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How many people make their money strictly playing satellites?

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  1. jokajon00 jokajon00 is offline

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    Nov 18th, 2008 (11/18/2008 6:53am)

    Recently I have been playing the $10r to the Nightly Hundred Grand and the $5r to the Nightly 70k. I have been doing very well, cashed about 4/8 in the Nightly Hundred Grand satties, and 3/9 in the Nightly 70k satties. I OPR'd a few players that I have seen frequently in these, specifically BlunderCity. He seems to strictly play these. So my question is can you make your money strictly playing these satellites (and either selling T$ or grinding sng's with it)?
  2. tNaCarN tNaCarN is offline

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    Nov 18th, 2008 (11/18/2008 7:15am) in reply to jokajon00

    yes you can and i know a few people who don't like to talk about this as poker sites don't want you beating the rake at the end of the day "shhhh"
  3. deadpoem deadpoem is offline

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    Nov 18th, 2008 (11/18/2008 9:09am) in reply to tNaCarN

    theyre absolutely insurance policy for your br
  4. -BlackFours- -BlackFours- is offline

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    Nov 18th, 2008 (11/18/2008 9:31am) in reply to jokajon00

    I use to play sattys to the mill/warm up all day with my MTTs...I remember a couple guys being good...think dolphin and guancho or something
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  5. scarletknigh scarletknigh is offline

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    Nov 18th, 2008 (11/18/2008 9:50am) in reply to -BlackFours-

    I am by no means a great player, but I have built my bankroll multiple times using satellites to do it. I play a lot of the 8+.80 DS sats to the sunday million (unfortunately pokerstars moved these off the front page and now they fill so much slower) and when I win I unregister from the tournament. Then I play enough cash sng's to rebuild whatever I spent out of my account (if I used cash to play the satellites because a lot of times i'm using previously earned T$) . If I used T$ to play the tournaments and was fortunate enough to win more T$ then I'll usually play a set amount of cash sng's (5) to build up more cash.

    I also take the occasional chance at MTT's (mostly Omaha) when I have a fair amount of T$ built up to win some more cash. The other tournament that is easy to win some T$ with are the 36+3 to the sunday million (especially the two on sunday mornings)

    Hope this helps, if anyone has any questions feel free to ask.
  6. strailster strailster is offline

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    Nov 18th, 2008 (11/18/2008 10:04am) in reply to jokajon00

    I personally like runninig the sng sats like the 22 hyper turbos and such payouts are 1 and 2 get a seat into the $55 70k and 3rd gets their money back i think its a great way to build if you know push fold poker as you only get 750 chips and 3 min levels
  7. Rocky Rocky is offline

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    Nov 18th, 2008 (11/18/2008 10:11am) in reply to jokajon00

    Exactly 982 people.
     
  8. jokajon00 jokajon00 is offline

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    Nov 18th, 2008 (11/18/2008 2:36pm) in reply to Rocky

     
    Originally Posted by Rocky Of Poker View Post

    Exactly 982 people.

    Clever lol. Not actually asking for a number, rather if this is a good idea for making money in online poker.
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  9. Do_Wha Do_Wha is offline

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    Nov 18th, 2008 (11/18/2008 3:01pm) in reply to jokajon00

    Seems like any other money seeking endeavour. Just like whether you play cash, sngs, mtts or some mix. Wherever that balance of multitabling and ROI% hits its vertex point... and whether its higher or lower than the points of other endeavours...
  10. Mephisto Mephisto is offline

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    Nov 18th, 2008 (11/18/2008 3:21pm) in reply to jokajon00

    I wrote a blog about how much I love satellites this weekend

    http://www.pocketfives.com/mephisto/weekend-update-double-shoot-outs-rule-3563438

    I just started playing them but they are soft so far (after a bad Sunday I added two more tickets yesterday in addition to the stats listed in the blog post)

    So far 7 seats won in 54 satellites, curious to see where I'm at when I have a larger sample size.
  11. MonkeyCowboy MonkeyCowboy is offline

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    Nov 18th, 2008 (11/18/2008 3:28pm) in reply to jokajon00

    Satellites are for suckers, nobody makes money on them.

    FTR 10rt to 162 is almost as profitable as the 36r, but like I said nobody makes money on these.
  12. MonkeyCowboy MonkeyCowboy is offline

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    Nov 18th, 2008 (11/18/2008 3:30pm) in reply to Mephisto

     
    Originally Posted by Mephisto View Post

    I wrote a blog about how much I love satellites this weekend

    http://www.pocketfives.com/mephisto/...s-rule-3563438

    I just started playing them but they are soft so far (after a bad Sunday I added two more tickets yesterday in addition to the stats listed in the blog post)

    So far 7 seats won in 54 satellites, curious to see where I'm at when I have a larger sample size.

