A closer look at the $100 for $60 promotion

So I make my first stop at the local casino to get my $100 for $60 promotion and play 3 hours in the 4/8 Holdem game. I last only an hour and go busted winning only one small hand in the process. I leave since I did not qualify for the freeroll tourney they have on Sundays (did not play 11 hours) and decided to go to the Indian reservation casino later on in the early evening. I then drive to the gym to get my exercise in. As I am driving, I was thinking to myself that playing a $100 in a 4/8 game requires that I make my hands early. If I do not, I will go bust very fast and be out of my $60 buy-in.



I start wondering, is the risk of playing a short stack of a $100 in a 4/8 game (equivalent to a $50 stack in a 2/4 game) worth the benefit of the extra $40. After some thought, I figured that it is worth the benefit. Reason being, not only is the $40 an extra win right off the top, but the action can lead for big wins that I would not have in a 2/4 game with limited risk. Since my strategy of play is to receive big rewards with limited risk, the $100 for $60 promotion does indeed fit right in my plans.



I end up winning $72 in the 2/4 game at the Indian Reservation Casino today to make up the $60 I loss earlier. Since I did not earn the free slot play, slot machines did not figure into my earning today. Taking the $72 won minus the $60 loss earlier, I net $12 for the day.



This week is off to a slow start!



Full Tilt Beginning Balance - $327.55

$12 Omaha Hi/Low PL SNG - 9 players

I get off to a hot start winning almost every hand I played and cruised to a final heads up match. I had a very small lead over my opponent and got crushed on one hand leaving me with 982 in chips and 12.000+ chips to the other guy. I make two quick double ups and my aggressive play wins me his blinds a few rounds. The next hand I flop a full house and double up again to give my the chip lead back. A few hands later, I flop a straight and get my guy to commit all of his chips and I take down the pot, the game, and the $49.50 prize.

$1 NL Holdem Rebuy MTT - 380 players

I rebuy once and take the add-on for a total investment of $3. I could not do anything at all in the tourney and finish 220th and out of the money.

$3.30 NL Holdem MTT KO - 90 players

I managed to get one KO for $.50 but nothing much else. I get knocked out 18th and out of the money.

Full Titl Ending Balance - $359.25