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Message: [QUOTE="PoKeRFoRNiA, post: 6627627, member: 51710"] I've been a member since a long time ago and then the ban on online poker in the US made me play poker less. But recently, i started playing poker again. Last November, i played 3 local tournaments at Reno at GSR, $50 tournament and won 2 of them, cashing $600 and $250(my friend got 2nd and we chopped a pool consisting $500). Also won a $150 tournament seat which i just gave to my friend. So overall, I won $850 - $150 - $20 = $680 Then i went to Vegas from December to February for vacation and played at Westgate and past 4 times i went there, i played 3 tournaments (2 on saturday and 1 on sunday) per weekend vacation and kept winning 2 of 3 tournaments. $70 tournament($35 buyin, $35 add-on). 12 tournaments, i won(dunno if chopping is considered winning) roughly $400 each time. 400 x 8 = $3200. My buy ins total were $840 - $35 bcz i didnt add on one tournament, so $805 total. Of course, everytime i win, i tip the dealers/tournament director $20. So $20 x 8 = $160. So my net is $2245 for Vegas. Total, i netted $2245 + $680 = $2925. I was surprised my poker experience and skillset i learned throughout the times at cardschat contributed a lot to my games and i am surprised i didnt lose my touch. I know I am running good but also, it seems players are terrible live. I have a question. Do poker skills deteriorate or do they stick with u forever? Is it wise to chop? Normally i do not like to chop but in live poker rooms, it seems like an etiquette to chop if stacks are roughly even. So i succumb to it and just chopped and since blinds were high, dunno if its wise to go all the way or just chop. Is it wise to join in late into the tournament and hustle? One tournament, i joined late, added on, and took it down. Some say its best to join late because you get the best icm value while others say u cant take advantage of bad players to build your stack. What is an ideal approach to registration? Start early or enter late? Should I move up in buyins? While winning is great, it just feels live poker is lot softer and weaker than online poker. So many recreational players who dont know what theyre doing and bunch of bad players at the $70 tournament. But i do know moving up means more skilled players and more serious players. On one hand, i feel like moving up because i want to win more money. On the other hand, there's so much dead money from recreational tourist players at low stakes that its a waste of opportunity if i dont play. But the way I was running past few months, I am tempted to move up. One thing i learned on my own from live poker where its different from online poker is that paying attention in the table while being dealt cards is crucial. When i was in MP and Cutoff, i see cutoff and button players showing subconscious signs with their hands where theyre ready to muck because they dont like their hand, so i use it to my advantage and take it for granted and assume I'm the button. This doesnt happen online because we're all behind our screens. LOL. Also certain players have tells where theyre getting ready to raise. So I would use this to my advantage and either not limp in and fold instead, or limp in and reraise when i have Aces or Kings to pick up dead money. And in case someone better than me is observing the table, i never look at my cards until its my turn. [/QUOTE]

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