I took a shot

I finally got around to sitting at a $5/$10 table. I logged onto HoldemPoker to clear yet another reload bonus and saw only 1 $3/$6 table going. That is really odd about the Poker Room network. You can always find enough $2/$4 and usually $5/$10 games, but a lot of times its a struggle to get more then 1 $3/$6 game going.

Anyway, since I would only be playing one table I figured I should take a shot at $5/$10. I only played 44 hands, but it was a good experience. I only got in on four hands though. That is fairly normal for me, as I am pretty tight. My normal VP$IP is ranges from 12-15%.

The first hand I played, I completed from the small blind with KhTd. Flop comes 9D,JH,QD. Sweet, flopped the nut straight. I check raise and get two callers. Turn is a 2C, I bet out and both call. Of course a diamond comes on the freaking river! I value bet anyway and get one caller and he called. I took the pot down but have no clue what he had because Poker Room doesnt write mucked cards to the hand history in PT. Won a cool $102 on that pot.

Few hands later I get AKo and raise it. Get one caller, flop comes JH,QH,9C. I bet, he calls. Turn comes Kc, I bet he calls. River comes 2h, I bet he folds. Take down $65.

Very next hand I get AKo again, raise it and get 4 callers. Flop comes 8D,9H,3S, I bet out and the guy on my immediate left raises. Two call, one folds, I call. Turn comes Ks and I bet out, flop raiser folds and the two callers call. River is 6c I bet, one folds, one calls. I take it down for $139.50.

So I made $159 for my 50 minutes of work, not bad. Look, I know I am probably not ready for $5/$10, but it was fun taking a shot. My bankroll is more then ready, but I am just not positive my game is ready for it. I might try it for the next few days and cut back to 2 tables and see how things go. I am not sure I could handle a downswing at that level. A 100BB downswing is nothing and that would cost me $1000, umm that would suck.