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I would like to know about the tournaments fifty-fifty. Is it profitable to play these tournaments? What are the difficulties?

Tgen said:
how much icm affect those at the bubble? does $ev calculations play a huge role or are they mostly played with $cev?
 
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from a financial point of view, it is unprofitable. but if you play well, you can achieve success.
 
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Playing these can be profitable at lower stakes, I highly doubt it at higher stakes but low stakes the prospect of the SNG seems quite interesting to new players so there's plenty of fish playing them. The difficulties are that just min-cashing won't make you much of a profit so to make a good profit you need to be cashing with a decent stack size.
 
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The profit in these tournaments are when you cash with a really big stack. The strategy is to abuse from your stack if you are chip leader and 6 players left. There are other times when you must min cash if you have a small stack
 
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You can profit in these tournaments fairly easy. The only bad thing is you're not even doubling your money by playing them. They are fairly easy tournaments as long as you don't take too many really bad beats. I used to play them, but I just hate having to play so tight so long to not win a decent amount. If you have the time and patience then it's pretty easy to build a decent bankroll in these tournaments.
 
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in my opinion im you are not multitabling this tourneys the effort of playing it will not be a rewarding experience, if you are going to earn for a living playing these, 6 tables would be minimum. But then again, it is just an opinion. :)
 
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It all depends on your style of game and skill..

Without a distance of at least 10k SNG I do not advise to play fifty50 , in SNG ROI will be much higher than in fifty...
 
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I have not done the math myself , but heard from another player you need approximately 65 to 70 % win rate at these to make a decent profit.....scorp
 
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From first glance, its gonna be really hard to make ICM calculations for early allins, since I think having a bigger stack near the bubble is gonna be ultra profitable in these. The bubbles are also gonna play pretty weird, maybe like half the bubble factor youd experience in a DON.
 
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Never really understood why people would opt to choose 50/50 tournaments over normal SNG's.

The only time I would recommend playing them if it's highstakes and you're chasing SNE. Other than that, there are far more profitable forms of poker to invest your money in.

Also, if you want to get very bored playing poker very quickly, then playing these is for sure the way to do it.
 
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My opinion is that these tournaments are profitable at a distance you can play simple
absolute poker and have not a bad income.
 
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No, it's really not. Sure thing if you win most of them then go ahead, but if you that good why not to play more profitable tournaments. Those tournaments are definitely fun to play and since most people play to win money those tournaments is not a good choice.
 
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Of course it is difficult, as everywhere else)) I only play when you want to make the tournament money in cash or quickly earn VPPs. Tried to play them on a regular basis is not what horochow not led.
 
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I believe for a solid player these are one of the most profitable games to play as all you need to do is beat half the field. 6 max game you play supertight and a lot of the time you dont even need to play a hand everyone else will bust out and youll get 3rd remember you dont need to play to win in these JUST SURVIVE and double your investment
 
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Fifty50 fr sngs easiest game to multitable?

i was searching about the easiest ways to reach supernova because i may set this goal this year , a lot recommend fifty50 sngs because according to what they say its the easiest game to autopilot and therefore the easiest to multitable and put decent volume.

Is that really true ? are they so easy? how much icm affect those at the bubble? does $ev calculations play a huge role or are they mostly played with $cev? can you profit at these games?
 
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I dont know in which one you want yourself to buy inn but in the higher buy inns there are quiet a lot of regs who will bleed you out if you are not a very good player
 
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in terms of prize structure it is not very good. but many people say that they can earn. moving up in stakes are quite difficult because there is a significant difference in the game at low and high limits.
 
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i was searching about the easiest ways to reach supernova because i may set this goal this year , a lot recommend fifty50 sngs because according to what they say its the easiest game to autopilot and therefore the easiest to multitable and put decent volume.

Is that really true ? are they so easy? how much icm affect those at the bubble? does $ev calculations play a huge role or are they mostly played with $cev? can you profit at these games?


True, but it all depends on your skills and how many tables you play, you need a wild grinding to earn supernova....
 
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It is hard but it is possible
 
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They are good if you fill Vpp playing at multiple tables,and about money minus
 
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I find them very profitable at the lower levels indeed. Once you get to $30 and $60 buy-ins the competition gets significantly better as others mentioned. Anything lower than $30, it's not hard to get a good stack size, many fish, and when you don't get the greatest hands, just surviving is also possible.
 
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i think they are easy and profitable for long run i play sometimes it , open 6 tables and run !
 
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my experience playing this! When I started on my account was $ 1.50 I played one table - I won, then won a few more tables !. on my account $ 15! I raised the limit to $ 3.50 and go up to $ 48! I won every table! I decided to raise the limit to $ 7 and the first table I lost! I stopped !. I like this in 4 hours I earned $ 41!
 
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It tournaments for beginners. I am a beginner to play them often. But in the long run is not much good. If you are a beginner I recommend you.
 
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