I made some adjustments and ramped down the aggression, and on Saturday night I went too far and made some really bad folds with top pair and with an overpair. I'm not being results oriented there; they were bad.
When I'm making adjustments, I'm swinging too far in the opposite direction and I'm all over the damn place. In general, I think I may be trying too hard.
Saturday - Bally's: 7 hours:
(-$212)
Today was a challenge day, and I hit the necessary bankroll needed to move up to the next level on the very first hand of the day.
First hand was A
A
picked up in EP. I opened for $10 and both blinds called. I started with $200 (challenge rules) and the SB, a lady in her 50's whom I'd never played against, had the same or a few dollars less.
(Pot $30) 3 players
Flop T
2
3
Checks to me and I bet $20. SB min-checkraises to $40. BB folds and I call.
Obviously, I'm not going anywhere. But I'm also not repopping and folding out worse.
(Pot $110) 2 players
Turn 8
Check to me. I bet $50 and SB min-checkraises to $100. This is the commitment point. A double min-checkraise on a dry board from an unknown $1/$2 player is polarized to either a flopped set or a herpaderp.
The question of stacking off with a high top pair/overpair hand has been a difficult and a recurring issue for me, and one requiring a lot of analysis; but only when I've had a deeper stack.
As it was, with me rocking 100bbs, and with the nitty folds of Saturday still rattling around my brainpan, my body was ready.
I call.
(Pot $310) 2 players.
River: 5
SB puts me in for my last $50 and I'm only folding if I'm struck by a seizure which causes a very specific arm motion.
(Pot $410) 2 players.
I call.
I played for 2 hours after that, and then decided to give myself the rest of the day off in celebration of moving up to the next level of the challenge. I haven't had much to celebrate lately, and what is the point of taking this job if I can't knock off early from time to time?
Regarding $1/$3 and the challenge: I want to be buying in for $300 in a game where most players are buying in for more. The idea is to use my experience with <100bb stacks to my advantage.
Bellagio and Aria both have a max $300 buyin at their $1/$3. Orleans has a $500 max but most of the players buy in for a lot less. So it's going to be the Wynn/Encore that will host the next leg of the challenge, starting next week.
Flamingo: 2 hours:
+$215
Challenge:$1/$2 Level (completed):
Link to Challenge Rules
Starting bankroll: $600
Last week's bankroll: $921
Challenge day progress: +$204
Current bankroll: $1125
Bankroll needed for $1/$3: $1125
Last edited by suitedjustice; 09-26-2018 at 05:20 AM.