Finished NL5!

New to LiquidPoker? Register here for free!

Forum Index > Poker Blogs

phrenik Canada. Jan 15 2010 02:06. Posts 98

So I'm just about done NL5. Tomorrow's rakeback should put me at just about the 20BI I need for NL10. Only 1 losing session at NL5, but there were a few I had to save. Actually, quite a few sessions I ran bad to start but made it above water at the end. It was also nice to hit a great session just starting out. Hopefully I can finish NL10 by the beginning of February.

I'm actually kind of torn between whether to play more tables or less tables. I'm pretty comfortable with 8 right now, and that's the default max for FTP. Playing more tables means more volume which should accelerate my gains. Less tables means I can think more, but honestly I'm playing pretty straight up so less tables would probably be a bit slow. I also want to work on taking notes which would be way easier with less tables. I think once I get comfortable at NL10 I should take a couple sessions and just focus on taking good notes while playing. The only note taking I did at NL5 was tagging fish green so I could more easily see which tables I should replace. I also should work on customizing my hud, there are a lot of excess stats in the popups and some useful ones I want to be able to see more easily like fold to 3bet%.

Stuff to work on:
- Value betting thinner. I get gunshy when I don't have top kicker and sometimes I bet smaller or only go for 2 streets of value when against most fish I'm still crushing their calling range with TPGK.
- Taking time to think about what I'm getting value from when betting instead of just betting when I have a good hand.
- Betting bigger in all-in pots. I always underbet all-in pots because I feel like I'm starting a whole new pot for the side pot.

0 votes

edzwoo United States. Jan 15 2010 02:34. Posts 5911

Congrats

phrenik Canada. Jan 15 2010 02:44. Posts 98

Thanks, and thanks for all the advice in the low stakes forums. It's been very helpful.

Elite00 United States. Jan 15 2010 02:48. Posts 683

nice winrate, gl at NL10

longple

Sweden. Jan 15 2010 05:12. Posts 4472

loose goose at FR! nice work

anarki Belgium. Jan 15 2010 06:50. Posts 288

well done

The sword is more important than the shield, and skill is more important than either. The final weapon is the brain. All else is supplemental. - John Steinbeck

Jas0n United States. Jan 15 2010 09:35. Posts 1866

very nice, gl at nl10