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k2o4 United States. Nov 21 2007 01:42. Posts 4803

Moving on up... ohhh to the East Side!!!

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So after my first shot at NL50 with a BR of $1,230 that turned into a 3 buyin loss, I decided to stick to NL25 until I got back up to $1,250 and then give it another shot. Played a nice session but unfortunately folded AA vs a guy who went all in because of a freaking misclick, losing the half buyin I already put into the pot. He later told me he had AK. So I came out with about 2/3 of a buyin win... and a lot of anger.

Then I got inspired. I got motivated. I got pumped up. Why? Cause I read the RainKhan interview! Then I read Rekruls interview too. And I remembered how it's all about staying cool and composed. And I remembered that my fellow old school BW players were killing the poker scene. And I remembered that I can do it too.

So I hopped back onto NL50 with my $1,100 BR figuring I could lose 2 more buyins before moving back down, and just played my A game. I hit KK vs AA right away and KK overpair vs a set that I couldn't get myself away from, but then it was all glory as I cruised to a 6.5 buyin win for the session. Hit a new peak of $1,425!! Feels good, especially since I was just on my worst downswing ever.

I'm going to continue moving up a limit when I hit 25 buyins and move down when I'm at 20 buyins. I just need that extra security cause I'm a nit at heart.

And now I'm solidly into NL50! Glad to be here. It's definitely no harder than NL25. Dunno why I was so worried about it. Of course if I drop to $1,000 I'll go back down to NL25, but I've got a nice cushion now.

Graph and PT ss time

2 limits to go and then I can make enough money to actually buy something real with my poker winnings, hell even pay rent? MAYBE!

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Last edit: 21/11/2007 01:44

Silver_nz New Zealand. Nov 21 2007 01:58. Posts 5647

"2 limits to go and then I can make enough money to actually buy something real with my poker winnings, hell even pay rent? MAYBE!"

its a far off dream for us micro grinders...

Kapol Poland. Nov 21 2007 02:57. Posts 4696

Be aware that you cannot judge if you're a winning player here or there after playing a few thousand hands. Currently I play here too so I'm looking forward to stacking you a couple of times .

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vegable United States. Nov 21 2007 03:04. Posts 2453

Holy shit dude great heater. The highest I ever got my BR, not including rakeback or bonuses, was $2200. If (and when) you beat that I'll admit Indian supremacy. Then you'll have to start giving ME advice :DDDD which I look forward to. Great job, don't look back. You'll need a nice comfortable pillow to bite when that inevitable downswing-o hits ya.

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k2o4 United States. Nov 21 2007 10:50. Posts 4803

On November 21 2007 01:57 Kapol wrote:
Be aware that you cannot judge if you're a winning player here or there after playing a few thousand hands. Currently I play here too so I'm looking forward to stacking you a couple of times .

Of course kapol =) I know it takes a lot of hands to know whether you can truly beat a limit. But I've been scoping NL50 for a while between checking the tables on stars and watching CR videos @ NL50, and it became pretty clear that it wasn't a huge difference than NL25. Especially with good table selection. When you pick the right tables it's just as easy and as filled with donks/fish.

And hopefully I'll catch on to you being a fellow LP shark before you can get me all in, and then I'll just avoid you like the plague. Works right?

On November 21 2007 02:04 vegable wrote:
Holy shit dude great heater. The highest I ever got my BR, not including rakeback or bonuses, was $2200. If (and when) you beat that I'll admit Indian supremacy. Then you'll have to start giving ME advice :DDDD which I look forward to. Great job, don't look back. You'll need a nice comfortable pillow to bite when that inevitable downswing-o hits ya.

haha "Indian Supremacy". Sounds like what they really shoulda called the second jason bourne movie... it DID start in India! Thanks pal, I plan to keep going and going. I figure moving to NL 100 will be a bit of a change while NL 200 will start showing me some bigger problems. The downswings will definitely come which suck like hell, but I've weathered 2 so far where I felt like I'd never see another winning day and that I must really truly suck at poker. So they'll just get easier and easier to deal with! Hell, I kinda like em cause I study so much harder during the downswings, heh.

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