| Posted by: splat at November 10, 2005, 3:42 am | | Topic: A question about playing At Absolute Poker Forum: Bonus Whores | briton wrote: I have never played 1/2, but grinding out a bonus with only 1/4 of the hands counting does not sound fun. Thanx for your input! Briton
Like everyone else said, play at your limits. Today around 8pm EST the play was extremely fishy - 6 people to the flop, people staying around for anything. I thought I was playing at PP, it was awesome! I'm just starting to go back to Absolute, but it definitely was not a rock garden today - maybe try various times and see what works best with your schedule. This weekend may not be good though, probably lots of whores over Veterans Day weekend. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Alphaunit1 at November 9, 2005, 6:49 pm | | Topic: A question about playing At Absolute Poker Forum: Bonus Whores | Pokerdogg wrote: Oh mine, that's a lot of poker. Good luck with reaching your goal! Get some sleep though, playing tired is not good for your win rate.
Not just "not good"... it can be deadly. Take it from somebody who does it for a living. Whenever a specific session runs over 2 hours for me, I often find I start making worse and worse decisions, and the only thing that will save me is a good run of lucky cards. I usually play for between one and two hours at a time, then take a break for about an hour before I go back. (Not saying I won't play for longer - had a 3 1/2 hour run at Eurobet today when 2 super-donks were sitting to my right on a $5/$10 table... it was absolutely incredible, and I forced myself to keep going until they both went broke.) | | Static Link |
| Posted by: WhooFleuryScores at November 8, 2005, 9:46 pm | | Topic: A question about playing At Absolute Poker Forum: Bonus Whores | Quote: Dont let bonus whoring push you up to limits you are not ready for .. unless you can make it no-risk to your br.
Def right on target.Don't jump up limits for the sake of a bonus.I did this for Bodog in order to cash out my roll in time and barely escaped with my bonus. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: IceboxCharlie at November 8, 2005, 7:01 pm | | Topic: A question about playing At Absolute Poker Forum: Bonus Whores | play stud8 or stud hi/lo whatever you want to call it. the .25/.50 table rakes a large part of the time and the .50/1.00 rakes a lot. the ante is .10 and .15 i think for those rooms.You'll have to get on the waiting list but you can play some holdem while you wait.Omaha8 pot limit is another great choice,usually only 1 or 2 tables going. i have made more playing
.05/.10 there than what ever bonus i might have collected playing stud.
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Just for the record jumping my ass is -EV and the WR is a quadzillion and the HA is 99.9% | | Static Link |
| Posted by: emcgraw276 at November 8, 2005, 4:16 pm | | Topic: A question about playing At Absolute Poker Forum: Bonus Whores | briton wrote: What did your earnings come from. Is that from cards, bonus, or both?
Its weird your .5/1.00 makes you more per hour. What gives?
I heard Poker Tracker will work on Absolute now. Does anyone know if Gametime+ will work on absolute?
Really thinkin about this Absolute thing. So far I have done Party, Paradise, and Ultimate Bet. It could be cool to find a home that has Poker Tracker support, Gametime+support, and lots of bonus money!
Only bad thing is that the tables are pretty tight...
Thats for the comments,
Briton
The hourly rate at Absolute that I published is based on bonus, my play and rakeback combined. Absolute also offers constant freerolls which do not pay off in large dollars but it allows you to play a freeroll while you bonus whore .50/1 or 1/2 LHE. I think one of the reasons my 1/2 LHE hourly rate is down from my .50/1 LHE is the fact that this past weekend I was hit with some pretty bad beats. 3 ... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: Montana.T at November 8, 2005, 2:01 pm | | Topic: A question about playing At Absolute Poker Forum: Bonus Whores | briton wrote: My questions regarding earnings were to emcgraw276
Briton
my bad
thx dogg, gonna sleep now, just lost a couple of big hands i would have laid down earlier today.
p.s. i dumped a couple of hundred casino whoring. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Pokerdogg at November 8, 2005, 1:57 pm | | Topic: A question about playing At Absolute Poker Forum: Bonus Whores | Montana.T wrote: ive been playing A LOT OF POKER ... 23hr sessions 2 tables ... had $600 9 dayz ago .... sleep, wake, poker, food, smoke, poker, smoke, poker, sleep.
thx dogg...
i want to hit 1k per day this week from now ... $400 left to go today, its up'n down (i lose around 3/7 sessions, so still some leaks) ... but wont sleep till i hit it.
Oh mine, that's a lot of poker. Good luck with reaching your goal! Get some sleep though, playing tired is not good for your win rate.
