Lightning Strikes Twice
Variance is the killer at limit 6-max, so bad that you never know if you’ve got the game beat. But how big can a downswing be, and how quick can you turn a winning session into a losing one? On Wednesday I turned $767 into -$669 in around 500 hands playing $5/$10 on Pacific. I will always cherish the single round in which one 66% VIP, 35% PFR madman beat my QQ with Q2-offsuit, and followed up by beating my AA with A2-offsuit. Then today I turned +$999 into -$74, again in 500 hands. No memorable bad beats this time, though dim recollections of a couple of flopped sets disappearing into the big-bet chasm and a motley collection of 2- and 3-outers hitting against me in monster pots. It’s all left May looking bleak. Over 23,000 hands so far, just a day to go, and only $470 made at the tables. Rakeback and bonuses have helped - I’ve cleared just over $2200, but even factoring in the week’s holiday I took and the two articles I wrote this is quite obviously Not Enough. So where to next? Persevere with 6-max - when it’s good it’s very, very good, and when it’s bad it’s horrid? Mix it up with a few Sit-n-Go’s? Yikes, I couldn’t take the stress. Back to full-ring, and desperately trying to find a game where I can get rakeback and not get screwed by the TAGs? Or finally make the move to No Limit which might finally force me start studying properly. I guess I answered my own question. Time to take a firm hold of my balls and jump right on in there…
