3/6 to 10/20 NL

[JDMcNugent7]

I was gettin bored and frustrated playing 3/6. I was having a bad week of it - Lot of 2nd best hands.

Anyway I decided I can gamble a bit, and moved up to 10/20 NL for the first time in awhile tonight...

Playing 3/6 for so long and then going back to the game I used to play almost exclusively was very weird. I was actually nervous - never before playing 10/20 NL was I nervous at all - this time I admit my hands were shaking ... I was very surprised. I guess I really learned the value of money after grinding 2/4 and 3/6 for so long.

Anyway I also noticed just how much better the players at 10/20 were. At 3/6 if I had strong drawing hands it seemed I could manipulate my opponents into letting me bet and check when I wanted, getting it all in only when I actually hit my draw... at 10/20 the many big bets into me and Check Raises forced me to push my stack all in twice with Big draws. Both times I (luckily) hit.

I also made a dumbass play I know I wouldn't have made playing 3/6... pushing all in on a total bluff... and getting called. Playing limits ur not completely comfortable with forces you to do some dumb things.

Anyway I luckily made a quick 2k and decided to run with it before I did anything dumb again... tonight I really noticed just how much better the 10/20 players are than 3/6 and I don't plan on going back anytime too soon.

[Talking Poker]

Good post.... it's interesting how much the skill level changes at the higher limits, isn't it?

Like, for me, the players at the microlimits and 1/2 and 2/4 are all pretty much the same (really freaking bad). At 10/20 and 15/30 (maybe even 5/10), I start to notice a significant change. But that's probably because THAT is where I should be playing - that is where my skill level is. I suspect for a less skilled player, they would notice a big jump from 1/2 to 2/4, for example, where to me, those games all play the same. And for a more experienced player, they would probably see 15/30 the same as 1/2, but notice a big jump at 400/800 or whatever.

PT data will support that overall skill level really does increase with each level you move up (at least I assume it would), but I think as a player, we probably don't notice it until that skill level surpasses us.

I think it's interesting.

[johnp158]

I don't have the energy to dig up the thread, but I'm pretty sure somewhere along the way, you told us to do this, so....


DON'T PLAY 10/20 RIGHT NOW!!


Or something like that, right?


Glad it didn't go too badly, though.

[JDMcNugent7]

I remember that too - but I think that was a totally diff time... and in a way I am bankrolled for 1 table of 10/20 NL plus I knew what i was doing... Much more disciplined now... it's ridiculous how just a few months difference makes in my poker career.