Keeping to the Long Path

This week, I've played a mix of formats. After 12 more $1.10 DoN's, I was
6 wins/6 losses. I felt I was losing momentum, so I switched it up.

First format was Fixed Limit Hold'em at $0.02/$0.04. After feeling out
the format, I find I like Full Ring tables over the 6-max tables here.
Playing super-tight does the trick, and I won several dollars over a few
hundred hands.

I was also playing a bit of No Limit 6-max. I played at NL2 ($2.00 buy
in), and was down for a little while there, but came back with a good run
of cards + bad opponents.

Here's a fine example of a hand:

UTG ($2.60) raises to $0.06
CO (hero $5.00) reraises to $0.18 holding KK
UTG calls.

Flop 2sKsKd
UTG raises $0.20, hero calls

Turn 4h
UTG raises $0.50 hero calls

River Js
UTG raises $1.00, hero reraises to $2.00, UTG calls

Hero wins with four of a kind! I think that my opponent had J 7, so he
was essentially bluffing every street. If only it could be like this
every time I sit down to a table.

So, to round out the week, I am up about $10.00. I also made my first $50
withdrawal from the pokerstars account to start repaying my deposits.

Another thing to note is that I require 360 VPP at pokerstars by Dec 31st
to unlock a $10 reward. That's about 15 VPP per day, which means $3.00
worth of rake per day, or $1.25 at NL2. While this is certainly
achievable, it would mean playing a lot more hours, or more tables, or
moving up in stakes. The first of these (more hours) is not going to be
there. The last two (more tables, or moving up) will lead to worse play,
or the tilt problems I had before. Therefore I will do what I've never
done before and tell myself that I WON'T achieve this goal, and simply let
it go in favour of playing less and playing better.

Speaking of moving up, I have a plan and I will stick to it. For No
Limit, I will start to move slowly into NL5 once I hit $100 again. My
buy-in will be restricted to $5.00 (you can buy in for up to $12.50). If
my bankroll grows, I will move to NL5 exclusively as I approach $150. For
fixed limit, I believe I'm a winning player and could move up easily, but
I want to prove it with more hands. I will stick to the lowest limit
until I have 1,000 hands under my belt, then I will move up one notch (I
believe the next level is $0.05/$0.10.

Here's where I'm at. Pokerstars balance and total amount owing are lower
by $50 because I made that $50 withdrawal:

Current FT Balance : $0.23
Current PS Balance : $84.75
Current OWing: $650.00
Current Bankroll: -$565.02

Here's to hoping I can keep this up.