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Message: [QUOTE="zachvac, post: 729997, member: 26306"] Isn't profiting in poker in general a grind? Sure when you win the big one it feels really good (not that I'd know, but assuming I'm right, usually a good assumption :)), but the variance is even higher in MTTs than in sngs (which you described as having horrible variance). It all depends on what you want out of poker, but if you want to make a steady profit, it's going to be a grind. What's the saying, poker's the toughest way to make easy money? It's true. The grind-like qualities are part of what I enjoy about poker actually, knowing that I can play as long as I want but what I put into it is what I'm going to get out of it. The fun for me is (hopefully) watching the graph rise overtime, along with the dollar amount in my account. The fun for me is working hard to become the best I can at poker and then seeing it pay off. I am extremely competitive and I like to win. So I think striving to do the best I can to win and then seeing the work pay off is what makes it fun. It's not easy, but hell nothing in life worth anything is. Good luck, I know it is very possible to profit off of MTTs, but you'll need to be ready for humongous variance and extremely disciplined. After not even cashing in 15-20 tourneys in a row (please use proper BRM for MTTs, I've heard 1%) you need to just be able to keep playing the same thing (or else move down if your BR takes a hit) and not decide to go and play the Sunday million after not cashing in a ton of $20 MTTs in a row. I'm not taking a shot at your decision last night, hell I said I'd probably play it if I were you, but that was your one shot. If you decide to do that more times that money you won will be gone before you can process it. It'll be even tougher for you because when you're grinding the lower MTTs you'll always have that $3k+ win in the back of your mind. Just remember that although taking shots is fun, and I really don't mind doing that once in a while, they overall are usually -ev, and you're just hoping for some luck. If you want to profit at MTTs it's going to be a grind, but if you enjoy them more than ring games or sngs, I say go for it. Plus when you get deep in a big MTT you get people cheering you on. Not many people want to rail you just because you've won 5 buy-ins in a ring game session but if you double your stack in the MTT 5 times you're sure to get some people from CC cheering you on. I'll definitely be there again if you get deep. Anyway I've probably rambled on long enough. You have the poker skills to win, now the question is do you have the BR skills (including not tilting) and the discipline skills (to keep working on getting better). Only one way to find out :). Good luck, hope to see you around at the tables. [/QUOTE]

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