Played on friday and managed to find aa when utg had qq and mp had kk. With the help of that and some other pots I'm now having some shots at 30nl. Plan is to get the bankroll to 500 by the end of the month without rakeback. I've been way too tired to play that much yesterday and today and at this point I'd rather not play than not play well and concentrated. Gonna look through a few hands tomorrow then get at least 4 days grinding in the next week.
Do you not feel that you're playing under-rolled for 30nl?
I'm a bit of a BR nit, and even on 888 I wouldn't play 30nl without 25 buyins or more in the account. If you're on more reg-heavy sites like Sky, I would probably want £1k behind or so before I played 30NL.
You don't need to try and force your way up the limits, it'll all come in time. I've had to drop down limits a few times to rebuild, and the first couple of times I was more focused on getting back to playing the stakes I was used to rather than playing lower and trying to fix the leaks that caused me to drop buyins. No shame in grinding 10NL if in 6 weeks you'll be a more well rounded player and better equipped to attack the next limit.
Definitely under rolled, not sure it matters too much though as I'm trying to have the biggest hourly and as long as I'm happy to move down I should be fine. Wouldn't call Sky a reg heavy site either by any stretch of the imagination. As far as fixing leaks goes I study and use crev a lot which I think is much more effectove than playing. Also, have you gotta skype if you want to talk over some hands?
Hate to reignite the old debate, but are you positive the juice is still worth the squeeze? You've worked really, really hard by the sounds of it definitely cannot begrudge you that, and i want you to come through but it's just so difficult to make it as a professional poker player from scratch nowadays and the idea of shot-taking 30nl at this stage sounds a bit grim. Can't imagine your intelligence and work ethic won't be far more productive to you in another field that also wouldn't result in ever increasing time out of your cv and and usually no acknowledged transferable skills. It's not a disaster now ofc but worth thinking ahead a bit if you want to discuss that.
I understand this and I may have to put it on the back burner in the near future. I still want it though, bad.
It's a long road to being a pro starting at 30nl. I did it 7-8 years ago and people said it was tough then. Guess you could still do it, take a lot of work though.
I'd play a few sites and only the best tables. Rake is a killer at lowstakes, especially now with RB and good bonuses hard to come by!
Done it before, well aware it's no walk in the park. Agree about the rake that's why I'm shotting at higher stakes than most recommend.
Lost a couple of buy ins at 20nl yesterday. One really standard spot where I make the second nut flush on the river and he makes the nut one. The other hand was more interesting as I bluff shove over a bet on the river, I'll probably put it up on the analysis forum. May have been the nut hand I hand I have in my range to do it with but judging by hwt he turned up with I should have just folded. Can't be that bad though. Up a bit so far today.
I was wondering what everyone does when they grind online, do they watch shit? Do they listen to music/podcasts? Or just play?