Project Help
Jadyks, Feb 26 2011
So I know I'm a low postcount lurker here, and I'm pretty awful at poker. But I wanted to share this with you guys, ask for your help, or at the very least your interest!
I'm in a bluegrass folk band in Dallas, TX, and we're starting the recording of our first CD. We need $2500 for studio time, pressing and distribution. So, I've set up a kickstarter account to get the fundraising started. I'm spreading this like wildfire to my family and friends.
If you guys could throw $20 our way, you have no idea how tremendously helpful that would be.
If not, please, check out my band! I hope our music brings you some happiness today, cause we love to play and we love to have people hear it.
Thanks, and please leave feedback about the band and this project, I'd love to hear your opinions.
I'm an idiot and provided no links;
First to the kickstart page;
http://kck.st/gPkQEp
Second, to our facebook;
http://www.facebook.com/BackwaterOpera
Third, to our Youtube channel;
http://www.youtube.com/backwateropera
Thanks!
Starting Out.
Jadyks, Oct 30 2010
So, this is October for me, and I have a lot of questions. Note that I'm playing 100% 5NL right now.
First of all, this is the first time I've gotten really disciplined about playing and winning. About half-way through the month, maybe right at 800 hands played this month or so, I invested in PT3 and WOW, do I notice a difference in my winrate. Just seeing stats like that, paying more attention to tables, and using filters to find some leaks in my game has really changed alot.
As you can see I'm still in the negative for the month but as I almost broke even, I got really excited. I don't think this has been an upswing since the 900th hand played or so, and I certainly hope it's not all attributable to variance, cause I can definitely see my play improving, and I feel like I can definitely continue this rate.
I have some questions though. First, about this graph; obviously, amount won is a very easy line. But what exactly do my all-in EV, showdown and nonshowdown winnings tell me about my level of play? The showdown winnings line says to me that I'm getting my money in bad too often on the river. So, I really tightened up that aspect of my play. I stopped rationalizing that hero call, stopped imagining that everyone who bets the river against my TPTK must be bluffing. That really upped my winrate.
I have no idea what the all-in EV line says about my play. If it says anything at all. I've seen debate that it's not a good indicator of variance or 'running bad'. Can anyone explain to me the math behind it and how it relates? I've done a lot of reading here and on 2p2 and I still don't quite understand it.
Secondly, when I play 5NL, or .02/.05, I always buy in for $5, even though the max is 12.50. Why is there such a huge bb cap on these tables, and am I stunting myself by buying in for only 5? I guess I'm just a creature of habit and am accustomed to buying in for 100bb...
My last question is about PS rakeback and VPP stuff. I got my first 750 vpp $10 bonus today, yay free moneys. But obviously I'm more interested in the serious rakeback stuff. Playing 5nl, what kind of volume is really required to get any decent form of rakeback? Should I be moving to a different site if I can't play 40k hands a month?
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