Changing The Rules

Last night was so bad that I took an hour after I was done playing to go back over my hand history to see what I could have done differently.  The conclusion was to not play.  Not really.  I lost quite a bit of money with my larger pocket pairs.  Include chases into the mix and that was another large chunk.  Include calling pre flop raises and folding on the flop - ANOTHER LARGE CHUNK. 

It just wasn't my night.  I was playing 4 4.00 6 max tables with the full buy in on each table.  This was the first time I have played with a full buy in for quite a while.  I'm sure that had something to do my larger loss on the night.  I jumped from playing a long time with 2.00 buy ins, to 3.00 buy ins for 1 day, then to 4.00 buy ins.

It hurts more when you lose an entire 4.00 buy in than it does when you lose a 2.00 buy in.  It's harder to come back from that.  You can sometimes get your full 2.00 stack out there and get called more often than you will with a full 4.00 stack. 

So, should I stick with a short stack and continue to play?  I don't think so.  Even though I get called more when I get it all in with a 2.00 stack by others with lesser hands?  I think that with a 4.00 stack you will still be able to get the 2.00 out of them by playing similarly on bet sizes, and sometimes I could even get more than that.

Last night was my first run with full stacks at NL.  I lost enough to drop me back down to 3.00 buy ins according to my bankroll mgmt rules.  I was down 20.42 at the end of the night.

I am going to change my rules up a little to keep me moving in the right direction.  Here is what I am going to do as far as buy in's going forward.

Up to 80.00         - 2.00 buy in
80.01 - 140.00    - 3.00 buy in (earn 20 buy ins to move up)
140.01 - 220.00  - 4.00 buy in (earn 20 buy ins to move up)
220.01 - 320.00  - 5.00 buy in at 10.00 NL (earn 20 buy ins to move up)
320.01 - 470.00  - 7.50 buy in at 10.00 NL (earn 20 buy ins to move up)
470.01 -  1K       - 10.00 buy in at 10.00 NL (earn 53 buy ins to move up)

This drops me down into the 2.00 buy in range again.  :(  Hopefully not for long. 

This is an aggressive approach to getting to 10.00 NL.  I will remain between 40 and 60 buy ins at each level.  In going with a more traditional approach I would have a range from 40 to 100 buy ins for each level, giving me more padding as I get closer to each new level.  I will move to the more secure traditional approach once I reach 10.00 buy in at 10.00 NL.