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Post by Frank on Nov 20, 2020 1:59:45 GMT
The Thousand Hand Challenge is part of my book Poker Beginner to Poker Winner in 1,000 Hands. If you would like to see the challenge in action, you will find videos of me taking the challenge on my website. If you have taken the challenge and it worked post here. If you took it and it did not work, post here. If you will never take it and you want to tell us why, post here. Keep Calm and Re-Buy! |
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Post by princesspoptart on Jan 4, 2021 2:14:05 GMT
Hey guys Im taking the THC and I just finished level II and it was worse than level I, not better. Final results for Level I were 60.2 big blind an hour for winnings of $14.90. For level II when I was adjusting, it was 19.6 big blinds an hour and I only won $4.88. I busted out only once with the default strategy and I busted out three times when I adjusted. Am I just bad at adjusting so I should stick with the default?
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Post by Frank on Jan 4, 2021 18:10:45 GMT
Princess, I would say that difference is caused by the fact that you ran so well during level I. 60bb/hr is a fluke over a couple of hundred hands. If the default strategy did that consistently, I'd be too busy playing as many tables as I could to write about poker.
Any time I've run that well over ten buy-ins, it's either because I doubled up much more often than I got felted, or I won a huge multi-way pot somewere along the way. It sounds like the first one happened to you there. Nice when that happens, but it can't last.
The default strategy will make you a slight winner to break even. I don't recommend sticking with it because sooner or later you'll run bad and it could bust your bankroll. That's the main benefit of adjusted poker over solid ABC poker: You earn enough to over-come variance.
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Post by princesspoptart on Jan 11, 2021 1:06:49 GMT
mk, good. I just finished teh third level playing n25 default. I made 12.36, which was less than I made at nl10 default. Is that because nl25 has better players? Also is it bad that I just started level III right after I finished level II? I just re-read the challenge rules and I was supposed to have built up my bankroll to 150 for the experience. My account has 128 something because I only played about an hour at nl5 and I started level one instead of playing down to 60. Do I need to slow down?
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Post by Frank on Jan 12, 2021 1:07:20 GMT
I'm glad to here you only played an hour at 5NL. The purpose of that is to get used to the clicking and to see how hard it actually is to win money against the players at that level. You can either nit up and wait for the overpairs and sets, or you can try to fold people who think folding is for losing and besides they always seem to spike the river for a jenk two pair. NL10 people have sense enough to fold when the board pairs and they get bet into, so bluffs actually work.
Anyway, the purpose of building to 150 is not just to have 150 to play twenty short stack buy-ins at 25NL. You could almost certainly do that with $75. The point is to get experience as you quest to earn that money, not just learn how to earn it. You might consider taking the time to build it to $200, just to give yourself the 10NL time.
25NL is a tough level, so you need to be ready
KCRB!
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Post by Frank on Jan 23, 2021 15:29:50 GMT
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