Two weeks at 25NL
After two full weeks at 25NL my initial trend of doing well at fullring tables and getting smoked at 6 max continues. Overall, I am up about $350 at 25NL, all from fullring play as I am down a buy-in or so at 6-max.
My former nemesis, Paradise, has accounted for $270 of the total upswing as I have been playing a fair amount there due to 3 weeks in a row of a 100% to a max of $100 bonus being offered to Canadian players. I am even doing okay at the short handed tables at Paradise, with $50 or so of the overall profit coming from 5-max play.
Party makes up the remainder of my 25NL profits over the last couple weeks, up 6 buy-ins at fullring and down 3 at 6-max.
I haven't bothered going through the hassle of importing hands to PokerTracker for play at Paradise and I do miss having a HUD when I play there but the softness of the games more than make up for it. Running hot seems to help a lot too.
I still have $200 of bonuses to clear at Paradise, so will likely be spending a good chunk of my time playing there while that clears. I expect that I will mix in some 6-max at Party as well to get my PT and PAHUD fix while I take more shots at sorting out the shorthanded games.
The issue I seem to be having with the shorthanded games is the increased aggression I face, which at 25NL really isn't that much. I find the fullring games a little easier to push people around and run over the table a bit more and I am fairly tilt-proof there while I find myself getting frustrated relatively quickly at 6-max. Whether fullring or short, I still find myself paying people off with 1 or 2 pair more often than I would like, and need to better identify which players I can take a stand against with an overpair or bottom two and those who I need to lay it down too.
I am having a blast learning no limit so far and the positive results to date only help that.
My former nemesis, Paradise, has accounted for $270 of the total upswing as I have been playing a fair amount there due to 3 weeks in a row of a 100% to a max of $100 bonus being offered to Canadian players. I am even doing okay at the short handed tables at Paradise, with $50 or so of the overall profit coming from 5-max play.
Party makes up the remainder of my 25NL profits over the last couple weeks, up 6 buy-ins at fullring and down 3 at 6-max.
I haven't bothered going through the hassle of importing hands to PokerTracker for play at Paradise and I do miss having a HUD when I play there but the softness of the games more than make up for it. Running hot seems to help a lot too.
I still have $200 of bonuses to clear at Paradise, so will likely be spending a good chunk of my time playing there while that clears. I expect that I will mix in some 6-max at Party as well to get my PT and PAHUD fix while I take more shots at sorting out the shorthanded games.
The issue I seem to be having with the shorthanded games is the increased aggression I face, which at 25NL really isn't that much. I find the fullring games a little easier to push people around and run over the table a bit more and I am fairly tilt-proof there while I find myself getting frustrated relatively quickly at 6-max. Whether fullring or short, I still find myself paying people off with 1 or 2 pair more often than I would like, and need to better identify which players I can take a stand against with an overpair or bottom two and those who I need to lay it down too.
I am having a blast learning no limit so far and the positive results to date only help that.
posted by FloppyJT at 9:08 AM
2 Comments:
Money won sure is a great motivator and positive reinforcer, isn't it?
Good job with the NL!
Hey Michael,
It sure is, thanks!
Of course, it is too early to really read anything into the results, but I am having fun. I definitely enjoy winning.
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