Movin’ On Down!
Unlike the Jeffersons (who, for you kids these days, were moving on up), I will be moving on down. Down to 10NL. Things are not going well this month. Another losing month. I haven’t had time to review my hands, so I don’t know if it’s something I could have avoided being so bad or if it was bound to be a losing month. But regardless, I need to do something to change things around. I’m starting to get like I was right before I took my two month break (frustrated and angry) and I don’t feel like taking another break so it’s time for some changes.
First big change, as I mentioned, is I’m dropping down from 25NL to 10NL. I’m losing too much and there’s obviously something wrong with my game. No sense in losing more money than I need to while I figure it out, so I’m dropping down. I have no problem dropping down. I’ve said before that I really don’t have much desire to move beyond 25NL. At least not right now. I would be more than happy crushing 25NL and booking winning sessions when playing 1/2 live. I would be happy just being a winning player.
Next, be more aggressive. This is why I’m dropping to 10NL…to get used to being more aggressive. My main problem continues to be lack of aggression, so let me work on it down there. I’m better than I was, but not where I need to be.
To go along with the aggression thing, almost stop open limping. I think raising most pots when I’m first in and planning on playing a hand is a start. We’ll give it a go at 10NL and see what happens. At least work it into my game a lot more.
Wait for the BB when I first sit down. This is a small thing that I picked up from the video in this thread. I usually post when I first sit down if I’m in LP. But now I’ll wait until the BB comes around. Just something different.
I may try 6-max. That will force me to be more aggressive. I’m not sure about this one. I’m tight and nitty. But it may be what I need.
Start up again on the videos. I haven’t record one in quite some time. I’m pretty sure I mentioned this in a recent post.
I think that’s a start. I’m back to the “do something or quit” decision and I don’t want to quit. But I don’t want to get so freaking mad at poker all the time either.
I would have dropped down sooner, but I was working on a bonus on PS from about 5 months ago. Because I didn’t use their direct deposit from my checking account thing before then, I was limited in how much I could deposit and I only qualified for a $25 bonus. But hey…25 bucks is 25 bucks. I had 6 months to clear.
Even with my two month “I hate poker” break, I still had plenty of time to finish it. I’ve played a lot (for me) this month, because when I lose, I play more. ::sigh:: That’s another post for another time. So I finally decide that one day was going to be the day I was going to clear the bonus. I still had about 3 weeks left, so it wasn’t like I was pressed for time. But I wanted to get it out of the way so I could drop down to 10NL where the FPPs are harder to get.
I’m semi keeping track of how many more I need while I play 2 to 3 tables. I’m finally down to just needing 3 more FPPs. I dropped to 1 table, figuring it wouldn’t be long and I was having a rough day. Well, everyone must have known that I only needed three more because NOBODY was playing any big pots. After about 40 minutes, I still needed 2 FPPs!! This is crazy. I check the PS lobby and the VPIP for the table is 6%!!!! SIX!! I close the table and jump on another. But this one is tight too. Maybe 15 minutes later, no FPPs. Come on!! So I open another. Luckily, this one was a lot looser and I got my 2 FPPs in a couple of minutes. But it must have taken close to an hour to get those last three FPPs. Made sure I got my $25 and logged off. The $25 will help, but it’s still a bad month.