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« Reply #1305 on: March 22, 2011, 08:14:56 PM » |
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George2Loose
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« Reply #1306 on: March 22, 2011, 08:21:39 PM » |
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Dont think titbeam is knocking it. Obv nicer if ur playing for yourself
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titaniumbean
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« Reply #1307 on: March 22, 2011, 08:23:59 PM » |
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Dont think titbeam is knocking it. Obv nicer if ur playing for yourself
Yeah not sure what Guys post is aimed at, cant be my ramble!!! |
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jakally
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« Reply #1308 on: March 22, 2011, 08:27:40 PM » |
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some very ill informed posts about "being backed being such a bad thing" have been popping up recently - i really cant be arsed to argue - but it can have way more merits than people seem to think - than the "giving half away" mentality
It's pretty bad (in most cases) if you want to make cash game poker your career / main source of income. Can be arsed to argue if you want to.  |
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« Reply #1309 on: March 22, 2011, 08:33:11 PM » |
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Dont think titbeam is knocking it. Obv nicer if ur playing for yourself
Yeah not sure what Guys post is aimed at, cant be my ramble!!! its not "aimed" at anyone/anything other than this creeping notion that being backed is a terrible thing, which I must have read 8 times in the past month |
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jakally
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« Reply #1310 on: March 22, 2011, 08:40:43 PM » |
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Dont think titbeam is knocking it. Obv nicer if ur playing for yourself
Yeah not sure what Guys post is aimed at, cant be my ramble!!! its not "aimed" at anyone/anything other than this creeping notion that being backed is a terrible thing, which I must have read 8 times in the past month Being backed keeps people playing poker. It doesn't long term solve the problem of why players don't have a bankroll, and/or can/t maintain a bankroll once they get one. To be a successful cash game player, this is more important than anything else (IMO). Staking for tournaments is a different subject. |
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Longy
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« Reply #1311 on: March 22, 2011, 08:43:21 PM » |
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Titbeam owning in this thread. Pretty much a big +1 to his posts.
As for being staked, nothing wrong with at all in the right circumstances. Just too many ppl go into it for the wrong reasons imo.
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« Reply #1312 on: March 22, 2011, 08:44:07 PM » |
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The other problem with staking (all staking, cash and tournaments) is how good a proposition is it.
I would guess that the vast majority of staking money is going into losing / break even players..... can't see why that is ever going to be a good idea.
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titaniumbean
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« Reply #1313 on: March 22, 2011, 08:47:00 PM » |
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Dont think titbeam is knocking it. Obv nicer if ur playing for yourself
Yeah not sure what Guys post is aimed at, cant be my ramble!!! its not "aimed" at anyone/anything other than this creeping notion that being backed is a terrible thing, which I must have read 8 times in the past month It may have pros doesn't mean it's something to aim for. I actually just used the word 'cool' in my post. In most situations I think that being backed for cash in all but a very few unusual situations is a bad decision from either the backer or the player or both. |
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« Reply #1314 on: March 22, 2011, 09:01:46 PM » |
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some very ill informed posts about "being backed being such a bad thing" have been popping up recently - i really cant be arsed to argue - but it can have way more merits than people seem to think - than the "giving half away" mentality
I am staked and very happy atm I play bigger more regularly and my win rate is alot bigger after the split |
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Longy
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« Reply #1315 on: March 22, 2011, 09:04:40 PM » |
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some very ill informed posts about "being backed being such a bad thing" have been popping up recently - i really cant be arsed to argue - but it can have way more merits than people seem to think - than the "giving half away" mentality
I am staked and very happy atm I play bigger more regularly and my win rate is alot bigger after the split What you staked to play Paul? If you weren't staked what would you be playing? |
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« Reply #1316 on: March 22, 2011, 09:08:05 PM » |
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some very ill informed posts about "being backed being such a bad thing" have been popping up recently - i really cant be arsed to argue - but it can have way more merits than people seem to think - than the "giving half away" mentality
I am staked and very happy atm I play bigger more regularly and my win rate is alot bigger after the split What you staked to play Paul? If you weren't staked what would you be playing? anything under 26$ (mainly mtts and 90s and 45s) If i wasnt staked i would prob play 6$ 13$ 90s The prob was that the 13s and 26s didnt run enough for me to just play the 90s and the mtts are too higher variance for me Well im winning more atm then i would normally do but only been staked for 4 weeks so far |
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« Reply #1317 on: March 22, 2011, 09:18:52 PM » |
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some very ill informed posts about "being backed being such a bad thing" have been popping up recently - i really cant be arsed to argue - but it can have way more merits than people seem to think - than the "giving half away" mentality
I am staked and very happy atm I play bigger more regularly and my win rate is alot bigger after the split What you staked to play Paul? If you weren't staked what would you be playing? anything under 26$ (mainly mtts and 90s and 45s) If i wasnt staked i would prob play 6$ 13$ 90s The prob was that the 13s and 26s didnt run enough for me to just play the 90s and the mtts are too higher variance for me Well im winning more atm then i would normally do but only been staked for 4 weeks so far do you have a job paul or at lincoln uni? |
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« Reply #1318 on: March 22, 2011, 09:28:45 PM » |
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some very ill informed posts about "being backed being such a bad thing" have been popping up recently - i really cant be arsed to argue - but it can have way more merits than people seem to think - than the "giving half away" mentality
I am staked and very happy atm I play bigger more regularly and my win rate is alot bigger after the split What you staked to play Paul? If you weren't staked what would you be playing? anything under 26$ (mainly mtts and 90s and 45s) If i wasnt staked i would prob play 6$ 13$ 90s The prob was that the 13s and 26s didnt run enough for me to just play the 90s and the mtts are too higher variance for me Well im winning more atm then i would normally do but only been staked for 4 weeks so far do you have a job paul or at lincoln uni? graduated from leeds met 3 years ago now studying AAT because its almost impossible to get into accounting without that. I do have a part time job. |
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« Reply #1319 on: March 22, 2011, 10:18:22 PM » |
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being staked kills the fire
apathy sucks, i like the pain.
two jacks in the hole is an amazing podcast. joe stapleton (form the big game) and scott huff (big game season 2) present it.
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Blame it on my A.D.D. baby
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