Beat the rake

17.08.2009, 18:05 0

Hello,

When I got my start capital $50 one of the hands I got on nl 5 was "TT" and made on the flop my set. Went all in and made $20 in just 5 minutes!!and my bankroll was $70 I thought I was the best and had already beaten that limit. So I openened 4 tables on nl 5 But then I realised I was not that good and in 2 days my bankroll was $40.

Than I started to play DoN went down too $32 but with reading and watching and posting hands I have a winrate of 65-75% and my bankroll is again $50. When I reach the $60 I want too play the $1,20 SnG for 9 players cost 10 cent more but you can win more ♠_cool:

I have already read something about the SnG and one sentenceI see very much. "The micro SnG are unbeatable because the high rake + variance" Is this really true if you read much, practice and post hands?

4 replies

Wurble

Joined: 04.04.2009

Posts: 457

17.08.2009, 19:33 0

Micro's are definitely beatable - The high rake and variance makes it difficult but definitely beatable. If you're hitting a 65-70% winrate in DON's though then you would be better off playing those until you hit $150 bankroll then go straight for the $3.40 sng's (assuming you're at stars).

_Anonymous_

18.08.2009, 13:20 0

Oh thank you for very much for the answer, I play also on stars =).

Today I read the article "How high is the Variance for SnG's?" it is a silver article but I don't understand the examples

If you read the examples you get some X% but how is it possible that the probability is more than 100% if you count them up?

And how is it calculate? (than i don't mean the ROI but the variance)

Wurble

Joined: 04.04.2009

Posts: 457

18.08.2009, 21:07 0

Originally posted by Monkeye
Oh thank you for very much for the answer, I play also on stars =).

Today I read the article "How high is the Variance for SnG's?" it is a silver article but I don't understand the examples

If you read the examples you get some X% but how is it possible that the probability is more than 100% if you count them up?

And how is it calculate? (than i don't mean the ROI but the variance)

I'm still a bronzee because my stars account isn't tracked so i've no idea i'm afraid. I'm sure someone else on here will have the answer though!

pondlife78

Joined: 14.02.2009

Posts: 25

20.08.2009, 17:37 0

There's no reason they would add up to 100%. The list of possible outcomes aren't mutually exclusive. You could both have an OOTM sequence of 15 BI or more and have an ROI of 9% or better.
I think it's calculated by simulating the results of that many games multiple times and the percentages are the percentage of times that those results were obtained.
Hope that makes sense

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