663 hands, +$19.13
Gauntlet VI Registration, -$5.50
Cleared Bonus, +$5.00

I now realize that over the last 5k hands or so, I've essentially been playing 20NL with training wheels. Deep-stacked .05/.1 is really just 10NL with 200bb+ pots occurring a bit more frequently. It wasn't a complete waste of time, because I've had to make adjustments to short-handed play at a new site. However, I think it's time to take the training wheels off.

So instead of adding tables gradually as I had originally intended, I jumped straight into it today. I was determined to play my normal game and not be afraid of the larger bet sizes. At first, it seemed like that attitude was counter-productive. After making some position raises, my c-bets were meeting heavy resistance. I was getting min-raised, floated (seemingly), and one player actually pushed on an unconnected rag board and proudly showed me that he did it with air.

I wasn't sure what to make of it all. It was hard to tell whether these players were actually observant that I was c-betting [almost] every time I raised preflop and were exploiting me, or if they were just a bunch of loose action junkies. Naturally, I assumed the former because players are supposed to get tougher as one moves up in stakes, but it quickly became apparent that it was the case was actually closer to the latter.

At DS 10NL, the field consisted of about 50% shortstacks, 30% spewtards, 10% weak/tight rocks, and 10% decent, solid players. It seems that up at .10/.25 most of the shortstacks are gone, leaving a higher distribution of LAGGs and less reason for me to open up my PFR range.

I'm very pleased with this environment. Shortstacks were giving me a hard time, and now there are far fewer of them for me to deal with. Strangely enough, the average player at this level is actually much worse. I said earlier in this thread that I believed I could double my winrate if everyone bought in full. Though it seemed a bold statement at the time, I would not be surprised if it turns out to be true. These tables appear to be incredibly soft.

Bankroll: $630.67