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Poker Stars "Double or Nothing"?

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  1. Benimino Benimino is offline

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    Dec 2nd, 2008 (12/2/2008 3:36am)

    What do ppl think about these games? Can you make money playing them? Are they a good way to Build or add to your BR? I have played a few but i wanna get some info from ppl how have played a lot of them, i have only played 10 max.
  2. okse54 okse54 is offline

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    Dec 2nd, 2008 (12/2/2008 11:03am) in reply to Benimino

    defently profitable, there are alot of aweful players in them that dont know how to adjust to the fact that its a DON and not a regular sng. if u have a good understanding of ICM and how to apply it to shove/fold play theres easy money to be made
     
  3. peldini peldini is offline

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    Dec 2nd, 2008 (12/2/2008 11:08am) in reply to Benimino

    Agree that too many of the donks don't understand the "double or nothing". Find too many tryin to win it outright.
  4. Benimino Benimino is offline

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    Dec 2nd, 2008 (12/2/2008 9:51pm) in reply to peldini

    NICE thats what i wanna hear, whats the best way to learn ICM? anyone rec some links?
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  5. DeaconMike DeaconMike is offline

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    Dec 2nd, 2008 (12/2/2008 10:07pm) in reply to Benimino

    I've played just over 300 of these and based on my numbers my roi is around 20%. I've gone from being a losing sng player to now showing a decent profit for the amount I play. The only problem I've encountered when playing these is that people who are worse players than I am seem to call with just about anything, no matter how much you bet. Other than that, these don's have been great for me.
  6. Benimino Benimino is offline

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    Dec 2nd, 2008 (12/2/2008 11:56pm) in reply to DeaconMike

    Nice mate, well done. This is the sorta stuff i wanna hear, what limits are u playin? What did you start with? How man do u think u can play in 1 hr?
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  7. DntCaltACmBk DntCaltACmBk is offline

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    Dec 3rd, 2008 (12/3/2008 12:10am) in reply to DeaconMike

     
    Originally Posted by DeaconMike View Post

    I've played just over 300 of these and based on my numbers my roi is around 20%. I've gone from being a losing sng player to now showing a decent profit for the amount I play. The only problem I've encountered when playing these is that people who are worse players than I am seem to call with just about anything, no matter how much you bet. Other than that, these don's have been great for me.

    20% ROI? Jesus, can I buy that? I'm 12% ROI over 628 games. 59% win rate. +$2881.60. 273 of those games are $20s, 355 are $50s.
  8. mhonan981 mhonan981 is offline

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    Dec 3rd, 2008 (12/3/2008 12:15pm) in reply to DntCaltACmBk

    Just finished playing 100 of them the past few days at a 64% ITM rate and the players are horrible. This was at the $10.80 level and you can definitely see many players racing too early and def not adjusting too DON mentality. Made $220 so far I think, trying to find a pt to switch to $20's.
  9. DeaconMike DeaconMike is offline

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    Dec 3rd, 2008 (12/3/2008 12:49pm) in reply to DntCaltACmBk

    <table id="t1" border="1" bordercolor="black"><tbody id="tablerows"><tr id="DeaconMike#pokerstars& Double or Nothing"><td align="center">DeaconMike </td><td align="center">344</td><td title="The Av. Profit is the Average Profit Per Game after rake has been subtracted." align="right">$1 </td><td title="The Av. Stake is the average tournament buy-in amount." align="right">$5 </td><td title="The Av. ROI is the Average of each game's Return On Investment. It is the average of each (Payout-(Stake+Rake))/(Stake+Rake). This is not the same as total ROI which is (Total Payouts-(Total Rake+Total Stakes))/(Total Stakes+Total Rake)." align="center">19%</td><td title="The Total Profit is the net profit for this player (and includes rake)." align="right">$407 </td><td title="Super Hot=6 straight payouts. Hot=3 straight payouts. Tilt=4 straight losses. Super Tilt=8 straight losses." align="center">Hot</td><td align="center">PokerStars</td><td align="center">Double or Nothing</td><td>x</td></tr></tbody></table>
    Those are my numbers as of this morning. I'm just playing the $5.20 PLO sng's for now and to be honest, I usually only play one at a time. Have only tried multi tabling a few times and seems that I am more worried about what I might lose over focusing on the games. I'm thinking maybe I should just move up a level and stick to playing one at a time since my results are pretty good doing what I've been doing. I'm just a recreational player so I'm not sure what the best plan of attack should be. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks
  10. BKCloutier BKCloutier is offline

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    Dec 3rd, 2008 (12/3/2008 12:58pm) in reply to DeaconMike

    Well if your happy with making 2 bucks an hour then move up to the 10's
  11. DeaconMike DeaconMike is offline

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    Dec 3rd, 2008 (12/3/2008 1:14pm) in reply to BKCloutier

    Ty for that response,,,very informative and what I expected from people who are professional grinders or clearly know more than I do.
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