Fear and Loathing at the Micros

For those of you that have been following my blog or checking in, you might know that at the beginning of the blog I was playing 10NL. Well playing is one term, more like losing and playing badly is the more realistic version. I finally checked my poker ego at the door and moved down to 2NL. Which was the best thing I have ever done for my game. Grinding 2NL for a good sample size really helped to improve my game no end. Fundamentally I feel like I have really improved.

I have been playing 5NL now since April 25th and I have found that I have been winning steadily. I have adjusted my game slightly, making more calculated cbets on the flop and the turn, as well as getting paid more by worse pairs, or opponents chasing draws. The level at which players are willing to gamble with you more is greater and you can quite easily make a decent profit from this. Over 11k at 5NL I have a win rate of 8.99bb/100 which I am super happy with. It really is all about value betting your decent hands and playing draws or semi bluffs aggressively. It plays a little different from 2NL in that opponents seem to be willing to call 3 streets a lot more than 2NL. Perhaps they think everyone is bluffing. 

Anyways in my mind I am now thing about moving up to 10NL. I am not completely rolled for it yet, I have about 24BI's for 10NL and I think ~26-28 is the right amount. Would like to play some more at 5NL as well just to make sure I am not on a complete heater. Which I don't think I am. 

So we are @48 BI's for 5NL. Wow that is a long way from 22.5BI's for 2NL. Feels good. No. Feels Great!

This weeks graph at 5NL:

Complete graph at 5NL this year: