Fixed Limit grinding MrAva/n1ghtahh

n1ghtah

Hey all boys n girls.

This is not going to be a husng or nl cash game thread Very Happy

I have had a Br Thread before which didn't end well if you can find it , then please don't read it Very Happy

so after a brag post on here. I got advised to start a br thread for my fixed limit adventure. NOTE: Im not only going to write about poker in this blog. Also thoughts and feelings i have regarding life and poker. etc etc.

So here we go I promise ill try to update it when i can , probably once every week or when i feel like it. So my poker story. Yeah can be said short. Ive tried everything besides plo and any draw games. As you may realize/be thinking , ive tried husng didn't end so well. I never really got the hang of it. To be perfectly honest. I probably didn't studied enough and everything. so that and tilt is the main reasons why it didnt work out. So then i tried nl cash. i played a lot of rush and had a huge swing up +$70 ish to lose more than -$40 . I took a break.

I was playing on Full Tilt at the time. I decided NL is too much for me and my tilting. Ive busted my 50 dollars bankrolls more than i want to tell you. Its too embarrassing. Smile

Then i saw Fixed Limit Holdem on FT lobby. and said "Hey why not try that. seems that fixed limit bets could help me with my tilt problems. Id give it a shot at least. I love poker and dont want to quit and i want to win at something"

So i tried it and found it funny and interesting. But what the hell the guys calling with 73o and hitting their 1 card straights on the river calling down to my AA. wtf !!! arghh. I decided after lots of talk with broker and others. that i had to change my view on variance. I needed to get more detached from the variance and money involved. I worked hard on my anger problems in real life. I worked hard to change my view from "whatthe*biip biip biip biip* 20 minutes later *biip biip biip* " to "wow he calls with that. Then im gonna bet all streets again with top pair again and again."

Basically have a deviation of the philosophy as the pros who can win at this great game .. Bear in mind i still can get upset after a bad streak of cards and losing a buyin or two due to 1 card straights backdoor flushes etc etc. You know the deal. But then i find a cigaret and a few kisses from the missus helps a lot Very Happy

or a few kisses from my ferret Twillight Hera.

Me and My ferret Twillight Hera

Then back in the action. Okay so i began playing Fixed Limit after having watched bankroll management videos and a few live play videos and strategy .. It seemed to work for a little while. Then down and down. I will give you this graph so you can see how i was doing. I have already posted it in my brag post but im going to post it here once more.

At the time i started this graph FT had closed and i had moved to Stars. I was so close to deposit 50 dollars on FT just a week before it shut down *phew* still waiting for my $51 i withdrew after Black Friday -.-
when i had lost those -$31 i decided that i needed help. I went on PokerStrategy and found my coach for Fixed Limit at the start of this summer vacation (6 weeks) He helped me incredible much. He even encouraged me and told me "we don't want you to play micro stakes. Lets get up to the midstakes where i play so you can earn some decent money." midstakes FL is $5/$10 - $10/$20.

My initial goal was to reach at least $1/$2 but hey midstakes sounds fine too hehe. So after having lost most of my bankroll i couldn't afford to be playing $0.05/$0.10 So had to move down to $0.02/$0.04 and i have done great , earned myself 10 buyins after a little 7 buyin downswing. Throughout the 4 lessons i got from my FL coach. I finally had the bankroll for my "regular" stake 5c/10c and i hit a lovely upswing. While i have been studying like crazy , watching videos , posting hands, analyzing hands. everything i could and can get my hands on about FL i want it and study it.

I hit the sweet spot as i would call it. I just "figured it all out" went on a great upswing and have been going steady up since. I know the sample is nothing but from being able to play 100 - 200 hands per day i think i have stepped my volume up quite a bit to 500 - 1000. So i dont want to divide my 2c/4c and 5c/10c so im gonna post my overall graph from i started getting the coaching until tonight.

