I played a bit this weekend and it started badly. I whitled away a buy-in and at one point was $15 away from having to move down to $50NL, but then I hit some nice hands and ended up about $450, so at the moment I'm on about $4.6k and hoping that I won't have to move down.
When I was $450 up, I got KK dealt on my last orbit before I went to sleep. I was very happy with my $450 and didn't really want to risk any, but I didn't want to play like a dweeb either. I raised to $3.50 UTG and a tight player in the cut-off made it $11. Then, an extremely tight player on the button (playing 8/5 over 250 hands) re-re-raised to $28. I laid down my KK, the cut-off folded, the button didn't show and I went to bet not knowing - pathetic play?
Monday, December 15, 2008
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Ouch...
So, at the end of last month I started at $100NL, quickly lost $500 and then won it back.
This month has been going exactly the similar. I lost another $600 on Party, moved to FTP and won $500 of it back. Then I lost another $500 on FTP, leaving me at -$600 for the month.
I do actually think I'm playing pretty well, and have had some nasty hands (Losing 99 v AA on a Q-9-2 flop, Losing AK v QQ on a A-7-4 flop and having 7-4 v 9-7 on a KJ5-8-6 board) but really it's standard variance. I often went on 6 buy-in downswing at $50NL. However, earlier this month I withdrew about $1200 to pay for Christmas, and the bankroll is now getting dangerously close to $4k.
So basically the plan is to keep playing $100NL and hope to win. If I don't win, and I drop below $4k, I will have to move back down to $50NL until the bankroll is back to $4.5k.
Wish me luck!
This month has been going exactly the similar. I lost another $600 on Party, moved to FTP and won $500 of it back. Then I lost another $500 on FTP, leaving me at -$600 for the month.
I do actually think I'm playing pretty well, and have had some nasty hands (Losing 99 v AA on a Q-9-2 flop, Losing AK v QQ on a A-7-4 flop and having 7-4 v 9-7 on a KJ5-8-6 board) but really it's standard variance. I often went on 6 buy-in downswing at $50NL. However, earlier this month I withdrew about $1200 to pay for Christmas, and the bankroll is now getting dangerously close to $4k.
So basically the plan is to keep playing $100NL and hope to win. If I don't win, and I drop below $4k, I will have to move back down to $50NL until the bankroll is back to $4.5k.
Wish me luck!
Tuesday, December 02, 2008
And I made it...
So here it is! After a very slow and frustrating start to the month, I managed to hit my target of making $400 at $50nl. So that meant it was time to move up! Things at $100nl have not gone as smoothly, I lost $500 in one day which was a bit of a shocker, but overall I am slightly up at $100nl so at least it's a start. Usually when I move up a level I play like a complete idiot at first, thinking everyone is trying to out-smart me etc and not playing my A game (see hand of the month). But the more I play the more confortable I should get and hopefully the winning will start.
The main thing is that when I last moved up to this level I played something like 12/9 which was way too tight. So far this time I have been playing 18/14, and although it's very early days (only 3k hands at $100nl) it feels a lot better.
Overall for the month I made about $400. I earnt $100 in bonus but also staked a friend in a long-term plan for $200 (hopefully I will see some returns on this soon). At $50nl I ran at 4.21 bb/100 but at $100nl only 0.24 bb/100, but it's very early days and I'm happy with any profit after a $500 downswing.
Hand of the month - I'm not really sure the best way to play this. I have to re-raise initially I think but when I'm min-re-re-raised can I let it go? Unless he was a complete idiot (which I had no reason to believe that he was) he has to have QQ+ here. Any views?
So the plan for this month is to get comfortable at $100nl and to not lose money. Obviously I would like to win some, but it's a learning curve. Also I probably won't be playing much this month anyway due to christmas, studying and I may have to go to Bristol with work for a few weeks.
Bankroll ~ $5.8k
The main thing is that when I last moved up to this level I played something like 12/9 which was way too tight. So far this time I have been playing 18/14, and although it's very early days (only 3k hands at $100nl) it feels a lot better.
Overall for the month I made about $400. I earnt $100 in bonus but also staked a friend in a long-term plan for $200 (hopefully I will see some returns on this soon). At $50nl I ran at 4.21 bb/100 but at $100nl only 0.24 bb/100, but it's very early days and I'm happy with any profit after a $500 downswing.
Hand of the month - I'm not really sure the best way to play this. I have to re-raise initially I think but when I'm min-re-re-raised can I let it go? Unless he was a complete idiot (which I had no reason to believe that he was) he has to have QQ+ here. Any views?
So the plan for this month is to get comfortable at $100nl and to not lose money. Obviously I would like to win some, but it's a learning curve. Also I probably won't be playing much this month anyway due to christmas, studying and I may have to go to Bristol with work for a few weeks.
Bankroll ~ $5.8k
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