What does my session results say about my game (if anything)
Hey, I know its a general question. But I was wondering if anyone has been in this place before or has any feedback. I play low stakes no limit holdem 1/3 at my local casino 2 to 3 times a week and each session is about 3 to 4 hours long.
I play and tight and aggressive and my first realization was that I wasn't tight or aggressive lol so that's what I am working on.
If you have any questions or there is more information I need to add feel free to ask away:
-$400
+$65
-$460
+$151
+$258
+$322
-$38
-$400
+$260
+$61
-$400
+$236
+$126
-$45
+$235
-$70
+$460
-$400
+$431
-$376
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realize your question is like a Nepalese sherpa looking at the ground under his feet with a magnifying glass asking 'which way is the summit?'
How is this thread any different than
https://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/170/live-no-limit-holdem-cash/9bb-hr-cash-bored-switch-tournaments-1852144/
It's hard to draw any conclusions about 20 sessions that amount to 60-80 hours of play. You could be playing horrible and got lucky, you could be playing perfect and getting unlucky, or you could be a breakeven player in this game.
The swings seem a bit small to me as it looks like you're never losing more than 150bb and you aren't winning much more either. Is that a function of leaving the game when you're up or down $400ish? Is it because you're playing short sessions? Or is it because you might be playing too tight and not pushing edges?
I think it's hard to win significantly in short sessions because most games have a buy in cap. If you are leaving when you get to $700+, you're missing out on a lot of upside if you're playing better than your opponents. If you're leaving when you finally have the stack to build that $1, 000+ pot, you aren't going to win $1, 000+ pots and there's a lot of money to be made at these stakes against Vs who built up a 2x-3x starting stack and aren't used to playing deep. They tend to either get spewier and give it back, or they get stupid tight playing to maintain their gain, not to win more. It's usually very obvious which category they are in. But to take full advantage, you need to have a similar stack.
At least for me, I find it much harder to get the first $300 than to spin the $600 stack into $1500+. You might not be giving yourself the opportunity to sun run where you have half the money at the table and can leverage your big stack and perception of winning to bully everyone mercilessly.
Nothing wrong if you can only play short sessions because real life, but I think it does put a significant cap on your upside potential.
Thank you so much for taking my post seriously and taking the time to reply. I used to make more when I lived in california and would go to the casino around midnight and play all night. I would make the most out of players who were too tired or too titled to be there. But as you noticed life gets in the way and I don't have that opportunity no more or live somewhere where I can choose where to play lol
Daniel Negreanu once said that now he doesn't play unless he gets a good 8 hours of sleep and as I get older I am the same way. A lot of times I am leaving because it is late and I am getting tired or I haven't had my 8 hours of sleep, which is what it is I guess. So what I do is buy in for $400 (max is $500) and leave when I lose that or at least that's the goal. Maybe I should start buying the max. As I agree with you 400 to 700 is harder than 600 to 1500.
