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 Originally Posted by Carroters
9 BI upswings at 10NL - racing through the limits! GOGOGOGO!
Hahaha, thanks for the brag, so nice to run good!
I don't know what happened, but I suddenly feel as if I am finally understanding this game! Carrots and I spend a fair amount of time discussing poker, or rather he usually rants while I go uh huh, yea, ok, ic. Now though I'm actively participating in these discussions and I actually have an opinion with (not always) solid arguments to back them up. I have also started critically thinking about shit rather than just lapping up everything I read or hear. Dunno when or how any of this happened, but I'm loving it! Must beware of falling into the ego trap however: Iz still stoopid feesh.
Basically, I have jumped from knowing jack all about poker to knowing something, albeit a minuscule amount. This paired with mega upswing translates to $ and totally motivates me to work harder, get better and make even more $$$. Must add however that money is merely a bonus and not my reason for wanting to improve - my roll actually has no monetary value in my head; it's just play money. Dreams of cashing out to buy Les Pauls in future do lurk however...
So I'm solidly grinding 10NL now and I absolutely love it! I'm really enjoying the challenges of playing against folk that actually have any brains. The first difference I noticed when moving up was how people adjusted to me. I steal pretty damn wide and usually I can get away with it, but the 10NL nits and regs catch on quickly and don't shy from what must be 3betting lightly. So I've had to adjust to their adjustments (4bet bluffing?! Bit creepy to start - that's a whole lotta monies hoping on a fold!) and it's been awesome to see them automatically readjust and tighten back up. 5nl fish would just be like 'oh, this chick wants to mess with me huh? I'll show her' *spaz jam 72o* So yea, keeps me on my toes, actually forces me to concentrate and improve my game and it leaves me completely shattered by the end of a long session. Have moved towards more frequent shorter sessions now ftw.
I also played my first online tourney yesterday. 240th out of 1600 odd is no bad methinks. Whew, what a rush! It was pretty fast paced and I felt so pressured for time while I was trying to figure out the optimal approach - I totally entered the table as the mega aggro cash chick. I quickly adjusted however and started limping loads of implied odds hands and with the blinds and antes going up so quickly I came to appreciate my stealing skills. When I returned to the cash tables afterwards I was all in blind stealing mode! Good fun though, even with the constant feeling of pressure from blinds and not being able to rebuy, I'm defo having another shot sometime soon. A brief discussion with Carrots on tourney strategy also has me feeling more confident for the next one (and confident in my adaptation skills! A lot of what he said I had picked up while playing!) and eventually I aim to crush some live tourneys. Bring on HU Carrots vs Pet!
Last but certainly not least is WinoBalla. One of my best mates shall be joining this great community soon. This girl has spades of potential to be one bad ass grinder. I'll leave her to do her own intro, but I will say that now she's finally got tracking software set up I suspect she'll be skyrocketing through the limits soon as well. Anywho, keep your eyes peeled for her, she's one cool chick.
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