Took my first shot at 100nl today. My copy of HEM is only the smallstakes versions, so no stats, so just 2 tabled. No HHs to convert but I think I did ok then had an interesting hand.

Only about 30 hands but villain has been playing about 50% and raising 40% and has already 3-bet people twice (both times people folded). He raises 2.5x BB in the CO (his raise sizes were inconsistant between minraise and 4x with no apparant pattern), called by the BB (but of a passive station) and I'm in the SB with JJ. Remembering Spendas comment about 3-betting JJ not being a squeeze but a value raise I raise it up to $12 and villain thinks about it a bit and then I think a minraise to around $21.50. I cant fold to a guy like this with a minraise in an obvious squeeze pot I dont think, but calling seems like a bad spot postflop. Maybe a call and shove any non A flop... Any other kind of raise may as well be a shove, but a shove seems likely to narrow his range a fair bit. In the end I figured f'k him, if he folds its still a good result, and if he calls with AK/AQ then I get a flip, and if he flips a better PP then gg me but it would be unlucky to run into the top of his range.

He calls the shove and flips AA.

Shit.

I river a J. Poker is easy .

I cashed in about $120 worth of noIQ bonus, and played a $95 session of 50nl today to pop me up above $2k, and this suckout pushed me through to about $2185, so I've achieved my most recent goal, time for another one .


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100nl was scary. I've never been concerned about a moveup before. SnGs even up to $33s I was calm about. Moving up through 10nl/25nl/50nl didnt concern me in the least, but 100nl scared me a bit. I guess I'm at a point where the money involved starts to mean something to me in real terms. That and I'm probably just a bit concerned about dropping back again. I definately didnt smash 50nl, more kinda limped my way through. Then again I'd say half my hands I was playing bad so I know my good game can beat it comfortably. Hopefully I'll adjust soon.


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New goal. Time to boot it up, next goal, $5k! Thats the last step in my kind of 'preparatory goals. Hopefully I can get there in nice time. I'll do a new op sig soon in a bit .