New operation time. Operation "Own FR Properly" served its purpose -- I've grinded out a bit of a roll and have become relatively comfortable with full ring and postflop play in general.

When I was killing the 100NL fish at UB with a fairly ABC tagg strategy I felt like a pro. Stars/FT 200NL has been a rude awakening as I watch my W$WOSD drop steadily down about as fast as my showdown winnings climb leaving me more or less breaking even over a bunch of hands. I know there's tons of leaks in my game. I know the more straightforward strategy I've followed getting up here needs revising, my play needs to become more dynamic to deal with the new kind of villains 200NL offers. This often puts me in the 'uncomfortable' postflop situations I've always avoided, but they're getting less and less uncomfortable as I notice some consistencies. I'm getting better at thinking hard about bluffs, instead of just taking bluff lines just as a gambol, which I think is the biggest problem I've had with them.

So I got a Cardrunners membership with my FT points, am reading more books and have noticed some good results so far. I'm taking a more aggressive approach to the sea of considerably tighter 200NL villains and it's feeling good so far.

I've also branched out from FR, playing 200NL 6-max and 100NL HU. I'm feeling good about my HU game, at least vs weaker exploitable players, and it's really fun I usually don't stay long vs taggier types, but I've been getting good results exploiting the massive leaks in bad HU player's games. I'm also playing more donkaments lately, and actually having good results both in MTTs and smaller SnGs. Things I'm learning about postflop play in each gametype I'm often able to apply to the other game types, and playing HU cash is really really helping my late SnG game which is by far the most fun, and there seems to be lots of players fairly terrible at it. weak/tights, loose passives & spewtards galore..

BR Log:

July 22: 5700
Aug 8: 4200
Aug 10: 5000