January 27, 2010
Patience young µNL grinder!
My bankroll is now $200
Thanks to Rakeback a Stars bonus and a fair few fish along the way I find myself in the interesting situation where I have 20 buy ins fo 10NL but only 8000 breakeven hands at 5NL
I’m actually 4BB/100 for 5000 hands at Stars despite a 5 buy in cooler middle of this month, I feel comfortable at the level, more so than when I started out at 5NL. My Full tilt stats are not so good though. I’m 300bb down over there.
- Could be the rake
- Could be me
- Could be the opposition
- could be variance
- could be all of the above
Or none of the above – I might just be running hot on Stars. I feel good about my game, plenty of spots where I play an exploitable line, even more where I feel sure my hand is face up. Yet still they pay me, so I shall continue with my strategy.
I consider moving up because I think the rake is at its worst at this level. But I think I’ll grind another 50 or 100 dollars before I take a shot at 10NL. I’ve been 2 tabling 5NL this month so I’ll look into adding a few more tables now that I have found my feet a bit.
Aiming for 10NL in March, and I’ll make it for 50 buyins to get on up to 25NL.
2 Comments:
ron0914 posted on January 27, 2010 at 20:48 PM
By the way - I'm 34 so not less of the "young". Also Get off my lawn!
Niklius posted on January 27, 2010 at 22:42 PM
I think you have a pretty conservative BR management policy which is great. I would be cautious about setting a $ amount before moving up to the next level though. It often has more to do with your skill level than anything else. There are a lot of players who go on heaters and reach their BR requirements to move up but do not have the skill advantage. I'm not saying that this is the case, but maybe set a goal of 20k more hands at 5NL and if it so happens that your BR falls into place and you feel comfortable, then go for it!
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