2NL B-B-B-C Line When Spiked River

Originally Posted by BigSlickBaby

My volume's starting to pick up quite a bit and I've learned a *lot* in the past few weeks. More than I ever absorbed before. I also like the game more than I ever have and am totally immersed in it now.

Along with my volume, my winrate is increasing. I'm at +2.38 bb/100 over 3,880 hands this month and that's rising quickly. As said, I threw away a good 3 BI's earlier this month that I just never would now. 3 BI's is 300 bb's. /puke.

I have given up on ACR for the time being, although rakeback is so enticing. Yet, RB couldn't plug enough of my leaks to make staying profitable. Down $57 at pennies and $26nickels. That's almost 30 buy-ins at pennies. Bought on for $62 and still up overall with a roll of $100 due to MTT wins, slow-going bonus, and rakeback. I will say in a anemic defense, that I always had 2 tables across the top and forum/reading/studying/typing material taking most of my attention across the bottom 1/3rd of the screen. But I also played/studied the same way to a lesser extent on BOL, and had the opposite winrate, with 10/BB to the positive end of the spectrum. Weird?? If not for the MTT wins, I'd have been driven from the site long ago. That's more than a down-swing; that's a full-fledged pattern at any stakes. Time to move to greener pastures, and focus on studying in a less volatile environment, where I can play a little tighter range, and work in semi-peace. The structures of low stakes GTD tournaments and competition are juicy on ACR, so I will keep one of those going when available and 2NL BOL to fill in any gaps at the top of my screen why I learn. I am always multi-tasking and will never be a 70/30 poker/study person with my time. It's everything or nothing with me, so don't suggest it. It's just not the way I'm wired. I'm not being stubborn.

Originally Posted by Mcash2

I have given up on ACR for the time being, although rakeback is so enticing. Yet, RB couldn't plug enough of my leaks to make staying profitable. Down $57 at pennies and $26nickels. That's almost 30 buy-ins at pennies. Bought on for $62 and still up overall with a roll of $100 due to MTT wins, slow-going bonus, and rakeback. I will say in a anemic defense, that I always had 2 tables across the top and forum/reading/studying/typing material taking most of my attention across the bottom 1/3rd of the screen. But I also played/studied the same way to a lesser extent on BOL, and had the opposite winrate, with 10/BB to the positive end of the spectrum. Weird?? If not for the MTT wins, I'd have been driven from the site long ago. That's more than a down-swing; that's a full-fledged pattern at any stakes. Time to move to greener pastures, and focus on studying in a less volatile environment, where I can play a little tighter range, and work in semi-peace. The structures of low stakes GTD tournaments and competition are juicy on ACR, so I will keep one of those going when available and 2NL BOL to fill in any gaps at the top of my screen why I learn. I am always multi-tasking and will never be a 70/30 poker/study person with my time. It's everything or nothing with me, so don't suggest it. It's just not the way I'm wired. I'm not being stubborn.

Well, I will say this: ACR/BCP used to be even harder. Much. With the volume I'm putting in now, I can attest fully that the micros are much more the way the micros should be now. Still, it's the hardest cash site on the internet. I also think they're now #6 globally, up from #8 last week.

In my previous attempts I couldn't handle ACR/BCP, either. I was just like you: Pouring BI's down the drain and just couldn't figure out how/why. My only advice is that until I drastically changed my mental game and started to really study (I mean, like you would for a high level college final) I did not improve. I still have a long, long way to go to be where I want to be but it's nice to just be hanging in there on BCP now as opposed to just losing, losing, losing @ 2NL and 5NL. I don't have any bonus, just the 27% rake back but I do know that when another deposit bonus shows up on BetOnline, I'm going to deposit like $200 or so and grind it out there. Between the winrate and the bonus there, I should have a nice month that month.