how much volume is right?
Hey guys,
i'm confused how many mtt a pro should play each year. I've seen some posts saying around 5k games per year while other players can be fine with 300 per month, A friend who joined a stable recently (abi 15) said to me that volume is not important as long as you take great decisions.
Feels like i'm missing something that would let me understand the whole picture
Can reducing volume, lets say 300 per month vs 5k per year, boost your roi so much to get similar profits? or is not roi the only metric i should look at?
Can someone help me understand more about it?
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I think you want to max your volume but in a way that you're paying attention and improving - ultimately getting better and moving up stakes is the main goal, so pure grinding 12 tabling won't allow you to focus. Would try to max like 6-8 games at a time - focus on moving up ABI.
play the best way you can as much as you can or play what way you enjoy most
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to draw the sweetness of existence into oneself,
to claim delight as lived.
It is pleasure received,
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To enjoy is to drink from life —
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Jonathan Little gives simple advice: Find a game you can beat and play it a lot.
As for the specific volume you're playing, you can break it down into a math equation.
Let's say you're playing a $10 ABI with a 20% ROI, that's averaging about $2 profit per tournament. You're going to have to play a lot of tournaments to make that work as a professional.
Now if you're playing a $100 ABI, with that same 20% ROI, now you're averaging $20 per tournament and you have to play a lot less to make a decent income.
Obviously as you move up in stakes the competition tends to get tougher, and given the same skill level your ROI will likely be lower.
Also multi-tabling is going to give diminishing returns. As you play more tables you will likely make more mistakes and your average ROI per table will eventually go down if you're playing too many tables.
Anyway there are different routes to being successful. Some players multitable with a lot of tables, and play large volume at lower stakes. Other players focus intensely and play fewer tables at higher stakes.
You can play around with the numbers based on your own earnings goals, and figure out what would work for you personally.
