November monthly goals.

[redsimon]

Anyway, my monthly goals are:

1. To finally get "ahead" in SNGs online so 2005 ends up in the black in all aspects.

2. To start dialysis.

3. To win a MTT on Blue Square (Well if Flushy can I must have a chance

[M3boy]

RED, you may or may not have noticed, that whenever I post, James ALWAYS has a sarcastic reply (mostly tounge in cheek i know, as I do the same to him)

Indeed, in this case, he makes reference to "winning an EPT event!" in his opening post, yep that was me! lol

My reply was also tounge in cheek, and the example of winning the $12k twice in a month was exactly that, an example. Another would be to have a top 4 finish in the £35k on Hills. Do you see what I mean?

I just dont think that doubling your bankroll in a month means that you are playing "outside" your bankroll. Maybe I should start another thread? (Done)

[Royal Flush]

Nah we just joking, i brought it up as i read a piece Ben Grundy wrote about how he was happy to have doubled his BR but figured he was outside of his limits to have done it!!!

I am also half way through a piece on field variance i am writing for my blog, so its fresh in my mind.

I think its a good objective, and i hope it challanges Paul!!


RedSimon, some good objectives, i am still trying to figure mine!

[matt674]

No I think he is saying expecting to win two MTTs a month only playing 60 maximum of them is not a realistic aim for most but the luckiest players. I just looked up the TLB 2005 leader on pokerdb and he's "won" over $200K since October 2004, but the guy plays tons of MTTs. I bet his net win is a bit lower

dont forget the tlb can be misleading as you can win points without cashing. However i dont see how the aim of two tourney wins a month is unrealistic especially if you have the bankroll to be able to pick and choose the tournaments you think will be most profitable to you.

[redsimon]

OK guys (Paul and James) guess I had a "whoosh" moment

[matt674]

I beg to differ matt. People seem to think the only thing to consider with comps is buyin size. Field size is nearly as important.

Whilst field size has implications on determining the profitability of a tournament i dont understand how it can affect the ability to play within your bankroll.

If you have $5000 in your bankroll a $10 rebuy is the same and will cost you between $11 and $101 regardless of whether there are 100 runners or 1000 runners

[Bongo]

I beg to differ matt. People seem to think the only thing to consider with comps is buyin size. Field size is nearly as important.

Whilst field size has implications on determining the profitability of a tournament i dont understand how it can affect the ability to play within your bankroll.

If you have $5000 in your bankroll a $10 rebuy is the same and will cost you between $11 and $101 regardless of whether there are 100 runners or 1000 runners

I don't think it affects profitability but the bankroll needed to play because the higher the field size the higher the variance and the longer you could go without cashing?

[Royal Flush]

I beg to differ matt. People seem to think the only thing to consider with comps is buyin size. Field size is nearly as important.

Whilst field size has implications on determining the profitability of a tournament i dont understand how it can affect the ability to play within your bankroll.

If you have $5000 in your bankroll a $10 rebuy is the same and will cost you between $11 and $101 regardless of whether there are 100 runners or 1000 runners

The chance of getting a decent return is less, however if you get 1 it will be huge.

Take for example WSOP sats, now a $100 freezeout say with 1 package for the winner, with only a $10k bankrol.

You play 100 of these, so $10k worth, do you not see it is easy to go broke in this situation?

Now i know that is an extreme example...but look at the WSOP this year, come 50th and you only get 17 buyins back!! You make the top 1% and only get 17 times your money!!!! You have to have a very deep roll to play monster fields.

[ACE2M]

Flushy, Can you post the link to your blog please or pm it to me. thanks

[redsimon]

I beg to differ matt. People seem to think the only thing to consider with comps is buyin size. Field size is nearly as important.

Whilst field size has implications on determining the profitability of a tournament i dont understand how it can affect the ability to play within your bankroll.

If you have $5000 in your bankroll a $10 rebuy is the same and will cost you between $11 and $101 regardless of whether there are 100 runners or 1000 runners

Probably more important is how good you are compared to the field. I still think you need a lot of luck and a good dollop of skill to regularly make enough to cope with the periods when you don't cash. I had a look at my tlb position for 2005 on Stars today. I'm 56000th for 2005 yet I'm at a 200% ROI there. Just a very small sample size

[matt674]

Probably more important is how good you are compared to the field. I still think you need a lot of luck and a good dollop of skill to regularly make enough to cope with the periods when you don't cash. I had a look at my tlb position for 2005 on Stars today. I'm 56000th for 2005 yet I'm at a 200% ROI there. Just a very small sample size

The thing you need to do is keep getting the small wins to keep your bankroll ticking over, if you look at my results on the pokerdb for the last 12 months there arent any monster wins and yet the total is still quite healthy and i make a decent amount each month. Its the constant cashes that keep you going until the next big win comes along.

You also need good bankroll management to find and choose the tournaments that will work out most profitable to you. On my page of the pokerdb i have a lot more final tables than "other" cashes because i try to play the tournaments where i think i will make the most profit rather than win the biggest amount. This usually means me playing a tourney with 150 runners where i only need to beat 132 others to make the money rather than a 1000 runner tourney where i need to beat 919 runners to make the same profit

[action man]

my aim for november is

1) to play a little less mtt's as without a win for a week can cost a bit usually playing 4 or 5 a day!!!
2) concentrate on the stt's instead and use the winnings for freerolling in afore mentioned MTT's
3) try not to play games just because there are a few fish on table in which you have notes on if it is not my choice game.
4) rick, stay away from those crappy speed tourneys and stt's they don't suit your game you are a rock!!  oh god $4000 guaranteed speed tourney starts in 5 mins doh!

[Heid]

Have more fun.

[Woodsey]

Have enough bankroll so I can take $10k to vegas next month

[jezza777]

Just stop doing my bollox
Win Robs Homegame and make Flushy lose his tagline!