There are decent winrates possible on micro limits despite the high rake.WrongUsername said:
Been there, but then realized (for me anyway) that grinding away at cash tables was a LOT of work for relatively little return. The starting chips and blind setup for the Cardschat tourneys at Replay are very conducive to relaxed play.Mario7 said:Interesting. My impression is quite oposite. In cash games (NL2) I have managed to improve and even slightly beat the rake. In tournaments I find it much harder - they are much more random, usually stacks get shallow too fast, I find the variance getting crazy much more often
Well, I put it this way: I grind in cash games, to loose in tourneys. At least so far it looks like this. I realize there is a potential in tourneys, though. I also find them quite fun.Flyer35 said:
Exactly what I used to do! Now I skip the 'grind in cash games' step.Mario7 said:
I will consider it as soon as I start winning in tourneysFlyer35 said:Exactly what I used to do! Now I skip the 'grind in cash games' step.
pocketacesbeast said:
Cash games are a loss. At microstakes, the rake will eat you.pocketacesbeast said:
At microstakes the games are generally very soft, so its possible to overcome a relatively high rake. In my experience the real problem come, when you try to move up. Because at low stakes (25-50NL), games are much tougher already, and the rake is still just as high, as it is in the micros. A good rakeback program can help a lot though.thedarkman said:
the more info. you had, the worse you got? OMG Dude... you're killin' me.Flyer35 said:
Maybe he did not know how to use that new info, all those numbers, and started to play worse in certain Spots because of the Tracker?Poker Orifice said:
Suns of Beaches said:
Exactly. It can definitely be overwhelming to have to much information on a HUD, and it can lead to bad decisions based on stats, that are still not accurate given the sample size. For instance we do not want to auto C-bet the flop, just because someone has folded to a flop C-bet 100% of the time, if its 1 out of 1 or 2 out of 2.Poker Orifice said:
Idk I've found it pretty easy to go from $50 and 2nl full-ring to $500 and 10nl full-ring(takes 3-5+ months depending on ones volume). One is 100x better starting with $50 playing 2nl full-ring then they are playing freerolls and trying to go to $500. And if one can't afford to deposit and potentially $50 then they can't afford, don't have the mindset to be a winning player and should never be playing poker.thedarkman said: