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Motiva United States. Sep 12 2009 14:18. Posts 104

It's been a long time since my last blog, I took a good 3-4 months off of poker. After failing hard and being too busy to put in the proper amount of time, I've come back to pick up where I left off as a n00b microgrinder... As I think anyone should I can beat NL2 very easily... I deposited ~$40 sometime in August, and for prolly 25k hands I beat NL2 at ~7BB/100... In my hand histories from Feb-June I was beating NL2 for 4BB/100 over 50k hands. I feel confident in my NL2, not that it's any sort of real achievement... It is NL2 after all...

My NL5 shots lately have certainly improved from my first NL5 shots at the beginning of the year. I don't currently have a great sample size, I'm currently -3bi after 3-4k hands. I've also switched over to FTP for rakeback/bonuses/promotions. These have really been a good boost for my BR and are allowing me to move up quicker (or more down more slowly

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For some reason NL5 really seems extremely different from NL2. I feel like I'm actually playing against players that aren't total maniacs. With an actual nit here or there. Quite different. Anyway, I feel like I know poker theory well for my level. I've read several books, watched countless videos, and most of the material is way over NL5 so it's not really applicable. It's still pretty educational, and also helps me understand why straight up ABC is so vital to NL25 and under... My Poker mindset has prolly advanced more than anything else in my play though... My tilting is far less troublesome, and I've gained enough conscious control to know when to stop playing and/or spewing

Anyway, heres graph/stats in case there are some gaping holes in my play that I don't see.

Stats wise, I would like to get my WTSD slightly lower, my W$WSF slightly higher, and my Att to steal slightly higher. However at this level I don't think these are huge issues because I feel my play -should- be good enough to beat these levels. I'm not really sure though, and I want to just play ABC as best I can, and maybe when i'm beating NL5 for 5BB/100 over 30k hands I'll feel comfortable enough to Cbet or raise sketchy cards on the button more...

Helps me to write all this down, If you wanna talk poker or anything hit me up AIM: Motiva69 MSN: Motiva at gmail com

Any comments/suggestions welcome as always, Thanks for reading yo

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Sicks Macks United States. Sep 12 2009 14:30. Posts 3929

Are you playing 6-max or 9-max? Your VPIP/PFR are low for 9-max and realllllly low for 6-max. Play more hands on the CO/BTN!

Mr. Will Throwit

Motiva United States. Sep 12 2009 14:35. Posts 104

9handed only atm and yea I know i'm a big nit I've played considerably looser in the past, I used to run roughtly 14/12 and beat NL2 consistently w/ it, and failed at NL5 consistently w/ it, so I've been trying to really nit it up and just lower variance cruise my way comfortably into NL5 before I loosen up more. But yea, I really really need to be more aggressive in CO/BTN...

It wasn't much of an issue at NL2 because rarely did a hand in the CO/Button get to me unopened. However at NL5 it seems a lot more common...

Is my AF accept for this VPIP/PFR and What does my AFq mean?

Sicks Macks United States. Sep 12 2009 14:56. Posts 3929

AFq is aggression frequency (% of times an aggressive action is available that you take one).
AF is fine for this VPIP/pfr.

Your VPIP and PFR will go up fine if you bring that ATT to steal to like 30/40 something. Punish the nits.

6-max is more fun.

Mr. Will Throwit