Joined: Feb '14
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Keep going mate - interesting to see how well you are up after 100 games... I might have to do something similar soon as an experiment. I might do it with $1.00 MMTs with Omaha Hi/Lo or something. GL.
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Game # 29 PokerStars Tournament #902576322, No Limit Hold'em Buy-In: $6.68/$0.32 USD 10 players Total Prize Pool: $66.80 USD Tournament started 2014/04/28 16:47:40 ET
Dear crash1958,
You finished the tournament in 5th place. A USD 9.91 award has been credited to your Real Money account.
Congratulations!
Thank you for participating.
------------ Profit now $47.94
------------ Game # 30 Crashed but i didn't play, my oldest son asked if he can play one, and he crashed, so should this one count or not.
Joined: Mar '14
Location: Canada
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LMAO ..... If you did not say a word how he play hands, I would say it do not count !!!!
I noticed that you mentioned that you are from Mississauga .... small world ... I live few blocks southeast of 403 and 10
Do you ever play poker at CNE Casino which it is open for 5 weeks every year .... usually from last week of July thru Labor Day ... I work there as Holdem dealer past 17 years and will be doing it again for CNE Casino 2014
CNE Casino have Canada's largest poker room with 28 Holdem tables !!!
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Posted by pocketpicker: LMAO ..... If you did not say a word how he play hands, I would say it do not count !!!!
I noticed that you mentioned that you are from Mississauga .... small world ... I live few blocks southeast of 403 and 10
Do you ever play poker at CNE Casino which it is open for 5 weeks every year .... usually from last week of July thru Labor Day ... I work there as Holdem dealer past 17 years and will be doing it again for CNE Casino 2014
CNE Casino have Canada's largest poker room with 28 Holdem tables !!!
sorry for off topic, but why on earth is it open just 5 weeks a year
If anyone goes to CNE Casino before CNE opens on August 15th, you will get special parking pass for free access to CNE from Aug 15 thru Sept 1 .... free entrance gate and free parking at all times !!!!
Joined: Oct '08
Location: Canada
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Havn't been to the CNE in over 30 years . New day new games Game #41 crashed and burned
------------ Profit now $33.94
------------ Game # 42 PokerStars Tournament #902933602, No Limit Hold'em Buy-In: $6.60/$0.40 USD 10 players Total Prize Pool: $66.00 USD Tournament started 2014/04/29 13:03:25 ET
Dear crash1958,
You finished the tournament in 3rd place. A USD 15.15 award has been credited to your Real Money account.
Congratulations!
Thank you for participating.
------------ Profit now $42.09
------------ Game # 43 PokerStars Tournament #902955108, No Limit Hold'em Buy-In: $6.68/$0.32 USD 10 players Total Prize Pool: $66.80 USD Tournament started 2014/04/29 13:48:00 ET
Dear crash1958,
You finished the tournament in 4th place. A USD 11.02 award has been credited to your Real Money account.
Joined: Oct '08
Location: Canada
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Game # 34 game's 41/42/43 are 31/32/33 lol PokerStars Tournament #902970332, No Limit Hold'em Buy-In: $6.60/$0.40 USD 10 players Total Prize Pool: $66.00 USD Tournament started 2014/04/29 14:24:23 ET
Dear crash1958,
You finished the tournament in 5th place. A USD 10.34 award has been credited to your Real Money account.
Congratulations!
Thank you for participating.
------------ Profit now $50.45
------------ Game #35 crashed and burned
------------ Profit now $43.45
------------ Game # 36 PokerStars Tournament #903004809, No Limit Hold'em Buy-In: $6.68/$0.32 USD 10 players Total Prize Pool: $66.80 USD Tournament started 2014/04/29 15:45:25 ET
Dear crash1958,
You finished the tournament in 1st place. A USD 16.68 award has been credited to your Real Money account.
Congratulations!
Thank you for participating.
------------ Profit now $53.13
------------ Game # 37 Crashed and burned
------------ Profit now $46.13
------------ Game #38 Crashed
------------ Profit $39.13
------------ Game # 40 PokerStars Tournament #903059677, No Limit Hold'em Buy-In: $6.68/$0.32 USD 10 players Total Prize Pool: $66.80 USD Tournament started 2014/04/29 17:42:14 ET
Dear crash1958,
You finished the tournament in 3rd place. A USD 13.11 award has been credited to your Real Money account.
Congratulations!
Thank you for participating.
------------ Profit now $44.24
------------ Game # 41 PokerStars Tournament #903192931, No Limit Hold'em Buy-In: $6.68/$0.32 USD 10 players Total Prize Pool: $66.80 USD Tournament started 2014/04/30 2:39:27 ET
Dear crash1958,
You finished the tournament in 2nd place. A USD 13.19 award has been credited to your Real Money account.
Congratulations!
Thank you for participating.
------------ pROFIT NOW $49.43
------------ gAME # 42 PokerStars Tournament #903193288, No Limit Hold'em Buy-In: $6.60/$0.40 USD 10 players Total Prize Pool: $66.00 USD Tournament started 2014/04/30 2:39:19 ET
Dear crash1958,
You finished the tournament in 4th place. A USD 11.73 award has been credited to your Real Money account.
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G'day mate
I truly hope your operation goes very very well. I look forward to continued success on your part upon your return. Get well amigo. Live, grow stronger, & fight another day. best wishes to you be cool
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I think you make more profit on DoNs then fifty's imo. I played some fifty's as i played tons off DoNs. DoNs you win allways a ''double'' if you win as for fifty's you win sometimes your buyin back plus 20% which is really crap imho.
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As I can see you failed in 5-6 in row and then tried even higher buyin 15$ instead of dropping buyin? Interesting tactic. Thats classic "gambling" man, when you want to win it back quick
I think (and I hope) that the conclusion of this "experiment" will be that you learn lesson. Bankroll management is the most important thing in poker. Starting with 2 buy-in bankroll is suicide and you wil get broke, unless you will be really lucky at beginning.
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G'day mate
I truly hope your operation went well. I dropped in to see if you had made any new postings. Hope things are going well for you. I look forward to reading about your continued success. Get well amigo. Live, grow stronger, & fight another day. best wishes to you be cool
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Seems to have been bricked, which doesn't surprise me. It seems to me everyone has way too high expectations playing SNGs. I mean, I've seen posts of "$75 profit after these 100 games". It's possible but only with a ridiculous good run, over 10% ROI is up the roof and not even substainable at the lowest stakes at this format. Take a look at the sharkscope leaderboard - the leaderboard-leader of $7-$15 SNGs at this format is playing solely $7s and makes 11 Cents per game on average, that equals about 1.5% ROI pre rakeback, which seems reasonable (certainly more is possible for a very good player, this specific player is playing ridiculous high volume, but 10% is just way too high expectation).
Also you should never set goals over 100 games in SNGs. Especially playing $7 50/50s a good player can have deviations of $300, both up AND down, over that amount of games.
Anyone wanting short-term-success and isn't playing high volume anyways, better stick to non-turbos, ROIs are much bigger and thus the downers are much lower and shorter, however anyone looking for shortterm success shouldn't play the game of poker at all IMO (except for a recreational MTT player maybe).
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