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Joined: Feb '09
Location: United Kingdom
Age: 49 (M)
Posts: 100
I started playing poker about 4 years ago with MTTs only and I got pretty good at MTT strategy, and won 3 x 5000+ player tourneys within the first 6 months. Then I got tired of the endless long hauls and some nights I couldn't face playing for 6-7 hours so I started to play some ring games. I found it hard to adjust from MTT to ring games at first, but now I mostly only play ring games - max. 6 players - for low stakes (0.02/0.04 or 0.05/0.10) for about 2-3 hours a day and most days I make a small profit. If I finish $1 ahead, I'm happy (as long as I don't lose) and it's rare for me to win more than $5 a night, although occasionally I win maybe $10-15. Obviously, I have some losing days too!
Problem is, sometimes I want to play MTT - usually if it's a "guarantee" and if the player/pot ratio is good - but I find my game and strategy doesn't make the jump from 6 player to 9 or 10 player tables very well and my concentration goes easily.
Also, I find that when I play a few MTTs now, my ring game deteriorates until I've played for a few hours.
So, what do other people do? Do you only play MTT / SNG / ring or do you play all three and, what advice would you give on adjusting from MTT to ring . . . and vice versa?
Joined: Jun '09
Location: United Kingdom
Age: 33 (M)
Posts: 483
I do the same as you, apart from I dont play everyday for long periods unless its a long tournament If I cant be bothered to play for long I play ring games & heads up but if I really feel like playing then I enter a long tourny
Joined: Mar '10
Location: Greece
Age: 54 (M)
Posts: 505
Although I think Ring games are the ones most professional players prefer for making some good everyday money, it's obvious that you have to risk more of your bankroll in order to make a decent profit. On the plus side is that you can study some weaker players and hunt 'em down for everyday profit. Personally I like MTTs and only MTTs (although I play the occasional 9-handed SnG from time to time). I like the competition there and the idea of starting with a freeroll or some 2.20$ qualifier, and go satellite after satellite to play with the big boys, at a $200k or Sunday Million for some real s**t... I guess I'll be a tournament player for life, must have got the virus from my 'Magic The Gathering' days or from corny Trivial Pursuit marathons with my high-school sweetheart...
Joined: Nov '09
Location: Philippines
Age: 51 (M)
Posts: 1011
Posted by BoyElectric: I started playing poker about 4 years ago with MTTs only and I got pretty good at MTT strategy, and won 3 x 5000+ player tourneys within the first 6 months. Then I got tired of the endless long hauls and some nights I couldn't face playing for 6-7 hours so I started to play some ring games. I found it hard to adjust from MTT to ring games at first, but now I mostly only play ring games - max. 6 players - for low stakes (0.02/0.04 or 0.05/0.10) for about 2-3 hours a day and most days I make a small profit. If I finish $1 ahead, I'm happy (as long as I don't lose) and it's rare for me to win more than $5 a night, although occasionally I win maybe $10-15. Obviously, I have some losing days too!
Problem is, sometimes I want to play MTT - usually if it's a "guarantee" and if the player/pot ratio is good - but I find my game and strategy doesn't make the jump from 6 player to 9 or 10 player tables very well and my concentration goes easily.
Also, I find that when I play a few MTTs now, my ring game deteriorates until I've played for a few hours.
So, what do other people do? Do you only play MTT / SNG / ring or do you play all three and, what advice would you give on adjusting from MTT to ring . . . and vice versa?
Joined: May '10
Location: Belarus
Age: 36 (M)
Posts: 151
could you add this types of games to your poll?
- double or nothing SnG - heads up - Rush poker tournies
as for me, I have no problem in adaptation from MTT & SnG to ring games... But I don't like ring games and almost never play for cash in ring games. Heads up is a different story! It is profitable for me, BUT this one really needs an adaptation! This is a very different game!!
P.S. please note, that I play Omaha, not Hold'em. Maybe that's why I have another views on adaptation between game types. The only thing which can make me to play Hold'em is a very good prise/ppl in MTT. But I almost never can adapt well to iy after Omaha wars
Joined: Feb '10
Location: Netherlands
Age: 45 (M)
Posts: 17
[QUOTE]Posted by BoyElectric: Then I got tired of the endless long hauls and some nights I couldn't face playing for 6-7 hours so I started to play some ring games.
Me too, only thing is, I always end up losing my patience in cash games on low stakes. I try to stick to MTT, cause it's my only profitable way of poker.....
