foxwoodsfiend.com

Back when I was playing nosebleeds and 50/100 was my regular game, I would get bored at 25/50. 10/20 was way too small to concern me and, I’m ashamed to admit, my ego probably wouldn’t let me play so low. Now that I’m grinding my online roll, I’m realizing what a huge mistake I made: 10/20 NL is AWESOME. The competition is worse (not terrible, the games are definitely tough but there’s a big difference between 10/20 and 25/50) and the stakes are so small that it’s impossible to tilt or worry about how I’m doing; I never stress about decisions, I don’t check HEM during sessions ever, and I’m just playing poker without worrying about anything else. Of course, I’m also running well: 24k in 3300 hands so far. But by far the best thing about 10/20: there are always games. It’s like I was getting bored of poker because I could never get any action and the swings would affect my mood and the whole time the answer was right there; a constant supply of games to play that I could make a good amount of money playing. While I’m still looking to get enough money online to play 25/50 on every site, I like to think I’ve learned my lesson; from now on, I’ll play 10/20 whenever I feel like playing poker. It’s been a while since I’ve had this kind of enthusiasm about poker…