However, when push comes to shove, the last thing I want to do is give up on this. I have a history of quitting dreams (mainly to focus on work) and it's time to make a stand!
The silver lining is that I've discovered some major leaks early on and I'm playing at a limit where I can afford the learning curve.
So what are the leaks?
First off, I've been showdown bound too often.
I dropped down to $.05/$.10 to work on WTSD and after 500 hands figured I'd improved my ratio and this limit was just too easy to beat. Staying at this level would not help me play $.25/$.50, would not build my bankroll fast enough and might even be detrimental to my overall game.
I moved straight back to $.25/$.50 and, after a couple of days adding small amounts to my bankroll, had another big losing streak!
Went back to the drawing board and realized a few more things:
- still trying too hard to win every pot. WTSD was still bad. W$SD abysmal.
- playing too many hands
- there was a $.15/$.3 limit below $.25/$.5
So I dropped back to $0.15/$.30 to work on my loose showdown habits.
My losing streak continued for a while even though the players were marginally worse and/or looser than the players at $.25/$.50. I found a few more things wrong!
- chasing draws (just completely ignoring pot odds for the most part)
- ignorant to the dangers of playing weak/junk offsuit hands
- playing hands too aggressively
- underestimating the advantage of position
- placing too many bets out of position
- playing too many hands from the blinds in multiway pots
- regularly playing super-shorthanded (2 or 3 players)
- bluffing too much! especially out of position
the main thing is, over the last few days I've made some progress. Still more work to do.
I'll stick at $.15/$.30 until I've built at least one buy in at $.25/$.50 (i.e. $25) as the players are sufficiently clued up at this level to mean you can't get to the river in a multiway pot with a poor hand and expect it to hold up too often.
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