Which would you feel more accomplished with?

Beating 3000 people online for $1k or beating 260 people offline for 30K?

Beating 3000 players for $1K
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Beating 260 players for 33K
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Which would you feel more accomplished with?

Postby trishan » Thu Oct 29, 2009 2:58 pm

Beating 3000 people online for $1k or beating 260 people offline for 30K?

What is more accomplishing to you: beating a larger field for a smaller cash payout or beating a smaller field for a large payout?

Personally, even though you get less money, I feel beating a field of 3000+ is much more satisfying that winning a small field. If you ever have the opportunity to beat a 3000+ field at any stakes then in my books, you are a good player.
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Re: Which would you feel more accomplished with?

Postby bennymacca » Thu Oct 29, 2009 3:09 pm

trishan wrote:Beating 3000 people online for $1k or beating 260 people offline for 30K?

What is more accomplishing to you: beating a larger field for a smaller cash payout or beating a smaller field for a large payout?

Personally, even though you get less money, I feel beating a field of 3000+ is much more satisfying that winning a small field. If you ever have the opportunity to beat a 3000+ field at any stakes then in my books, you are a good player.


live event for sure.

online, people are so much more inclined to spew off their chips to you, firstly because they dont get the embarrasment of jamming into the nuts, secondly, they can always start up another game in 5 minutes.

in a 3k runner tourney, you need a lot more luck to win it, but i dont think there is much of a skill difference
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Re: Which would you feel more accomplished with?

Postby TheRedLadies » Thu Oct 29, 2009 3:41 pm

Interesting topic, Trishan. I would say the live tournament for sure...

In a live tournament you need to stay sharp, watch for tells and really pay attention to what is going on around you, moreso than an online tournament. Live play is also more mentally draining than online play (for me anyway!)

There is also the endurance side of things... look how long the GF took to play out? Two days! I would assume that a 3000 player online tourney would be alot quicker than that, considering that you play more hands per hour?

So with that in mind I would say I would feel more accomplished winning the $30k in the live tourney :)

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Re: Which would you feel more accomplished with?

Postby trishan » Thu Oct 29, 2009 3:47 pm

You make some good points benny the cunt and Fleur.
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Re: Which would you feel more accomplished with?

Postby krunchie » Thu Oct 29, 2009 5:21 pm

is it the number of runners or the time the tourney takes

I mean, the 3000 runner tourney might take 6 or 8 hours tops

the tourney on the weekend was 20hrs or something

that was the biggest thing for me not the number of people I out lasted but the duration i was able to hang on.

Just a different point of view
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Re: Which would you feel more accomplished with?

Postby AceLosesKing » Thu Oct 29, 2009 5:26 pm

"Would you rather win $1k or $30k?"

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Re: Which would you feel more accomplished with?

Postby Conspiracy Theorist » Thu Oct 29, 2009 5:32 pm

I suppose it should read

Would you rather the ability to win either

(a) 3000 runner online tourneys

or

(b) 260 runner live tourneys with 10x first prize payout over online.

Regularly!.

Now which would you choose.

Spoiler:
I would probably choose (a). Due to the fact that you could play 20 a day and earn more than the live option.


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Re: Which would you feel more accomplished with?

Postby Brett Kay » Thu Oct 29, 2009 9:30 pm

Whichever one doesn't let me play naked with food on my lap, or playing hands whilst on the toilet.
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Re: Which would you feel more accomplished with?

Postby bennymacca » Thu Oct 29, 2009 9:53 pm

Brett Kay wrote:Whichever one doesn't let me play naked with food on my lap, or playing hands whilst on the toilet.


so the online one then?
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