I’ve put a lot of thought into my game plan for the poker this trip. I’m trying to learn, adapt, and grow from previous trips. I’m staying Thursday night to Tuesday, and the only tournament I’m planning on playing is the $400 weekend event. There’s two flights each day, Friday and Saturday, at 11am and 4pm. I don’t like re-entering later in the same flight if I bust, so I’ll want to start at 11am each day. If I bust the first flight, I’ll re-enter the afternoon flight fresh (IF I still feel confident and focused). I’m budgeting for up to 3 bullets.
The cash game strategy, anyhow, requires more nuance. See above, the previous discussion about 2-5 and 1-3. I think I can beat 2-5, but judging from my results, I have to be honest and say that I’m not a favorite to win lots in EVERY lineup, and table selecting is harder. I think my winrate is bigger, and my hourly will also be bigger, if I stick to 1-3.
However, I think it’s very possible that my hourly could be even higher at 1-2 PLO. I just think there’s so many players that are positionally clueless, playing raggedy trap hands, making HUGE postflop mistakes, and stacking off light, in a way that people just *aren’t* at no limit in 2023. If I was gonna stick to just 1-3 NLH, I think I could get by with a smaller roll. But if I want to play $500 cap 1-2 PLO, that game will naturally play bigger, and have much higher variance, necessitating a larger roll.
So the number I’ve decided on is to start with a $5k roll. Up to three $400 bullets in the donkament, and four or five $500 bullets at PLO. If both of those go badly, I’m not too proud to lick my wounds at 1-3 NLH the rest of my time… because I truly enjoy playing live poker, and don’t get to do it every day.
Anyway, that’s the plan! I’ll probably re-read these posts too many times on my meal breaks at work the next nine days, to keep me focused on the goal. This is what I work for.
I hope everyone has a safe and happy Thanksgiving, and we’ll be back in action next week!
Let’s goooooooooooooooo
Last edited by TJ Eckleburg12; 11-13-2023 at 03:26 PM.