So I'm still at the play money tables. Still working on my leaks. Had 8-9 million play chips last Dec. on PS when I started back at the play money tables. Have since increased my bankroll to 4.4 billion chips. With 1.3 billion coming in one cash table pot 3 nights ago. Being a mtt player, the cash game pot was extremely satisfying to me. Needless to say, I left that 500 mil table quickly to go to a 20 mil table. I have shored up some of my cash game leaks, but the biggest one remains. And that is patience. This time next month I hope to have a tablet. That will allow me to resume playing mtt on ACR, where I have a $59 bankroll jumpstarted by several Cardschat freerolls. Meantime, play money it is. Some folks do take it seriously. Enough to spend $50-$500 buying play money packages. Better be serious at those prices for play money chips, cause guess what? PS rakes play money mtt and cash games. I luv it. And folks think I'm a fish and donk behind some of the plays I make. I'm just balancing my play and making out like a bandit. Shipped the Sunday Elite freeroll two weeks ago and took 2nd last Sunday. Working on my leaks.Ah...But that's exactly what I did 14 years ago when learning NLH on PS play money. And it's what I'm doing now in preparation for return to real money play on ACR. Due to the fact that some folks buy play money chips in amounts that cost more than some real money deposits I have made in the past, there is a degree of seriousness to some. To the point that I've heard infrequent complaints of the play money games being rigged. But focusing on repairing my leaks makes me shrug off bad results. But let's not get it twisted either. I enjoy getting the video e-mail from PS when I ship a play money tournament. Time to go work on some leaks.
I also sometimes play with Americans on PS in 7 card Stud SnG for 8 people at high stakes ))I love playing for play money. It's a lot of fun and usually quite social. A lot of Americans (who are often quite good players) play for play money at Pokerstars.
The difference is that you don't see a lot of the "I have no idea what I'm doing" craziness that you always see in freerolls. Many of the Play Money players actually know what they're doing but can't play for real money because they live in the US or other countries that don't allow online poker.I don't see any point in playing for candy wrappers if there are so many freerolls online for real prize money