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Anyone else crushing live since their hobby has been f'd

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  1. XNASTYNATEX XNASTYNATEX is online now

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    May 17th, 2011 (5/17/2011 8:10am)

    (Brag post I guess) Since I can't play my normal $4.40 180s on stars anymore, I had to play at a live poker room. The last three weeks I have done well. (+500 ROI) This is probably positive variance. But I can't see how at least around 200% isn't maintainable, and this is playing solid/tight abc poker + aggressive short stack allin/fold stuff. Has anyone else found the switch over so easy? I'm playing $20-60 1 rebuy 1 add on tourneys now, and the players are so bad it remind me of a $1.10.
  2. Sagacious Man Sagacious Man is offline

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    May 17th, 2011 (5/17/2011 8:20am) in reply to XNASTYNATEX

    Yes there are some horrible live players. Even at tournaments up to $500 buy-in.

    A lot of casual / semi-regular players that just don't have a lot of experience. They can't play as many hands as quickly as an online player.
  3. FoRsAkEn03 FoRsAkEn03 is offline

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    May 17th, 2011 (5/17/2011 6:44pm) in reply to Sagacious Man

    I'm with ya man. They are like playing mttsngs all days long. If you know your game its pretty easy to transition. Fields at my local are under 100 peeps so i think 200% is def possible.
  4. joeyrulesall joeyrulesall is offline

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    May 17th, 2011 (5/17/2011 6:48pm) in reply to FoRsAkEn03

    If by crushing you mean losing every live tourney I play then yea I am crushing!!!
  5. FoRsAkEn03 FoRsAkEn03 is offline

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    May 17th, 2011 (5/17/2011 6:55pm) in reply to joeyrulesall

    switch to some 4/8 or 5/10 limit for a few days.
  6. lds_avenger lds_avenger is offline

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    May 17th, 2011 (5/17/2011 7:00pm) in reply to FoRsAkEn03

    I have been playing a lot of 20-59$ freezouts at some local casinos 100 miles away from where I live (WY). I have yet to won a couple but have cashed around $500 so far. There are about 25 card rooms in Billings MT that I have been pretty successful there so far. There is a pretty big tournament up in Great Falls MT that I will be able to go to in July. It’s been a good transition for me since I have played a lot of live home games before I got online. I still miss multi-tabling the low stake SNGs on Full Tilt. My ultimate goal is to get some good cashes and wins so that I can get on the bigger tours, WTP, HPT, WSOP-C and maybe the EPT. I love to play live because there is a huge social factor in live games that you just can’t get online. And a lot of people just are not aware of their tells when you strike conversations with them! There are a lot of fish in Billings MT and Deadwood SD! I can’t wait to get on one of the bigger tours and see where things go!

     
    Originally Posted by joeyrulesall View Post

    If by crushing you mean losing every live tourney I play then yea I am crushing!!!

    Hang in there, play your game and learn how people at the table act during certain situations! Sometimes you get unlucky against the fish but if you play straight forward poker, you will start to win in the long run.
  7. Joshua Hodge Joshua Hodge is offline

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    May 17th, 2011 (5/17/2011 7:21pm) in reply to lds_avenger

    I'm going to add a few points that I play on getting into greater detail in a few upcoming articles.

    #1. Playing on one table at a time has a lot of upside. Jennafear has an artical that actually discusses the negative expectation of playing multiple tables. You have no choice but to see every showdown at your table. A lot of people don't chat in the chat box what's on their mind but in person they accidentally give out a lot of information that you can use.

    #2. You are a worse player online than you are live. How can I suggest this? I don't even know you... How could I jump to that conclusion? First your not going to make as many hero calls and mistimed bluffs live. Online your protecting behind your screen name if you get caught making a bad play. Live you have to look these people in the face if your wrong/caught. You can't just insta-click from the table and on to another one. Second it's just tougher to physically push your chips in the middle when your weak. Online it's just clicking buttons and it's my feeling that people get detached from the realness of their chips.

    #3 Your a lot less distracted live. Even you don't multi-table online you've probably got a lot of other things going on. TV, Family, Friends, Music, Surfing Websites, Text Messages, and whatever else might be going on... You don't even notice these things until your really board at a live table but if you use that time to your advantage you'll really notice the rewards.
  8. lds_avenger lds_avenger is offline

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    May 17th, 2011 (5/17/2011 9:09pm) in reply to Joshua Hodge

     
    Originally Posted by Joshua Hodge View Post

    I'm going to add a few points that I play on getting into greater detail in a few upcoming articles.

    #1. Playing on one table at a time has a lot of upside. Jennafear has an artical that actually discusses the negative expectation of playing multiple tables. You have no choice but to see every showdown at your table. A lot of people don't chat in the chat box what's on their mind but in person they accidentally give out a lot of information that you can use.

    #2. You are a worse player online than you are live. How can I suggest this? I don't even know you... How could I jump to that conclusion? First your not going to make as many hero calls and mistimed bluffs live. Online your protecting behind your screen name if you get caught making a bad play. Live you have to look these people in the face if your wrong/caught. You can't just insta-click from the table and on to another one. Second it's just tougher to physically push your chips in the middle when your weak. Online it's just clicking buttons and it's my feeling that people get detached from the realness of their chips.

    #3 Your a lot less distracted live. Even you don't multi-table online you've probably got a lot of other things going on. TV, Family, Friends, Music, Surfing Websites, Text Messages, and whatever else might be going on... You don't even notice these things until your really board at a live table but if you use that time to your advantage you'll really notice the rewards.

    Well said!
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