Whattup all? We've reached the end of November and I thought I'd update you on what I've been doing lately.
Poker has been a mixed bag of emotions over the last couple of months. I've lacked motivation and direction to grind until really this past week. I've played exclusively HU this month after grinding Rush 6 max and FR for the greater part of October. I've withdrawn my roll on AP and am now left with money only on FTP. I figured I wasn't getting action on AP anyways so moving $ off the site wouldn't be a big deal. Looking back, my decision wasn't the smartest as being a HU pro with money on 1 site in the current poker economy is pretty retarded. I'm looking for stars, cake, and AP (up to 4k) in exchange for FTP or BOA so if you can help me out with that let me know.
When I have played, I've taken on all comers at 100 and 200nl and game selected a bit tighter when playing higher. Over the last week or so, I've scrolled the lobby and am now actively searching out regs to play. What I've found so far is that very few will play, lots will grim, lots will hit n run after winning 1 buyin, and very few actually give action greater than 1k hands.
Prior to withdrawing my AP roll, I did take a shot at 5/10 HU again, a game where I was previously down 3k+ in less than 1k hands. This time I actively sought out Brandon Cantu who was sitting alone in the lobby. Just seeing the blue name, him sitting alone, with his reputation of being a crazy, action player, I had to sit. I'm actually proud of myself for sitting down. After being such a nitty bumhunter for so long, I've just come to realize its best to change my ways. Especially now with there being less fish, I really just need to change my approach and play everyone to get better.
Anyways, Brandon and I played two separate sessions, both were pretty short, on 1 table of 5/10. I asked for more tables of 2/4, since I thought I had a pretty good edge but he declined saying 5/10 was the lowest he'd play and that he couldn't multitable HU. The match was fun. I thought he played much better and was much tougher when stacks were >100bb. At 100bb stacks, I thought he was making some pretty fundamental errors that I was able to capitalize on. I'm not playing him anymore simply because I dont have the roll to absorb the variance at 5/10 right now, but I would be down to continue playing if someone wanted to buy action.
Next topic I want to cover is something Harrangutang covered in his latest blog. Harrang mentioned how in modern day 5/10 games, you simply cannot tilt and make mistakes and expect to win. I've never really played 5/10 6 max. but I really think the same applies even at 2/4 sh, at least for me. When I was grinding those games on AP, I really felt like 1 big mistake could ruin my session. I'm pretty confident this isn't just a mental block but that the games are actually that tough and if you continue to make mistakes and even tilt a bit, you will simply not win.
So to recap, I need money on Stars, AP, and Cake in exchange for FTP or BOA. I'm also interested in continuing my play against Brandon Cantu if someone wanted to split action. Lastly, I am looking for a Rush Poker coach, someone who has had success in the games over a large sample size, whether it be FR or SH, but preferably someone who has done well in both games.
That's all I got for now. I'm going to try and grind 8 hour days for the rest of the month to finish strong. GL
