Sometimes Poker is Painful

Poker

As I've said in earlier posts I am trying out Double or Nothing SnG's, I've seen quoted somewhere that these games are the tournament equivalent of grinding away at the cash tables and it's not far wrong.

I've played 90 games over a 1 month period, and initially I was doing well and running at a 70% win rate, but this in now slowing down and I'm only hitting a 60% win rate which is nowhere near good enough. I am just breaking even, because of this I opened a new account at Blue Square Poker and I am working on a deposit bonus and as it clears it's at least making the games profitable. I'm working to strict bankroll management so at the moment I'm stuck down at $1 buy in games and this is painful, the standard of play is awful. I am often on a table with 5 other players who are playing 70% - 80% of hands mostly limping in, and if you raise preflop they call anyway regardless of what they have. This is OK if you are getting cards you just milk them for their chips, but for 2 days I've been card dead and you just can't win, bluffing these players is just out of the question. Anyway current stats are 90 games played, profit $3.95 + $6.00 bonus(so far) along side this I've played a few standard 6 max SnG's and the stat on that are 12 games played $11.40 profit.

At the moment the winnings are small, but I'm trying to stick to one type of game and make a real effort to work up to a decent game and a decent profit. I will only ever be a hobby player but the hobby has to pay for itself. Up to now I've jumped about from 1 site to another and 1 game type to another without any real focus, I want to stop doing that and try and improve on where I am.

Where I am today is TOTALLY frustrated.