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NL4 Thread...April 2014... current b/r £74.03 (from £20 deposit)
Happy new Year to you too Dev
Welcome back and GL with your endeavours.
Mick
Welcome back and GL with your endeavours.
Mick
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Hi everyone... 'happy new year'
ok.. so Dev's back...again. 'hooooray / boo'
after a mixed up 2013 year poker-wise, trying to learn to play cash, which ended up 'break-even' money wise,
I have decided to continue with 'trying' to play cash again this year.
It would be so easy to revert back to playing DYM's again, where I am in my element & comfort zone, and fairly confident of churning out a small profit, but my dream of being a reasonable and profitable cash player lives on.
so, what next? firstly... 'back to basics'
Hence this nl4 thread which I hope to use to keep a record of my progress and analysis.
'How long will it last?' that I don't know for sure, could be a week, could be a month, but hopefully the full year.
What will I be doing differently this year to last year? pretty much everything, I think.
I will start off playing nl4 with a starting bankroll of just £8.85(from freeroll winnings)
THE PLAN; stage 1,
play 1 table only
play nl4 only
when/if b/r reaches £200 try nl10 (20 buy-ins) (again 1 table only)
if b/r drops below £200 return to nl4 again
stage 2, oh there isn't a stage 2, so will think of that if/when the time comes
stage 2 confirmed..if br reaches £200 will move up to nl 10...TARGET NOW £500
continue playing just 1 table
to start with play with 1 buy-in only per session---when it's gone it's gone.
if br drops to £190... drop to nl4 and win it back.
if/when br reaches £250 allow 2 buy-ins per session to play with
if/when br reaches £300 fine, now lets play some poker
continue playing until we reach our target...then onto...
stage 3, NL20?... to be confirmed...
so that's it...no backing out now...it's in black & white for all to see.
I hope to give it my best shot..as always.
but. .should I fail then it's a fail. it's not the end of the world.
can always find a dym to play, can't I.
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO POST UP YOUR OWN NL4 RESULTS/COMMENTS.
THIS IS AN 'OPEN TO ALL' THREAD.
'I don't want it all to be about me'
Best wishes to everyone for 2014.
Dev
best wishes mate... hope 2014 is good for you.
Good luck Dev!
results so far;
2/1/14 w £1.93 br £10.78
3/1/14 w £1.26 br £12.04
4/1/14 w £1.31 br £13.35
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finding 1 table good so far, I'm sure that it's more 'beginners luck' than anything.
certainly helps with reads, etc
using table selection wisely, trying to avoid the 'regs' at this stage, which I'm sure must be a good thing.
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Dev
Sorry, I will get this in now.
If you get to £200 and move up you will be moving down again within the week, of this I am 99% certain
Play 4nl, play it for a few months, post hands find leaks etc.
I speak from experience.
what kinda bankroll you starting with? Is it only £13ish from what I can make out? if it is its always tricky strating so low.
good advice. yeah, I read Dohhh's guide last year when I first started playing cash, which was very helpful.
yeah, started with £8.85 in fact. obviously need to run well and play solid shall we say to begin with.
if I do need to re-load I will, but so far so good.
another good reason to play just the 1 table
gl yourself mate at nl10. hope to be back there again myself someday
good question mate. yes the reason I am only playing the 1 table is because of my low b/roll.
but now that I've played 3 winning sessions in a row i intend sticking with it for as long as possible.
last year i wasn't able to keep the number of tables under control shall i say, so by playing just the 1 that can't happen again.
i know as soon as i go to 2 then 4 6 & 8 are waiting just around the corner, and that's partly where it all went wrong for me.
so in summary; 1 table-1 goal.
it's not going to be easy though but i'll do my best.
ps; forgot to mention that playing just the 1 table is also great for table selection, by that I mean avoiding the known better regs & finding a table I like the look of, that being one where most players have around the £2-£3 stack or below, for whatever reason.
i was tempted to play them last night but i managed to resist and kept to my 1 cash table only rule.
i might play them tonight though and give the cash table a miss.
cheers,
dev
my advice is play tight just play premium hands only on this level
bluffing is a no no on this level
get gd hands n bet big
yeah, likewise, always nice meeting players you know especially in freerolls, where it's very relaxed and basically 'hit & miss' poker.
could be a while getting to £200 me thinks but luckily I'm in no hurry.
yes this 1 table playing thing will be an interesting part of the journey. got to keep to it for as long as possible though especially right now with very low margin of error to play with.
anyone taking bets when the 2nd one is coming? ha ha
yeah, that's the only danger at this stage I think.
still will re-load £20 if needed.
no worries tight is right as you say.
just betting 1/2 pot atm just to be safe, but as b/r gets bigger (hopefully) then so will my bet sizing
cheers buddy
sunday 5/1/14 no cash play
2 freerolls no cash aipf on 7000 chips with ak v aq villain hits run on river. boo
Monday 6/1/14 w £1.06 br £14.41
br going up nice and steadily, 4 wins from 4 so very happy.
going ok in 1st freeroll so fingers crossed might be back laters
ps; 20.04
freeroll w £2.68 br £17.09 hooray
Why on earth would we check call here? unless villain is on insane monkey tilt of course.
Make your continuation bet and make life easier.
ps, this hand is great reading for other 4nl regs
Tuesday 7/1/14
w £1.92 br £19.01
another sweet shortish session b4 7pm & 7.15pm freerolls
played solid again 5 wins in a row ... know it 'ain't going to last 4 ever but enjoying the run while it lasts
betting was better today, just over 1/2 pot some of the time so happy with that.
also learnt plenty from posting up a QQ hand I had in poker clinic...
so a big than you to everyone there.
wed 8/1/14
w £3.27 br £22.28
another descent session,, bit longer as my confidence and b/r grows.
played both freerolls along with 1 table... for the 1st time.
(got a little telling off from clubhammer,
back tomorrow
the problem/mistake I made last year was not only was I learning how to play cash (still am obviously ), but trying to copy my DYM exploits where I was really really comfortable playing certainly 9-12 tables I would say.
so deffo NOT going to be doing that again this time. lol
think 2 would be no problem even 4 maybe 6 but that's all for the future
anyway it's 1 day at a time. enjoying it so far which is important, just hope it continues the way it's going,.
really happy with it so far as I had no idea how this might work out.
learning every day which is great, thanks to you guys helping me, so thanks for that.
perfect example was that QQ hand I posted in poker clinic.
anyway, know doubt i'll come up against you sometime...which will be fun...
mind you, I'm not going to be 'bum hunting' you lol
best wishes,
dev
yeah so far so good...
hope it carries on 4 ever and ever!!! lol
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dev