Joined: Mar '08
Location: United Kingdom
Age: 44 (M)
Posts: 6714
I started playing when I was about 26, managed to roll my way up to square 16 were things started looking good, hit a ladder and rocketed up to 35, man that was such a rush, got me hooked. But it wasent all up hill for me,oh no, rolled a 6 and starting pulling away but tilt got me, next roll 4....I mean a 4 WTF, RIGGID, straight down to 14, villian is sat at 28 and rolls 3 6s took him to square 46 and ladders up to 61 and rolls a 4 to save the girl, BS no way was they random rolls. So now I manly stick to operation, insulated tweaser
Joined: Oct '09
Location: Lithuania
Age: 33 (F)
Posts: 1180
Posted by B1gfoot: I started playing when I was about 26, managed to roll my way up to square 16 were things started looking good, hit a ladder and rocketed up to 35, man that was such a rush, got me hooked. But it wasent all up hill for me,oh no, rolled a 6 and starting pulling away but tilt got me, next roll 4....I mean a 4 WTF, RIGGID, straight down to 14, villian is sat at 28 and rolls 3 6s took him to square 46 and ladders up to 61 and rolls a 4 to save the girl, BS no way was they random rolls. So now I manly stick to operation, insulated tweaser
Joined: Feb '09
Location: United Kingdom
Age: 49 (M)
Posts: 100
Posted by Kerdisas: could you add this types of games to your poll?
- double or nothing SnG - heads up - Rush poker tournies
Unfortunately, it's too late now or I definitely would have added these and every other variation of SNG in existence. I also would like to have added things like whether you only play a certain type of SNG depending on the day of the week and whether you play any of them naked or wearing women's clothes.
Joined: Aug '09
Location: Switzerland
Age: 34 (M)
Posts: 28
I started playing Fixed Limit on PP, then I moved on Pokerstars where i played low buy-in SNG or MTTs. I lost all my money, then I discovered BRMob and I get 50$ on FTP, and now I have 50$ too. My bankroll didn't move ...
Joined: May '08
Location: Sweden
Age: 55 (M)
Posts: 1362
Posted by B1gfoot: I started playing when I was about 26, managed to roll my way up to square 16 were things started looking good, hit a ladder and rocketed up to 35, man that was such a rush, got me hooked. But it wasent all up hill for me,oh no, rolled a 6 and starting pulling away but tilt got me, next roll 4....I mean a 4 WTF, RIGGID, straight down to 14, villian is sat at 28 and rolls 3 6s took him to square 46 and ladders up to 61 and rolls a 4 to save the girl, BS no way was they random rolls. So now I manly stick to operation, insulated tweaser
You started playing when you were 26, I'm with you so far, sir. But am I supposed to understand anything of the rest?
Joined: Jun '09
Location: France
Age: 43 (M)
Posts: 670
Hello everybody! I play all three. Mtt sng and Cash Game. But I think I'm better at sng. Also I am not enough for my taste mtt lack of time unfortunately. See you soon for new posts lol!
Joined: Jan '10
Location: Germany
Age: 32 (M)
Posts: 1379
Posted by BoyElectric: I started playing poker about 4 years ago with MTTs only and I got pretty good at MTT strategy, and won 3 x 5000+ player tourneys within the first 6 months. Then I got tired of the endless long hauls and some nights I couldn't face playing for 6-7 hours so I started to play some ring games. I found it hard to adjust from MTT to ring games at first, but now I mostly only play ring games - max. 6 players - for low stakes (0.02/0.04 or 0.05/0.10) for about 2-3 hours a day and most days I make a small profit. If I finish $1 ahead, I'm happy (as long as I don't lose) and it's rare for me to win more than $5 a night, although occasionally I win maybe $10-15. Obviously, I have some losing days too!
Problem is, sometimes I want to play MTT - usually if it's a "guarantee" and if the player/pot ratio is good - but I find my game and strategy doesn't make the jump from 6 player to 9 or 10 player tables very well and my concentration goes easily.
Also, I find that when I play a few MTTs now, my ring game deteriorates until I've played for a few hours.
So, what do other people do? Do you only play MTT / SNG / ring or do you play all three and, what advice would you give on adjusting from MTT to ring . . . and vice versa?
Prefer ring games due to time. It can be far too difficult to make the time to play MTT's if u intend to win( Go deep), And I find that there seems to be a lot of collusion in SnG's.