Cheers,
Pokerdogg | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Montana.T at November 8, 2005, 1:32 pm | | Topic: A question about playing At Absolute Poker Forum: Bonus Whores | Gametime sux
turn off the computer and use the force.
(only kidding......)
as to question re bonus/earnings .. around $550 is bonus this month ($100 pending) but to get the $50-$600 inital was mostly all bonus.
i have $500 pending bonus but no hope of clearing it ... however the table slection was so good i took the bonus and the RB .. knowing i wouldnt see the $500 till next year, but confident the table choice was best.
the truth is, i may well just be getting lucky ... | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Montana.T at November 8, 2005, 1:31 pm | | Topic: A question about playing At Absolute Poker Forum: Bonus Whores | I extraploated my stratgey allowing me to sit at an occassinal 1/2Nl short stack .. once i won at 1/2
80 became - 400
that put my BR above 1.2K which allowed me to sit at a few more 1/2NL's.
i play 1/2NL now and bluff a lot
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| Posted by: briton at November 8, 2005, 1:27 pm | | Topic: A question about playing At Absolute Poker Forum: Bonus Whores | What did your earnings come from. Is that from cards, bonus, or both?
Its weird your .5/1.00 makes you more per hour. What gives?
I heard Poker Tracker will work on Absolute now. Does anyone know if Gametime+ will work on absolute?
Really thinkin about this Absolute thing. So far I have done Party, Paradise, and Ultimate Bet. It could be cool to find a home that has Poker Tracker support, Gametime+support, and lots of bonus money!
Only bad thing is that the tables are pretty tight...
Thats for the comments,
Briton | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Montana.T at November 8, 2005, 1:22 pm | | Topic: A question about playing At Absolute Poker Forum: Bonus Whores | ive been playing A LOT OF POKER ... 23hr sessions 2 tables ... had $600 9 dayz ago .... sleep, wake, poker, food, smoke, poker, smoke, poker, sleep.
thx dogg...
i want to hit 1k per day this week from now ... $400 left to go today, its up'n down (i lose around 3/7 sessions, so still some leaks) ... but wont sleep till i hit it.
im pretty motivated, my mortgage is in arrears and my roof drip drip drips while i play .........
cashed my overdraft balance (which my bank just pulled) today
need 6k total by sunday to cash 4. leaving 2 BR.
hahahha if i pull this of it will BE A FUCKING MIRACLE | | Static Link |
| Posted by: emcgraw276 at November 8, 2005, 1:04 pm | | Topic: A question about playing At Absolute Poker Forum: Bonus Whores | I have played at Absolute a lot this year and after your post I decided to look
up some of my stats on pokercharts that I keep.
I have played 80 hours at .50/1 LHE and I made $4.79 per hour.
I have played 54 hours at 1/2 LHE and I made $3.00 per hour.
Interesting stats that I just looked up based on your post. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Montana.T at November 8, 2005, 12:36 pm | | Topic: A question about playing At Absolute Poker Forum: Bonus Whores | I am a truff speaker
perhaps briton would find this useful (noone else does) and this is the last time i will plug my own post
http://www.bonuswhores.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=15702
But this is a very solid way (if not time consuming) to play in higher limits for bonus without risking your BR.
im have over 3k now and i can assure you playing 1/2Nl is much easier with 3K than $200.
T. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Alphaunit1 at November 8, 2005, 12:22 pm | | Topic: A question about playing At Absolute Poker Forum: Bonus Whores | Montana.T speaks the truth. If you have a bit of a bankroll, and are willing to risk a small amount of it ($50 - $100), then I would encourage you to take a shot at the higher limits... but if you find that are:
(a) getting outplayed, or
(b) playing scared, because it is too much money
then drop back down to the lower limits. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: briton at November 8, 2005, 12:11 pm | | Topic: A question about playing At Absolute Poker Forum: Bonus Whores | I am considering playing at Absolute Poker and have never played above .50/1.00. I downloaded the software and have been watching some tables. It seems like the 1/2 tables are just as loose or looser than the .5/1.00 tables.
I really hate how there are only 9 people on each table. That would make the bonus clear more slowly.
My main question revolves around witch limit i should play. When i look at the site review on BW for Absolute it says the .5/1.00 tables clear the bonus at 3.46$/hr. However it says the 1/2 tables clear the bonus at $4.29/hr. After watching the tables i cant see how this would be correct! It seems like 1/2 tables hit the $5 mark most hands, while the .50/1.00 tables hit the 5$ mark like 1/4 of the hands.
Is it worth moving up in limits to clear the bonus quicker? And does it clear alot faster as i suspect or is the chart on this site correct and there is not even much difference? I have never played 1/2, but grinding out a bonus with only 1/4 of the h... | | Read Entire Entry |
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