Thank you, I actually sat down at a table with you in it two days ago, I apparently only have 20 hands of data on you. I think you were at an 16nl table.
Yeah I took a few 16NL sessions recently, but mostly its 25NL now. Sometimes also a short 16NL Zoom session just to see, how these games play now and complete the daily "win 12 hands with AX" challenge. Its a little easier to win on BTN at 6-max
One thing I'm doing is using cash out, because I'm not rolled and unfortunately, every time I've used the cash out, I've ended up winning the pot and thus "shouldn't" have used it, but I think I can put that down to being results orientated. However I would be about $60-70 higher if i hadn't used it.
But it might as well have been the other way around, which would have been a disaster for your bankroll. Some people do after all call this "insurance", and just because we have fire insurance does not mean, we are sorry, our house did not burn down
But I understand your feeling. I am also using this feature regularly, even though I dont really need to, and its been very up and down. My C won including payouts have been anywhere from 100$ above to 100$ below the raw C won. And yes I do find myself hoping to lose pots, when I have cashed out, which is of course very irrational.
I dont use it in small pots and also not, if I am 90+% to win or split the pot. There was a pretty gross situation yesterday with a 3-way all-in preflop, where we all had AK. I did not cash out, and someone made a flush.
Nevertheless, I'm really not rolled for 16nl, so I can't afford to be taking the variance. I think a slower and steadier climb is more conducive to reaching my goals overall.
Absolutely and with 200-250$ I would honestly be playing 10NL with only the rarest shot at a good 16NL table. If you are unable to redeposit, it would be a disaster to be forced to stop playing right now or even move down to 2NL. These soft games wont last forever. Its only 10 BI`s to win at 10NL, and then you are at least somewhat rolled for 16NL.
For what its worth, I have played a few houndred hands at 50NL this week, and it does seem like, the average quality of play is a little less bad than at 25NL or 16NL. But it should definitely still be beatable even without spending endless hours on solver work or paying for expensive training sites. I expect my winrate to be lower though, so I really prefer to have at least 40BI for 50NL.