@mattusko
Yea deffo looking forward to it.
As for clashing with PVIP players, there are 3 of us at NL20 so avoiding each other should be easy, at NL10 it may happen more but I tend to just play my game.
Lockdown, I think, is more of a free for all, as it's a good time to get volume, rake and end the month on a high so will be looking to crush whoever sits at my table!!
Will also be a good chance to fill my database with NL20 hands on the player pool!


GL at the tables, and don't be stealing my BB haha

How've you been finding 20nl so far, is a noticeable step up from 10nl or nay?

Not seen any of your streama yet mate will deffo tune in!

Congrats on moving up hopefully i wont be too far behind

Ideas for stream.... lodden thinks is good fun in the chat.... and u are lodden.... .

Ask us loads of questions i like answering.... and u get lots of interesting chats as a result

Nice move up bro!!!! Keep up the good/hard work!

Fishier tbh but i have found it fishier altho i am 6 BI down. have had 3 set under sts and otehr stuff, reay hapy with my game at this stakes, just been in some horrid spots.

Loads of hands to play and £££ to earn tho

Yea man, i deffo try. Will 100% do a Lodden thinks next time....going for a "Work Shift" on thursday and will stream it all for shits and giggles

Thanks mate

Aye just keep at it bro and it will come good. Moving up is always a struggle for everyone so just give it time and play your best. I have no doubt you can beat these games!

Great blog, keep it up and good luck!

Cheers JB,

No point just giving up, first 5k at NL20 has been tough but its just a case of concentrating on the things we have control over...

1. Volume
2. Making Good Decisions
3. Studying

I feel happy with mine so far at NL20, just gotta get the volume in. Im past bothering to worry about set under sets or 2 outers aipf anymore.

Red Line today was weaker than normal so need to look at that in review.

Day off tomorrow for the GFs birthday, then going hard.

Look out for me on PokerTube on Thursday..

Gonna be grinding, and streaming from 9am UK time.

Will be like a working day, but at my favourite type of work - on BV.

Will be grinding till about 4pm so will be a good one

Do you think you play better or worse while streaming?

Doing anything nice for the GFs birthday? How old is she?

Twitch sounds pretty cool - i will be around so will tune in and rail for a bit!

Well results are mixed as have had big winning and losing sessions whilst streaming.

It deffo good in the sense that I have to verbalise every decision whilst streaming. But I guess some days you play your A game and some you don't, whether streaming or not.

She is 32 today. Had the family over all weekend, so tonight is gonna be present opening and a meal. All pretty ABC. Hopefully some birthday loving too haha!!

Yea the twitching will be good. Looking forward to it.

Got my 30k for the month now, and even tho my maiden voyage into the world of NL20 has been bumpy I have some hands to review and reports to run.

Deffo money to be made, and deffo spots I can improve in so really positive about the future. Poker is deffo a confidence game, and only takes one good session to get you going.

Good work getting the 30k hands in with all the distractions of the month. Glad you stuck around at NL20, I am intrigued to see how it goes in July. It is good to see you confidence up its incredible how much difference that seems to make. It almost like opponents can smell it through the monitor. Are you planning on uploading the 20nl graph soon? What sort of bankroll did you have before you moved up? Also at the moment I tend to go up and down stakes, rightly or wrongly I have basically just been playing the loosest tables I can find whenever online. I play at sporadic times so sometimes it seems a bit too tight at various limits. Have you found it easier to just go up and ride out any swings and just give it a full go at the higher stakes, or set a loss limit and go back down and grind back once at the appropriate bankroll.

Wow just read that back. Probably too many questions in one post! Got carried away...

Great questions mate.

I'm currently a staked player for PVIP so my moving up was determined by @Jon-PokerVIP

When I used to play off my own roll I would shot take when I felt I had beaten the current level well and was rolled to do so.

As for a NL20 graph, I'm only 5-6k hands in as the move up was recently so will probably post one up after 15-20k hands at the level. Think this shows a truer picture.

The key thing to do, when u move stakes is to make correct adjustments. The game can play differently and it's important that you adapt. The first 5k hands at NL20 I have lowered my flop Cbet and narrowed my preflop range a little as the players are better post flop than at NL10. Problem I've had is that I think I've done so too much. The first 3k hands I was still playing like I did at NL10 and found myself sometimes being in tough spots, the second 3k hands I probably narrowed it too much and missed some spots. Working on the happy medium

This month I will be setting myself some new goals and hope to smash Nl20 for all I can.

Another things to consider is moving down when needed. This weekend I has a rough session or two at NL29 so moved back to NL10 to get some confidence back. Nothing wrong with this, we are here to make £ and not be a hero

Ah I see, that is really one of the main benefits I can see in being a staked player as having a knowledgeable eye on your overall game. I think its such a good opportunity, as I have said on here before more than the cash help even.

Ref the graph, yeah its always nice waiting until you have decent hands to post something. Or just follow my ego rule which is post short period graphs when you run super hot and don't post a graph until its looking good after a poor period. Only kidding, probably more important posting when things aren't going well.

Good to hear others move up and down, testing the water. I have noticed the play does vary greatly between the stakes and this was part of the reason I wasn't sure if was best to solely focus on one limit at the time. Rather than potentially playing 3/4 limits on 6 tables.

I find the best thing for my game at the moment is a bit of a downswing. I feel like I play my best the couple of sessions after a loss. Probably says something about my mental game and the fact I probably should be focussing on my A game all the time.

As a staked player do you feel that the pressure of maintaining your volume could adversely affect your game? Sometimes I like to just take a break to level my thoughts, or play fewer tables to really work on the game rather than grinding for volume. I can imagine it might be especially difficult if you are on a downswing and behind the required pace!

Haha,

Im on a downswing also, but cash poker has no real end so I tend not to worry. You just have to ride through it, keep analysing, keep learning and keep playing.

If you take a break, then you wont see the benefit of your upswing...

At work so best log out, but keep interacting, love the questions

HAHA love the pokervip addiction creeping into the working day!