Mayday Mayday!

Wow.

So my session began with me being a bit to aggressive. It seemed like people just loved to call everything. So I tightened up after being down 2 buy ins. But I started running really bad. So bad.

I lost two hands where I was a favourite in a re-raised pot preflop and either it was all in pf or on the flop, and the guy flopped a flush vs my tptk or overpair. I had a hand that was all in pf, my AA vs 55 and A8. 55 hit a set, A8 hit a straight.

Then there was this sick sick hand where I flopped a boat with KK on a K55 board.. The other guy had 55. So sick.

Anyways, I dropped 5 buy ins to $150, so I'm gonna go back to 5NL and build back my roll to $200 and stab at it again.

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So less than a week ago, I posted that I'd finally moved up to $5NL after grinding out $100 at $2NL.

And now I'm moving up again! In one week, I've managed to win twenty buy-ins at 5NL to put my bankroll at $300, with $200 of it complete profit. This is really a big thing for me because after my results from the first two days of 5NL, I told myself that I'd reach my $100 goal within ONE WEEK to push myself up to the next limit.

It wasn't easy though. On thursday night and friday I ran sick bad. I must have ran into set vs overset more than five times, and even lost quads vs overquads. It was getting so bad that I was getting the impression that I should start folding my sets against heavy action, because every time I'd shove, he'd show that he flopped an overset. By friday afternoon, I'd dropped 4 buy ins ($40), but I somehow managed to make money back to only be down $10 that day. Making that last $10 was crazy hard too. I'd be up a bit, and then they'd river a Q when it was AA vs QQ all in on the turn. Anyways, it's been a crazy ride.

Anyways, on to $10NL!

New Goals:

Hit a profit of $500. This will give me the 25 buy-in minimum for $25NL. That is 30 buy ins at 10NL.

LETS DO THIS!!! :3

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I'm finally up to $225 today, after grinding from losing $20 last night to a billion coolers and bad beats.

It was so sick. Set over set, Set vs top pair on flop and he runner-runnered a boat, all in on flop set vs open ended straight. I'd have Aces and by the river a four flush would hit and I'd have to fold in disgust. My cont bets were getting raised, my bluffs were getting called... You guys have all been there before I'm sure =]

Anyways just marking this as my worst run since I started grinding last month. Somehow, through good solid play, I managed to at least stay at $210. Even this morning, it was really bad... I'd win a 4 buy in pot, only to lose it to some sick two outer the next hand...

Still, it's a success. I didn't go on tilt, and I'm still positive by 3 buy ins for today. Gogo! only 15 buy ins before I move up to $10NL!!!

btw, I'm playing pretty tight, and keeping my play very standard and simple, as suggested in Grot's guide. About what limits do I have to start worrying about other player's skill level, and disguise my hands/get pokerHUD etc?

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