Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Variance and how to deal with it

I think this is one of the hardest things in poker, how to deal with variance. I think for me at the moment it's a big problem as i don't play enough games to beat the variance in a short period. I have 4.5K games on Sharkscope and last 1K i am having a breakeven strech. Off course this is not dramatic, but if you're used to winning it's no fun !!!!! I was running at 15% ROI after 3.5K games which was, in hindside, huge as half of my games are heads up matches.

As said, the real problem is that i only play 200-300 games a month, so if i'm on a bad run of 1K games for me that means 3/5 months , which is far too long.

So an important lesson is : if you ever want to beat the variance, or play more professional, play more games. When i look a the real SNG grinders like Gnasher, Rivva rat, Bigbanker, MrKangaroo, Arbboy , they all play loads.......I would say 1K a month is a minimum.

But from now on i look at it in this way : i win money everytime i register for a game, variance or not. I have 12% ROI on 11$ average limit, so that means i win 1.32$ per game in long term.

Also decided that once i reach 10K$ profit i will only play 20$ games from there on. Must try it once and it will certainly increase rakeback.

Day before yesterday had a bounty for taking out Imper1um in a 25$SNG , didn't receive it yet, mailed betfair and they say they have no details of the game, always problems with their stupid helpdesk .......

Friday, August 7, 2009

First post

Hi poker community. I'm Entabeni and i started playing poker like 2 years ago. By making this Blog i hope i get to know interesting poker players. I will be publishing my results as well as thoughts on poker, plays, or life in general.

These 2 years i've been playing on Betfair , mostly heads up , 6 pack turbo and MTT. I started at 5$ games and am currently playing 9$ to 25$ games. My bankroll is now 9147$.

Well that's for a short first message. Sorry if my English isn't perfect , it is not my first language.

Greetings, and good luck at the tables.