I am a little late again in posting this but I started $50NL on 1/16/2014 and made approximately 30 buy-ins or $1500 by 02/23/2014 after playing 31k hands winning @ 9.51bb per 100 hands. I started $100NL in early March and unfortunately the games don't run as often as I would prefer. Usually I can start a table and get it going but not always. I think the most I've played at once is 3 or 4. So, it will likely take a while to even be able to get in the hands necessary to "beat" $100NL but I'm always trying and will report back if I am able to do so.

My only complaint with $50NL is that there aren't more tables running. There's just about always a game running and after I start my own tables, I can usually get 5-8 tables going, so it's not a huge issue. It's very similar to $25NL but you can make twice as much money. Since I've moved up to $100NL, I stopped playing $25NL. I may change my mind about that, but at the moment, trying to reconcile two different stake pre-flop raises is enough for me.

I got a Netspend card and took advantage of the February reload bonus and plan to do the same for the March bonus. Those bonuses are worth about 6% rakeback and I'm already getting 15% from the VIP program. Based on the stakes and volume I'm putting in, that equates to about $420 of just bonus money per month, which is pretty sweet in this tough post Black Friday environment for an American player like myself. This year at my day job, I'm on track to make $87k and if I keep having the poker year I'm having so far, this could be my first 6 figures year. Although, I'm careful not to get too cocky as something always seems to derail my poker plans through either the poker site, government, or just general burnout. I'm planning to go to a WSOP stop in April for live cash. I may check in sometime after 1st quarter for a status report.


My $50NL HEM graph:



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