Rake races

thedini

I see paddypower are doing rake races for the next 4 weeks. I was wondering has anybody ever tried one of these. How many hands would u need to play in a week, how many tables at a time etc. Also would it be worth the effort due to burnout, winrate suffering etc.

Macspower

thedini wrote: »

I see paddypower are doing rake races for the next 4 weeks. I was wondering has anybody ever tried one of these. How many hands would u need to play in a week, how many tables at a time etc. Also would it be worth the effort due to burnout, winrate suffering etc.

I have done a few and did well in them.... but as you say the winrate can suffer... one month I played 80k hands for a rakerace to win an x box360 and tbh I nearly fried my brain and my winrate was just over 0bb/100. I think if I played normally I could have bought an xbox...

also I'm not sure if this is a skin only rake race or a network wide one...
If it's network just look at some of the sickos playing 10 k hands a day and the like

thedini

yea its just pp alright, don't think i'll bother trying tbh. Certainly couldn't or wouldn't even attempt 10k hds in a day,that to me sounds most painful.agree with u about the winrate unless the prize is quite sustantial then u will probably lose overall through winrate, boredom,tiredness and having no life.

cooker3

You just have people teaming up and doing shifts so they are playing nearly 24/7. It's next to impossible to do well

Pulsar Eagle

thedini wrote: »

yea its just pp alright, don't think i'll bother trying tbh. Certainly couldn't or wouldn't even attempt 10k hds in a day,that to me sounds most painful.agree with u about the winrate unless the prize is quite sustantial then u will probably lose overall through winrate, boredom,tiredness and having no life.

This is only a ppp thing so i would say not half as many hands would be needed as if it was a whole i poker thing, n from what i can see the prize aint that sustantial for the hours n hands needed.

Macspower

cooker3 wrote: »

You just people teaming up and doing shifts so they are playing nearly 24/7. It's next to impossible to do well

yeah I remember a few of these guys too... do u remember a guy cooker his name was some letters like tt12id or something... he played 24/7 for 30 days solid on 16 tables.... he rarely left tables and was often sitting with 5/6 buy in's for days....

Someone told me after he didn't get the prize but dont know of this is true or not..

A ppp in house rake race wont need near as many hands but will still need a lot

HiCloy

It could be hard for NL players to win these - I play LHE on ipoker and recognize numbers 1,3,5,6,8,11,13,14,.... on this

http://www1.noiqpoker.com/web/home/promotions/noiq_race_september

Their winrate definitely suffers, they table select very badly (result of playing every table going)

cooker3

Macspower wrote: »

yeah I remember a few of these guys too... do u remember a guy cooker his name was some letters like tt12id or something... he played 24/7 for 30 days solid on 16 tables.... he rarely left tables and was often sitting with 5/6 buy in's for days....

Someone told me after he didn't get the prize but dont know of this is true or not..

A ppp in house rake race wont need near as many hands but will still need a lot

I don't remember him off hand but I would hope they stop him. If it is blatant there is more then 1 they should be disqualified. Although I doubt anyone who ever wins them doesn't do something like that

robinblinds

thedini wrote: »

I see paddypower are doing rake races for the next 4 weeks. I was wondering has anybody ever tried one of these. How many hands would u need to play in a week, how many tables at a time etc. Also would it be worth the effort due to burnout, winrate suffering etc.

Its on for the next 8 weeks. 38 grand up for grabs among loads of other stuff.

http://www.paddypowerpoker.com/freechips/back-that-ace-up.php

thedini

robinblinds wrote: »

Its on for the next 8 weeks. 38 grand up for grabs among loads of other stuff.

http://www.paddypowerpoker.com/freechips/back-that-ace-up.php

sorry am bad!!!

robinblinds

We did one before but just had one leaderboard for all levels. After feedback, we've split the levels up into three different leaderboards... micro-stakes (0.01-0.02 up to 0.50-1), mid level (1/2-2/4), and higher (3/6 and up).

thedini

when are the leaderboards being updated? i see it says saturday on the site but no movement thanks

robinblinds

Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays, starting from tomorrow.

thedini

thanks

Decod

So not worth it. Burnout is almost inevitable. I know at least one good player who was never the same again after participating in one.