WhatArunAA 0 Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 When I started playing poker in the fall of 2003.. I was primarily a tourney player. I went from a losing sng player.. losing mtt player.. to a winner at each of them. With the current state of online poker being the way it is.. I realized my mindset has changed. I am no longer fun to be around, I am much more irritable because I dont know when my next tourney score will come.. and if I do get a big score.. who knows if i'll even be able to get the money. The variances in MTT poker have led me to be almost miserable. I have been in constant snap mode after i grind a tourney for 4 hours.. only to lose a huge coin flip 5 away from the money. Ive decided to quit playing donkaments for the time being and focus on low limit cash games. I cashed out everything except 500 dollars.. and im going to work my way up the way I used to when I was grinding low limit sngs...only this time with cash games. Hoosier really made me see the light in the sense that cash games are where its at and that you can win ALOT more money in ring games. I know if I focus on cash games as hard as I have focused on MTTs over the last few years.. that I will become a big winner. I'll play the occasional donkaments here and there but for the time being.. I will consider myself a cash game player.Sorry, just had to vent my frustrations. Link to post Share on other sites
Steamed Rice 0 Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 GL, i wish you the best in your NL games Link to post Share on other sites
Jelly-Filled Ace 1 Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 Best of luck on a solid decision. Link to post Share on other sites
nutzbuster 7 Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 Becoming proficient at cash games (at ALL games if possible) is where you'll ultimately be happier anyway. Good luck, build a roll, and then go back and play a few tourneys from time to time. Link to post Share on other sites
HoosierAlum 0 Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 While I don't think cashing out the majority of your roll and starting at micro-stakes is necessarily the best idea, I think you're making a good decision to focus on nl cash games.I won't lie though, they have gotten tougher post-Neteller. Also, you don't have to completely give up on tournaments, but it sounds like you need a break. Link to post Share on other sites
WonderfulSplash 0 Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 Very good post. The stresses involved in playing MTTs are unreal if you do it for a living; you are basically throwing yourself to the variance gods knowing that when you score, it will be big, but when you don't, you can spend months playing great poker and losing money. I've been in pretty much the same boat as you for a while and have also begun shifting my play from MTTs to cash games by limiting the tourneys I play to 5-6 a night. Last night was a perfect example of tourney poker for me, I twice worked my stack up above 100k at the FTOPs 200r, only to have AA fall short to QQ for a 160k stack with 27 left. There was nothing I could do, I just wasn't destined to win 90k last night. That's what makes it so tough, you just have to accept that part of poker is losing and to try and feel good about the way you played no matter how many times it isn't 'your night'. MTT poker definitely isn't just the glamour of BkiCe and Chucksty final tabling every night, it's also the 2 months when you don't see any rail threads for them because they can't get anything going, definitely something everyone should think about before considering playing for a living, since most people aren't cut out to deal with that much mental anguish when their income depends on it. You have definitely proven yourself a solid tournament player and shouldn't feel bad about your decision, and I'm sure you will find continued success in poker and your feature endeavors. Link to post Share on other sites
ROACHBABY 0 Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 I'd like to know what Hoosier said that inspired you to make this decision? Link to post Share on other sites
MyPlayIsRAB 0 Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 gl tj, ill be rootin for yai dont blame you for quitting mtts, your beats have been ****ing sick lately.patrick Link to post Share on other sites
WhatArunAA 0 Posted February 17, 2007 Author Share Posted February 17, 2007 I'd like to know what Hoosier said that inspired you to make this decision?Hoosier basically said that he wishes he would have spent more time playing cash games when he was playing tournaments because he was essentially throwing away money when he was playing tourneys... Though I will miss the BIG score.. I feel like I will be living a better, happier, more fulfilling life.. I havent been happy these last couple of months and a change is needed. Link to post Share on other sites
murok 0 Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 It's good that you realize a change is needed. Could also be a month or two off of MTT's to rejuvinate your mental state. I think I am too competitive to quit Mtt's. GL bro Link to post Share on other sites
Jujoki3 0 Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 good luck in cash games Link to post Share on other sites
GrinderMJ 0 Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 Quitter. Link to post Share on other sites
KappaKid83 0 Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 Quitter.LOL, Only MJ could say one word and have it mean soooo much.Jeff Link to post Share on other sites
ObeyTheDog 0 Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 I find cash games more stressful personally. The bad runs are magnified in rings when things go very far south and I hate being patient (well relatively speaking to tourneys) in the rings.I'm glad you made a decision that hopefully will turn out well for you. It's definitely one I made too, only in reverse, because the stress of the day to day grind got to me and the tourney atmosphere feeds my competitive drive. Yeah, it's tough during the dry spells, but the stop-loss is easier to calculate on any given week, and the rush of a big score can't be duplicated. Plus I've seen and been privy to way too many online collusion teams to warrant playing them any more, especially as you move up and in the shorthanded limit games. GL GL GL GL Link to post Share on other sites
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