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Bonus whoring
I'm just about complete with the Victor chandler sign up bonus. I've noticed something that I haven't decidedly done before, but given how they calculate the clearance you have to play in the hand. A contributed rake thing. I was pushing to clear it by 3 tabling (all that you can there on money tables) and I noticed I started calling etc even with crap just to get the thing raked so more action points would clear. I've had a good run there on real money tables up to 2/4 with poker tracker giving me a 5.5 BB/100. I didn't realize what I was doing until I noticed every table was losing for me so I closed the one table and started paying more attention (I was kinda in autopilot mode). That's when I started noticing exactly what cards I was playing in what position, thinking I was calling the blind when there was actually a raise (the joys of playing 1/2 and 2/4 simultaneously). Once I started paying attention I realized I was clearing the bonus quicker but was bleeding chips away.
I'm not sure if there is a trade off point, but once I got myself back on track it ended up being a slightly profitable night. I"m not sure what I"m really asking except have other people found this once they get into bonus whore autopilot. If it was calling a quarter to ensure the hand got raked that's one thing, but at 1/2 and 2/4 my suboptimal play was getting expensive even if a $400 bonus will be cleared quicker.
I'm not sure if there is a trade off point, but once I got myself back on track it ended up being a slightly profitable night. I"m not sure what I"m really asking except have other people found this once they get into bonus whore autopilot. If it was calling a quarter to ensure the hand got raked that's one thing, but at 1/2 and 2/4 my suboptimal play was getting expensive even if a $400 bonus will be cleared quicker.
Comments
Sort of off topic but I decided to graph my play to see what the graph looked like. It's unbelieveable the swings that can occur including the large (about 300BB dip).