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MajorNas
Rising Star
Bronze Level
Hey guys,
I've played poker recreationally for a long time, and I just got into online poker about a month ago.
I started off with $20 and nearly tripled my buy in in my first 5-10k hands. All playing on 0.01/0.02.
Then I hit a huge downswing, which taught me about tilt and many other lessons as I finally started to read to supplement my game.
I went as low as $7 total. Now at 20k hands, I'm in the midst of recovering.
Since I got PokerTracker after 10k hands, I've been able to chart my stats.
Even though I'm severely under-rolled for 0.02/0.05, I have given it a try sometimes. I've noticed that I've actually played better, maybe its been due to variance or because I play tighter since I know there is more at stake. Or because players don't call as much as they do in 0.02, or shove all-in as frequently, causing me to fold when I just have TPTK at the flop (as an example).
Anyways, here are some of my figures on the two stakes:
$0.02 NL FAST (6 max): -$21.53 (8000 hands)
$0.05 NL FAST (6 max): $6.05 (1000 hands)
VPIP at both is at 22.
I feel like players play a lot more randomly at the lowest stakes, while players make more calculated moves at 0.05.
To avoid making this too long of a post, here is my question: should I grind it out at 0.02 NL until I am eventually rolled enough for 0.05 NL ($100 or so), or should I consider making a $50 deposit investment to get myself started for 0.05 NL right away?
I apologize in advance is this is too much of a rookie question. But I sincerely appreciate all advice.
I've played poker recreationally for a long time, and I just got into online poker about a month ago.
I started off with $20 and nearly tripled my buy in in my first 5-10k hands. All playing on 0.01/0.02.
Then I hit a huge downswing, which taught me about tilt and many other lessons as I finally started to read to supplement my game.
I went as low as $7 total. Now at 20k hands, I'm in the midst of recovering.
Since I got PokerTracker after 10k hands, I've been able to chart my stats.
Even though I'm severely under-rolled for 0.02/0.05, I have given it a try sometimes. I've noticed that I've actually played better, maybe its been due to variance or because I play tighter since I know there is more at stake. Or because players don't call as much as they do in 0.02, or shove all-in as frequently, causing me to fold when I just have TPTK at the flop (as an example).
Anyways, here are some of my figures on the two stakes:
$0.02 NL FAST (6 max): -$21.53 (8000 hands)
$0.05 NL FAST (6 max): $6.05 (1000 hands)
VPIP at both is at 22.
I feel like players play a lot more randomly at the lowest stakes, while players make more calculated moves at 0.05.
To avoid making this too long of a post, here is my question: should I grind it out at 0.02 NL until I am eventually rolled enough for 0.05 NL ($100 or so), or should I consider making a $50 deposit investment to get myself started for 0.05 NL right away?
I apologize in advance is this is too much of a rookie question. But I sincerely appreciate all advice.