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Originally Posted by Zoe  Hey Ed,
So now for the question...
Do you think it would be acceptable to take my shot at the $6.50's with say $350 or $400 instead of waiting to get to my original goal of $450. Whenever I get close I seem to go on a downswing and I can't help but think it's not all variance, and that it may be partially psychological. I've been trying really hard to stick to my guns and not play over my head (or bankroll). I started playing the $5 SnG's with just $100 (highly under-rolled) and managed not to ever bust, but having over 100 buyins in the bankroll at the $3.40's may be doing me more harm than good. I dunno. |
Sorry for taking so long to get back to you, the WSOP is going on and I have been playing poker all day, every day.
Many things will affect your variance in sit N goes; multi-tables are of course going to increase your variance, so is the quality of your opponents, and whether you are playing turbos or regular sit N goes.
As long as you have the disipline to back off if you start doing poorly, there isn't anything wrong with taking a shot at bigger tournaments.
The smaller your BR, the more "replaceable" it becomes in most cases. This, of course, depends on exactly how important the money is to you; if it is all you have and you have no way to come up with more $, this has to impact your decision greatly!
You are going to take bigger swings in 18 players MTT's than you are with 9 players, but I don't think that you need twice as much money. Naturally, this all depends on how bad your opponents play. You should be looking to play with bad players and be going out of your way to play with them, even if it means playing a little higher than you can afford. I would MUCH rather play with bad players even if I have to overbet my BR a little, than play with decent players at stakes I can afford.
How you make money in poker is; edge x volume
July 2nd, 2009, 01:04 PM
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