The Power of Coaching

October has been a pretty strong month for me. I have broken the $2,000 mark in my bankroll and slowly making my way to the $1/$2 limits.

My game has improved tremendously the past few weeks and I attribute it to 2 of my friends who I have introduced the game to! They both had started online poker (with me being the beneficiary of the referral bonus) and I am helping both of them in their game. Usually on the weekends they would troop over to my shop and all 3 of us would grind out for a few hours and discuss how we played.

I have also monitored and coached their actions at the lower limits and it was amazing that I was making a lot of correct moves.... all with THEIR money! Apparently if I wasn't blinded by tilt or pressure, the decisions were becoming easier.

They weren't the only people benefitting from my coaching as my own game has improved considerably as well. I also got a chance to study Ring from $.5/$1 down to the microstakes level which gives me perspective on the gameplay changes between levels.

Overall its a win-win-win situation for me with referral bonuses, friends to talk to about online poker and improving my own personal game.

Hmmmm maybe I should start a cult or something....

Miscalculation

Thanks to Atty Bubba for pointing out that I ws being way too aggressive with my strategy. I was calculating with only 40BB in mind and when I took a look at how much bankroll I would need with a full stack of 40 buy-ins I realized how seriously underfunded my bankroll was for this level.

It makes sense since the pressure was more then I was comfortable with and has caused my concentration and nerves to dip.

I have gone back down to the 50c/$1 tables and had suffered 2 devastating beats. AA vs opponents KK spiking it on the river and JJ vs 99 on a J-Q-A-10-8 board lol.

The beats hurt but it was reassuring to know that it was nowhere as painful as if it had happened at the $1/$2 limits.

Thanks for the comment bro! Grinding it out at least to maybe $2,400 before moving up. Sigh.... so far away....