April (where is this year going?!):
April started well and ended up being my biggest winning month playing cash. I was really pleased with my discipline for most of the first three weeks of the month (mainly folding a lot more and being more aggressive) and realised that 25nl is actually incredibly easy to crush if you can maintain good discipline. Clearly I have huge problems in this area though, and I’m bitterly disappointed with my inability to fold countless times in obvious spots during the final week of the month.
What Did I Learn and How Did I Improve?
A week away from the tables watching videos and working on some spreadsheets is invaluable. The GS videos helped me a lot in terms of my mind-set and thought process and the spreadsheets helped with decision making in-play (particularly when in the blinds facing barrels from aggressive Russians on the btn).
The majority of 25nl regs don’t understand showdown value, cbet too much, are thrown by bet/chk/bet lines, vary the size and timing of their bets in direct correlation to their hand strength, have difficulty folding in position and make a whole host of other mistakes. It’s all too easy to forget sometimes that 25nl is still micro stakes and every single player has huge leaks, despite having TAG stats
21/19 PFR/VPIP is about where I’m settled these days. Beyond the calling station issues I have, there seems to be a strong correlation between winning and losing sessions and my AF and 3bet percentage (winning sessions typically 2.8-3.2 and 7%-8% respectively, losing sessions 1.8 and 3%-5%).
Short sessions are good - I lose a lot of BIs when I go beyond 60 minutes.
Nobody raises the river at the micros without the nuts or near nuts. Ever.
What Did I Earn?
25nl: $821 over 55k hands
Gold star freeroll: $45
MTTs: ($6) - 2 FTR mtts played and butchered
Rakeback: $50
TOTAL PROFIT = $909 (approx $15/hr)
Bankroll = $4.8k
Targets for Next Month
Step up to 50nl, but spend a day or so straightening myself out first with videos and spreadsheets. Drop back to 25nl if 12BI down.
Tighten up a little bit pre- as far a 4-betting and 5-bet jamming are concerned.
Get back to folding more, but not being so hard on myself if I do make a mistake.
tl;dr
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