    Not sure which sats you are playing but 7/54 is rather low.
  13. Mephisto Mephisto is offline

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    Nov 18th, 2008 (11/18/2008 3:35pm) in reply to MonkeyCowboy

     
    Originally Posted by MonkeyCowboy View Post

     
    Originally Posted by Mephisto View Post

    I wrote a blog about how much I love satellites this weekend

    http://www.pocketfives.com/mephisto/...s-rule-3563438

    I just started playing them but they are soft so far (after a bad Sunday I added two more tickets yesterday in addition to the stats listed in the blog post)

    So far 7 seats won in 54 satellites, curious to see where I'm at when I have a larger sample size.

    Not sure which sats you are playing but 7/54 is rather low.

    Double Shootouts. If 144% ROI is low, I'll live with it.
  14. MonkeyCowboy MonkeyCowboy is offline

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    Nov 18th, 2008 (11/18/2008 3:43pm) in reply to Mephisto

     
    Originally Posted by Mephisto View Post

     
    Originally Posted by MonkeyCowboy View Post

     
    Originally Posted by Mephisto View Post

    I wrote a blog about how much I love satellites this weekend

    http://www.pocketfives.com/mephisto/...s-rule-3563438

    I just started playing them but they are soft so far (after a bad Sunday I added two more tickets yesterday in addition to the stats listed in the blog post)

    So far 7 seats won in 54 satellites, curious to see where I'm at when I have a larger sample size.

    Not sure which sats you are playing but 7/54 is rather low.

    Double Shootouts. If 144% ROI is low, I'll live with it.

    OMG 7/54 in DS is outstanding. You really should play the 10rt @ 18:15 and the 36r @ 19:35

    Good players build their BR with T$ then go on to win the FTOP 4 for 138K
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    Nov 18th, 2008 (11/18/2008 3:51pm) in reply to MonkeyCowboy

    What the monkey said - I swear satties are for suckers - Ive never made any money in them, especially significantly over 5 figures this year alone. Come on. As it is I need to figure out those silly hyper turbos and bankroll will really go nuts. Cya in the 36r monk you bsb.

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    Nov 18th, 2008 (11/18/2008 7:46pm) in reply to tNaCarN

     
    Originally Posted by tNaCarN View Post

    yes you can and i know a few people who don't like to talk about this as poker sites don't want you beating the rake at the end of the day "shhhh"

    Wat? You pay more rake by sattying in to stuff.
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  17. tNaCarN tNaCarN is offline

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    Nov 18th, 2008 (11/18/2008 7:59pm) in reply to stevie444

     
    Originally Posted by stevie444 View Post

     
    Originally Posted by tNaCarN View Post

    yes you can and i know a few people who don't like to talk about this as poker sites don't want you beating the rake at the end of the day "shhhh"

    Wat? You pay more rake by sattying in to stuff.

    Read, i said pokersites don't want you beating the rake ( Sats > Rake )
  18. FortuneMeyers FortuneMeyers is offline

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    Nov 18th, 2008 (11/18/2008 8:03pm) in reply to tNaCarN

    Is there a good solid list of the Sats? Monkey Cowboy wrote an article or post about a year or so ago. I am sure that they have changed by now.
  19. Mephisto Mephisto is offline

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    Nov 18th, 2008 (11/18/2008 8:29pm) in reply to MonkeyCowboy

     
    Originally Posted by MonkeyCowboy View Post

    OMG 7/54 in DS is outstanding. You really should play the 10rt @ 18:15 and the 36r @ 19:35

    Good players build their BR with T$ then go on to win the FTOP 4 for 138K

    Thanks again for the recommendation, 1/1 in the 36r's :)
    Also shipped another DS.
  20. zachIhi zachIhi is offline

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    Nov 18th, 2008 (11/18/2008 8:38pm) in reply to jokajon00

    OPR aprilsfool or just search him on PS... this guy is a plat star and plays just about only satties
  21. jokajon00 jokajon00 is offline

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    Nov 18th, 2008 (11/18/2008 9:04pm) in reply to zachIhi

     
    Originally Posted by zachIhi View Post

    OPR aprilsfool or just search him on PS... this guy is a plat star and plays just about only satties

    Yeh, I've played with him before. He is a monster!!! For the record I won another satty tonight to the Nightly 100k and didn't rebuy, so 21->162 :) This makes me 4/10 in satties to the Nightly 100k. I'm thinking this could be a good route to go either that or I'm just on a sick heater!
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  22. ksssholdem ksssholdem is offline

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    Nov 18th, 2008 (11/18/2008 9:32pm) in reply to jokajon00

    Your on a sick heater saties are impossible to make any money!
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