Still torn on some of those hands.
1 bad that I knew was bad at the time cost me between 120 and 160.
1 bad that I thought was good at the time cost me 200
1 flip bad for 200

Total costs of all those hands account for about $900 but if I'd folded when I should have I'd have saved over $500 of my nearly $1k loss.

Then theres just a whole bunch of $20-$50 type hands. Bluffs that got raised, draws that didnt hit, folding when obvious draws came in. On the other hand I didnt seem to get paid with my good hands at all. The old 'bluffs got called but value bets didnt' trick.

Still not sure how much of the 2nd $500 was run bad and how much was play bad. Nothing like a big loss to ruin confidence.


Bit mixed up on what I want to do for the rest of the month. I really wont have much time to play this month. I'm done clearing my welcome bonus. Not sure its worth trying to reach Palladium this quarter. Tossing up between sticking at the 200nl and trying to sort myself out, or spending the rest of the month without playing any 200nl 6-max. Tempted to dedicate what time I have to playing HU for lower buyins, and learning omaha or something. Even dropping back to 25 or 50nl and playing a laggier style or something. I dunno, thoughts appreciated.


Quote Originally Posted by dev
If you want to do a volume prop bet for HU let me know. I'd like to get some in myself.
Nah. Volume prop bets seem like a bad idea for me. Playing only when I'm right to play is more +EV than forcing hands in. Plus I really dont know how much time I'll have to dedicate myself.

Quote Originally Posted by Robb
Ben, just caught up on last two pages of thread after being away from pokerz for most of July. Nice job at 200nl - keep it up. GL with new job stuff and balancing it with life and pokerz. And I hope you are successful adding fitness to your weight loss.

Wow, it's like a whole new BJ since you made mod!
Thanks Robb. Think I'm now break even at 200nl, so it could be worse. Feels like I'm so close but just not there yet. Things are pretty good in life atm. Really plowing through work atm. Had forgotten just how much I could get through when I really put effort into it. Fitness meh so far. Keep trying to commit to it, but keep failing. Getting better and better at b'ball though. Last nights game was probably my best in ages, so maybe some of the fitness is starting to kick in, combined with less weight helping me move better I guess.