Lately i’ve been thinking about blogging again. There’s something about following other people’s blogs that makes me want to share my own success and failure’s. There’s been a number of times where I’ve thought I’m the unluckiest player on the planet and it’s reading other blogs that helps put things into perspective. They’ve really helped me get my head around some awful periods that are just a part of poker and I’ve now learned to accept it.
I my just update this blog periodically and if i do decide to blog regularly again i’ll either continue with this one or use the Cardrunners homesite.
I made my comeback in about January and played 50nl. I’ve said it before, this is a great level. The money is significant and the games are good enough to really enjoy the sessions and make some money.
March i moved back up to 100nl and it’s been going great. The games play a lot more aggressive and the regs are slightly better but it’s been great for my game. I had a my biggest downswing ever in April dropping 15 buyins. I’d never seen such a horrible run of cards and beats in my whole life. To be honest i never believed it was possible. Anyhow after 4 or 5 days away from the game i was back on recouped the 15buys in 3 days which was pleasing.
I’ve just moved up to 200nl. Whilst i’ve played about 10k hands at this level before way over a year ago it’s basically new territory for me. I started off playing a tighter than normal game and found myself down 800 after the first 2 days. I should have moved down but i had no problem with how i lost that money and was determined to keep playing as best i could and hoping variance would even itself out in the relatively short period of time. Thankfully it did and now after 9k hands I’m +$1,300 at this level. This is now the start I’ve been looking for. I’m going to continue playing on the tighter side until I’ve fully adapted to the new bet sizing etc and am totally comfortable with interpreting what certain bet sizes likely mean. FWIW I’ve always thought this has been one of my strengths.
Just finally it’s great running into players i used to play with at 50nl and 100nl. There really are some outstanding players at 100 and 200nl.
I doubt anyone checks this blog anymore since i haven’t posted in so long but if you do feel free to leave a comment.
Tbone!! … was looking for a link in my favourites list this morning and saw your blog, havent looked at it in months so thought i’d see if it was still up… fricken weird you have just resurrected it. anyway could be time for another backyard game eh?