No more cashgames for me!

[Gambit123]

I lost lost 3 buy ins at cash recently but I learned quite a bit and tweaked the way I play cash game abit.

My range in cash and tournaments are different

 

[blackburn44]

i think tournaments are easier than cash games. there are more rec players than regs.

 

[kristersb123]

It's actually opposite for me, I like MTT's more but I am more succesful at cash games. bankroll Management is the same problem for me, playing too much over my limits.

 

[eniseysmail]

I know that I should really stop playing cashgames. Main reason is that I can simply not stick to my bankroll management and always start playing over my limits when I lose a couple of hands in a row. Also I experience a lot of bad luck on cash tables where I lose in my eyes too often with big hands. I also see that I play even more tight with very strong hands in situations where I should push and could get way more out of my opponent. I let my play change because of bad beats or setups. And in the long end this means losing for me.

I have noticed that my online mtt tournaments work out way better for me and only with this I got some winnings. So I will try not to hit the cashgames and concentrate myself on mtt tournaments more now.

Is there anyone with the same experience here? Please quote

In my opinion, cash games are more reliable in saving a bankroll.
You can safely wait for a good card without fear that the bankroll will be eaten by the blinds.
There is no need to scatter a bankroll if the collected combination is not very strong.
The only thing I think is that cash games need good patience.

 

[Gambit123]

Someone metion this before
Cash is discipline.
Tournaments is be patient.

I play them both and it different.if I play tournament the same way I play cash I lose early.
If I play cash the same way I play tournament I get no where, unless a cooler

 

[Gambit123]

In my opinion, cash games are more reliable in saving a bankroll.
You can safely wait for a good card without fear that the bankroll will be eaten by the blinds.
There is no need to scatter a bankroll if the collected combination is not very strong.
The only thing I think is that cash games need good patience.

And you finally get the hand and everyone folds? The blinds in tournaments can work both ways it can help increase stack later on. Where in cash it's harder to increase money being too patience

 

[juninhigh]

Well first all, cash games and tournament are very different styles, do you really have the ABC poker from cash games covered ? I think your main problem is mindset and bankroll management, if you improve this you'll be able to bounce back after bad beats at cash games and starting to be a profitable at this style of game.

 

[whosdaboss25]

I thick your whole problem lies in you playing way over your head in limits and not properly
controlling your bankroll management those two things alone will destroy your game and your confedence weather playing cash games or tournaments. because you have bad bankroll management you want to stick to 100 buy ins at cash games for level you play at and 200 buy ins you play at in tournaments you play in that is because you have bad bankroll management once you become at bankroll management you can drop down to 50 buy ins for cash and 100 buys ins for tournaments and this should help your play and frame of mind.

 

[maudoallin]

I know that I should really stop playing cashgames. Main reason is that I can simply not stick to my bankroll management and always start playing over my limits when I lose a couple of hands in a row. Also I experience a lot of bad luck on cash tables where I lose in my eyes too often with big hands. I also see that I play even more tight with very strong hands in situations where I should push and could get way more out of my opponent. I let my play change because of bad beats or setups. And in the long end this means losing for me.

I have noticed that my online mtt tournaments work out way better for me and only with this I got some winnings. So I will try not to hit the cashgames and concentrate myself on mtt tournaments more now.


Is there anyone with the same experience here? Please quote

The worst thing in cashgames is when u losing u try to get the cash back fast, thats the biggest mistake!

 

[KAVIRAYITSIA]

The only way to beat bad luck is: Bank Roll Management

I've had a similar run at cash games, and MTT is better especially at the low end of players. A lot of the microstakes cash tables have players who are reading a book or two and referencing strategy guides to improve play. For example, I found .10/.20 games a bit harder than $1/$2 gmes because so many at the lowest level were using that tier to improve their game, and were pretty decent, while a bit further up the players were more "soft." Sometimes you gotta mess around with different levels and find the right table.

 

[KAVIRAYITSIA]

I've had a similar run at cash games, and MTT is better especially at the low end of players. A lot of the microstakes cash tables have players who are reading a book or two and referencing strategy guides to improve play. For example, I found .10/.20 games a bit harder than $1/$2 gmes because so many at the lowest level wereVidmate iTunes Notepad++ using that tier to improve their game, and were pretty decent, while a bit further up the players were more "soft." Sometimes you gotta mess around with different levels and find the right table.

