*** Official October Chat Thread: The Purple Goose ***

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for u guys runnin 0-2bb/100...whats ur hourly?

just lookin for a comparable cuz im very happy with my hourly at 50FR, and wondering why i shud move out of my free money pit

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like $60-70/hr, but with the FPP bonuses and milestone bonuses taken into consideration, it gets closer to $100/hr.

(this is running at ~2ptbb)

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at 200 correct?

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yeah i'm drawing these numbers from the last 250k hands, of which 90% is 200nl (10table average).

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thnx.

ive been doin $42/hr (b4 RB) at 50 (12tabling) over the last 60K hands, and believe this is very sustainable (only 5PTbb/100). and have been strugglin to figure out why i shud move up, increase variance uncessarily, play more grinders, and probably make around the same hourly (tho RB will b higher).

i dunno...maybe ima pansy and am tryying to give myself reasons to not move up. but...i did just get up to 2.3K, so its time to give 100 another shot *kicks a stone*

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It all depends on your goals. What do you want poker to be to you?

If you have dreams of being one of the best players, and making tens of thousands of dollars ever month, you're going to have to move up.

If you want to make a little extra spending cash on the side, and not expose yourself to a tonne of risk, then there is nothing wrong with sticking at $50NL. SOunds like you're making good cash there anyways.

I've been a 200NL reg for over a year. If I never cashed out, I'd be closed to rolled for 5000NL. But I have life expenses, I love to travel, and losing a lot of money stresses me out.

It works for me, gives me a very comfortable life, and puts me ahead (money wise) of almost everyone I know coming out of my graduating class.

But I'm gonna give it a go next month (assuming I get out of my little funk... no point moving up when I'm running terribly and feel gross about my game). I recently cashed out a lot of my stock portfolio, which I'm gonna use for rent and whatever for the next 6months. So I'm gonna try to build a serious roll and play some higher games. At least now I won't have to stress if I drop $5k or something.

It's all about what you're comfortable with. No one HAS to move up.