O-Poker

I know my bankroll is nowhere near big enough to be playing 5/10 NL yet. Since I am well ahead of the pace in my $50k Challenge, I decided to experiment with it a little this weekend and gave myself a stop loss of 2.5 buy-ins or $2,500. I managed to come out ahead and actually averaged 8.26PTBB/100 over the small sample of hands that I played. One thing that I discovered is that I am not ready for the swings associated with 5/10NL. It is a lot harder to shake off getting stacked for $1,000 than $400 at 2/4 or even $600 at 3/6.

I will be sticking to the 2/4 NL and 3/6 NL until I have the proper bankroll to move up.

Below are some hands that show some of the crazy swings at that level:

AA loses to 57 - All chips go in on a 7 high flop, turn is another 7
http://www.pokerhand.org/?241865

Flopped a straight and other guy turns a higher straight
http://www.pokerhand.org/?241866

And on the other side - Flopped a set vs. 2 pair and won a big pot
http://www.pokerhand.org/?241908

Flopped an opened ended straight flush draw - Hit the straight on the turn, all the money goes in. Other guy has a set. The river gives him a boat but also gives me the straight flush. (Had to do a double take)
http://www.pokerhand.org/?241911

These are just a few of the hands that I encountered at the 5/10NL level. They are also the reason why I won't be playing 5/10NL until I have the proper bankroll.

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On other news - I submitted my article, "GG Variance," to Pocketfives.com and it is on the front page of the site.

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Full Tilt is going to start running a lot of satellites to the WSOP at several buy-in levels. It is pretty cool that a lot of the sites are starting to compete by offering larger buy-in sats to the WSOP. You can check out all their options at Full Tilt WSOP stuff.

cmitch