Sat down at 1/3 NL, played for 10 minutes and lost $70. Haha. Basically played like 4 hands, raised 2 or 3 of them, cbet the flop and got called, had to give up on both. lol. Then went over to 2/5 NL.
The 2/5 game was too tough. It was bad for a couple of reasons. First, there weren't any really terrible players there. There were 1 or 2, but at a 2/5 game I can do so much better than that. There were a couple guys that seemed really good, a few just super tight old guys, and one LAG guy that might not have been great but he was definitely putting the pressure on. Second, I was in literally the worst seat at the table. The two best players in my opinion were in the two seats to my direct left.
Raised a few hands and the guy 2 seats to my left would just call me, call a cbet on the flop, and take the pot away from me on the turn. I tried to trap him a bit once when I had KK. I raised preflop, cbet the jack high flop, checked the turn out of position (and he checked) and then bet the river and he folded.
Biggest pot I played at 2/5 was against the LAG guy (pictured, white v-neck). I am in the big blind and call 10 more with 10-9 suited. Heads up the flop comes K-7-6. I check and call 15. His bet looked weak, and I have a gutshot and overs that could be good as well. Turn is a good card for me (maybe), a 10. I check/call 45. River, 9. Gives me 2 pair. I check, he throws out a $100 bill. I throw out a bill. 8-6 (straight). Damn.Eventually I just figured the game was too tough and there was no reason for me to play it when I could just play 1/3 instead. Live to fight another day. So I got on the 1/3 list and they immediately started a new game, which was nice.
Jumping between 1/3 and 2/5 is really nice. When I go back to 1/3, I feel like I just have such a huge edge on the game. The money feels a lot smaller, which makes bluffing a lot easier. The players aren't as good so the game feels easier in general. And I can buy in relatively deep ($500) and feel comfortable with that amount of money, whereas other people in the game might have 200-300 in front of them and be scared about losing it. I think the main difference is one of confidence. I feel comfortable in that game, and once I start playing 2/5 the 1/3 game seems like it's beneath me, which is fantastic. It's the opposite of the way I see myself at 2/5. When I go to 2/5, I have $500 and I know I look super short and weak to the other guys at the table. Often times people have 2k, 3k+ in front of them. That's who I want to be eventually, and it's great to ease into that by playing a little there, gaining some experience, and moving back to just crush 1/3 when I'm not playing 2/5. Plus it's awesome because it gives me a wider range of games I can play. Or if I get a huge win at a game, I can always go to the other stakes and immediately get off my table and lock up a win if I want to. In the future I imagine I'll want to play deeper, but for now locking up $600 is a good idea with my somewhat short bankroll.
So I get a little beat down at 2/5, go back to 1/3 and just own for a while. :-) I won the first like 5 out of 6 pots and I don't think I paired up once. Straddle with K-Ts. 2 callers. Raise 20 more (to 26). 2 callers. Flop Q-Q-x, first guy checks, I bet out 40, win. Raise with A-K, one caller. Flop is all babies (9 high) and I just check, because in the book I've been reading lately it says that people peel more liberally on a board with all small cards. Plus I do have some showdown value against all high card hands. Checks around on the flop, turn, and river (which was a queen). Guy had J-Ts so I won that pot too. I was up like $75 in the first few minutes. Ended up going up $150, eventually only ended up winning $71, but I was still happy with it.
Overall I lost $220 yesterday, but I got some good experience playing 2/5 which is always good. Not playing tonight, maybe tomorrow though!
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