Thursday, September 16, 2010

6max here I come!

Quick update on my goal.
After doing a lot of debating I have decided to move to 6max the goal is the same get to 25nl by end of year I am doing this for 4 reasons.

1. It will force me to open up my game to be profitable
2. It will allow me to play more hands post flop and my post flop game should improve
3. I will get more hands played in less time.
4. I am enjoying 6 max much more then FR.

With that being said I started at 2NL to work on the transition from full ring to 6max. I plan to play a min of 5k hands. At the end if I am winning at 5bb/100 or better I plan to move to 5NL. If I am not winning I plan to play another 5k hands before I move up. Keep in mind I am rolled for 5NL with about 30BI but I want to make sure I am adjusting and playing well before I move back up.

Here are my status so far at 2NL

Hands - 2443
BB/100 - 15.94
VPIP% - 17.5
PRF% - 12.1
3Bet - 3.0

I am hoping to finish up my 5k hands over the weekend and be playing 5NL 6max. Hopefully jumping to 5NL won't be to hard.

Sunday, September 5, 2010

10NL and below

About 1000 hands in my attempt at 10nl was promptly done losing 2 buy ins and following my own bankroll guidelines I dropped back down to 5nl. I was trying to play more aggressively at a stake I was unfamiliar topped with a few bad beats brought me back down to earth.

The great thing is I learned a lot at 10nl which I am applying now at 5nl and playing better.  I am opening my game up.  I am working on opening up  from 12/8 to 14/11 so far and I would like to get to about 16/12.   I also am working on the following at 5nl 3bet, pfr amounts, squeeze plays, better note taking, better table selecting, and steal plays.  It is starting to come together however I still have a lot to learn.  My goal is to be back  taking a shot at 10nl by end of the month.  I think with more volume and better play this is possible.

I am already up 2BI at 5Nl here are my status after 2k hands
Hands 2071
bb/100 4.73
Vpip 16
Pfr 11
3bet 2.3