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hiems United States. Dec 27 2014 08:51. Posts 2979 | | |
I just played 9/18 mix and I got crushed really hard. Played a really long session and am stuck 50 Bbs. Been trying to learn bit by bit but also jumped into it against regulars. Really torturous, experience. I got owned and have no idea what happened.
Mix was badugi, baducy, badacey, holdem, pineapple razz, pineapple stud8, 5 card o8, triple draw, two flop Omaha, pineapple stud Hilo standard.
I'm not sure how to feel about the session. I've been playing some o8, limit holdem,, and mix somewhat often like this to learn and mix up my routine. Overall I am down not insanely down but down a decent amount in my limit/mix sessions. I had a bad 20/40 limit holdem session and this mix session both really bad. I have read a bit but for the most part have not studied these games a ton and I guess I could do things but I'm not sure how worth it it'll be.
I have been doing ok at 2/5NL the past few months I think averaging 4-5k a month with ok volume. But I ventured into limit/mix because I feel like just grinding 2/5 is really not an end game sort of thing. I am not sure how I will fare being a regular at 5/10 nl, and I guess the 40/80 mix game/playing mix games&o8 on pokerstars kind of was this exotic backup type of idea that would make me feel better about myself and my options to move up in the food chain, but right now I feel naive about the whole thing and somehow feel like I am the lemon type that will never be able to beat the big (5/10nl and 40/80 as "big"  ) games at all, never get the courage, talent etc.
Long term i know i need something outside of poker, but right now I could use the money. If i can manage to increase my earnings it would help me immensely. Sustaining current winning is also important. So, Not really sure where to go from here. It would be nice to be a winner in the 5/10 games at Bellagio as a start, but it's hard to muster up the courage to change something that has been working ok. I took a shot a few months ago but was playing short and won a half buyin in 2 sessions and then got nervous and lost a full buyin the third. I've ben playing the softest 2/5 in town which is the Bellagio and it is a big jump from a 500cap to 1500cap and i would be curious about the difference in play. I could move up to the deeper 2/5s in town at aria/Wynn. I could also just stick with where I'm "winning" right now, swallow my pride/ego and just try my best to be a lame 2/5 grinder guy.
feedback is welcome. thanks.
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TianYuan  Korea (South). Dec 27 2014 17:56. Posts 6817 | | |
Jumping into a mix game with that many different games sounds crazy without studying? No idea how good it is but there's a new mix game book by ken lo, probably ok for basics?
I dont know how tough 5/10 live in vegas is but it seems hard to imagine it'd be so tough that its above your ceiling if you really studied hard at it?
Either way i feel like the key is always going to be studying/working hard. |
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hiems United States. Dec 27 2014 18:29. Posts 2979 | | |
I think it was just an average game, just wanted to play I guess. I had been just reading the other games section in 2p2 and had been playing LO8 live but not a whole lot and yea was planning on reading more but was hoping to learn just by playing as well maybe i will check that book out or something. A lot of the games in that mix tho there isn't any documentation at all though or even much point learning as they aren't played anywhere else, not even the 40/80 game here.
I agree with you about the 5/10. What I am worried about is somehow having mental gee-ju issues hampering having any sort of success I could potentially have.
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Highcard Canada. Dec 27 2014 19:04. Posts 5428 | | |
good luck, overall how do you like grinding in vegas and have you lived anywhere else to play? |
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hiems United States. Dec 27 2014 20:17. Posts 2979 | | |
I grew up in the suburbs in New Jersey about 35 minutes from New York. I always viewed living in a decent area of a city like that as something of a pinnacle at least that was my impression growing up, yet I always thought it was unattainable in some way or another for me. Las Vegas surprisingly has allowed me to pack a lot of the elements of a tier 1 city like New York in a really budgeted, organized, and utilitarian way. It's hard to imagine wanting to grind live in another city but I might be wrong. |
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TianYuan Korea (South). Dec 28 2014 04:45. Posts 6817 | | |
Whats "mental gee-ju"? Google cant find anything for gee ju O_o |
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rogier Netherlands. Dec 28 2014 07:52. Posts 1528 | | |
i am not much into live games nor have i played more than 4 poker games, however i have chosen to limit my number of games due to the toughness of online poker, yet liking these games.
in order to get okay or good at anything you must realize you cannot excel at everything. that being said, you do not have to be good at all games if you find terrible opponents in the mix game and not nlhe. for game selection purposes, knowing more games is beneficial. for excellence in a game, lesss games are better.
therefore, you have to estimate if people make a lot of mistakes in the mix game regularly, which means you need basic knowledge about the games. a book got recommended here already.
good luck |
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