Hi, I only play DS HU steps to use the tickets for mtt buy in's as a sort of way to lower variance. This was working very well at one stage and I was consistantly beating them but obviously this was a small sample. The standard at the lower steps is generally awful so while I am confident I have a decent edge variance is sort of kicking me in the ass. I've been re thinking though if these are worth playing to grind out step tickets and if it would be more +EV to just buy in direct to the mtt's I play as I would spend way less time trying to grind out HU steps. To win a ticket I have to win HU games in a row. Some days I could win a couple of tickets and others it could take 4 hours playing and I would not win 4 in a row at any stage. I am thinking that perhaps even against weak players, winning two double shoot outs in a row is a bit of a variance war? Just wondering what HU sng regs thought about the variance in DS's, and particularily the idea of having to win two in a row. Is this too much to expect to win a few of these per day, even against weak players? By winning a few of these I mean winning two seperate DS's in a row (Step 1 DS + Step 2 DS = $26 Mtt buy in). Thanks!!
These should basically be like 4 man husngs, where good husng players have achieved 30%+ ROIs in.I'm not sure off hand what ITM % that is, but I'd imagine the variance isn't all that bad (negative variance, or tolerable variance), if you're a solid winner in them.It sounds like the variance might be bothering you in these. If that's the case, and you see less variance in MTTs or another game and you don't see any major hourly rate differences, then play a different format where you feel more comfortable with the swings (your first concern should always be hourly rate, well before variance, aside from br management related variance inquiries).Hope that helps, I'm not too familiar with the double shootouts, unless they are the 3375 FPP ones (or at least that's how some hu sats used to be back in the day. I played some of those and felt they were very +EV when they ran, action was the biggest concern).