Comments on: No Good Deed http://www.absinthetics.com/blog/2006/06/05/no-good-deed/ Begging your indulgence since 200x. Tue, 22 Jun 2010 15:35:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jaxia http://www.absinthetics.com/blog/2006/06/05/no-good-deed/comment-page-1/#comment-1372 Jaxia Tue, 13 Jun 2006 21:32:25 +0000 http://www.absinthetics.com/blog/2006/06/05/no-good-deed/#comment-1372 Great post. I wish I had read this before I decided to go on my tourney bender :) Great post. I wish I had read this before I decided to go on my tourney bender :)

]]> By: RandomSam http://www.absinthetics.com/blog/2006/06/05/no-good-deed/comment-page-1/#comment-1311 RandomSam Thu, 08 Jun 2006 18:04:29 +0000 http://www.absinthetics.com/blog/2006/06/05/no-good-deed/#comment-1311 Excellent post, sir! Excellent post, sir!

]]> By: Absalom http://www.absinthetics.com/blog/2006/06/05/no-good-deed/comment-page-1/#comment-1307 Absalom Thu, 08 Jun 2006 04:07:54 +0000 http://www.absinthetics.com/blog/2006/06/05/no-good-deed/#comment-1307 Excellent post. Was led here by Wil's post, and couldn't agree with you more. I've been playing for about 9 months consistently now, online and in live "bar" tourneys - but it's great to see you reinforce and quantify what I have felt "instinctively." Given that I have only read the first few chapters of Hellmuth, and I have System 1 and 2 to go through, I think I'm doing OK based on your post and Wil's, given that I am only concerned with whether or not I have played the best scenario in each hand's situation. That (hopefully) will count for something someday. Glad I found the 'blog - I'l be sure to visit regularly (and - who knows - maybe start to post myself - thanks for the inspiration.) 4b54l0m (on PokerStars.com) Excellent post. Was led here by Wil’s post, and couldn’t agree with you more. I’ve been playing for about 9 months consistently now, online and in live “bar” tourneys – but it’s great to see you reinforce and quantify what I have felt “instinctively.” Given that I have only read the first few chapters of Hellmuth, and I have System 1 and 2 to go through, I think I’m doing OK based on your post and Wil’s, given that I am only concerned with whether or not I have played the best scenario in each hand’s situation. That (hopefully) will count for something someday.

Glad I found the ‘blog – I’l be sure to visit regularly (and – who knows – maybe start to post myself – thanks for the inspiration.)

4b54l0m (on PokerStars.com)

]]> By: wil http://www.absinthetics.com/blog/2006/06/05/no-good-deed/comment-page-1/#comment-1305 wil Wed, 07 Jun 2006 21:18:37 +0000 http://www.absinthetics.com/blog/2006/06/05/no-good-deed/#comment-1305 Brilliant and informative post, Ryan. I guess I can stop bugging you to tutor me pre-WSOP now. Brilliant and informative post, Ryan. I guess I can stop bugging you to tutor me pre-WSOP now.

]]> By: pokerpeaker http://www.absinthetics.com/blog/2006/06/05/no-good-deed/comment-page-1/#comment-1279 pokerpeaker Wed, 07 Jun 2006 04:19:35 +0000 http://www.absinthetics.com/blog/2006/06/05/no-good-deed/#comment-1279 My ITM ratio usually hovers around 50 percent (I'm assuming this means how many times you cash, I have a Mac so bear with me).. They're definitely profitable for me. Thanks Mr, 100K :) My ITM ratio usually hovers around 50 percent (I’m assuming this means how many times you cash, I have a Mac so bear with me).. They’re definitely profitable for me.

Thanks Mr, 100K :)

]]> By: Absinthe http://www.absinthetics.com/blog/2006/06/05/no-good-deed/comment-page-1/#comment-1274 Absinthe Tue, 06 Jun 2006 23:46:40 +0000 http://www.absinthetics.com/blog/2006/06/05/no-good-deed/#comment-1274 I'm not a SNG specialist by any means. But those idiot mistakes, in the long run, are what give you your edge. Whether they actually increase variance is a question for a statistician with a mainframe. I'd think that ultimately they even out because though you'll take mad stupid beats every now and then, you'll have many more opportunities to double up (so long as you're not trying to bluff at TPNK). I doubt that the play at the $10 or $20 SNGs is all that quantifiably better than at the $5s. You might have an average of point-23 fewer first-timers at your tables but that won't add up to much. A lot of the pros say that you need 100 buyins for whatever level of tournament you're winning at, so my advice (which is worth absolutely zero) would be to stick with the $5s until you've built the roll up to $1k. Though those numbers are geared toward MTTs, I think, and if you've got a good ITM ratio in SNGs you might be able to get by with less. I’m not a SNG specialist by any means. But those idiot mistakes, in the long run, are what give you your edge. Whether they actually increase variance is a question for a statistician with a mainframe. I’d think that ultimately they even out because though you’ll take mad stupid beats every now and then, you’ll have many more opportunities to double up (so long as you’re not trying to bluff at TPNK).

I doubt that the play at the $10 or $20 SNGs is all that quantifiably better than at the $5s. You might have an average of point-23 fewer first-timers at your tables but that won’t add up to much.

A lot of the pros say that you need 100 buyins for whatever level of tournament you’re winning at, so my advice (which is worth absolutely zero) would be to stick with the $5s until you’ve built the roll up to $1k. Though those numbers are geared toward MTTs, I think, and if you’ve got a good ITM ratio in SNGs you might be able to get by with less.

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