4000 hands

Well im on my way hopefully back up the ladder. I had an interesting first 4000 hands.

I havent played much poker this year, i delved back into Omaha and got crushed earlier in the year but no real play with NL holdem and it shows.

My first 2000 hands were bad. I had been watching a lot of poker on late night TV and being out of the game this had a big influence on me as i started playing online again. Around this 2000 hand mark, even though it was a small sample size I felt like I needed some guidance. I remember a couple of years back Verneers crushing the micros series on cardrunners and I knew he also put something on 2p2 forums so I looked it up.

Moving up through uNL in 2010

I read this over a couple of days and put in another 2000 hands. Even though, again this is a small sample size, and as you can see from the graph my EV line is not really trending upwards I still feel like I have already changed my game to a winning style. Verneer is a legend and he writes so well. If any reader is struggling with 25nl the link above is your bible.

Im looking forward to the next 6k hands to do a full review. I am in between jobs at the moment so I can get a ton of time playing.

Ill be putting some interesting hands up here in the next few days.

Keep watching and let me know if you are reading.. it makes me write better :)

Come on in, the water is still warm...

I am feeling the lure of poker again. I have had a lot of time out from playing due to work and family commitments but with a recent change of job I am finding myself with quite a bit of downtime at home. I keep hearing the knock of poker at my door and think I should step back in the water to see if it still warm.

I am expecting that things are a lot harder. I expect there to be a lot less fish around but I like the sound of a challenge. Also, I havent read up on the legal battle recently in the US in regards to poker but I was always under the impression that one day in the near future the big guns such as Harrahs would work out a way to legalise and tax poker in the US. Even if this doesn't happen poker is still ripe in Europe.

So.. Im gonna multitable 25nl with a $500 bankroll. I have downloaded the Holdem Manager 2 trial (seems a lot more intuitive than HEM which I loved) and will be 4-8 tabling. I have reread my posts on how to beat 50nl and will be playing basic, positional, tight aggressive poker. Avoiding marginal situations where possible and hunting down fish by moving tables and not staying static.

My main goal to start is to find out if i can still play winning poker. I will book 10k hands a complete a full review. In the meantime I will start putting some interesting hands and situations on here alongside 2p2 forums.

Im not sure anyone will read this for a while but hopefully momentum will build and I can lead some interesting discussion and learn from or advise the people that come by. Writing a blog before was fun, helped keep me focused and made me some good contacts. Fingers crossed it will all go that way again.

Ryverrat