So, I thought I'd do a quick KRANTZ-like write up.
This was my month, by level.
Honestly, I got completely complacent at 400 at the beginning of the month. I played some before I went to the PCA, then I went to the PCA (made ~3-4k in cash there). I just honestly went from playing amazingly at 400 in December, to average, occasionally trying to do too much in January.
So I was like screw it, I need to move up. So I did (there's a little more to this story that some of you know).
I lost one huge hand at 25/50, dropped a bunch at 10/20 (just card dead to be honest, although there was a certain level of aggression that was hurting me, and I might have been playing a little scared- one soft spot didn't make up for two or three strong players, let's say). I had a -12k day, when my previous highest losing day was -5k. Funny thing is, I actually slept well that night.
So this was my month graphically. I actually went on a sick heater at 5/10 where I kind of felt like I wasn't even running that well- but hidden random luck must have been tricking me, and I honestly feel like for 15k hands at 5-10 I just had my A game, maybe not A+ game though. Anyways, In under 5 days, I made 30k at 5-10 (even though I dropped some in between at 10-20, thus the stagger in the [censored] chart while on the rush). Then, in two days I dropped almost 10k, and made a little back last night to end my month (going to take tonight off). Bah, I really think I can beat 5-10 decently. I agree with KRANTZ, just because a bunch of 5-10 players are regulars, doesn't mean they're good. g-p, krantz, and corbin were the types of 'thinking players' that I felt gave me trouble. Some of the over aggro types like Born2dog and mig.com gave me slight fits just because of the pressure they applied. raptor was a hell of a lot of fun to play with and over a short sample we played some pretty funny/psycho hands with each other, kind of what happens when two people just refuse to fold haha.
Anyways, some of the concepts I feel like I'm working with right now... I'm still grasping and randomizing the hands I 3-bet with and more generally the way that I play in 3-bet pots (I'm really brainstorming even more on this with guys over AIM and such). I'm trying to take more flops, I think that is generally where I might have an advantage at 5-10 over some players. I'm also working on my value betting- sometimes I go from being an overly thin value monkey to tightening up too much. I'm trying to find this happy medium that really blends my range well... I also need to work on this player specifically.
And 100%, the story is game selection and seat selection, no doubt about it. If I do that, I think I can win between 3-5 pt bb/100 hands at 5/10 in February. Anyways, I just wanted to say that I still contribute to this forum if anyone listens, and that I agree- you've got all these guys that are beating 5-10+ for some of the best clips on the internet, and are willing to talk about it? What a sick resource, people need to stop bitching about the state of the games and give a little [censored] effort, I hate to break it to you all but PARTY POKER IS NOT WALKING THROUGH THAT DOOR, FANS. PRE LEGISLATION ONLINE POKER IS NOT WALKING THROUGH THAT DOOR. CHRIS MONEYMAKER IS NOT GOING TO MULTI TABLE 5-10 ON STARS, FANS. WE CAN ONLY DO THE BEST WITH WHAT WE'VE GOT.
edit: also, if anyone wants to add anything about the way I'm playing at 5-10, feel free to talk to me via pm or whatever