Level Up

OK bear with me here - another poker post.  I recently went up a level at my online cash game.  At the casinos I have always played 1-2, despite some of the other good players at my table telling me I could hack 2-5.  They are there for the same reason I am though - to pick up the loose money.  Most people who don't know what they are doing at a casino are at the 1-2, not the 2-5.  But online I had been playing the ultra low limit $.10 -.25 game.  I decided to move up to .25-.50 because I didn't feel like people were "doing what they were supposed to" at the lower limit, which makes it harder for me to actually win when I have the best hand cause the random 6 on the river might make their crap hand the nuts, and also because Jeff rightly pointed out to me that .10-.25 was the highest game at the micro level while .25-.50 was the lowest game at the low level.

Anyways, I was reminded of Jennifer Harman's comment during the live broadcast of the 2006 WSOP final table that people might be surprised that the $4000-$8000 game at the Bellagio (aka the Big Game, and the highest limit game going on) was generally the best game in the room.  Surprisingly there must be something to this logic - the money since moving up a level is pretty good.  I am surprised at how fast it adds up at only .25 more.  Maybe this way I can add to my online bankroll faster.  :-)

Poker

Haven't posted in awhile.  I've been pretty busy with the new house and then quitting my job for school.  I quit my job a few weeks ago and then went to my parents' house to visit with my Mom's side of the family.  I always go to Foxwoods when I am up there because it is only 45 minutes away, and it is always pretty fishy, especially on the weekends.

Friday night after 4 hours of play I was up $238.  This was good considering I lost my first $100 buy in in the first 45 minutes on 3 bad beats.  Then I was able to grind my way back up.  I was getting tired so I left, but I would have loved to have stayed since a guy on massive tilt and a guy who clearly didn't know what he was doing both sat down at my table right before I left.

Saturday night I played for 4 hours again and was up $588.  I would have loved to stay at this table too, but again, I was getting tired.  Guess the moral of this story is more caffeine.

Sunday night I figured there wouldn't be as much action, but I went agaon just because I feel my game improves so dramatically when I am able to play live.  I wish I lived closer to a casino with a poker room.  I was up about $200 and thinking of leaving when I got involved in a hand that ended up with two other people, each with about $200-300 going all in.  I called, made my open ended straight on the turn and won the biggest pot I have ever taken down (probably about $600 that wasn't mine).  I played for awhile after that, but it wasn't a very friendly table after that hand.  One guy in particular started trash talking me, plus I had been there for awhile, so I decided to leave.  I ended up leaving with $802 in profit.

So, for the week I was a professional poker player and made ~$1700 in about 12 hours.  Gotta get to Foxwoods more often.  That is a pretty sick amount of money for a 1-2 NL game.

BTW, the nickname I earned last time I was up there came back on this trip: Silent Killer, LOL.