Playing solid

So I dropped to 2tables on Monday, just wanted to concentrate on my game and how it's going, and focusing on reads and what not, and I did well, got my redline constantly rising, and my green line constantly rising too without any big pots, just chipping away at weakness.

Kinda ruined it last night though, loaded up some tables and had KQo OTB, raised pre, got the BB to call. He check min raised a 46Qtt flop, so I called, and he insta checked the turn. I figured he did this with straight draws and flush draws, especially as he checked the turn to me, almost as if he wanted to see a free river, so I 3/4 potted it and he raised all in and of course, came up with a set.

Was a bad play on my behalf, small hand, small pot and all that, I think if I check the river I can see a free showdown aswell.

[?] I'm a fish

Right now I'm looking at my 10NL games and coming out with the conclusion that I'm a fish at the moment. I stack off too easily, I lose concentration and make hero floats/calls, I get a mindset that the villain has 'x' hand instead of 'x' range and proceed to call villain down, and although I'm in profit at 10NL since I moved back, my BR isn't moving because I win a few BI's, and then proceed to call villains down with shit.

I plan to try to change that in the next week, I haven't played a lot in the last 10 days because of varience kicking my arse but I'm going to give it a good go. Also I'm looking forward to the end of the July, my parents are taking my little sister to haven for a week and my other sister is coming along with my niece, however I'm hoping to get out of it because I can't afford it. I can, but I don't fancy wasting my money on something will will be costing me more money, ducy? So hopefully a week long grind is in store for me there, hopefully some 25NL shots too!

Keyword: Hopefully.

Very little play time

I've been ill for the last 5 days so have played maybe 400 hands since Tuesday. I hope to play some tonight and get a lot of hands logged tomorrow.

Not much to say really, I don't have much passion to play as the weather is hot, my USB adapter is broken and keeps getting disconnected thus having to keep reconnecting and waiting for the blinds to hit me again, which tilts me, so all in all a -EV situation. I had KK on tuesday, I lead and got 3bet, I then got disconnected and it wouldn't reconnect so that tilted me for ages, the adapter is really annoying me now as there seems to be no solution at all, Netgear are shit.

Aggggh, life tilt.

So Far, So Good

Had a good day so far at 10NL, I've stayed there throughout the month (except 9tabling 5NL @ my sisters one night to chill) which is one of my aims, although it started up and down, I've settled down and developed a good game for this level. I think I was up 4 or 5 BI's for today until I just took a couple of coolers to lose 2BI, but overall I played quite well.

I think I dumped a few $$$ though with some bad calls. I was raised all-in with AA on a 469tt flop after a limp/call, I think I can get away from there. I tanked for a while and I new I was beat but had to call as I guess he may have had TP with a flush draw, talking myself into calling.

But overall I've played a lot better and am starting to increase my roll.

Downswing

..of some prop tst completely card dead which lead me finally getting aces for the first time in 5k hands, raising pre, getting a caller, and shove over a donk bet on a 8JJtt board, which of course he showed up with QJo, and he called a 3bet OOP, so whatever.

10NL is still a grind, I need to really improve my game but I know I can do it, I think I might ride my card dead period at 5NL while I get my confidence back and start playing 10NL again on Friday/Saturday night when the fish come out to play.

10NL's a steady grind

So I'm not used to be put to difficult decisions since I graduated from 2NL and 5NL, and 10NL is noticeably tougher, albeit still very weak. I think my arrogance got in the way at the start, because I massacred 5NL and got told 10NL was just as bad, I felt as though I could probably walz through this level too, which is probably why I got off to a rocky start.

I've had a steady couple of days though, and I want to keep it going. I hope I don't have to play 5NL for a while, I'm happy grinding out small profits at 10NL and as long as I don't sink, I'll be happy to have a break even month as I'm learning a lot more at these stakes than at 5NL, plus if it needs be, I can also drop back to build my roll quickly and come back up.

Steady grinding though.

From PT to HEM

I've made the leap!

$55 removed from my Bankroll, which I think is okay. PokerTracker was just a trial which is now over, so I feel I need some kind of software to help me find some leaks, and HEM was the cheapest, and best, arguably, available.

Paid, sent the email, requested every single HH from Stars, so hopefully it'll be ready to go tomorrow.