The New Brian

[BlibbityBlabbity]

If you just want to see if you can get say $400-$600 from $3-$20 then I guess it could be an interesting experiment. If you are saying that this is a good idea (as anything more than an experiment), then I would have to disagree.

One question.... You win the $300 for 1st and sit at the 30/60 table. What are you shooting for at this point? $600, $1000, or just play till its gone? I don't mean that sarcastically, if you don't have a goal for it then it will be the latter at that limit with that bankroll, IMO.

You could look at this like parlaying a small buyin tourney into a big event. Say you played a SNG for $10 and won, bought into a $100, etc etc with the goal of getting $10000 to get into a major tourney while not considering ever playing in a major event buying in directly with "your own" money. Then again you could aslo realize that when you are up to the $1000 level you HAVE $1000 and might not want to throw it on a single tourney. Also like the step tourneys (in a way)

[junYUN]

my guess was he was looking to pick one hand to move in and try to double up.

[SirFWALGMan]

No. I actually play on the site. Obviously I am short rolled so if I hit a bad run or even have KK run into and Ace on the river I am done for. So in that sense I am gambling on being able to take down 2-3 small pots at least. The last few times I tried 30/60 (on tilt, not as part of an experiment) I played 20-30 hands, hit some good cards, and left. It does not take very long to make $1000 at 30/60. It is basically 2-3 small pots.

One other thing that I like about 30/60. You guys are thinking "Shark Bait". I have been there. Albeit for a short period of time. On Titan. the games are SOFT. No Sharks. Alot of the people who play 30/60 there are (I admit) dummies like me who take 300 and try and score. I regularly see people buyin for the minimum.

Anyhow, it is a one time experiment.. I will keep you posted. I am starting tonight with the 3K Guarenteed ($10 entry, pays $900) and possibly another tourney.

[junYUN]

im interested to see how things go. good luck.

[Talking Poker]

Here's my question: Why is it that people who win money think it's somehow not their money? What's the difference between winning $300 from a $3 buy in, finding $300 on the street, getting a paycheck for $300, or opening your wallet and seeing $300 siting there?

NOTHING.

In all those cases, you have $300. If you chose to take it to a 30/60 table, so be it... but when you lose it, I don't see how you can say you lose nothing (or $3 or whatever the case may be) - you lose $300. Not $299, not $301. $300.

I just don't get how people think $300 earned one way is worth more or less than $300 earned another.

If you want to gamble, gamble... but justifying it and pretending you're not blowing it when you do, thats just stupid.

P.S. When you do decide to take your shot at $30/$60 with your 5 BBs, please give me a little bit of advanced notice. I'm not say I'll be gunning for you or anything, but knowing you don't care about losing it anyway, I might as well be the one to take it. And if you wouldn't feel badly losing that money to a stranger, you'd probably feel GOOD losing it to me! I'll even immediately kick some of what I take from you back to this forum, via a contest, or a Freeroll held in your honor... that sort of thing.

You know... The more I think about it, the more I am loving your idea.

[SirFWALGMan]

It is a total Deal TP! But remember, A) You always lose to people in the forum, and B) I am only there until I take 2-3 hands and make 800-900, and C) You should fucking play 30/60 on Titan all the time, I bet you would kill the game!!!! Ok, so you could not 19 table. Oh well.

In regards to money being money. I kind of buy into the casino mentality. When it is sitting in my bank account I consider it money, until then I consider it chips. I dissasociate my bankroll from real world money. I am not sure that is a bad thing at all. I know some people who are afraid to play at all because all they can see is the money. They stay at the .10/.20 tables for there entire game. That is fine for them but it does not work for me.

[Talking Poker]

So.... let's say you win some huge tourney that you won a satellite into and pocket 6 or 7 figures. Or better yet, let's say you hit the Bad Beat Jackpot on Party for $400,000 or so. Rather than going and buying yourself a house and a nice car, etc, you think it would be perfectly reasonable for you to go blow $399,975 of it playing Heads Up with Negreanu, because - HEY! You're still 25 bucks ahead???? I mean, after all, it's not money, right? Just "chips."

Yeah, good luck with that. And seriously, don't forget to let me know about that $30/60 game.

[Quint]

This is fine if you've got Bill Gates money or Stuey Unger skill. Otherwise, you better learn the value of a dollar and proper BR management. Good luck.

[SirFWALGMan]

Yes. That is my plan. Win 300-400. Sit down at a 30/60. Play until I hit $900-$1000. Quit.