23rd May 2009
No further play since my last update for various reasons. But I wanted to post a new entry in this diary as a few things have been bothering me recenty, including my choice of game.
Scan any poker bookshelf, pick up any poker magazine, read any poker forum and most of the information and advice will be on no-limit hold'em. The limit game is the ugly sister, if you like. A game that many see as virtually solved so there is little new to say about it. You play certain hands in certain positions and pick up the money in the end. And that's about it. There isn't a fortune to be made in any one session playing limit poker and in some senses you're not a real man unless you're duking it out online with no-limit poker players. And this is all starting to get to me and making me want to play no-limit poker just to feel more like a proper player.
I recently found I had more in my Ladbrokes account than I realised so I am tempted to use that bankroll on effectively a shot to nothing. SnGs or micro stakes cash games though, that's the question. I am tempted more by the former at present but cracking NLHE cash is something that remains a real goal for me. I play it in home games and do reasonably well so why do I fail online?
I'm going to test the waters a little this weekend, all being well. I'll report back on how it goes.