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[SergeAyotte]

Personnaly, I will NEVER ANYMORE compare my "skills" online with B&M or home games.

The state of mind, the different interraction around you, the vibes from live player are so much more "intense" then with the anonymity of online, that I have decided to keep them totally seperate.
Having someone looking at you (or the reverse) while making your decision to call/raise/fold is universe apart...

Just my 2cent

[AlamedaMike]

Personally, I will NEVER ANYMORE compare my "skills" online with B&M or home games.

The state of mind, the different interaction around you, the vibes from live player are so much more "intense" then with the anonymity of online, that I have decided to keep them totally separate.
Having someone looking at you (or the reverse) while making your decision to call/raise/fold is universe apart...

Just my 2cent

sounds like good reasoning to me.

[RiverCascade]

13,850 hands and 1.33bb/100 hands. Not too shabby for an old man.

I think it's great. I'd be thrilled with those stats. And, the more hands taken into account, the stronger the bb/100. Very nice.

I, myself, am not sure what I'm doing. A very long, steady downswing, coupled with no ability to earn bonuses. I am probably on my way out... but how I love the game. Really sad situation.

[RiverCascade]

As to your questions, Mike, bad timing, and I feel I can make no sensible replies, currently. One thing I do feel confident about is that your game can only be the better (long-term) for what you have done... if that's any encouragement. Truly, to drop so far back down, and stay there-- not head up when you;ve had a winning session, or two... is really, really commendable.

I'm playing at $1/2 as of late, but not with a whole heart. Cannot believe how much the lack of bonus-earning ability has snuffed my game. Not sure what my future holds, poker-wise.

Good skills to you~

[AlamedaMike]

Thanks River. I am giving my live games a thorough work out and reexamining it from starting hands selection to post flop play to see if I am just very unlucky (unlikely) or my live game just sucks.

[Misunderstud]

Strange game - I am at 12,371 hands 0.46bb/100 into the green.

BTW, my poker patterns has expired and the site is unresponsive.

Poker Patterns expires regularly, Mike. If you still have the original .exe file, just click on it and choose the Repair option. Then it will work again for a month or two. (If you don't, just search pokerpatternsv17.zip on Google.)

So far as swings are concerned, I can only reinforce what others have said. I played 14k hands at .50/1.00 for exactly no money, then have just won 150BB in 1.4k hands, 105 of them in the last 550 hands, to put me at 1BB/100. What will happen next is anyone's guess.

I suspect you don't get much indication of your true earn rate until you've played at least 50k hands at a limit. I certainly wouldn't use it as a criterion for moving up.

[AlamedaMike]

Strange game - I am at 12,371 hands 0.46bb/100 into the green.

BTW, my poker patterns has expired and the site is unresponsive.

Poker Patterns expires regularly, Mike. If you still have the original .exe file, just click on it and choose the Repair option. Then it will work again for a month or two. (If you don't, just search pokerpatternsv17.zip on Google.)

So far as swings are concerned, I can only reinforce what others have said. I played 14k hands at .50/1.00 for exactly no money, then have just won 150BB in 1.4k hands, 105 of them in the last 550 hands, to put me at 1BB/100. What will happen next is anyone's guess.

I suspect you don't get much indication of your true earn rate until you've played at least 50k hands at a limit. I certainly wouldn't use it as a criterion for moving up.

Thanks that worked - I will move up to 1/2 when I have won 600 big bets. I have 15k hands and 1.57bb/100 at this time.

[Misunderstud]

Thanks that worked - I will move up to 1/2 when I have won 600 big bets. I have 15k hands and 1.57bb/100 at this time.

Aren't you playing .25/.50 at the moment? If I were you I'd try .5/1 before 1/2. I found quite a difference between that and .25/.50 which took a while to get used to. Jumping two limits might be a bit too ambitious.

[therivierakid]

Personnaly, I will NEVER ANYMORE compare my "skills" online with B&M or home games.

The state of mind, the different interraction around you, the vibes from live player are so much more "intense" then with the anonymity of online, that I have decided to keep them totally seperate.
Having someone looking at you (or the reverse) while making your decision to call/raise/fold is universe apart...

Just my 2cent

I've played once in a B&M and for about 2 years online. My B&M experience was fantastic - you're right about the intensity. It was sooo much fun looking for tells and trying not to give any away yourself. The pressure of watching everyone and being watched makes playing live a whole different game.

[AlamedaMike]

Thanks that worked - I will move up to 1/2 when I have won 600 big bets. I have 15k hands and 1.57bb/100 at this time.

Aren't you playing .25/.50 at the moment? If I were you I'd try .5/1 before 1/2. I found quite a difference between that and .25/.50 which took a while to get used to. Jumping two limits might be a bit too ambitious.

.5/1 - right

[AlamedaMike]

For those that have been following my career - hahaha - They have noticed that I have been complaining about losing, yadda, yadda,

The below chart does show that I have been moving in the right direction so all the hard work in providing me advice has paid off, I think.

You can click the chart and see a bigger picture. This is the data (running hourly rate) from 130 6/12 games this year - 500 hours. I was winning in January then I got hammered in February and found myself in a hole.

I'm climbing out of it.

[AlamedaMike]

My live game still has issues and is rocky to say the least. I started to play more online. My wife won almost $200 in a Sunday MTT and I have been using that to play 2/4.

I am currently winning 2bb/100 hands for 4,000 hands. It is still not enought hands to say if I am a winner at 2/4 or not. I am still posting hands and trying to improve.

One thing is that I now just play live games on the weekend when I have more time to devote to the sessions.

[kinnipak]

what site is recommended for this. Stars, FTP, UB, or Bodog?

American options obviously...

[AlamedaMike]

what site is recommended for this. Stars, FTP, UB, or Bodog?

American options obviously...

I just play on Pokestars

[winningbet]

I would say $200