Operation: Make 25NL the Floor

[Sasquach991]

EDIT: Most of this still applies but I'm going to try to learn FR as it has been suggested to me several times. I've been playing 6max almost since the beginning but will switch to FR, maybe permanently as I think it will only help.

I had planned on starting this sooner but I wanted to set some goals and apply them for a while first.

Old OP where I failed miserably

Operation: 25NL to Whatever - Poker Forums

Readers Digest Version:
Transferred entire $700 roll to FT for RB and Bonus
Played 25NL til roll was at about $400 including RB and Bonus (took 11 days)
Dropped to 10NL and continued til roll was at $300 including RB and bonus
I won only 4 sessions out of about 21 total
Cashed out and deposited to PS with 25% bonus
Started playing 10NL on PS once again on 1/8

Why was I a losing player at FT?
I honestly don't know. I could make excuses about it being a new site, moving up in stakes, couldn't get cards, couldn't hit outs, etc. but I think the biggest reason is that I don't really think enough about villian's range. I do think about it some but in general terms only, i.e, he's on a FD, he has overcards, he has overpair, but no more than that. I was usually wrong too. I also used the stats I had based on very few hands(<30) to make decisions and my notes were incomplete ("Opens with AJo" instead of "opens with AJo from UTG/ cbets missed flop on Kxx board/ checks turn) .

I also think that the tables at FT aren't as soft as PS. I also saw a shitload of 3betting on FT where very few players at PS/10NL and below ever 3bet especially as a bluff.

I also played way too long for any given session and didn't leave tables when I should have.

So my goals are simple:
-start having fun again
-don't let poker rule my life
-leave the tables when I don't have an edge
-leave the session when I get tired
-take a break when tilted
-That Range thingy
-play with Pokerstove alot more
-post some winning and losing hands
-make more descriptive notes
-Drop down to 10NL at $300 (since I'm dropping down anyway this doesn't apply)

After returning to PS with $300 my BR was back up to $500 in a month or so playing 10NL. I decided to take a shot at 25NL on PS on 2/6. I have been 4-tabling for about 1k hands per day. I have roughly 10k hands at 25NL and I am down 4.5 BIs but I have cleared the $75 bonus, the F40 $40 bonus and $30 worth of milestone bonuses so the BR is still at about $500. After about ten days at FT I was down at least 10BIs at 25NL.

I'm not winning but I think I'm not playing too horribly. I am really trying to work on ranges at the tables. Before every session I review the last session. Most sessions are running about the same. Up a BI or two, then lose them and one more. Down a BI or 2 then win one back. I usually quit once these two senarios happen so I down a BI for most sessions. I still don't understand how anyone can play 6 max as a 20/18 without completely spewing. I played one session last Saturday where I was playing at about 20/16 and I was up 4 BIs but I was hitting everything and sucking out alot. I tried the same thing Sunday but it didn't work so well that day. It was like my cards were face up. The nits were calling my bluffs and the CSs were folding to my big hands.

I am going to try to hook up with speedcake and dranger to set up some sweats.

I am going to try to post hands here daily for your review. I am going to post winning and losing hands and try to do some analysis on them. I keep claiming I'm going to study more and I am studying more that I was but still not as much as I should. Still working on that. It's that time management thing. When things settle down at home I have about 2-3 hours of free time. So I spend half an hour or so reviewing hands and then start playing til I have to get some sleep. Everyone says don't play when you are tired but if I did that I would never ever play so it's either quit or play tired and I choose the latter.

I also have been looking at what range different percentages of hands include for Pokerstove. This is what I noticed not including pocket pairs:
5%- The smallest over card is a K
10%- The smallest over card is a Q
15%-The smallest over card is a J
20%-The smallest over card is a T
30%-The smallest over card is a 9

Useful? I don't know but it gives me some idea of what their range is.

I'll post a graph of 25NL so far and a few hands later today.

"To get something you never had, you have to do something you never did"