NL 10 Self Motivating thread (NSFW just in case things get spicy)
07-12-2014
, 08:15 PM
Hi everybody,
I have been kinda reading and searching for stuff on 2+2 for the past 2 years and found it very useful but I thought that the time to create an account and start being active has finally come also because I have changed my whole poker experience approach.
I have been playing online poker also for the past 2-3 years as a recreational player, mainly micro Sit&Go and MTTs. I've hit a couple of first places in 2013 making me think I was good but I'm actually very far from it.
In MTTs I'm in fact a very big loser now, having lost all the profit made with those two wins and gone down in misery
. I have a good job and given up booze and fun drugs though so I rarely go out so the losses are not really things that worry me too much as they are well withing budget.
Lately I have had to sit down and think a bit...
Since I love this game and have invested lots of time (playing, reading books,watching videos, spying on forums), energy, integrity of my relationship, mental stability and so on, I kinda thought that it was sort of pointless continuing playing only focusing on that big win, on that big first prize of a big MTT which is not happening again and probably will not (but who knows), but rather, since I know the basics and don't consider myself a winning player but definitely not even a fish/donk (although sometimes, many times, I still make stupid calls just to prove myself that I had the right reading), try to switch to Cash games, put in some hours every time I can, also giving me more flexibility in my time off schedule, time that I can invest in my relationship too as I was a bit neglecting that part of my life due to the urge to make a big win!
So here I am, making my first post about me.
My sort of goal in this is to have fun, apply the little poker experience I have to exploit fish and donks, move up when the conditions and BR are correct and hopefully bring in some extra few $ every now and then (why not?) into my bank account.
Hopefully this will also change my approach to MTTs when eventually I will have the right amount of time to play one, for fun and not result driven because I am sure that this kind of mindset will bring better results anyways.
I have started last week playing NL5, ran like a boss and had a 19bb/100 win rate over 5K hands. I was playing with a huge BR given the stakes and it was not very challenging so I have decided to move up to NL10 and here the problems started.
I have a little bit over 5K played there (I know guys this is no sample at all, just stating where I am at) and ended up in loss, pretty big too. I had enough BR to actually jump to NL25 directly but I prefered passing from there first and thankful I did.
BR is not really a concern, Im well set, have over 45 Buy-ins in the account and can technically reload at any time if running short (hopefully never completely bust
) and no matter what each pay day from my job I will boost it by some helping me move up quicker.
However I have promised myself that I don't master a level or at least end up in profit over a quite good sample (50K hands at least), no matter what my BR is, I will not move up.
I am finding NL10 quite tough to be honest. Lots of regs and not much edge.
How the hell?
Thing is, I work night shifts, (right now it's 2am and I'm at work), my sleeping pattern is totally screwed and the slots available for me to put in some hours are early morning (european time). But the field is "tough"!!!
Lots of regs and grinders that probably do this Full time and the edge is very tiny.
Should I stick to the evening on my days off where the field seems to be more vast and more fish is on the lose or maybe this little curve is just balancing off the initial curve on NL5 where I ran good and people were folding to my bets and so on?
And if so...What can I do with my time off?? haha
I'm gonna just try to use this thread if I'm allowed to post hands and everything when needed, hope this is ok with the rules.
P.s. Can't wait for 5am to come to go home, shower, eat and put in some hours
Thanks for reading.
Hitch
I have been kinda reading and searching for stuff on 2+2 for the past 2 years and found it very useful but I thought that the time to create an account and start being active has finally come also because I have changed my whole poker experience approach.
I have been playing online poker also for the past 2-3 years as a recreational player, mainly micro Sit&Go and MTTs. I've hit a couple of first places in 2013 making me think I was good but I'm actually very far from it.
In MTTs I'm in fact a very big loser now, having lost all the profit made with those two wins and gone down in misery
. I have a good job and given up booze and fun drugs though so I rarely go out so the losses are not really things that worry me too much as they are well withing budget.Lately I have had to sit down and think a bit...
Since I love this game and have invested lots of time (playing, reading books,watching videos, spying on forums), energy, integrity of my relationship, mental stability and so on, I kinda thought that it was sort of pointless continuing playing only focusing on that big win, on that big first prize of a big MTT which is not happening again and probably will not (but who knows), but rather, since I know the basics and don't consider myself a winning player but definitely not even a fish/donk (although sometimes, many times, I still make stupid calls just to prove myself that I had the right reading), try to switch to Cash games, put in some hours every time I can, also giving me more flexibility in my time off schedule, time that I can invest in my relationship too as I was a bit neglecting that part of my life due to the urge to make a big win!
So here I am, making my first post about me.
My sort of goal in this is to have fun, apply the little poker experience I have to exploit fish and donks, move up when the conditions and BR are correct and hopefully bring in some extra few $ every now and then (why not?) into my bank account.
Hopefully this will also change my approach to MTTs when eventually I will have the right amount of time to play one, for fun and not result driven because I am sure that this kind of mindset will bring better results anyways.
I have started last week playing NL5, ran like a boss and had a 19bb/100 win rate over 5K hands. I was playing with a huge BR given the stakes and it was not very challenging so I have decided to move up to NL10 and here the problems started.
I have a little bit over 5K played there (I know guys this is no sample at all, just stating where I am at) and ended up in loss, pretty big too. I had enough BR to actually jump to NL25 directly but I prefered passing from there first and thankful I did.
BR is not really a concern, Im well set, have over 45 Buy-ins in the account and can technically reload at any time if running short (hopefully never completely bust
) and no matter what each pay day from my job I will boost it by some helping me move up quicker.However I have promised myself that I don't master a level or at least end up in profit over a quite good sample (50K hands at least), no matter what my BR is, I will not move up.
I am finding NL10 quite tough to be honest. Lots of regs and not much edge.
How the hell?
Thing is, I work night shifts, (right now it's 2am and I'm at work), my sleeping pattern is totally screwed and the slots available for me to put in some hours are early morning (european time). But the field is "tough"!!!
Lots of regs and grinders that probably do this Full time and the edge is very tiny.
Should I stick to the evening on my days off where the field seems to be more vast and more fish is on the lose or maybe this little curve is just balancing off the initial curve on NL5 where I ran good and people were folding to my bets and so on?
And if so...What can I do with my time off?? haha
I'm gonna just try to use this thread if I'm allowed to post hands and everything when needed, hope this is ok with the rules.
P.s. Can't wait for 5am to come to go home, shower, eat and put in some hours
Thanks for reading.
Hitch
07-12-2014
, 09:05 PM
I dunno how to move it, if you're an Admin or if an Admin wants to move it feel free and sorry for the hassle
07-12-2014
, 09:08 PM
07-12-2014
, 09:12 PM