Interesting comment was made recently at a $200 buy-in cash game. A new player sits down at the table and starts playing after the button passes so he avoids the blinds. He catches good cards and in one hand goes from his starting stack of $200 to $297 after tipping the dealer $1 for the win. Then -- without even waiting for the blinds to come to him -- he reaches under the table for a rack, puts in his chips, announces that he has made his "hundred bucks for the day" and leaves.
Do you have a particular win goal when playing cash poker games?
In this particular player's case, he made almost a 50% return, and left the casino up $97. If he did that five days a week it's about a $25,000 a year "job."
Some players have told me their "goal" is to double their initial buy-in. While other players will play for hours on end hoping to make a "killing."
Your strategy?
I like the idea of leaving with a profit -- and if the table is "rough" even a $3 profit is good in my book. In fact, I have left after playing at a "rough table" with only a $3 profit and I felt darn good about it.
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