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NewbSaibot United States. Mar 25 2009 00:39. Posts 4948 | | |
This is hardly a classic degen move in the grand scheme of things, but I think it counts since it involves me "going back to my old ways". I have a confession to make. I've been playing NL10 underrolled for quite awhile now 
I was doing fine at NL2 and then NL5, and then I remembered something. A forum post where HSNL players were discussing their BR requirements after going busto or cashing out or whatever. Most of them agree'd that if they were to blow their roll for NL1000 somehow, and start over at NL25 or NL50, they would probably play a 10-15 BI game just because they are that confident they can crush it quickly and move the hell on up. So I looked at my shiny $140 BR, and decided that since I only play 6-8 tables of 6max at a time, I had plenty of breathing room to take a few beats and play higher limits. This is how I officially ended up at NL10. Now ever since then it's been kinda breakeven I guess. A few bad beats followed by some quality rebuilding, but I definitely dont like the fact that I'm breaking BR management pretty heavily here playing with as little as 10 BI's when I have a downswing, and 15 buyins when I'm running hot.
And it gets worse. I ended up shorthanded at one table and some mega donk running 71/5 @ 50 hands just keeps putting the beats on everybody. Naturally he tripples up off me busting QQ twice and something else, with his little miracle flops/rivers. Bitch hit n' runs, so I fuckin follow his ass to an NL25 table, cursing myself for doing this all the way. Naturally I score most of it back thank fucking god, but the point is wtf am I doing? I've been playing so much NL10 the last few weeks that it doesnt even bother me anymore to be underrolled.
Quick session stats reveal the following (fruity NL25 stats simply b/c i was trying to trap hit n run donkey)
So the ultimate question is, can I actually keep playing NL10 right now? My bankroll is $160, which is a good 16 buyins. I mean cmon thats pretty damn close right? Or am I looking at this all wrong. Should I force myself to play NL5 just to teach myself discipline? I did jump back to NL5 a few days ago, even with 12 BI's for NL10 just to see how I would handle it, and I felt so bored coming up 1.5 buyin's in 1500 hands when that could have been 1.5 buyin's at NL10.
One word sums up my attitude to my poker management skills at this moment, and thats "meh...."
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Uptown . Mar 25 2009 00:49. Posts 3557 | | |
yes you can take shots at nl10 but you must move down when you lose 3 bis or whatever. |
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Uptown . Mar 25 2009 00:49. Posts 3557 | | |
go read maynard's blog about aggressive BR management. |
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ShadowDrgn United States. Mar 25 2009 01:41. Posts 1156 | | |
$160 is fine for NL10 assuming that $160 isn't your life savings.  |
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CrownRoyal United States. Mar 25 2009 01:43. Posts 11386 | | |
yeah 160 is more than enough for someone with discipline/who can control their tilt/has a good winrate
8k hands isnt enough to decide whether you can beat nl10 or not but you can't go chasing donks around with 4 buyins @ nl25 unless you got some good reload money. |
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CrownRoyal United States. Mar 25 2009 02:00. Posts 11386 | | |
This used to be my degen br management outline
nl25 - 10 buyins
nl50 - 15 buyins
nl100 - 20 buyins
nl200 - 25 buyins |
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Zalfor United States. Mar 25 2009 02:02. Posts 2236 | | |
i think 160 for nl10 is fine as long as you can beat it.
if you can't beat it, work on your game and play nl5.
simple. |
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