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November 2008 Wrap-Up

It has been about 3 weeks since I started the $10 poker challenge and I was able to finish off November in good fashion.

Today I played 2 sessions in Cake Poker ($0.05/$0.10 game and a $0.10/$0.20 game) plus a cash game at full tilt ($0.05/$0.10) all at the same time. Prior to starting, I set my game plan and the goal was to execute my orders without deviation throughout the session. My marching orders today were tight formations and avoiding the urge to outgun the other guy. In other words, play tight, only get aggressive when I am in control AND have a hand to play with and do not call other players pre-flop pot raises unless I feel comfortable in re-raising which only leaves the top hands (AA, KK, AK suited). The last change up I did was to play at full tables which means 10 man tables at Cake and 9 man tables at Full Tilt.

The result … slow consistent gains over all tables! A very good session and finally a healthy outcome playing the higher stakes $0.10/$0.20 table. As you can see on the Challenge Overview, higher limit games have not been kind to me so far.

Now I can look ahead to the first full month of the challenge in December.

Here are my goals for the month:

  1. Reach the $100.00 marker in Cake Poker. (I am actually shooting for around $200)
  2. Reach the $50.00 marker in Full Tilt Poker. (This will open up the higher limit tables)
  3. Enhance PokerDreamsOnline.com to allow others to track their own $10 poker challenge.

3 Responses to “November 2008 Wrap-Up”

  1. Doug Says:
    December 1st, 2008 at 11:19 am

    I have been trying this $10 challenge. I’ve had ups and downs. My biggest issue is not bluffing too big when I have made some chips. I tend to be good around my starting point but once I get ahead I tend to be too brash. The thing I must correct.

  2. admin Says:
    December 1st, 2008 at 8:29 pm

    This is something I have definitely experienced as well. Trying to keep my play consistent is one of the toughest challenges there is when playing cash games. At the beginning stages of the $10 challenge, using a hit and run technique works well to maintain and grow a very limited bankroll.

    Good luck on your play Doug.

    Cheers,
    Craig.

  3. Olechka-persik Says:
    December 9th, 2008 at 11:57 pm

    Thanks for post. Nice to see such good ideas.

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