Got a real mental lock up when I backed on NL10 and therefore went down and played NL5 instead. Haven’t looked properly at the statistics, but I think I at least went plus minus zero and I feel that the game works again.
I’ve played a few sessions at NL10 now and I feel like I’m back, even though the first session at Coolbet I backed a buy-in almost immediately when I bought a straight on turn and got river by a color, there’s not much I can do about it.
However, the second hand was a total mistake of mine, not just a small mistake but a huge idiot mistake, even though I listened to Mechanics of Poker yesterday, I can’t remember which episode, but it was a German who had gone up quickly in the levels to NL5K and he said that when he played micro and low-stakes he never called a check race even if you had AK and had hit an ace. He was sure the other had better as a set or two pair. Putting the idiot hand in here:
GAME #11229574310 Version:24.7.1.14 Uncalled:Y Texas Hold’em NL €0.05/€0.10 2025-01-26 09:28:01/CET
Table Size 6
Table Vallet, 893509819
Seat 1: Gag83 (€10.00 in chips)
Seat 3: 1961bas (€4.33 in chips)
Seat 5: Midship (€12.89 in chips)
Seat 6: lenka2023 (€12.07 in chips)
Seat 10: punterkeen849 (€10.96 in chips) DEALER
Gag83: Post SB €0.05
1961bas: Post BB €0.10
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to punterkeen849 [SQ SJ]
Midship: Raise (NF) €0.30
lenka2023: Fold
punterkeen849: Call €0.30
Gag83: Fold
1961bas: Call €0.20
*** FLOP *** [H8 DJ H4]
1961bas: Check
Midship: Bet €1.00
punterkeen849: Call €1.00
1961bas: Fold
*** TURN *** [D10]
Midship: Check
punterkeen849: Bet €1.47
Midship: Raise (NF) €11.59
punterkeen849: Allin €8.19
*** RIVER *** [CJ]
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot €20.79 Rake €1.48
Midship: Shows [H9 H7] Straight, Jack High
punterkeen849: Mucks [SQ SJ] Three of a Kind, Jacks
Midship: wins €20.79
Have bought “A-game of poker” got the book the other day but also bought it as an audiobook and have already listened to it but will take it to heart better, I think most of it is about the mental attitude.
At least I got a few lines written