I am a decent SNG player but often go 10-14 on the run without cashing once.
Good luck
No way??? I consider myself average (make small profit) and ive never gone 10-14 games without cashing....thats a lot...are you serious?
Yes. I think there is a very simple reason for this. For many first time depositors, anything below $1 may seem like a waste of time. I noticed a similar phenomenon with $5 and $10 games. The $10 were harder, but there were still total fish there, just people that had a higher taste for action. $0.60 games are probably filled with micro grinders who have proven their skills at even lower levels. I like to remember that there are always people who have enough money to buy in directly at any stake...the ratio of fish to grinders gets smaller and smaller, but the fish never disappear. Along the way up the stakes, you do have some oddities like what you've noticed and I think it's related to the psychological barrier of $1 for brand new depositors.
Lol at the both of you. 10-14 without cashing is minor in the annuls of variance.
If you are doing ok in the dime games, you might actually find it easier at the dollar to $5 games. Much of the insanity of cheap games gets smaller, and the play gets saner. Think of it sorta like the insaniacs figured something out, and are moving up. Usually, that 'something' is that saner play pays off.
Insane play at the micro micro's is largely defined as unreasonable raises with junk cards believing the big bet will do more than wise situational choices. For you to say you are doing well at the dime games, you must have discovered that much. You avoid all speculative hands early, and allow those insaniacs to kill themselves. At high buy-in games, you will still run into the insaniacs, but they will be fewer, and the real game will start sooner in terms of orbits than at the lower stakes.
The largest difference as you move up stakes is how you play in regard to the increased investment....aka scared money. After some success, your reaction to the increased stress lessens, and stabilizes till you move up another level. Rinse and repeat.
I dont play 10c SnG, i play $6 ones, and i honestly have never gone more than 10 games without cashing....we are talking 6 ring here.... dont get me wrong, im not saying its not possible, just saying most iver ever gone is maybe 7 or 8.