So this is as far as i have come to for now. I am going with a 500 big bets bankroll management so $50 for 5c/10c and 10c/20c i would need a $100 I'm like a little over or exactly halfway. So to end it all I really hope some of you wants to read all my stuff and future posts and give a reply or two Smile

it will make it all more worth writing Smile

no pressure hehe.

Best of Luck to you all

n1ghtahh
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ChrisB · Reader of Souls Joined: 15 May 2010 Posts: 625

Going to fixed limit to cure tilt is a band-aid and not the solution, you should play what you want to play and try to cure your tilt.
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n1ghtah · Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2011 12:26 pm Post subject:

well Chris, What i wrote there was my thoughts back then when i started, Thats what i thought when i saw Fixed Limit tables in the FT lobby. I just happened to fall in love with it and as you see i am becoming more and more successful at it. Due to the fact that i love it so much and try to work on my game as much as i can.. Now i dont play it to cure my tilt problems. Now i play because i genuinely love the game of Fixed Limit. My views on many things have changed. Smile

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U Cook Socks · Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2011 12:34 pm Post subject:

If you can play fixed limit, without losing the will to live, then all power to you, go for it!
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siminitt · Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2011 2:22 pm Post subject:

good luck with this - I remember when i started playing I used to short stack now an again 10/20fl the prob I found is there is a huge difference between FL and NL so if you are ever thinking of switching back I would choose your stake wisely
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n1ghtah · Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2011 7:01 pm Post subject:

siminitt - im never going back to nl not as long as i can avoid it. Smile

and ofcourse 10/20 FL is far from 10/20 NL. FL and NL is two different games. thats like going from nlh to plo. two different games. Ive been here long enough to know that 10/20 FL isn't the same same stake nl. just like husng is much much different from hu cash.
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n1ghtah · Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2011 7:02 pm Post subject:

n1ghtah · Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 9:57 pm Post subject:

So a quick update. I have moved up to 10c/20c with the help of my friend giving me the last 10ish bucks to move up. As you know im doing the br management 500big bets. So this was my first day of playing 10c/20c i had a really awesome day to be honest. I made some good decisions. I still have to get used to the swings are bigger. Like $2.50 is the 25 big bets buyin at 5c/10c but this is now normal to lose 2 dollar in one huge hand. and with a 25 big bet buyin which is 5 at 10/20c .. Yeah but i think im handling it well .. Only writing this is because ive had tilt issues and want to document here that i make progress on my weakest talent in poker.

So its all great and shit. I think im making better decisions overall. and I think i finally have developed an edge over my opponents at 5c/10c (small sample i know i know) but it seems so easy now compared to before i got my coaching. where i felt lost. Maybe confidence is the key to crushing ? perhaps, but confidence is a damn good feeling to have when your playing a game like poker. The mental side of poker is just as or even more important than actually knowing that donk bet from a 70/0 fish means top pair or better. especially when you have with Fixed Limit micro stakes .. They call everything. So be prepared for crazy suckouts and so stupid play your stomach will hurt Very Happy

Im gonna go to bed and rest now , work tomorrow Sad

vacation over.

Good Luck to you all. may you all run like god and be happy in your personal life Smile

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icemanv6 · Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 2:53 pm Post subject:

Id be interested in learning this. Can you let me know where you started off for resources etc? And also the name of your coach and what his rates are for 4 hours of coaching.

When i first started out I played FL and found it enjoyable till I moved over too NL so would be interested in challenging myself to learn this gametype properly since going from the 1s to the 100s for a challenge in headsup, would be more a sideline activity for me since I trade mainly now but would be good to good to succeed in this too.

n1ghtah · Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 6:40 pm Post subject:

Hey iceman Smile

ltns

I started on PokerStrategy.com Ultimative site for Fixed Limit as i have found. Also there i found my coach , his name is Leader , he has a thread on 2p2 aswell as on Pokerstrategy.com

4 hours rate is $200
1 hour $60
hope you enjoy it
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