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Written by MrGoodPlayer
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Thursday, 29 January 2009 19:15 |
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In January or February I got fed up by my inconsistent play at Full Tilt and start using Tournament Indicator religiously. I had used it off and on over the previous 6 months without much success--mostly because I hadn't taken the time to understand how to use the data available to me. I love playing the large tourneys but I don't cash enough or win enough to make it worth my time. I've always been much better at sng's so I decided I would see how well I could do if I concentrated on those.
So starting sometime in early February I began playing strictly sng's with the intent of building a bankroll. At the time I think I had about $10 in my account. Anyway, I believe I won a $10 single table sng and then followed that up with a $20 single table win--yes, I was playing over my BR at that point but I was tilted!
At any rate, even without Tournament Indicator I've always been decent at sng's simply because it's only 1 table, and after enough hands you can learn a lot about players and their tendencies if you just pay attention and take a few notes. So TI enhanced that info but I didn't think it gave me a substantial advantage over the other players---unless I had a lot of history data on several players from hand 1.
So after thinking about that it occurred to me that I could better maximize the value of TI and its advantage by playing MTT sng's, since you can launch up to 10 TI instances at once for up to 10 separate tables--in other words, you can monitor every player in up to a 90 player sit and go. I figured that knowing exactly how someone was playing when they got moved to my table or vice versa would be a pretty major advantage, especially later in a the poker tournament when stealing blinds and taking advantage of tight/weak players is so important. Let me just say that turned out to be a pretty good hypothesis.
Starting in March I began playing 45 man sng's at Full Tilt. I have stuck with the rule of never playing one that was more than 5% of my BR, which has worked out well. For the past 3 months I have pretty much stuck to $24+2 buy-ins, but have tried $69+6 a few times.
If you look me up on Sharkscope or OPR (my screen mame at FT is mrgoodplayer) you will see that my ROI over that period of time is somewhere around 90%. You will also see that my pfofit was about $500 in March, $2,000 in April, $1,200 in May, and as of tonight with 2 straight wins ($400 and $1,100 for my first ever $69+6 win) $2,200 in June--for a total profit of $5,900 in the past 3 1/2 months. That is after putting $120 in my account in December. Needless to say I am absolutely floored at the unbelievable impact TI has had on my results.
I did not post this to brag, although I'll admit I'm pretty proud of the accomplishment. I posted it because I was curious if anyone else has tried this, and if so, if they have experienced similar results.
I am starting to think I have a nice little part-time job going here. If anyone is interested in more details or would like to discuss let me know. You won't have to twist my arm. |
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