I've been grindin these since PS introduced them.

Great to build the bankroll and easy to muti-table.

Made well over $10,000 playing these.

However, they can be very boring at times.

Gluck if ya try these.

 

Originally Posted by MFT77

I've been grindin these since PS introduced them.

Great to build the bankroll and easy to muti-table.

Made well over $10,000 playing these.

However, they can be very boring at times.

Gluck if ya try these.

thats sick.....how many you play at a time?

personally i see em as a huge waste of time, would rather play superturbs, was breakeven player through 2.5k of them maybe i just wasn't getting it but thought I didn't suck that bad idk.

 

Originally Posted by litlebullet

personally i see em as a huge waste of time, would rather play superturbs, was breakeven player through 2.5k of them maybe i just wasn't getting it but thought I didn't suck that bad idk.

learning some simple ICM..creates a huge edge.... the play is frustratingly bad in these and you'll be facepalming for hours....

 

Originally Posted by ripomatic

learning some simple ICM..creates a huge edge.... the play is frustratingly bad in these and you'll be facepalming for hours....

The bad beats in these are just terrible, but that's where the profit comes from. Gotta take the good with the bad. Last nite on the bubble some dude had like over 6500 chips and went on to finish 6th.

 

Originally Posted by MFT77

if you were breaking even at them, i'm guessing that you're a decent player, but you probably have some leaks, otherwise you would be able to profit in them.

sometimes the smallest factors can be the difference between breaking even and making a profit.

Idk man your talking about beating the $5 DON's at 8%, while thats ok an all, as you move up in stakes they get way tougher, and IMO once you hit the 20's your looking at dam near impossible to beat for a legitimate % at least anymore. For my first 2k-3k games at the 20's I was at like 11% now if I could average 2% I'd be surprised, the really not worth it anymore at least at the higher levels. Just my thoughts.

Messing with these now. They are very easy to beat really. It is all about personal discipline. I am trying to take my roll off of life support after a serious downswing. They are very fast (turbos) and basically just doubling your stack and you cash. Once you get that stack, just play position raises for 2 - 2.5 x raises and you never get played back at. If a guy is short he wants to hang on, if a guy is a big stack he will fold just because he has no reason to play. Only tourneys where middle stacks have an edge if they understand what they are doing. I see some horrible plays from guys. I had about $6K in one of these yesterday in BB with KK and SB in second with $4000 min raised and I shipped (fully expecting a fold) but he snapped with Q7 suited. Of coruse he hit, but no biggie, I cashed anyway. Just an idea of how little a lot of these guys just don't get it still.

 

Originally Posted by salesbeast

It is the most boring form of poker imaginable....fold...fold...folf...pocket kings..shove...fold fold...fold...pocket aces shove truly mind numbing.

depends what one is looking for:

boring but winning $$$ or exciting poker but tough to make $$$$

just a good way of building one's bankroll

I seem to do much better in the non-turbo's.

Just play over 20 tables and it's not boring. Once the 5th level hits, it gets alot more interesting.

what kind of roi are you pulling MFT77 ?

If i wasn't playing so many i could probably get a higher ROI, but volume is key.

 

Originally Posted by ImaBustYou

$10's are soft and $5's are very soft.....good way to reduce variance and make $ to pad the BR....$10's are my go to right now and have been for the last few months!

hey, you think the 10's are much harder than the 5's and how many do you play at once. turbo or non

 

Originally Posted by superhero

I think the $5 double or nothing poker tournaments are great too. I play 6 at a time and made about $300 off of them last week. If I had more time, I would be playing them way more often.

That's pretty good profit for only playing 6 at a time.

 

Originally Posted by MFT77

hey, you think the 10's are much harder than the 5's and how many do you play at once. turbo or non

As far as turbos, they are extremely similar.

And, tbh, the $20s are awful, too.

 

Originally Posted by bstillmatic

the real sicko playing these is MagicShip..he's played less than 10K $104 dons and he's made 55 gs...

sure wish i had the bankroll to multitable the 100's.

one day.................