$15/30?
Buoyed by my success at a single orbit of $30/60 (and two glasses of Pinot Noir), I decided to play $15/30 last night. For real. I played for about 2 hours at the juiciest table I can recall finding at Poker Stars. There was one total fish who played just horribly. He got on a hot run that boosted his stack from about $400 to over $2300, and this put quite a few players at the table on tilt. He got me for a couple of small pots, but I was more focused on his bad play and how it was causing more bad play at the table to get tilty. There was just too much opportunity going on around me.
In the end I lost over $300, or 10 BBs. My cards were most uncooperative for that situation. I only took 3 pots in 2 hours, one on a bluff when I bet out my busted draw on the river. I love when that play works - you bet into your draw all the way and bet it out on the river and it folds everyone. It can also be good to get called and showdown your non-hand at showdown. That can generate action on future hands.
I think I may have made some weak-tight folds. I have a hard time determing good laydowns when the hand doesn't go to showdown. Its all about your read on the other guy, and I need to get better at handling the players I think are skilled and aggressive. My post-flop play is still too ABC and predictable. If only there were time to work on my poker skills among everything else i have going on right now.
Since there isn't, I'll be staying away from $15/30 - unless I can find rare tables like I found last night. My skills were good enough to win money at that table. Unfortunately that didn't happen. Tomorrow is another day!