Showing posts with label the high stakes paradox. Show all posts
Showing posts with label the high stakes paradox. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

The high stakes paradox

I've never played with a bigger starting stack than I'm playing with now. When I started recording my sessions, my bankroll wasn't big enough to cover the $100,000 I'm putting up these days. The really odd thing is, the more money I put up, the easier it is to win. I ran into some really tough opponents back in the days when I was only putting up $2,000. When I eventually moved up to tables with a maximum starting stack of $40,000, I noticed immediately that the quality of my opponents decreased. I noticed the same thing when I switched from pot limit to no limit. So far, I'm noticing the same thing since I moved up to tables with a maximum starting stack of $100,000. This is a gambler's dream scenario - less risk for more reward! I predict I'll be moving up to even higher stakes some day, but for now I feel I'm in a sweet spot.

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 29 hands and saw flop:
 - 5 out of 5 times while in big blind (100%)
 - 3 out of 5 times while in small blind (60%)
 - 9 out of 19 times in other positions (47%)
 - a total of 17 out of 29 (58%)
 Pots won at showdown - 6 of 6 (100%)
 Pots won without showdown - 1

delta: $44,324
cash game no limit hold'em balance: $5,099,818
balance: $7,549,226