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turby
Rock Star
Silver Level
Hi guys...need some help here...
I read alot about people grinding cash tables to build their bankroll... but I haven't heard from anyone who successfully built it up from SnGs?
My plan was to build up my BR from $300 to $1k with SnGs + MTTs in 20 days and then grind cash tables... but things have not going my way. My rules are the same set as Ferguson's.. No MTT buy-in bigger than 2% of your BR and SnG- 5%...
However, I took quite a big down wave.. from $600 to $360+ yesterday after not cashing in like 20 games or more? Half of those were Turbo single tables...
Is that normal? I asked myself whether I was on tilt and chalked it down to the fact I'm down with a flu.. (no mention of flu/health.. affecting poker play but does anyone have that prob as well?).. I also realised as I lost more, I felt more desperate to win so I played differently and was not playing my A game >.<
Today I did better.. got 1st in 45 player MTT... so I'm just above the 500 level but far from achievement with.. 6 days to go to meet my 1k target.
There was one day I shot up from 400-600 but the fluctuations are just crazy!
I am currently studying but I'm quite free nowadays.. with maybe 2-3 solid hours of poker a day with 2-4 tables at a time. I play mostly 6 table turbos + 18 player turbos (I do have Colin Moshmann's book on SNGs BTW). So I guess my questions are:
1) Building a BR with SnGs.. possible?Variance and all?
2) Is playing Turbos my problem? (I usually do that because I'm impatient and I can multitable ebtter)
3) Anyway I can improve my game?
4) Do you guys have strict rules about not playing when say you're sick and not 100%?
5) Any poker tools I should look into? I have HEM but its more for cash, isnt it?
6) $500 in 5 days... unrealistic target with SnGs and MTTs?
Hope to hear from peeps who actually have successfully done what I'm aiming to do!
I read alot about people grinding cash tables to build their bankroll... but I haven't heard from anyone who successfully built it up from SnGs?
My plan was to build up my BR from $300 to $1k with SnGs + MTTs in 20 days and then grind cash tables... but things have not going my way. My rules are the same set as Ferguson's.. No MTT buy-in bigger than 2% of your BR and SnG- 5%...
However, I took quite a big down wave.. from $600 to $360+ yesterday after not cashing in like 20 games or more? Half of those were Turbo single tables...
Is that normal? I asked myself whether I was on tilt and chalked it down to the fact I'm down with a flu.. (no mention of flu/health.. affecting poker play but does anyone have that prob as well?).. I also realised as I lost more, I felt more desperate to win so I played differently and was not playing my A game >.<
Today I did better.. got 1st in 45 player MTT... so I'm just above the 500 level but far from achievement with.. 6 days to go to meet my 1k target.
There was one day I shot up from 400-600 but the fluctuations are just crazy!
I am currently studying but I'm quite free nowadays.. with maybe 2-3 solid hours of poker a day with 2-4 tables at a time. I play mostly 6 table turbos + 18 player turbos (I do have Colin Moshmann's book on SNGs BTW). So I guess my questions are:
1) Building a BR with SnGs.. possible?Variance and all?
2) Is playing Turbos my problem? (I usually do that because I'm impatient and I can multitable ebtter)
3) Anyway I can improve my game?
4) Do you guys have strict rules about not playing when say you're sick and not 100%?
5) Any poker tools I should look into? I have HEM but its more for cash, isnt it?
6) $500 in 5 days... unrealistic target with SnGs and MTTs?
Hope to hear from peeps who actually have successfully done what I'm aiming to do!