Operation: Beating the Pants off Micro Stakes

Operation: Beating the Pants off Micro Stakes

Ok, here is the start of my operation. I have been a recreational player for a good 5 years. I would make a deposit and either bust out or make a good run then cash most of it out, then lose the rest. I have had a couple of good cashes, (live at the casino/ and a couple of tourneys) that pretty much made me a break even player or at best a marginal winner.

I deposited $100 at Stars a couple months ago and started at 5nl. Right now My bankroll is at about $400 and I am currently at 10nl and have been having some pretty big swings. I am tired of the micro stakes and would like to advance my game to at least get up to the mid stakes eventually where I can actually make a little bit of money on the side. So hopefully I can use this operation to help motivate myself by helping me track my progress and force myself to think about how I am playing and focus on fixing the many leaks in my game.

I have pretty much always played 4-6 tables at NL 6max games and that’s what I will be playing most of the time. I have never really played a lot of Full Ring games but I think I might at least give them a shot and see if I can add that to my game as well.

So here we go. And if any other 10nl player out there wants to start chatting poker or swapping hands for review, look me up on IM or send me a PM.

A few known leaks:
I overvalue big pairs
Have a hard time letting go of overpairs
I need to start letting go of marginal hand easier
I don’t believe min raises enough
I find reasons to call instead of finding reasons to fold
I don’t review enough of my sessions to learn what I did wrong
I c-bet sometimes when I shouldn’t
I sometimes have tilt issues
Plus many of the other leaks a micro stakes donkey has

Things I am going to start doing:
Post more hands in forum to get advice
Comment on more hands in the forums
Read more posts on forums and actually use the info to improve my game
Watch more videos from grinderschool
Review sessions either directly after session or before I start the next
Start Re-reading my poker books
Post my worst played hands here to be ridiculed by the masses
Update my operation with my progress
Try to find some people to start talking with on IM/do sweat sessions with
Stop sucking so bad at poker
Learning to put villains on ranges


Bankroll requirements

5nl $100
10nl $250
25nl $650 with a couple shots @ 550-575
50nl $1250 with a couple of shots @ 1050

Starting Bankroll $100
Current Bankroll $400

good luck sir.

Good luck brotha. Have you gotten PokerTracker or HEM? Those are really powerful tools for session reviews and reading opponents. I suggest you download one of those if you already haven't (PokerTracker has a free 90-day trial while HEM has a 15-day trial).

If you want, we can chat poker. I'm also currently at 10NL. BooG690 is my AIM or you can just PM me. Best of luck to you sir!

Oh yeah, I have HeM. An absolute must imo! I'll have to get an AIM account so I'll do that soon.

Had a good session today, up a couple buy ins, not a lot of interesting hands where I had to make any really tough decisions. but a few notable hands.


Poker is easy
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (5 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

saw flop | saw showdown

SB ($7.60)
Hero (BB) ($10)
UTG ($2.90)
MP ($5.85)
Button ($9.70)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 10, 10
1 fold, MP calls $0.10, 1 fold, SB calls $0.05, Hero bets $0.50, MP calls $0.40, 1 fold

Flop: ($1.10) 10, 10, 3 (2 players)
Hero checks, MP bets $0.50, Hero calls $0.50

Turn: ($2.10) 3 (2 players)
Hero checks, MP bets $4.85 (All-In), Hero calls $4.85

River: ($11.80) A (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: $11.80 | Rake: $0.55

Results:
Hero had 10, 10 (four of a kind, tens).
MP mucked 3, K (full house, threes over tens).
Outcome: Hero won $11.25


Poker is hard

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (5 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

saw flop | saw showdown

MP ($6.50)
Button ($10)
Hero (SB) ($14.05)
BB ($5.10)
UTG ($7.30)

Preflop: Hero is SB with K, K
1 fold, MP calls $0.10, 1 fold, Hero bets $0.50, 1 fold, MP calls $0.40

Flop: ($1.10) 7, K, 10 (2 players)
Hero bets $0.70, MP calls $0.70

Turn: ($2.50) 9 (2 players)
Hero bets $2, MP raises to $4, Hero raises to $6, MP calls $1.30 (All-In)

River: ($13.10) 2 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: $13.10 | Rake: $0.65

Results:
Hero had K, K (three of a kind, Kings).
MP had J, 8 (straight, Jack high).
Outcome: MP won $12.45


PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (5 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

saw flop | saw showdown

BB ($5.90)
Hero (UTG) ($10.25)
MP ($15.95)
Button ($3.90)
SB ($9.90)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with 2, 2
Hero bets $0.40, 1 fold, Button calls $0.40, 1 fold, BB calls $0.30

Flop: ($1.25) 2, 3, 8 (3 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $0.80, Button calls $0.80, 1 fold

Turn: ($2.85) 10 (2 players)
Hero bets $1.50, Button raises to $2.70 (All-In), Hero calls $1.20

River: ($8.25) Q (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: $8.25 | Rake: $0.40

Results:
Button had 8, 8 (three of a kind, eights).
Hero had 2, 2 (three of a kind, twos).
Outcome: Button won $7.85

All standard.

Hand 1 you might want to consider folding to his turn shove - looks strong.