Struggling At Nl200
5 March 2011 by 10kHero (Progress)
I've been grinding away at NL200 for about 3 weeks now, and have a loss of $300 to show for it. This new level, as expected, is tougher and more demanding than anything I've played before.
So what's so different?
Well the villains are obviously getting better, trickier and less tilty. Fish are harder to find, but do still exist. I feel like I can compete with most of the regular players and don't feel too lost most of the time. It's actually great to play with excellent players, I'm learning faster than ever before.
Something else which I'm trying to get used to are the swings. Sure in the long run everything should even out, but it's sometimes hard to see the big picture when you first move up stakes and a big downswing wipes out a quarter of your bankroll.
I think because of this added pressure, I am tilting more. I feel myself chasing the game and trying to force hands in order to make up my loss. This is not the way to play poker.
Here's my profit chart for NL200 so far, expected value (EV) is plotted in yellow:
You can see that my EV plot is looking ok, but my actual winnings are about 9 buy-ins below. So what, I've been a bit unlucky, I understand that's a part of poker. The problem is that I'm down, and as mentioned before I've been conscious of this fact and trying too hard to recover. Sometimes playing tighter and more consistent is a faster way to get unstuck.
I also feel like I've been multi-tabling too many tables. Yesterday I was playing 16, and felt a bit pushed. I'm angry with myself for not stopping sooner when I was tilting, I ended up losing around $1000.
But today has been better. I've managed to get some rhythm back and recover some of my losses. It's all a learning experience for me, and you can't learn without making mistakes.
Tomorrow I'll take the day off, and start fresh on Monday feeling positive. I have to conquer NL200!
1 Comment - Have Your Say
Dollie
4 September 2011
Haha, shoduln't you be charging for that kind of knowledge?!