Swimming With The Sharks
I played a couple of sessions on Saturday. The first one on Saturday morning, on Royal Vegas. I hadn't played Royal Vegas in a month. I played over 100 hands of .05/.10 limit. I hadn't really planned on playing Saturday morning but I wanted to experiment after reading some stuff on the 2+2 forums about playing micro limits. I did pretty well. I ended up winning $0.51 for the session. I made a few bad decisions early in the session and was down almost $2.00 after 40 hands, but I starting getting some pretty good cards and won several pots to get ahead. Right now I have $7.90 of the $10.00 Royal Vegas gave me in June to start playing. I probably should spend more time on Royal Vegas and try and win some more, but the problem is that there are not a lot of .05/.10 limit players on there so it is tough to find a good game at that level.
Saturday afternoon I took my first plunge into the non-beginner tables on Party Poker and did not do very well. I played a couple of hours of $0.50/$1.00 limit and lost $16.25. I made some pretty costly errors, but I don't feel like I played terribly.
I started off the session with a win, when I won my first hand after posting the BB. I was dealt 64o and checked after 3 people and the SB called. The flop was 35J, the SB bet, I called and one other person called. The turn was a 7, and I raised after the SB came out betting. I bet again on the river after the SB checked, he called and I won $9.50 with my straight. The SB had J9o. 64o vs. J9o
Then I lost $4.50 a few hands later after being dealt a pair of queens and a player with a pair of fives hit another 5 on the turn and made a full house. I probably should have folded that sooner, I was pretty sure I was beaten after I had called a bet and then there was a raise behind me.
I lost another $6.50 after flopping a two pair, Kings and Jacks, with an Ace on the board. I really should not have put in that raise on the turn. I really misplayed that hand and payed for my mistake.
The most I won on one hand was $12.75 late in the session after being dealt a pair of queens in the SB. The board was 45688 and my opponent had AKo. Then I lost some of it two hands later when I was dealt a pair of tens and ended making an ace high flush but was beat out by a higher kicker.
Even though I won 12 hands during that session, it was the hands that I lost with that defined the session. I didn't play very well and I held on to losing hands too long. I will have to be more careful the next time I play. I am going to start reading Small Stakes Hold'em and concentrate on improving my play after the flop. I still have a lot to learn.
Right now I have $87.70 of the $100 that Instant Bankroll and Party Poker gave me to get started in October.
Saturday afternoon I took my first plunge into the non-beginner tables on Party Poker and did not do very well. I played a couple of hours of $0.50/$1.00 limit and lost $16.25. I made some pretty costly errors, but I don't feel like I played terribly.
I started off the session with a win, when I won my first hand after posting the BB. I was dealt 64o and checked after 3 people and the SB called. The flop was 35J, the SB bet, I called and one other person called. The turn was a 7, and I raised after the SB came out betting. I bet again on the river after the SB checked, he called and I won $9.50 with my straight. The SB had J9o. 64o vs. J9o
Then I lost $4.50 a few hands later after being dealt a pair of queens and a player with a pair of fives hit another 5 on the turn and made a full house. I probably should have folded that sooner, I was pretty sure I was beaten after I had called a bet and then there was a raise behind me.
I lost another $6.50 after flopping a two pair, Kings and Jacks, with an Ace on the board. I really should not have put in that raise on the turn. I really misplayed that hand and payed for my mistake.
The most I won on one hand was $12.75 late in the session after being dealt a pair of queens in the SB. The board was 45688 and my opponent had AKo. Then I lost some of it two hands later when I was dealt a pair of tens and ended making an ace high flush but was beat out by a higher kicker.
Even though I won 12 hands during that session, it was the hands that I lost with that defined the session. I didn't play very well and I held on to losing hands too long. I will have to be more careful the next time I play. I am going to start reading Small Stakes Hold'em and concentrate on improving my play after the flop. I still have a lot to learn.
Right now I have $87.70 of the $100 that Instant Bankroll and Party Poker gave me to get started in October.
posted by Jerry | 11:00 AM
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