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Spin & Go Blog

Hello my Pokerstars name is Primming. I'm a beginner poker player and this blog is about me trying to challenge myself to maintain 40% ITM (all-in adjusted) in $3 Spin and Go's. I'm aiming to play around 50 games per day single tabling. I will move to the $7 once I feel confident I can consistently produce these results.


Update: Because I have the bankroll now to play the $7 and I feel pretty confident with my $3 results (although small sample), I've decided to play the $7 from now on. I'm expecting some big swings as I get used to the $7 but I'm pretty excited to move up. I've decided to remove the "50 games per day" idea after watching one of Cog Dissonance's videos about focus.

After a big downswing at the $7 I'm going back to the $3 to build my bankroll again.


ITM (adjusted) = 41.3%

RyPac13's picture
I would wait until you move

I would wait until you move into the $7s and are beating the $7s to add another table.

Once you are beating $7s, if you are still having trouble making decisions and focusing well enough to add a 2nd table, try playing two tables at the $3s, sometimes people struggle to play their max buyin with two tables because the money becomes a mental factor.

But often, it's hard to multi table well when you can't make fast and accurate decisions, so the answer can often be to simply improve your game.

And if you really aren't multi tabling well but can still single table with success, it's not terrible to move into $15s before you add another table (that also gives you both the $3s and $7s then as smaller levels to experiment adding more tables in).

The most important thing is going to be improving your play though. That's the hardest. If you improve your play I am confident the extra tables will become far more comfortable to you.

Good luck!

para's picture
Thanks for the advice! I

Thanks for the advice! I guess it makes sense to become a better player to be able to multi table well. I was looking towards a multi-table specific area but I agree with you that simply improving my game is a lot more important. I'll take your advice when I am playing the $7 to two-table $3. Money probably is a big mental factor for me currently, although I have been trying to treat the games more like play-money games and focus more on winning rather than earning money (I'm not sure if this is the right mindset).

Wubblepig's picture
ITM

Good luck pal; just a quick bit of advice: even at the $3 level 40% EV ITM is extraordinarily high, especially if you are just starting out.

Try to aim for 36.5% first and higher your expectation as you progress. If you set the bar too high, you'll disappoint yourself if you don't clear it (highly likely with such a lofty aim even for a fairly experienced player).

Also note that at 50 games a day, progress might be quite slow and your results may well look anomalous for a while; it takes a fair number of spins before your actual EV ITM % and ROI % begin to take shape, so again, don't beat yourself up if your results aren't what you hoped at the start. Check after 1k games and evaluate then.

Cheers. 

para's picture
Thanks for the advice! I wish

Thanks for the advice! I wish I could up the number of games, but playing 50 games takes about 5 hours for me which is quite long. I think that if I work really hard 40% should be attainable over many games. I feel that the players at the $3 are really weak, but usually it's my focus that holds me back.

I'll definitely play at least 1k games before I feel confident about my ITM. Really hoping I can achieve that 40% :)

 

squire1888's picture
gl sir will be following 

gl sir will be following 

dzemaitis's picture
question

You are not going to play 5 buy ins?

para's picture
I think the higher rake made

I think the higher rake made me prefer the $7. Actually though, I've decided to go back to $3 because I'm losing at the $7 :(. 

dzemaitis's picture
what is the rake difference

what is the rake difference in 5 and 7 games? If you can't beat 7s yet, try out 5s

RyPac13's picture
Rake is higher in $5s I

Rake is higher in $5s I think. Or at least the EV necessarily to make it more profitable stems from that truly lottery style million dollar game that will be the longest odds of hitting out of them all.

Might be better to play $7s.