Still looking for an appropriate meter for my progress. So far I’ve had no luck with the widgets in Wordpress. Not to worry, I will find one eventually.
So I played some .01/.02 NL last night. I’ve played this limit a bit in the past, and I’ve found the players to be erratic at best so I thought I’d play tight. Played for 1.5 hours and I did make the goal, turn $1 to $3. Oddly enough I found myself to be pretty patient while playing. I took some notes on players, and I stopped to think about betting patterns and what the board texture was like. I just need to work pot odds into the equasion. Perhaps I’ll make a chart as soon as I get Excel running again.
One of my key hands went like this:
BTN: $2.41 (120.5 bb)
SB: $4.77 (238.5 bb)
BB: $1.87 (93.5 bb)
UTG: $5.45 (272.5 bb)
UTG+1: $6.34 (317 bb)
MP1: $6.18 (309 bb)
MP2: $4.97 (248.5 bb)
MP3: $5.41 (270.5 bb)
Hero (CO): $1.51 (75.5 bb)
Pre-Flop: Hero is CO with K
A
UTG calls $0.02, UTG+1 calls $0.02, 3 folds, Hero raises to $0.10, BTN calls $0.10, SB folds, BB calls $0.08, UTG calls $0.08, UTG+1 folds
Flop: ($0.43) T 3
J
(4 players)
BB checks, UTG bets $0.10, Hero calls $0.10, 2 folds
Turn: ($0.63) A (2 players)
UTG bets $0.10, Hero raises to $0.50, UTG folds
Results: $0.83 pot
Final Board: T 3 J A
Hero mucked K A (a pair of Aces) and won $0.83 ($0.53 net)
I don’t have much to say save that I think I played it ok. I might have been able to draw more money if I had just called the Turn and bet the River.
In the end I met my goal for the session, and I look forward to moving to Step 2..
BR before session: $2.00
BR after session: $4.22