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richkillian
Rising Star
Bronze Level
Hi all,
I returned to poker after a 3 year break a couple of weeks ago. I play almost exclusively full ring zoom cash.
3 years ago I was a winning player at the smallest of the microstakes 14 bb/100 @2NL and 4bb/100 @5NL (150k + sample size).
When I returned at 2NL I realised almost instantly that poker had become a little bit tougher at these stakes. Everyone is playing nitty, very few limpers and a lot more 3 betting pre than there used to be.
Anyway this is fine, I've opened up a bit rather than just nitting my way through 2NL like I did before. 16/14 6 3 bet are my stats. I was running at about 7-8 bb/100 pretty consistently but as of the last 15k + hands I have had a nightmare. I am now at 2 bb/100, but my all in EV is about 5 bb/100. The gap in EV tells a tiny bit of the story though, I have spent the last 15k+ hands just not getting paid off at all. I've been going thousands and thousands of hands without stacking someone. Also, the majority of the time that I've hit a set or another big hand, the board has been so dangerous that putting my stack in would be reckless (I haven't just been folding after signs of danger though).
I was carrying on through it playing what i still think is solid poker (I've read quite a lot and my strategy for beating the micros from 3 years ago feels like muscle memory).
Basically, I'm not used to such long swings at the lowest of the micros. I've started to tilt slightly now though so I thought I'd take a break. Can swings like this happen at such low stakes or is my brain playing tricks on me and I'm I've actually just turned crap? I've spent a good amount of time reviewing my hands afterwards and it seems like I've been playing a solid ABC game, all my stats seem to suggest so too. Everyone is very nitty but it's still very profitable to steal from them and exploit them and the nitty fish, I am just never getting paid off with big hands.
I'm rambling, basically can this happen at 2NL or do I just need to take a break and read up on some more micro strategy? Can anyone recommend any books? Maybe some on the mental game would be good.
Thanks.
I returned to poker after a 3 year break a couple of weeks ago. I play almost exclusively full ring zoom cash.
3 years ago I was a winning player at the smallest of the microstakes 14 bb/100 @2NL and 4bb/100 @5NL (150k + sample size).
When I returned at 2NL I realised almost instantly that poker had become a little bit tougher at these stakes. Everyone is playing nitty, very few limpers and a lot more 3 betting pre than there used to be.
Anyway this is fine, I've opened up a bit rather than just nitting my way through 2NL like I did before. 16/14 6 3 bet are my stats. I was running at about 7-8 bb/100 pretty consistently but as of the last 15k + hands I have had a nightmare. I am now at 2 bb/100, but my all in EV is about 5 bb/100. The gap in EV tells a tiny bit of the story though, I have spent the last 15k+ hands just not getting paid off at all. I've been going thousands and thousands of hands without stacking someone. Also, the majority of the time that I've hit a set or another big hand, the board has been so dangerous that putting my stack in would be reckless (I haven't just been folding after signs of danger though).
I was carrying on through it playing what i still think is solid poker (I've read quite a lot and my strategy for beating the micros from 3 years ago feels like muscle memory).
Basically, I'm not used to such long swings at the lowest of the micros. I've started to tilt slightly now though so I thought I'd take a break. Can swings like this happen at such low stakes or is my brain playing tricks on me and I'm I've actually just turned crap? I've spent a good amount of time reviewing my hands afterwards and it seems like I've been playing a solid ABC game, all my stats seem to suggest so too. Everyone is very nitty but it's still very profitable to steal from them and exploit them and the nitty fish, I am just never getting paid off with big hands.
I'm rambling, basically can this happen at 2NL or do I just need to take a break and read up on some more micro strategy? Can anyone recommend any books? Maybe some on the mental game would be good.
Thanks.