A
african princee
Rising Star
Silver Level
ok cool. would you say thats fact or more your opinion? what stakes do you play?Cash is more profitable, especially at higher stakes.
Fact. The top winners at cash make more per hour than the top winners playing SnG's. Check out poker table ratings, then go check the biggest winners on shark scope.ok cool. would you say thats fact or more your opinion? what stakes do you play?
do you make much money playing cash games?Fact. The top winners at cash make more per hour than the top winners playing SnG's. Check out poker table ratings, then go check the biggest winners on shark scope.
However, SnG's are much easier to learn, and they're still very soft at lower levels. You can make a truckload of cash playing them. I'm not trying to say cash is better. SnG's take a different set of skills, and you might have the better brain for SnG's.
Play what you're good at, that's the most important thing.
Define "much money".do you make much money playing cash games?
I have much more success at cash than SNG. I tried the double or nothing SNGs and I am in the red. I lost count but I’ve failed to cash in 4 of my last 5 so I am probably something like 8-12 and negatively impacted my winnings. Very bad. I find that if I don’t win a decent pot early on, the blinds climb so fast that it comes down to surviving a shove, and if I don’t make it, I lose. Luck plays a much larger role in these.
The last three losses. I shoved with AJ in BB vs. a limper. It turned out he limped with AK. Then I had AK vs. 78 and AQ vs. K9, lost both.
I have yet to have a suckout at these SNGs. I’ve had 3 or 4 bad ones against me.
I must make myself not play these SNGs again. It’s hard cuz I don’t accept losing.
if you want to make money in sng's i suggest you buy some icm software such as sng wiz, just to get familiar with profitable spots to shove your stack in the late game and i think double or nothing sng's are a joke and they are terrible for the game!!!! i dont even count them as real poker!!!!!!I have much more success at cash than SNG. I tried the double or nothing SNGs and I am in the red. I lost count but I’ve failed to cash in 4 of my last 5 so I am probably something like 8-12 and negatively impacted my winnings. Very bad. I find that if I don’t win a decent pot early on, the blinds climb so fast that it comes down to surviving a shove, and if I don’t make it, I lose. Luck plays a much larger role in these.
The last three losses. I shoved with AJ in BB vs. a limper. It turned out he limped with AK. Then I had AK vs. 78 and AQ vs. K9, lost both.
I have yet to have a suckout at these SNGs. I’ve had 3 or 4 bad ones against me.
I must make myself not play these SNGs again. It’s hard cuz I don’t accept losing.
what stakes do you play? do you play 6max or fr?Define "much money".
I made ~6K playing cash games last year, but my win rate was never amazing.
I was under the impression that increasing the number of tables reduced the effect of variance when you multi-table, although presumably if you play more tables your winrate will drop slightly.Are you keeping within our bankroll? You may need to downgrade stakes or number of tables to eliminate downswing.
I played mixed games, mostly the stud games, at stakes anywhere from 1/2 to 15/30. And there is no "6-max" or anything like that with mixed games on a small site. A lot of my action was short handed, or starting tables.what stakes do you play? do you play 6max or fr?
Nope. Increasing the number of tables will increase the variance you experience per hand. But because you play more hands, you'll get to the long run faster.I was under the impression that increasing the number of tables reduced the effect of variance when you multi-table, although presumably if you play more tables your winrate will drop slightly.
More decisions. SnG's, your stack is smaller, so your decisions are often preflop or on the flop. And that's mostly the kind of poker people see on TV.I've read experts saying that beginners often have trouble w/ cash games until they get better. I've been doing well in low stake SnGs (2.25 and 6.50) but I'm leaking money playing the cash games. What makes cash games so challenging vs. SnGs?