It went to the bankroll, of course.
Immediately after the blogger tourney, Absinthe remarked, “Well I think you can sit 5/10 any time you want now.” And that’s more or less what I’ve been doing since Vegas. While I’ve taken shots at the higher limit before, I had no idea how great the psychological difference between being well-funded and under-funded would be.
The swings can be quite dramatic. A few sessions ago I found myself going from an 18BB deficit to a 10BB profit in the span of two orbits while playing three BBJ tables (sure wish I’d been at that table that hit half a mil). Clawing your way out of a hole is tough; save a bet here, extract value there, repeat. Even after I’d made it, I felt like I was still in that hole. The other night I dropped 24BB when my big pairs got cracked, my draws never came, and my big hands never connected.
Fortunately I’ve also had some monster sessions where everything fell into place, more than balancing out the tough and the losing sessions. Tonight reaped 49BB to the good, with a big chunk of it due to a monster 4-way pot where my top pair top kicker stood up against the fish and the maniacs. The betting was capped preflop and on the flop. After that kind of action, would you recommend betting and raising TPTK for value against three loose players on the turn? How about when the board pairs up one of the flop cards on the river?
Yes and no.
But, come on: that’s what you spent your winnings on? Man. Should have just gone out to a nice dinner. Sure, that wouldn’t have been that interesting, but it would have been more interesting. Ass kicking imminent.
Tough to say about that TPTK hand without the full hand history. Post it man! I know some people hate posting them, but I honestly feel they’re an ok thing to put up in the name of solid poker discussion.
As for the 5/10, congrats man. It was great to see you in there a few days ago, and you can clearly stomp the games. I think the mental part of playing well and still occasionally losing $300 a day on back-to-back-to-back days (it happens) is much harder than actually playing well at the 5/10 level. Look me up anytime you’re at the tables… who knows, maybe we each know a coulple of fish that the other doesn’t and can help with reads.
I’m definitely with you on that one. The past couple days have been very bad: -24BB and -48BB. I haven’t looked over last night’s hands yet, but I feel okay about the session the night before. If I hadn’t lost to a couple 2-outers and one runner-runner, I’d have ended the night up. Last night I definitely ran into my share of bad luck, flopping sets and getting outdrawn on three occasions.