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Did I just receive a message from above?
A couple of days ago, I noticed that I was actually rolled for 5NL. Thanks to the advice I'd received my stats are soaring. In the 3,644 hands I've played since my last post, my turn AF has jumped from 2.5 to 3.56 and my river AF is creeping up. These two things alone have helped push my win rate to over 10BB/100 hands, more than double what it used to be (a large part of it is luck, of course, but I think the extra aggression is really helping too). I now have about $130, which I believe is on the border between 2NL and 5NL.
But if I was harbouring any thoughts of jumping into 5NL, this hand convinced me otherwise. http://www.liquidpoker.net/information/f/429644/Straight_vs._big_fat_bet.html
Ooo... the river call was bad... and embarrassing. How could I not have seen that one coming? And a 6 dollar mistake at 2NL is going to be worth 15 dollars at 5NL and 150 dollars at 50NL... Worst of all, it was an AK hand, the very hand I've been striving to improve.
Suddenly I didn't seem quite so ready for 5NL. I decided to stick around down here and grind a bit more till I get my basics right.
Here's the weird part: as soon as I'd decided that, another hand came along which involved no skill at all. I was in a 3 way pot. The flop comes 4d, Kh, 6d. The two nutcases in with me decide that top pair mid kicker is a great hand to get all in on. They shove. I shove. Unfortunately for the two nuts, I have them by the nuts because I've got the nuts - a set of sixes that turns into quads on the turn. It was complete and utter domination. As I watched the chips slide over to my seat, saw the two players leave the table and watched someone mumble "nh" in the chat, I felt the strange urge to go watch "300" half a dozen times.
The pot just about took me to the level I'd have been had I not called that river shove. The message from above could not have been clearer. Looks like I'll be at 2NL for a long, long time.
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Baalim Mexico. Mar 11 2008 05:03. Posts 34262 | | |
2nl = 5nl
dont get stuck in ridiculously low stakes move up alredy |
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kantoiki Australia. Mar 11 2008 05:33. Posts 3818 | | |
I played 10NL with 50 bucks and moved up to 25nl at 250.. |
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rogier Netherlands. Mar 11 2008 05:46. Posts 1528 | | |
just move up anyways. yeah you've got some leaks, but less leaks as the 2nl fish and probably also less as the 5nl ones
im playing 100nl and im winning there even tho i suck hard, so it seems like theres worse players everywhere ^^
in my opinion you cannot improve if you do not decide to challenge yourself - within your limits(which means no 5 bi br management like the person above me lol) |
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xeanatic Netherlands. Mar 11 2008 07:08. Posts 169 | | | |
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Shabbzoy United Kingdom. Mar 11 2008 08:40. Posts 841 | | |
yes move up!
learning to exploit these clueless players to the greatest extent possible isnt necessarily helpful against better players
You wont improve handreading against players who are so ridiculously erratic, and IMO you will get in bad habits for the higher games |
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SemPeR Canada. Mar 11 2008 11:31. Posts 2288 | | |
| | On March 11 2008 04:33 kantoiki wrote:
I played 10NL with 50 bucks and moved up to 25nl at 250.. |
25nl w/ 250 is fine. 10 whole bi! D: |
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