Some results and goals

Just a quick update, almost like a weekly bankroll/goals update.

Firstly, it's worth mentioning that by Friday nights end my accounts were up to their highest point for the week. but last night I tried to 5 table NL5 and ran bad/played worse (drunk) lost some back. So the bankroll update leaves me at around $265 online, which is still not enough to grind NL25, but it probably isn't that far off.

So what's the site plan this week? I'm tempted to play NL5 on PS. Even though I lost there last night, I'm still amazed at the low level of play, and some of of those people sitting with $10+ stacks. I don't think > 4 tables is possible for me still, so I'll play between 3 and 4 probably. If it's not really working out well for whatever reason, it's back to Full Tilt NL10, as I'm still not ready for NL25 bankroll wise.

Goal wise I suppose I have to move on from table selection, if for no other reason than all NL5 tables are soft :) JK, I will still do it, but I can start to focus on something new. I feel like I achieved a lot focusing on table selection last week, and I feel like while still fairly new to it, I've added something to my game. I almost feel like a weight has been lifted focusing on tables more, and that with hard work, I will still be the winning player I've aimed at.

So my next goal is player reading. I might put in a more detailed post after some thought, but the number 1 disciplined rule to help practice this week will be:
* Give players credit for their actions without reads

What does this mean? We get check raised on a flop of 854r. His actions suggest he really likes his hand. What hand would he really like there. By default we might say any overpair/set/76/two pair. Run those through with his preflop range, and we can have a fairly small set of strong hands to judge against ours. Now we add reads. If we have none, keep that short strong range and fold hands like TT/99. If we have them, we might get some clues, like he never plays a set fast or he always plays monster pairs much strong pre flop. Or he always leads with a strong one pair hands, but check raises sets, etc. It isn't always that clear to us, but effectively, you find a default slightly stronger than standard range, and apply reads to loosen or further tighten that range. This way we are helping to force ourselves to get more solid reads, which should really work out in the long run.

Another tool I plan to use is notepad. Mark down important pots, where I had tough decisions, or where I saw someone do something weird, and perhaps analyse it later. I'm not sure exactly what this will do for me yet, but I've always been interested in the idea.