how to make money in poker little by little rather than a big score?

#1 September 4th, 2020, 3:14 PM

Seems the way to make wealth in anything including poker is to make it little by little. The temptation to make a lot of money fairly quickly is a trap. The whole marketing of the WSOP main event is all about winning 10 million dollars in 5 days but really your only going to win probably $10000 each time you play it if you play it enough. How do you get out of mindset of trying to win big in each tournament you play?

#2 September 4th, 2020, 3:16 PM

you don't if you are playing in MTT
If you want little by little cash games or spins or everything else for you

#3 September 4th, 2020, 3:31 PM

Originally Posted by Mahdi

you don't if you are playing in MTT
If you want little by little cash games or spins or everything else for you

I tend to get tempted by the big score so i play bigger buy-ins which just causes me to get frustrated when i lose. Really the whole idea of i'm going to win this bigger tournament is fairly slim. I should be going in thinking I'm going to play my best game and not focus on the money side of things. I can still play the bigger buy-ins but not be frustrated when i lose if i think like this.

I wanna be skilled at playing poker rather than thinking about all the money all the time. Playing the smaller buy-ins gives you practice of getting skilled. That's why I should play smaller so I get more play time.

I like live tournaments and had some success there playing $50-$250 buy-ins but online I play $5 tournaments for 3 days and then go and play bigger buy-ins for the money. Some buy-ins in the thousands due to winning a satellite or just having the money to play them. This temptation of money is screwing with me and not allowing me to play unless I deposit more money which doesn't happen until i get paid.

#4 September 4th, 2020, 3:48 PM

I think that everything goes around the volume of the game and banking management and the correct application of strategies that allow you to minimize the errors that will always exist, but keeping them low makes it a lot of money in the long term that can be lost.

#5 September 4th, 2020, 3:56 PM

I think that everything goes around the volume of the game and banking management and the correct application of strategies that allow you to minimize the errors that will always exist, but keeping them low makes it a lot of money in the long term that can be lost.

I need to listen to players who say you need 200 buy-ins for mtt's and follow that advice and just play play play and study study study and constantly get better in my decisions while playing rather than focusing on winning $2 or $20 million. I can also play live occasionally with no bankroll considerations but with the intent of making the correct decisions learnt from playing small stakes online tournaments which are played every day.

#6 September 4th, 2020, 4:02 PM

I believe You could try Sit&go tourney those are good for practice to learn all about ICM adn you could get good payout playing 3$-5$-7$ SNGs make good bank there and play every day or two MTTs of the same buy-in I think is good strategy to constanly participate on MTTs and hope to finally take that win while playing SNGs growing your bankroll slowly and with less risks little by little

#7 September 4th, 2020, 4:07 PM

I believe that a 40 buy-in box is enough to play, the problem is that many want to level up very quickly, because they think they already know how to play and end up losing all the profit obtained in the smaller buy-ins. If you play at least 20 tournaments per day for 30 days and are in profit, then you can level up, but if you start losing, go back to the previous level

#8 September 4th, 2020, 4:23 PM

I use a 500x BI for most MTTs and 600x BI for a larger field.

I am very cautious about my BI rule as you can see, I can never go bust if I stick to it how to make money in poker little by little rather than a big score?

how to make money in poker little by little rather than a big score?

#9 September 4th, 2020, 4:39 PM

Originally Posted by RicardoInciarte

I believe You could try Sit&go tourney those are good for practice to learn all about ICM adn you could get good payout playing 3$-5$-7$ SNGs make good bank there and play every day or two MTTs of the same buy-in I think is good strategy to constanly participate on MTTs and hope to finally take that win while playing SNGs growing your bankroll slowly and with less risks little by little

I'm aware of ICM but i tend to make a riskier plays and go for a big stack since I think that it will give me a edge over the remaining players. My strategy is to play to try and win the tournament.

Trying to move away from winning a extra $1 to finishing as high as I can. Playing sngs are a good idea though. Might play a few.

I'm going to forget about winning $100,000 or even $3 for a min cash in a $1.65 mtt and focus on trying to win the tournament with no $ on my mind no matter of what the buy-in is. I will have some sort of bankroll strategy with hundreds of buy-ins online for my main game and extra money for bigger buy-ins and live mtts. If I bust through the extra money for the bigger buy-ins I'm not going to keep playing the bigger buy-ins until i go bust and have to wait until I can play again even at the $2-$5 MTT's. Quite a bit degen there in that regard and it has cost me thousands after i brick the bigger buy-ins or if i happen to win money i just go and spend it just as quick.

#10 September 4th, 2020, 5:17 PM

Playing on stars atm playing play money 18 mans. Just as fun as playing real money tournaments. Aiming to get some firsts.

#11 September 4th, 2020, 8:02 PM

discipline and work on the game

#12 September 13th, 2020, 10:54 AM

1. Find your format - be it MTTs, SnGs, cash, doesn't matter, you need to be comfortable and like it how to make money in poker little by little rather than a big score?

(not to mention understand the rules of the format how to make money in poker little by little rather than a big score?

)
2. Choose stakes according to your skill and bankroll. Strictly follow the bankroll management rules (you can set them yourself depending on level of confidence or just follow general advice)
3. Get better how to make money in poker little by little rather than a big score?

Study, study, study.
4. Check your winning rate and repeat point 2. and 3. how to make money in poker little by little rather than a big score?

And remember - some ppl are just not meant to be winning long term. Like me how to make money in poker little by little rather than a big score?

. Accept it, move on how to make money in poker little by little rather than a big score?

#13 September 13th, 2020, 11:22 AM

I think for starters, you should try to build your bankroll by playing freerolls. In addition, playing in freerolls you will gain valuable experience and be able to improve your skills. Start small and step by step, you will reach your goal. Good luck.

#14 September 14th, 2020, 12:45 PM

come to think of it i have tried a shot at the big score and the way i lose is so like mind boggling lol, the most garbage hand beats you sometimes i question my self but then what can you do

#15 September 14th, 2020, 2:05 PM

Originally Posted by infonazar

I think for starters, you should try to build your bankroll by playing freerolls. In addition, playing in freerolls you will gain valuable experience and be able to improve your skills. Start small and step by step, you will reach your goal. Good luck.

Well put, Infonazar!

Dan'O

#16 September 14th, 2020, 3:43 PM

Bankroll management + always trying to learn and improve, it just comes naturaly from those two things.

#17 September 14th, 2020, 4:22 PM

Entering the money games according to the money bank you have, my suggestion is to play the tournaments that the cost is 10% of your bank.

#18 September 14th, 2020, 6:02 PM

Only by observing the bankroll rules will help you become a consistently profitable poker player !!!

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