Opinion: Easy Money vs. Getting Better
Alright, here's a question for you guys... I've been playing online poker for about a year now, starting with the typical "I'll throw ten bucks on and see what happens" dedication to the point where I've built a bankroll that can support decent limit play at the $3/$6 level.
My dilema is that I'm spread out over two poker sites. One is a site where the players seem to be pretty weak, and I've made good money there in a relatively short amount of time, with very little skill involved - lots of donators. The other site I'm on seems to have better players - I make money there, but not nearly as much.
So, my buddy and I have been arguing about where I should play. One arguement is to play more on the harder site to get better. The other is to go with the easy money, despite the fact that playing there isn't really increasing my skill.
So, what do you guys think?
My dilema is that I'm spread out over two poker sites. One is a site where the players seem to be pretty weak, and I've made good money there in a relatively short amount of time, with very little skill involved - lots of donators. The other site I'm on seems to have better players - I make money there, but not nearly as much.
So, my buddy and I have been arguing about where I should play. One arguement is to play more on the harder site to get better. The other is to go with the easy money, despite the fact that playing there isn't really increasing my skill.
So, what do you guys think?
Comments
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Ultimately, you want to be able to increase your skill to (hopefully) make more money at higher levels. A good way to play against better players with a minimal hit to your bankroll is to play in tournaments.
One idea could be this. Use your "easy" site to play your cash games and transfer a portion of that to your other site and try some of their tournaments...just a thought.
/g2
True, but keep in mind the bulk of your wins is going to be coming from the bad players. There's more to learning to be a "good" poker player than just playing. Stuff like BR management, tilt management, and game selection are also important IMO.
I kind of disagree here. While learning different games can certainly be a benefit to your game, you must understand that the games ARE different. IMO, learning proper tournament strategy generally is not going to do much (aside from getting you to think about different game situations, and HOW tournament strategy differs from cash game strategy) to improve your cash game (and vice versa). To use a bad analogy, a basketball player playing hockey in the off-season may be worthwhile to keep him in shape, but it's probably not going to improve his jump shot much.
I use the weaker players on one site to fund my Poker Education on another.
http://pokerkaiedmonton.blogspot.com/2007/03/session-290-wanting-to-win-most-vs.html
The easy dollar is easier so therefore, milk it.
Will try back on that one in a while and hope for some decent outcomes. In the meantime, I think I'll try to make some bucks...maybe it's easy money, but it does the confidence good, which can't be bad...
Cheers!!
Very well put. POTD.