T
The Nuder
Enthusiast
Silver Level
I've been playing poker online for about a year. (I have played offline in the past.) I've probably won over a dozen online tournaments with the biggest prize being $580 and probably half a dozen others over $100. I've also final tabled a reasonable amount and I got to the stage where I knew I'd be top 5% in most tournaments I played - if I played carefully.
The problem is I play low buy in tournaments and a top 5% finish often means covering stake or less only. The chance of the odd few hundred quid win isn't all that inspiring - if I then get bored and blow it.
I've noticed the quality of opposition seems much higher in a $20 plus buy in than a $5 buy in. Which makes sense.
I'm just wondering how to optimise my buy in. The reasoning is that I can probably play better against better opponents? If there aren't constantly 2 or 3 people at the table twitching to go all in at the first opportunity.
I guess I'm thinking out loud and just interested in what others found when they raised their buy in comittment?
The problem is I play low buy in tournaments and a top 5% finish often means covering stake or less only. The chance of the odd few hundred quid win isn't all that inspiring - if I then get bored and blow it.
I've noticed the quality of opposition seems much higher in a $20 plus buy in than a $5 buy in. Which makes sense.
I'm just wondering how to optimise my buy in. The reasoning is that I can probably play better against better opponents? If there aren't constantly 2 or 3 people at the table twitching to go all in at the first opportunity.
I guess I'm thinking out loud and just interested in what others found when they raised their buy in comittment?