A step in the right direction

I managed to push my bankroll up over thirty dollars last week. I now have the 300 big bet bankroll needed to move up from 2c/4c to 5c/10c limit hold'em. Its still the micros but every bit of progress helps. It feels great to have accomplished a goal. Now I am focusing on getting to 60 dollars so that I can move up again.

I played my first session at the nickle/dime level this afternoon and I was surprised at how much tighter the players were. I rarely had more than two callers and a lot of pots ended up heads up. Raises got more respect. I was able to steal a lot of blinds. Mind you, my opponents weren't particularly deceptive or anything but they did seem to have the sense to fold a lot preflop and to acknowledge that their opponent might actually be holding good cards. On the one hand its nice to play something resembling serious poker but on the other hand its not nearly as profitable as when four idiots call you down to the river with random junk.Anyways, I booked a solid winner today, nothing spectacular but it beats the alternative.

The latest cool site that I want to tell people about is www.tableratings.com. You can track any online poker player on pokerstars or fulltilt.com if you know their screen name. Its a great way to keep track of your results as well as following the big name pros.

Until next time,

Good luck on the felts