Moving on up

I decided to give limit games another go. It has always a bit of a mystery to me why I struggled at them. I didn't think I was that bad a player, but it was denting my confidence.

I played limit again at Paradise Poker in order to chase their bonus. I played at $0.25/0.5 and $0.5/1 levels, but again I struggled. I felt I wasn't playing badly, but was constantly getting outdrawn by bad players playing crap hands and getting lucky. Time after time, I would get a hand like QQ, raise, then get called by an idiot calling me all the way down to the river with his T8 suited, and catching his flush. This was happening time after time. It was becoming a joke.

So, I decided to try something a bit risky, but I thought it was worth the risk. I decided to move up to the higher limit of $1/2.

My reasoning was that I'd be against better players, most of whom would actually respect my raises. I decided that if I started losing at this level, I'd drop back down again.

I tried a couple of sessions at Paradise, and found the game more to my liking. The play was much tighter, and my raises were actually getting respected. I actually made a profit. I then tried the same level at Poker Stars. Same again.

I have since started bonus chasing at Full Tilt, and have been playing at $1/2 almost all of the time. At the time of writing, after playing over 1800 hands, I am about $90 in profit (45BB). Ok, this is only a small sample, but it's a start.

It's highly illogical why I can't beat bad players, yet I can hold my own against better players. But I'm not complaining. I'm finally enjoying limit again.