A great session

I have been avoiding those big swings, and I am on the way back up. Another great session for me today, and by far my best I have played since starting the challenge. Playing for 1/2 of an hour, I caught this hand which just about doubled me up.

I am currently up 10.49 in my challenge in a little under a total of one days worth of play. The thing about poker is it takes a lot of consistency and focus, because it is easy to lose. I have had some quick sessions where I lost what I invested in a matter of minutes. In poker you need to be able to play slow, and risk very little. That is what I have been working on. Winning a little at a time and not trying to just win it all in one hand.

In case you were wondering, I switched to .01/.02 so that I can avoid the big swings and the chance of losing my whole bankroll. I have been reading, "Power Holdem Strategy" by Daniel Negraneu and trying to follow the 20-35 big blind rule. So technically, at the .02 level, I should have a bankroll of .02*100 = 2 * 20 = atleast 40. I am currently at 27 but because this level is so small it is ok. I will not move up to the .02/.05 until I have reached $100 which will leave me with 20BB. This is getting very interesting, and I just hope to keep climbing the ladder everytime I sit down to play.

Just got done playing just over 600 hands of poker. Through 2 hours of play, I finished up 10.58 putting me at a total of 21.07 profit at this time. Ever since I switched to .01/.02 at around hand 1500 I have done nothing but slowly increase. Today I played 4 tables at once, waited for big hands and capitalized. The one thing I learned in reading "Power Holdem Strategy" was to overbet when you have the nuts because beginners will often call. At this level, I was getting called with almost any pair. So when I had a good hand, I would bet the pot and sometimes much more then that. And it paid off. For example the hand above, I pushed the river and the short stack called with a pair of 6s and my full house took it down. I look forward to playing tonight after I get out of work and doing the same thing. Climb the ladder.