5 March 2008 - Out

Out: $959

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I moved on to NL50 today, and ran well early, and poorly late. All in all I was up 3 buyins at NL25 and 1.5 at NL50. So no complaints. There is a marked difference in the play between NL25 and NL50. NL25 has a lot of shot-taking, whereas at NL50 it seems to be more straightforward, maybe because the gravity of having more $ in front of you is starting to weigh on a lot of players. Also, the game is too big for people who bust their roll and end up with just $5 or $10 and want to try to work it back quickly.

That being said, I did run into problems later in the day maintaining good tables. I think I switched a lot more than I am used to. I 6-7 tabled all day, and only managed 3.7K hands on a day shortened by 1.5 hours. I was running really well at NL50 until my set ran into a straight and didn't fill up. After that it was 4-5 beats in a row to equal out the day. I will probably add some longhand tomorrow.

I did briefly pop over that magic quad-digit $1K mark, but failed to maintain it.