New 2nl push - end day 4

I'm finishing the day on a high having taken the advice of the thread and continued with the zero bluff experiment. I completely cut out my Cbets and didn't bluff at all. It felt very strange - and for a while I felt really uncomfortable doing it, I think that just goes to prove how different it was to my usual style of play, I didn't notice just how aggressive I was until I made the effort not to be aggressive.

After 2.5 hours I was about two buy ins up and was about to finish for the night pretty pleased when my PT graph came to mind, I was so close like 2 buyins from breaking even - I also wanted to prove to myself that i hadn't just had a 'good couple of hours' I wanted to see if I'd continue to win just by sticking to the new style. I decided to just knuckle down and see what happens, so I had a 5 minute break and came back and fired up the tables again. By the time I'd finished the session had lasted for 6 hours, one of my longest sessions, but the great news is I ran at 17.1BB/100 which means I made nearly 6 buyins =)



I'm going to continue with this style for now as it seems to be working well. These past few days thanks to your comments I've learnt the power of being passive in a hand unless you are strong. If it wasn't for that input I would have still probabally been spewing chips all over the 2nl tables in another two months wondering where I was going wrong, thank you!

Here are two hands that were amongst my biggest losers (there are only 3 hands above $1 losses which is a huge improvement on my usual sessions considering thats over 1700 hands, so I really am pleased with the new style)

1. Queen trouble... I wasn't too sure how to play this I think maybe I should have 3bet the flop - when the King came I was tempted to put him all in anyway, but given that he could be holding that king, and also that the flop was paired, what with the theme of the session - not bluffing and keeping things passive, i thought best option was to fold...

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.02 BB (7 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

CO ($4.91)
Button ($2.79)
SB ($3.67)
BB ($1.88)
Hero (UTG) ($6.30)
MP1 ($2.95)
MP2 ($2.96)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with Q, Q
Hero raises to $0.08, 2 folds, CO calls $0.08, 3 folds

Flop: ($0.19) 8, 10, 8 (2 players)
Hero bets $0.17, CO raises to $0.50, Hero calls $0.33

Turn: ($1.19) K (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $0.80, Hero folds

Total pot: $1.19 | Rake: $0.05

Results in white below:
CO didn't show
Outcome: CO won $1.14

2.queens again this time I call an all in... against a good player I'm guessing I'm only really beating jacks here in his range but as this is 2nl I thought they may be doing this if they've hit the flop in some way or maybe even if they're holding AK. Didn't have any reads on this guy.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.02 BB (8 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Button ($4.97)
SB ($1.86)
BB ($1.84)
UTG ($3.74)
UTG+1 ($5.79)
MP1 ($3)
Hero (MP2) ($1.97)
CO ($3.07)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with Q, Q
UTG calls $0.02, 1 fold, MP1 (poster) checks, Hero raises to $0.12, CO calls $0.12, 5 folds

Flop: ($0.31) 7, 2, 3 (2 players)
Hero bets $0.29, CO raises to $2.95 (All-In), Hero calls $1.56 (All-In)

Turn: ($4.01) A (2 players, 2 all-in)

River: ($4.01) A (2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: $4.01 | Rake: $0.20

Results in white below:
Hero had Q, Q (two pair, Aces and Queens).
CO had A, 5 (three of a kind, Aces).
Outcome: CO won $3.81

Here is my 2nl graph so far



According to my overal stats I'm now officially a winning player at 2nl! (even if it is only for 0.46BB/100 !)

Thanks for showing me just how much the aggression in my game was holding me back - It seems to have made a big diference, hopefully the next few sessions will continue the upward trend