So... I suck at 10nl

OMFG!



I have turned into a poker retard ! almost 10k hands 5 buyins down and thats running good, 5 buyins over EV.

I would like to think its variance but I cant. I got beat. Im gonna study where I went wrong. and post a few hands up here.

Ive never been able to beat 10nl. Maybe I should jump straight to 50nl where I was comfortable but I dont like the fact that I can beat the game here...

Anyone else have this problem ?

Target Acquired

Well the BR has moved from $100 to $160 through a few small MTT's and just under 5k hands of 10nl. As I mentioned before I have never been successful at 10nl yet I used to beat 25nl and 50nl fairly easily. I think this time I can beat 10nl.

One of the things I am doing is being very choosy on table selection. I look for tables with 40%+ avg vpip. I open 10 or so tables and whittle them down to 4 tables with the right potential for profit.

Lets state an obvious note here. THERE ARE FISH AT 10NL ! There... not rocket science but how many tables do I see of people sitting amongst 5 other regs and playing auto poker. Im not going make much money from them and they are not going to make much money of each other. Up and leave. Also when you run into a fishy player dont be stubborn to up and leave if they have position on you. ITS HARD TO MAKE MONEY OUT OF POSITION ! Obvious fact no.2 there. But again I see a lot of player battling against aggro fish when they are out of position, not being able to maximise their good hands and being pushed around every hand.

There are a lot of good tables and a lot of good fish. Patience is a skill needed in poker not just at the table but before you even sit down.

Interesting Start

10nl Monkeys.

so im gonna hit the 10nl table with x10 buyins and see what happens. I used to be able to beat 25nl, smash 50nl and breakeven ish at 100nl but for the life of me I could never show a profit at 10nl.

I dont know what it was. I always thought the way to win at 10nl was brainless tight aggro poker. 12/11 strategy as it would be full of donks but I came to realise that there are a LOT of regs there amongst the fish all doing the same thing.

10nl stills needs a brain. There is still a rock paper scissors game to play with the various styles. I think the main difference is that you way much more passiveness at these levels. Therefore in my opinion the mistake can be cbetting too much.

Im gonna play a few thousand hands to warm up again.. so far tonight 600 hands and im down 2 buyins.. 10nl still finding my feet.... haha who ever would have thought I would say that.

Ill throw it out there... What is the main skill to beat 10nl ?

Building Blocks

Well....

Hmm..

This is like finding an old box on the attic. As you an see from the dates of the previous posts I have not looked in here for a long long while. This is relative to the fact that I have played hardly any poker this year. Jan-Dec I would guess at 2000 hands.

I had to pull all my cash from my online accounts and even sell my dmn car to buy a big house in the country. This therefore left me with no fun money to play with.

Now im feeling the urge to play again. I miss the buzz and in a sick way miss the bad beats. Ive deposited $100 back on FT to get back in the groove. Not sure if this will be my home but lets see what I can do with this for now.

Most people that read this are probably playing at the levels I used to play and higher but for the players that want to watch my success or failure from the low levels please stick around, comment, chat.. Ill be hanging out here a bit from now on, ill be back to reading and posting on 2p2 and ill be looking to learn how to beat the game again in what I am guessing is a more difficult environment than a year ago.

I will put up a plan of action soon.

Wish me luck!

Ryver