Building a bankroll

Another profitable day, with mediocre success in HU SNG's and some cash HU success. The cash HU was the most entertaining, with a short stacker 3 betting every hand, and stacking off the 3 times I 4 bet. Hands included A7o, J3s, 42o, and he finally left, so the easiest money I've come across in quite a while. The 2nd player was better, but still overly aggro, so it's was the easiest play to make $30 off him, 3 betting AQo PF, cbetting but checking the turn on a Qxx board (AKA my blog yesterday about showing weakness to aggro players), then shoving over his pot sized bet on the turn. He continued to show aggression, but it was safe to fold a lot, knowing his bet sizing (always full pot) meant that any time you made a hand you could easily make back your losses from any folding you did. So a nice short sweetener to the evening.

I guess it's been maybe 4 weeks of playing HU all up, and I can say I'm now starting to get into a groove. I love what it's done for my poker game, I really feel like I can get a lot more out of post flop situations now, and it really teaches you to pay close attention to how players play. For example, seeing a guy check the flop, then bet the turn, then bet big on the river, can mean different things depending on the player. Sometimes it's huge strength, trying to get value, other times it's a bluffer trying to get a pot without having a hand. I think back to lots of different 6 max situations where I was lost, where I really think I would crush now given the information I've gained the last few weeks.

But for now I'll continue to play HU, and probably mostly SNG's, although I'm tempted to move to cash at some point. My FTP points are going well, I just have to play the last 3 days of the month to qualify for bronze, which isn't too bad since I only deposited mid July. Given a full month I should easily get to silver, probably gold, and with a disciplined mindset could reach iron man if I wanted to, but it doesn't seem that important to push things too hard.