I finished last wee full of excitement being ~$1 off $10NL and I'm happy to say that the last session of $5NL I played I made $1.65 over 2,000 hands which pushed my BR above $300, 30 buyins for $10NL. Do I decided to take my shot and move back down to $5NL if my roll fell to $280. So, much like the 10th October's post (http://pokerlifter.blogspot.com/2010/10/up-up-and-away.html) I set off with trepidation to the $10NL tables and tried not to get myself blinded by the increased pot sizes and just continue with my style that I had adopted over the last month or so and be confident in my ability. The only change I made initially was to drop to 6 tables to begin with. I was keen just to make a good start, give the tables my complete attention and try and win a few sessions to 'bed' myself into this new limit. So the first session was profitable albeit a very small amount....as for my welcome to $10NL this was the second hand that I was dealt. Although I felt sick at the end it was reassuring that there still plenty of fish swimming around!
Full Tilt Poker $0.05/$0.10 No Limit Hold'em - 7 players - View hand 1190222
UTG: $4.78
UTG+1: $4.15
MP: $10.94
CO: $10.13
BTN: $10.00
Hero (SB): $10.00
BB: $7.35
Pre Flop: ($0.15) Hero is SB with A
A
A2 folds, MP raises to $0.30, 2 folds, Hero raises to $1, 1 fold, MP raises to $1.70, Hero requests TIME, Hero raises to $4.70, MP calls $3
Flop: ($9.50) 6 9
5 (2 players)
9 5 (2 players)Hero requests TIME, Hero bets $3.90, MP raises to $6.24 all in, Hero calls $1.40 all in
Turn: ($20.10) J (2 players - 2 are all in)
(2 players - 2 are all in)River: ($20.10) 9 (2 players - 2 are all in)
(2 players - 2 are all in)Final Pot: $20.10
MP shows Q 9 (three of a kind, Nines)
9 (three of a kind, Nines)Hero shows A A (two pair, Aces and Nines)
A (two pair, Aces and Nines)MP wins $18.76
(Rake: $1.34)
So, the tale of the tape:
Hands: 7,375
Hours: 14.33
$/hour: $10.43
BB/100: 10.25
Total Winnings: $149.53
Total Rakeback: $21.15
Total for the week: $170.68
What a start?! As you can see I crushed $10NL to the tune of 15 buyins and have had my most profitable ever week. Now, as always, I'm keen to temper this with a realisation that it is not sustainable to be beating $10NL for 14.03BB/100. Fantastic? Of course, but not going to happen over a large sample. I recall my first weeks at $5nL were a huge upswing and I then came crashing down to Earth, I'm need to avoid this as much as possible. I'm keen to just get stuck into the limit so I have a safe buffer for any down swings that come my way and once $10NL rakeback takes effect (this week's rakeback is predominantly $5NL) I should hopefully be safely a regular at this limit.
As mentioned last week, the Ironman promotion has meant that I have played every night this week (except Friday when Pokerlifter hit the town!) however the 7,000 hand volume is fairly disappointing but this is due to the drop from 12 tables to 6 meaning my average hands per hour has dropped from ~750 to ~450. Hopefully will be back to 12 tables soon. I have two days off from the day job this coming week too so am hoping to stick in some serious volume and grind ~16 hours in those two days.
Lifting Weights
I have a plan now for the gym which has really helped focus my mind, have had a difficult week getting down the gym due to the (late night) hours at the tables meaning getting up for a 6am gym start is more tricky. But, like I say I have a plan and this week in addition to the gym I will make (another) start on the 100 push-ups challenge which served me really well last year and needs no real commitment as it takes no more that 10 minutes a night but yet is extremely effective strength builder. I also have someone spurring me on and helping to motivate me now which is a real boost.
In summary - a good week and I am a happy Pokerlifter.
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