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[drzen]

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in the MTT forum FAQ, they say 10% ITM is excellent and no one has ever done better than 20%.

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I just checked PokerStars>Requests>Tournament History>Last 200 Tournaments.

I am ITM 21% of the time. I play, on average, 3 a day.

When I come home from work I make the money probably less than 10% of the time as I usually multitask and play for fun. Sometimes I donk off my chips if it is time for bed.

On the weekend when I am rested I play more MTT's. I'd easily be ITM 80% of the time. And I am always multitabling.

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You are either bullchitting or you are a fantastic poker player.

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If you play ONE sng - doing nothing else- I don't see how it possible to not make the money.

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If this was true -- and it totally is not -- I would be making my living by playing high-stakes sngs.

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Maybe I could play less, and win more...

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or bullchit less and play more...

[drzen]

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If you play ONE sng - doing nothing else- I don't see how it possible to not make the money.

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Try it, and you'll see. If you can make the money 80% of the time in a 10 player $215 tournament, you will make more than $100/hour, very safely, and have a ROI people can't sustain at $5 SNGs.

Maybe you have the idea of playing tightly, letting the other players knock each other out, perhaps stealing some blinds but not risking your whole stack. That's also the plan of five of your opponents, and at most half of you will make the money.

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Even at the $5 level, that no longer works.

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On the weekend when I am rested I play more MTT's. I'd easily be ITM 80% of the time.

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Your actual stats say 21%, and you jump to 80% being possible? You need to double up or the equivalent about 3 times to survive the bubble with a slightly below average stack. No one knows how to do that half of the time, and if you did, the resulting ROI would be fantastic.

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This guy should be writing a book, not wasting his time here. He is clearly a world-class poker player.

[mvdgaag]

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Your actual stats say 21%

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cool... where did you get this?