 

[blackburn44]

in cash games, when you are multitabling, you see many hands. for example if someone is raising utg or utg+1, someone near him cold raise rapidly, you should consider folding queens and jacks. Evaluating bets from positions and sizes in a good ming control is so important

 

[Ianmacca99]

I know that I should really stop playing cashgames. Main reason is that I can simply not stick to my bankroll management and always start playing over my limits when I lose a couple of hands in a row. Also I experience a lot of bad luck on cash tables where I lose in my eyes too often with big hands. I also see that I play even more tight with very strong hands in situations where I should push and could get way more out of my opponent. I let my play change because of bad beats or setups. And in the long end this means losing for me.

I have noticed that my online mtt tournaments work out way better for me and only with this I got some winnings. So I will try not to hit the cashgames and concentrate myself on mtt tournaments more now.

Is there anyone with the same experience here? Please quote

I have been having these same experiences for months if not last year. The doubt starts to creep into your mind especially when value betting the river and your looking for thinner value and you haven't got the nuts. The amount of times you check back because there's 3 to the straight or flush on board.

 

[sharipov8090]

Each player chooses a convenient discipline, so play tournaments-it's your passion,and the cache misleads you.Someone in something should be strong, for you it is MTT.

 

[TerryBLE]

My gains are also of MTT and now and then, I also go on cashgames where I do not have a strategy. One important thing is that you have already realized that you should stay in the MTT's (I reached the same conclusion a while ago)

But if willingness to play cashgames come back (and will) Why do not we use a limit of 0.01 and 0.02? If you gain enough there, level up, if you lose, the damage be less.

 

[Yoda82]

My experience lately has been opposite. I’m finding I do better in micro-cash than in micro-mtts. Maybe when I can move up, I’ll have better luck in mtts, but for now, .02/.04 games are sustaining me.

 

[magnetoak47]

I already profit some money playing cash but most of the times when loose maniac join the table. In one session I multiplied my BY (for cash is the same name?) 10x and felt amazing. But in the long term I lost even more money, so no I focused in build a bigger bankroll and been playing SnG and Tornaments

 

[blackclover]

Me too I always lost my bank roll in cash games, that's why I play more often in tournament.

 

[ArmiSoo7]

Cashgames is like playing slots. I beter play tournaments, to know my limits.

 

[sewieu]

you need to know when to stop

 

[waynaldo009]

I'm starting to feel the same way. Tournaments are working out better for me lately.

 

[Bleeis]

Try Mtts while you study, then you come back

 

[zokiusa]

if u play cash games things can go out of control very fast

 

[PROFEssOR900]

I think we should alternate cache with tournaments somewhere will fit

 

[venycyos]

Thank you very much for your tips, my biggest problem today is bankroll management, bad bankroll management leads me to tilt tilt leads me to even worse bank management and this is my saga.

I can even keep the plan for a few days, but suddenly I lose everything. I find myself saying to myself, I'm going to take just one big shot, when I go to see it I burst and lost everything.

I think cash games are not your problem. You have a problem with bankroll management. You should train your mental state and think about why do you have a problem to stick in your plan. Changing a game type is not a solution. Of course, it is a good way to prevent yourself from boredness, but you will face that same problem there also.

Seems you are good enough in playing poker. Now you should start to improve your self-discipline and patience. Which are your goals? When is decline to achieve them? Why are you even playing poker? Which are your goals for today, this week, this month?
Those are questions you should ask yourself. How serious are you achieving your poker goals? If you are serious enough, you have written down your specific goals with a decline and sticking in your game plan no matter what. Believe me, I have been there, and it wasn't fun.

My recommendations to do. Start to google about bankroll management and study as much as possible, and of course, take action.
Following the rules is very important to achieve goals. Write them down with a decline, analyze them regularly, put a note on your fridge door to see that everyday and visualize you are already there spending your poker millions. Read: Brian Tracy: Goals!: How to Get Everything You Want Faster Than You Ever Thought Possible.

Makes any sense?