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I hate to say it, but for added ambience while reading this post, sing "Moving On Up" by M People in your head!
Finally, at last, at long, long, last, I've hit 20BB profit at the $5 heads up sit'n'gos. And the game that took me over my target was probably the easiest ten dollars I have ever made. The way my Canadian opponent, gerald, played it was as if he was playing his cards face up. He bet big when he had something like top pair or better. He bet small when had something small like botton or second pair and checked every other time.
Easy peasy,
lemon squeezy,
nice and easy,
one two threesey!
My stats at the $5 level are:-
Games Played: 377
Win%: 55.4%
ROI%: 5.6%
Winnings: $110.75
$/hr: $0.99
That's right - I make one dollar an hour playing heads up poker! This time next year, I'll be a millionaire.
The stats are nothing special. In fact, they should be higher but I'm fairly happy. There were times during the $5s when I was playing poorly and I lost money. But I was able to step back, review my play and get myself back to winning ways.
So now I'm going to take a stab at the $10s. Although I've got the bankroll to stay at the 10s, I'm going to set a 5 buyin stop loss, i.e. if I'm down $50, I'll drop back down to the $5s for a bit.
I suppose I shouldn't have phrased that as "going to take a stab" as I've already started. After taking a night off after reaching the 20BB target, I sat down last night and watched the $10 lobby for a bit and observed a couple of games. What struck me immediately was the level of traffic. At the $5s, you'll get an opponent in under 15 seconds. At the $10s though I saw waits of over a minute before a table filled. Anyway, after spotting (and avoiding) a couple of multi-tablers, I jumped in for what would be my third $10 SNG since I started playing heads up poker. And I won. Although my opponent was poor, which always helps.
I played 6 tournaments in total, winning three and losing three which is fine. Of the six opponents, I would only classify 2 as fish. Of the remaining 4, there were three that I wouldn't want to play too often. The other guy - undecided. He might be good or bad. Overall, from that small sample, the players are better so I'll need to be careful.
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