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Transitioning to Live MTTs

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  1. lilprog79 lilprog79 is offline

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    Dec 13th, 2010 (12/13/2010 12:12am)

    With the risk of losing Internet poker either by blackout or by losing the status quo, I feel more determined than ever to establish my self live so I have something to fall back on should Internet poker go by the way side. I`m an online pro right now that has great results in Omaha / Omaha 8(where I make my living), I also have some solid results in nlhe( chopped the 5050, sunday 250k, and 8r), but haven`t played much nlhe online as of late because I make more playing omaha.

    Ive played a couple live series now, so I understand the change in pace, the different styles of play etc, that doesn`t bother me, and I have a couple final tables under my belt too. The big question I have is to go staked or not staked? I have some options for staking, but given the amount of time it takes to play live, and the fact that swings can be bigger, is it better to play staked and cut into your bottom line margin or is it better to save up and try to play off my own bankroll.

    Those of you that have made it live, how have you made the transition, if you played staked what kind of deal did you work out, and if you own dimed, what kind of BR management did you use?

    Thanks for any advice...
     
  2. apology7 apology7 is offline Cake Poker PLB Champ

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    Dec 13th, 2010 (12/13/2010 12:18am) in reply to lilprog79

    Meh, I've said it before on these forums but I can't fathom being able to play live mtts for a living. A super standard 500 mtt breakeven stetch is like a career of badbeats.

    I would just play cash and take random tournament shots personally...
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  3. chancew chancew is offline

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    Dec 13th, 2010 (12/13/2010 12:22am) in reply to apology7

     
    Originally Posted by apology7 View Post

    Meh, I've said it before on these forums but I can't fathom being able to play live mtts for a living. A super standard 500 mtt breakeven stetch is like a career of badbeats.

    I would just play cash and take random tournament shots personally...

    This is spot on.

    Live cash is the way to go if shit hits the fan
  4. AllTheWhey AllTheWhey is offline

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    Dec 13th, 2010 (12/13/2010 12:41am) in reply to chancew

    Goodbye Multi-tabling :(
  5. jsagan77 jsagan77 is offline

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    Dec 13th, 2010 (12/13/2010 1:20am) in reply to AllTheWhey

    You'll learn that your tournament life is something to be valued much more than in the online realm.
  6. Bsmith7 Bsmith7 is offline

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    Dec 13th, 2010 (12/13/2010 1:56am) in reply to jsagan77

    I wish you luck with this. Im a student right now trying to pay the bills and make the bar money by grinding $20 sngs and .25 .50 cash games. Gl
  7. SlayNL SlayNL is offline

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    Dec 13th, 2010 (12/13/2010 2:06am) in reply to Bsmith7

    My only advice for the transition is to load your ipod up with plenty of good music/videos so you don't die of boredom playing one hand every 3-4 minutes.
  8. jsagan77 jsagan77 is offline

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    Dec 13th, 2010 (12/13/2010 2:23am) in reply to SlayNL

     
    Originally Posted by SlayNL View Post

    My only advice for the transition is to load your ipod up with plenty of good music/videos so you don't die of boredom playing one hand every 3-4 minutes.

    Sure that stuff is nice but IMO the extra time should be used to gain tells on your opponents. Setting baseline behavior patterns so you can gain an edge when they deviate from the norm. You should always be listening and talking it up with folks.. Sure a lot of this stuff goes out the window against opponents that know how to conceal that sort of stuff but against joe blow they have no clue what patterns they have so use that against them.
  9. just-jOHnny just-jOHnny is offline I got nothin

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    Dec 13th, 2010 (12/13/2010 3:32am) in reply to lilprog79

    stay away from the seafoodz at player party/dinners night before. gl
  10. FGEasiest FGEasiest is offline

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    Dec 13th, 2010 (12/13/2010 12:34pm) in reply to just-jOHnny

    take a laptop with you and play online while waiting for 15 hands an hour
     
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