$1/$2 Move

On September 29 I had reached $1,600 on my bankroll and given that it is now at 40 buy-ins of the $1/$2 tables (at 40BB per table) I have gone ahead and decided to move up. My move down rate would be 30 buy-ins which means I would move back down if I went down to $1,200.

It has started out pretty rocky across 3 sessions of 3 tables at a time. The results are:

Starting Bankroll - $1,510.9 (with a $50 bonus coming and close to $80 in rakeback)

Session 1 - $1,582.65 (+$71.75)
Session 2 - $1470.05 (-$112.6)
Session 3 - $1,310.00 (-$160.05)

Tilt has been a serious factor as I had started both losing sessions with either a bad decision or a bad move. I had called a short stack's all-in move with 9-9 where he showed Q-Q. Not exactly sure why I called as I am either in a race of completely dominated by short stack shoves since I know the range of the player who was pushing.

Another one was I had played for my entire stack with A-10 in an unraised pot. Board was 8-9-A-2-6 and I still played until the end. looking back, there was absolutely NO HAND I could beat except for a complete bluff given my opponent was calling on all streets. My opponent shows A-J and I lose my stack.

No beats but the pressure is there when you move up. All the stakes are higher and the mistakes are exponentially felt. Am going to stick to this though.... I am going to need to take some pain and become better or I am going to have to get contented winning peanuts at the lower levels.

Am Back!!!!!

Took a long break from poker and played some World of Warcraft for a few months.

Nothing beats earning an extra $1,000 a month though so am back to my old tricks! Started out with a $100 deposit and so far I have run it back up to $1,530 the last month with a few loans to some friends amounting to another $200.

Currently running at the 50c/$1 tables again and it seems to be my bread and butter as the game is pretty soft with a lot of weak maniacs who are easy to trap. I am seeing JackCadillac on the tables too and it's good to see a friendly avatar (except when he's taking my money).

Am trying to make my way up to at least $2,000 before I try and move up to $1/$2 again. I have been able to get to that level twice but have always moved down due to some truly horrendous runs so maybe the third time is indeed the charm.

I will try to update this ancient blog once a week so give me a shoutout in the comments section. It kinda helps to know that some of the bloggers are still online.