I've often read thru some Operations here where a player moves up in stakes and it doesnt go well at first. Bad beats, variance, not connecting etc...
Well put me on the list. I played 5nl yesterday and shit was it bad. I got shit cards for one, I got a tonne of low PP in multiway pots (even after I raised) that wouldnt connect and the players played back after a cbet.
When I got good cards they rarely stayed in the hand. One hand I got QQ and was flat called by the SB. The flop came KAX and he donked into me....just cant see how I can call after I was the raiser in EP.
The worst hand was when I was able to check in the BB w/ 53 and I hit 2pair. My opponent had a pair and hit his kicker on the river to beat me.
The players were clearly not good. The ave stats were 22/2/1....just limping and calling bets, raising only when on a killer hand. I just couldnt get anything to exploit them.
I saved some histories and may post them to see if I played poorly, but I will wait for a couple of sessions to pass to see if this keeps up.
It was one session, not the end of the world but when you go up in stakes and play the first one, you want to do well like the level before. I lost a BI and felt like a total rookie, where perhaps I wasn't, I just didnt have things go my way. I had nights like this in 2nl, but after a few killer sessions, not right off the bat.
Helps to write this stuff out. My confidence is still there, I will continue to play solid cards and try to pay better attention to see what hands are being shown down...
I really dont want to have to drop to 2nl.....I just need to get some hands to value bet with rather than always having to cbet or c/f.