In the last post I forgot to mention that I’ve made the move to $2/4. I think I did it the same day as the post about goals actually. After 1,000 hands I’m winning close to 4.5 BB/100 hands, which is consistent with my .5/1 and 1/2 play. I’ve been playing a bit at the bad beat jackpot hands (on Party Poker of course). I had heard this tables were extra juicy, but haven’t found that so far. In fact, the play is tighter pre-flop than I had seen at 1/2, but that doesn’t stop people from taking their shitty hands too far and paying me off. Of course they occassionally hit as you may have noticed from my last post, but it all adds up in favor of the better players.
I find it amazing how the cards can change so much. When I was playing .5/1, AK offsuit was one of my worst performing hands +/- money-wise and now it’s my best playing 1/2 and 2/4. aa is a close second, but is making the most per hand with qq being 2nd in that category. Go figure that those three hands have also held up the highest percentage of the time to win the pot. kk does come in 4th by percentage, but has taken some tough beats so it’s BB/hand isn’t all that great. It’s fun to look at all these meaningless stats using Poker Tracker.
Tomorrow I’ll be heading up north for the holiday weekend and I plan to visit St. Ignace for some live action on either Friday or Saturday night. I’ve played there a few times and the tables have been loose every time. It’ll be interesting to see how my SSH strategy holds up. The bankroll keeps increasing, but it sure would be nice to have a big increase from some casino play.
Just remember…”Fold’em more than you hold’em.”
Nick Momrik 