I was wondering what you all would do and maybe even a calculation on if what I'm doing is sane. The last two visits I played at the $50 minimum tables (and won quite a lot, fortunately!) when usually I play with $10 as one unit. This of course cut my spread from 1:10 to 1:3 because I neither have the balls nor BR to handle more than $150 a hand. I have a about $10,000 to play with though I'm sure I would really hate myself for losing that much.
Okay, so on to my point.. why would I play that much when the ROR is probably unacceptable and the flux can be really bad? The reason is the comp at the casino I play at. They offer cash (in the form of a travel card which can be cashed at a bank also) for the table games you play in. And here is the thing, I have accumulated over $500 in less than a month. When I was playing $10-20 average hands, it barely ticked. But as soon as I played $50 dollar hands, it goes up like crazy. By my estimate, they comp me $25-30 cash for an hour of play. I actually got $80 dollars cash comp for 3 hours of play. This is almost as much as my expected AP return, maybe more than if I was to play with less money and bigger spread, since I am still spreading a bit and Wonging quite a bit. Okay, and to be honest I also get a thrill out of the high stakes play.
So here is the question, would you guys go back to reasonable bets or stay on the dangerous path I'm on which can net me $800 to $1000 a month in comps. Of course if im playing the high table I am stretching the time by not playing heads up, bathroom "breaks" and eating their free meals very frequently. (which I assume they still comp me during that time if I leave my chips)
Okay, so on to my point.. why would I play that much when the ROR is probably unacceptable and the flux can be really bad? The reason is the comp at the casino I play at. They offer cash (in the form of a travel card which can be cashed at a bank also) for the table games you play in. And here is the thing, I have accumulated over $500 in less than a month. When I was playing $10-20 average hands, it barely ticked. But as soon as I played $50 dollar hands, it goes up like crazy. By my estimate, they comp me $25-30 cash for an hour of play. I actually got $80 dollars cash comp for 3 hours of play. This is almost as much as my expected AP return, maybe more than if I was to play with less money and bigger spread, since I am still spreading a bit and Wonging quite a bit. Okay, and to be honest I also get a thrill out of the high stakes play.
So here is the question, would you guys go back to reasonable bets or stay on the dangerous path I'm on which can net me $800 to $1000 a month in comps. Of course if im playing the high table I am stretching the time by not playing heads up, bathroom "breaks" and eating their free meals very frequently. (which I assume they still comp me during that time if I leave my chips)