Operation $2,000 No-Limit

After a hot streak of cards this week at mostly $400 NL (and some spatterings of $600 NL, $1,000 NL), I decided to take a stab at $2,000 NL (this entry should be in my pokerography.com blog, but that site’s not up yet). But what an adrenaline rush! Just the thought of potentially winning or losing $2000 on one hand (or more if you have > $2,000 and so does your opponent(s)) gets my blood pumpin’. After observing the play at the $2000 NL tables with those at the $400 NL, I feel that while the games are a bit tougher at the $2000 NL tables, I should fare well since I like my edge against the types of players. I hope that with the bigger chip ‘balance’, and the wider range of betting, this can help me more closely gauge what cards my opponents are holding.

I need to approach this with caution (as I’m reminded of my playing out of my bankroll back in Feb–jumped from $200 NL to $600 NL–that cost me $3,000 in one weekend! of course, back then, i didn’t really know what the hell I was doing). First on my list of things to do is to consolidate my bankroll at the other poker sites so that I’ll have the bankroll to play at these stakes, and of course, play my A game. Will probably start off single tabling $2000 NL or maybe multi-table $400, $600, and/or $1,000 for a week or so until I can increase my bankroll to give me more of a cushion. So far so good. After one session, I’m up $1,200 (would’ve been over $2,200 had I not lost to quads with Aces full of 3’s).