Swingy…….but good

Hey, this week has been a bit nuts really, i guess i’ve just been having one of those periods where every time you win a stack you seem to lose one 10 mins later! and of course if you play at 2nl like i am atm then the frustration is tenfold b/c when you lose a hand at 2nl chances are it was a bad beat of some sort!

I’ve had people hitting runner runners, miracle cards on the river to make their 2 pair of Qx a winner vs my AQ, people hitting when they’ve been drawing to a gutshot straight on a flush drawn board, people set-mining in 3bet pots with <50BB in their stack. It’s really been unbelievable at times, and the only thing thats getting me through this ordeal is the fact that i know i’m flying so far above the levels of my tablemates that i’m not just shitting on their heads as i soar up above, i’m dropping lumps of ice turd on them b/c i’m that high up it’s froze by the time it hits them lol

Of course i have been keeping a level head and, trying, not to get too cocky, after all, the winning formula at 2nl is clearly to just get the volume in and play your good hands, even at 6max tight is right this low down. I’m kinda glad that i’m going back up through the limits at the same time as reading PNL b/c it’s giving me a chance to put into practice all of the things that i’m learning, as i’m playing hands i’m constantly thinking on each street about if i want to commit my hand to that certain villain, i’m starting to think a lot more about peoples ranges and choosing better spots to get in that extra value bet on the river, this was something i rarely did before, i guess i was only playing my cards and the villains vpip stats. Something else that i’m impressing myself with is that i’m getting good at putting people on quite a small range of hands from their actions through the streets, i’m not exploiting this too much atm though, after all, even if you do have a strong feeling that someones on middle pair and you should represent the jack or w/e, at this level it just doesnt work b/c the villains really aren’t thinking about what you could have, they just see middle pair and jump around the room while calling every bet you make!

So, bankroll since the last update and a graph for my 2nl adventures so far lol,

Starting Roll: $70.66

Profit: $9.41

Current Roll: $81.30

Which means i’ve had a nice 5 BI week with $1.23 profit from PLO on the side :D

 

Next month, well i'm quite busy so not sure how much poker i'll actually be able to get in but some rough goals for me would be to:
- Get in 15k hands, not a lot but i'm busy so this would be a good number.
- Move up to 5nl, working on a system where i take 3 BI shots i need to get myself up to $115 in the roll, currently at $81.
- Finish PNL and maybe start reading it again, should be do-able.
- Learn to lay down hands where its clear i'm beat, made some good progress towards this today, making a couple of good lay downs.

Until next time people :P

2nl and a bit of PLO on the side

Hey reader, thought i’d chuck in a quick update, its not been all that long ago so nothing spectacular has happened really, played approx 2.3k hands at 2nl and i’m 3BI’s down, 2nl really is about volume so there's not a huge amount of hands that i could post on here that i’m having trouble with, the average player there is just soooo unbelievably bad you’ve just got to get the hands in against them and hope that your ‘actual’ ev line stays somewhere near your ‘expected’ line lol.

In my case, sadly, this week it hasn’t but hey, i know that 6max is a swingy game anyways and playing it this low is bound to be more volatile in terms of variance, i’ve just really gotta grind it out to get my roll up to the $115 mark when i can take shots at 5nl, hopefully i run good when i get there as well :D

Apart from playing 2nl HE i’ve been playing some $2 PLO as well, not much, but i’ve decided to start mixing it up a bit to keep me entertained, also, PLO at the $2 level is insanely easy so it’s a good way to help build the roll, i’ll be the first to admit that i don’t have a huge amount of knowledge when it comes to PLO but i do know that a good place to start is to try and make sure that all 4 of your cards are working with each other, or the odd 3 card hand with a straggler, like 9TJ5 for example, the basics is plenty to beat $2 PLO though, so it'’ll hopefully work out as a good way to take my mind off the micro HE grind, who knows… maybe one day i might play only PLO if i discover i’m better at it.

So graph since the last update then:

Like i said, nothing spectacular, just thought i’d throw in a little update, my all-in ev graph is saying i’m running at about $6 below expected so i can take a little comfort from that, what i’ve lost playing 2NLHE i’ve pretty much made back playing $2 PLO though so its not too much of a disaster i guess.

Current Bankroll: $70.66

2nl BI’s needed to move up: 22

Got a bit of time off this week so hopefully i can get in a bit more volume and the next update will see me a bit closer to the $115 mark, i really hope i run goot lol

Peace out