a refreshing change from the long grind of MTTs

[byronkincaid]

If a good poker player is playing STTs instead of cash he is losing money not printing it imo.

[RED-DOG]

If a good poker player is playing STTs instead of cash he is losing money not printing it imo.

Do you not think cash is a completely different discipline Byron?

I love live cash, but I don't like online cash

[tikay]

If a good poker player is playing STTs instead of cash he is losing money not printing it imo.

Well maybe I'm not "good", or maybe we all have differing skillsets, but for me, if I want the least risky form of guaranteed profit at Poker, SNG's would be my format of choice every time. It's each to their own.

[byronkincaid]

http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=9855.0

Yes, cash is harder to learn than SNGs but the rewards are a lot greater too. I only started learning cash in May and I'm not nearly as clever as Tank for example but I'm now clearing $3K a month just in rakeback. I have also never played cash without getting some sort of bonus or promo on top of the RB and I even have a small win rate as well now.

Plus I believe that the edge in SNGs is getting smaller as more people get the software that teaches you how to play. The edge in cash is also getting smaller as more people learn it but the edge is still bigger I think. Plus learning cash improves your tourney game.

Probably the best thing to learn now edge wise is PLO. 

I've just seen tikay's reply and i know he used to play the $1000s on stars, the best sng players in the world are playing those games now (after the USA ban) and I have seen some of them write about their ridiculously low ROIs and crazy high varience cos they are all playing near perfectly.

I ain't writing this cos I think I'm better than anyone just cos I played SNGs for a living for 2 years and playing cash is many many times better for many reasons IMHO. I have never and hope I never post the LOL Donkament stuff you get on other forums.

[ACE2M]

i to have turned to cash and am finding it far more rewarding, cash wise and enjoyment wise. I still love mtts and i've got game from the huge amount of stts i've played.

The perfect play point made by byron is what has killed the enjoyment for me, i don't profess to play perfect but pretty close to it and it's so mechanical it's soulless.

[RED-DOG]

Fair play Byron, I have no problem with someone making a well reasoned argument to support their case.

[tikay]

http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=9855.0

Yes, cash is harder to learn than SNGs but the rewards are a lot greater too. I only started learning cash in May and I'm not nearly as clever as Tank for example but I'm now clearing $3K a month just in rakeback. I have also never played cash without getting some sort of bonus or promo on top of the RB and I even have a small win rate as well now.

Plus I believe that the edge in SNGs is getting smaller as more people get the software that teaches you how to play. The edge in cash is also getting smaller as more people learn it but the edge is still bigger I think. Plus learning cash improves your tourney game.

Probably the best thing to learn now edge wise is PLO. 

I've just seen tikay's reply and i know he used to play the $1000s on stars, the best sng players in the world are playing those games now (after the USA ban) and I have seen some of them write about their ridiculously low ROIs and crazy high varience cos they are all playing near perfectly.

I ain't writing this cos I think I'm better than anyone just cos I played SNGs for a living for 2 years and playing cash is many many times better for many reasons IMHO. I have never and hope I never post the LOL Donkament stuff you get on other forums.

Pardon my ignorance, but what is "Lol Donkment stuff"....?!

[thetank]

It is a well reasoned argument.

I tried cash for a fair while last summer, but got my fingers burned.

May give it another go soon, but I'll stick to what I know in the meantime.

[byronkincaid]

It's basically cash game players taking the piss out of tourney players. Barry Greenstein does it quite a bit. This thread is a good example.

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=8308733&page=3&fpart=all&vc=1