Spartan1983
12-28-2004, 11:42 AM
After reading your goals for 2005, I decided to think about my own. The 1st thing I decided was it was time to move up to $2/4. I had the BR between 3 sites of about 500 BB's, but I was trying to accumulate 300 BB's on each site before moving up. That wasn't happening fast enough though.
Another reason for not moving up (I had been full time at $1/2 for about 4 to 5 months) was my win rate at $1/2. Compared to what I see posted on the forums, mine ...well sucked. 1.6 for 17,000 hands from the time I got PT in Sept thru the end of Nov. 20.68 VPI 6.71 PFR. I think too many crying calls and being too aggressive on missed flops.
Putting that aside I decided as of 12/01/04 that I was a "$2/4" player. Most of the time I played 2 tables at Party and 1 table at Pacific. The 1st weekend went real well as I was up 100+ BB's. After that I stayed on pretty much an even pace, up 1 day down the next. Then in the middle of the month went on a downswing. Lost about 25 BB's on my birthday, that wasn't nice. Then I played even for a few days and contemplated going back to $1/2. But I decided to finish out the month and re-evaluate before the 1st of the year. This last week I've seen more than my share of good cards and the majority have held up. I'm trying not to let the cards fool me into thinking that I'm any good at "hold'em" , but I do believe that I can make $$ of those who suck worse than I do. While I try to feast on the few who are worse than myself I will continue to read this forum and try to improve my game.
You ask, "What's the point of this post? The main point is to just say "THANK YOU" to all you posters who take the time to help everyone else with their game. Thanks again to you all, and I hope your 2005 goals come through for you.
For anyone still reading (as I hear crickets chirping), here are my $2/4 stats since Dec 1.
6,045 hands, 18.59 VPI, 5.41 PFR, won $at SD 56.43,
winrate 2.49 BB's/100. Happy New Year.
***disclaimer*** small sample size, I know
Another reason for not moving up (I had been full time at $1/2 for about 4 to 5 months) was my win rate at $1/2. Compared to what I see posted on the forums, mine ...well sucked. 1.6 for 17,000 hands from the time I got PT in Sept thru the end of Nov. 20.68 VPI 6.71 PFR. I think too many crying calls and being too aggressive on missed flops.
Putting that aside I decided as of 12/01/04 that I was a "$2/4" player. Most of the time I played 2 tables at Party and 1 table at Pacific. The 1st weekend went real well as I was up 100+ BB's. After that I stayed on pretty much an even pace, up 1 day down the next. Then in the middle of the month went on a downswing. Lost about 25 BB's on my birthday, that wasn't nice. Then I played even for a few days and contemplated going back to $1/2. But I decided to finish out the month and re-evaluate before the 1st of the year. This last week I've seen more than my share of good cards and the majority have held up. I'm trying not to let the cards fool me into thinking that I'm any good at "hold'em" , but I do believe that I can make $$ of those who suck worse than I do. While I try to feast on the few who are worse than myself I will continue to read this forum and try to improve my game.
You ask, "What's the point of this post? The main point is to just say "THANK YOU" to all you posters who take the time to help everyone else with their game. Thanks again to you all, and I hope your 2005 goals come through for you.
For anyone still reading (as I hear crickets chirping), here are my $2/4 stats since Dec 1.
6,045 hands, 18.59 VPI, 5.41 PFR, won $at SD 56.43,
winrate 2.49 BB's/100. Happy New Year.
***disclaimer*** small sample size, I know