Online Poker
Hello Cake!
So I finally downloaded and installed Cake and got their rakeback and am ready to pluck away at their 500$ bonus. Of course, it all started with a -45BB losing session. Oh well, unfortunately I had to take it out on my husband a bit, which I didn’t intend. Lots of profuse apologizing later. Anyway, I can’t complain, because I’ve had a phenomenal March in terms of poker, so I don’t get why I get so frustrated with one stupid night.
Moving Up
I have been able to beat $25 NL for about 8-10 PTBB’s/100 which is really good. I started wondering about how much value I was giving up by not making the move to $50 NL. The problem has been I don’t play the same way at the higher stakes. I start slinking back into my weak-tight shell and start folding way too much. I was afraid of losing the money. Then I got to thinking, I just lost a bundle on a game I am not even sure I am any good at, why should I be scared in a game I know I can play just because the stakes are doubled? Forget it, put me in the game.
Frustrations
Ok, I’m frustrated. I feel like I can’t win right now. I’ve been playing a lot online. I spend about 20-30hrs online in a week. That’s an insane amount of time in front of a screen since I work 40hr weeks on a computer.. which is probably fueling my craziness right now. Despite my last post about focusing on my success in micro stakes NLHE cash games online.. I went against that and went back to MTT and SnGs online. What can I say, I was bored? There’s no big finale in cash games.. I like tournaments.
I think I need a mentor…
Been playing the cash games, I have had a lot of ups and downs. I am trying to avoid the downs and focus on my play and getting better. My game and bankroll has come a long way over the past few months, due to the training I have already started, I just need to continue to tweak my game in order to get better and better.
Does playing bad players make you a bad player?
I recently bought into Cake Poker; the games there are pretty soft. They bring no fold em hold em to a new level. For example I was called down by a player with K high, against my full house??? I have noticed that I have loosened my starting hands requirements and my GAP is not as wide as it has been in the past. I am now more likely to call pre-flop with a naked Ace, especially when people rarely raise pre-flop.
Micro NLHE Cash Games
I’ve been playing a lot online during the week.. since my weekends are usually spent at Commerce in some 1-2 NLHE cash games, I decided I should take a break from the SnGs and practice cash games online. I buy-in for the max $10 in the mirco $.05-.10 NLHE games on Full Tilt. In my last 7 consecutive sessions I’ve left up 1-2x my buy-in. Am I running well or am I on to something?
Chatting is a lot of fun sometimes
Usually, when I’m online, I’m all business. I play; rarely chat. I used to be the idiot that said “nh”, when somebody hit quads or better, but now I don’t do that anymore. I don’t type out “ty” either anymore, when somebody sarcastically says “nh” to me.
Multi-tabling vs. not
Like many online players, I am used to playing numerous tables at once. Personally, I never go above three tables, but I play against players who are on as many as ten. I can’t comprehend how they manage to do ten tables at once, but that’s beside the point. What I am getting at is that the other day, I decided to play at only one table. I’m not sure why I chose not to play my usual three, but I did for some reason. It was like some sort of epiphany. I seemed to know where I was at in every single hand. Playing at only one table forced me to watch every hand all the way through. I picked up numerous patterns on every single player that I probably would not have otherwise.
