dj11
Legend
Silver Level
OK, keep in mind that I grew up playing tourney's. Perhaps my heart and soul are tourney oriented. But I can't find many tourney that please me these days.
Then I found BOOST on SB/BOL. I was not and still am not a full table cash fan. Luckily for me the only BOOST game that runs is the 6 max $10 max buy in.
I only buy in for the min $4. So that makes me a short stacker. I have the br on both to buy-in full, and there is nothing else on those sites that I'm gonna buy into. My brs came from CC freerolls. So it is essentially free money.
So why am I short stacking it?
Every day I have no idea how well I am playing. Yeah, that's sort of touchy feely, but at least I understand myself enough to notice it is a recurring thing.
I don't know if I am playing scared, I don't know if I feel lucky, and I'm never sure my math skills are in high gear or not. Yet I feel the urge to play.
By starting out short, I can fill in some of those daily blanks, without doing major harm to my BR.
I know the arguments against doing so, Main one is 'missed opportunities'. Actually, I can't think of other arguments against short stacking, as they will mostly be variants of that one.
That $10 game is mostly passive, but I get a good shot at seeing who is more agro. Also, at this time, there is no known trackers for the BOOST game, so everyone is pretty much equally exposed as far as getting reads on them. Or them reading me.
Huge hands just don't happen often enough to justify missing the big one in the first 100 hands. Under most situations I have doubled up by those first 100 hands. In great sessions I have more than just doubled up. Once that happens no one notices me as short anymore. So those dare-devil bets into me stop happening so much.
In those not so pleasant sessions, I can still lose 2 of my short stack buy-ins and not feel totally inadequate. I can stop playing at that point for at least a couple of hours. I feel no need to continue just to prove something. What would I be proving anyway?
By short stacking early I am forcing myself to comply with what I already know to be a reasonably sound approach to the game.
I avoided most ring games for more of my poker days, so I have a lot to learn, and I am learning it fast, and without much loss as far as BR is concerned.
There are at least a few around here who think I am a terrible player. They may be right, but then the only reason I have deposited anywhere is to unlock the withdrawal process.
So, in summary;
- the lost opportunities issue is aq non issue for me. Those opportunities just don't happen often enough as I see, to justifying losing a full buy-in early in my session. Money not lest is money earned.
-coming in short makes me concentrate on what is happening, my mood, my gut feelings, and my ability to make rational decisions each time I start a session.
-by the time those issues are mostly resolved for the time being, I have either double up or I have busted out.
Downside to this approach?
-none that I can put a finger on as of now. I am open to the criticism I hope to see here. Like I said I am converting from tourney to ring games and I have a lot of catching up to do.
Then I found BOOST on SB/BOL. I was not and still am not a full table cash fan. Luckily for me the only BOOST game that runs is the 6 max $10 max buy in.
I only buy in for the min $4. So that makes me a short stacker. I have the br on both to buy-in full, and there is nothing else on those sites that I'm gonna buy into. My brs came from CC freerolls. So it is essentially free money.
So why am I short stacking it?
Every day I have no idea how well I am playing. Yeah, that's sort of touchy feely, but at least I understand myself enough to notice it is a recurring thing.
I don't know if I am playing scared, I don't know if I feel lucky, and I'm never sure my math skills are in high gear or not. Yet I feel the urge to play.
By starting out short, I can fill in some of those daily blanks, without doing major harm to my BR.
I know the arguments against doing so, Main one is 'missed opportunities'. Actually, I can't think of other arguments against short stacking, as they will mostly be variants of that one.
That $10 game is mostly passive, but I get a good shot at seeing who is more agro. Also, at this time, there is no known trackers for the BOOST game, so everyone is pretty much equally exposed as far as getting reads on them. Or them reading me.
Huge hands just don't happen often enough to justify missing the big one in the first 100 hands. Under most situations I have doubled up by those first 100 hands. In great sessions I have more than just doubled up. Once that happens no one notices me as short anymore. So those dare-devil bets into me stop happening so much.
In those not so pleasant sessions, I can still lose 2 of my short stack buy-ins and not feel totally inadequate. I can stop playing at that point for at least a couple of hours. I feel no need to continue just to prove something. What would I be proving anyway?
By short stacking early I am forcing myself to comply with what I already know to be a reasonably sound approach to the game.
I avoided most ring games for more of my poker days, so I have a lot to learn, and I am learning it fast, and without much loss as far as BR is concerned.
There are at least a few around here who think I am a terrible player. They may be right, but then the only reason I have deposited anywhere is to unlock the withdrawal process.
So, in summary;
- the lost opportunities issue is aq non issue for me. Those opportunities just don't happen often enough as I see, to justifying losing a full buy-in early in my session. Money not lest is money earned.
-coming in short makes me concentrate on what is happening, my mood, my gut feelings, and my ability to make rational decisions each time I start a session.
-by the time those issues are mostly resolved for the time being, I have either double up or I have busted out.
Downside to this approach?
-none that I can put a finger on as of now. I am open to the criticism I hope to see here. Like I said I am converting from tourney to ring games and I have a lot of catching up to do.