Party 5/10 vs. 10/20: 2K game easier?

AceHiStation · #1 11-17-2005, 12:00 PM

Ok, so in the last week or so I've been experiencing some serious swings. I have been playing 5/10NL 6-max on Party and have been struggling. Sunday I dropped 10K playing 5/10 but was playing great poker. I have never lost to so many 2-outers, gutshots, etc. on the river. I lost a couple set over sets, two pairs vs. top pair allin on the flop getting rivered, basically, flush draws going allin on my overpair and hitting... it was bad. I somehow didn't tilt too bad. I may have tilted 1.5 buyins at most. I decided since I was playing so well, I would take a shot at 10/20 even though I was down $10K. I played for an hour and made $5K back and went to sleep. Monday I had a +7.2K session at 5/10, Tuesday had a break-even session, and yesterday I winded up dropping 8K at 5/10, again to mostly beats. I couldn't win a 60/40, 70/30 to save my life, it was bad. So once again, I move up to 10/20 and just start winning these hands off the biggest donks. The shortstacks go all-in with ANY ace, and then when my kicker(9) beats them, they show me A6o as if to say "See, I had a big hand". Finished my Wednesday 10/20 session up ~4K, and still made a few bad calls/plays.

I guess what I'm getting at, am I just getting lucky with my timing? Are people being aggressive with me because they know I'm a new player to the limits? I heard someone once say, build up a bankroll from 3/6, and skip 5/10 cause the 10/20 game is a bit easier, although everyone on the forums seems to think otherwise. Just thought I'd open up a little discussion on the differences, i.e. more fish vs. less fish, bigger fish vs. smaller fish, more aggressive vs. more passive players.

I'll leave you all with the donk play of the night, and it wasn't an image play cause the guy left the table immediately after the hand.

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (10 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

BB ($2281.25)
UTG ($1451)
UTG+1 ($799)
UTG+2 ($1740.30)
MP1 ($897)
MP2 ($2000)
MP3 ($1208)
Hero ($4159)
Button ($1970)
SB ($1129)

Preflop: Hero is CO with K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]. SB posts a blind of $10.
2 folds, UTG+2 calls $20, 1 fold, MP2 calls $20, MP3 raises to $95, Hero raises to $260, 3 folds, UTG+2 folds, MP2 folds, MP3 calls $1113 (All-In), Hero calls $948.

Flop: ($2486) 6[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 players, 1 all-in)

Turn: ($2486) 3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: ($2486) 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: $2486

Results in white below: 
MP3 has 9h 6h (one pair, sixes).
Hero has Kc Ks (one pair, kings).
Outcome: Hero wins $2486.