22 dollar turbos

So today is the 3-4th day I've played 22 dollar turbo HU SNGs. The first two days I ran pretty well, my cards were a little above average and I connected to boards at a regular rate. I was up about 10 buyins over 25 games, which translates into running very hot (The timing of the cards I was getting was very well and I was playing at the top of my game).

Yesterday I dropped about 85 bucks, which isn't really a ton considering that is 4 buyins. Today I am 2-2. I've found that there are a lot more players at this level that will bluff random boards and bet at anything. It is very hard to read their betting patterns and also very hard to put them on a range of hands that is narrow enough to determine within a margin of error the correct decisions for each play. At the same time, when I get a hand I'm so very often ahead and it is not very hard to build pots to get value out of my hands.

I plan to play a little tighter and more aggressively against these sort of players today, I also want to get at least another 16 games in by the end of the day. I think I'm running into more than an average amount of these type of players in the last two days, but there are definitely more at this level than at any other previous level I have played. If I keep my head and play a solid, tight-aggressive ABC poker game, I should do very well at this level over a good sample of games (200-300). It also helps that I have very good tilt control and the rare times that I do start to tilt I realize it and I stop playing.

Also, to conclude this post, I have a goal I've set for the end of this month. I am trying to achieve SilverStar on Pokerstars, which is a VIP level that gives you a few little benefits/bonuses.

I need to play about 110 more 22 dollar turbos by the end of April 30th to achieve this, so about 20 matches a day. If I can get 20 total in today I will be satisfied and keep doing this every day until May. I'd like to get a nice 40-50 game day though, but probably only if I am running well.

bankroll $729.78