I decided to give 3/6 NL a shot this week. I've played pretty high limit games (and very high tourney buy ins - duh) in the past, but in NL cash games, 2/4 is the highest I've ever gone.... well, for more than a few hands, anyway.
So.... things started off great. I finished my first session up $800ish. The next session was down $1200 or so, I think. I had had a couple of sessions where I was around even (+ or - 0 to $300), including last night's where I started off well, but then took a lot of annoying beats and finished down a bit.
Today has been UGLY. Fortunately, I've ALSO been playing 2/4 and winning there - up $500 today (correction - now $400 thanks to that 4 outer), but for 3/6, I'm down... let's see... carry the one... something like $900 or so.
My total for the month at 3/6 is -1400. I kow thats "only" 2.5 buy ins, but it's still frustrating... This is over 1600 hands played, which I also realize is a small sample. I think it's most frustrating because I'm down something like $2500-3000 from my peak.
All in all, I'd have to say my luck has been "average" to a little below average. It was a bit above to start, but has definitely been below recently:
FH runs into quads
Top two loses to gutshot
My straight gives my opponent a FH (2 outs)
Etc.
That said, I've made a couple of bad moves I didn't need to make... OVerall, I thought I was playing a little too passively, so a few times I've done what Boobie said and made a play when I sensed weakness. This has worked, but it's also cost me when they come back over the top. If I had to guess, I'd say I'm a bit down in those situations overall.
Note that I don't really have a question here, but comments are welcome, as is encouragement.
One thing I will say, and this surprised me a bit, but the 2/4 game seems a lot softer now that I've logged some hands at 3/6.
OK, I guess I do have a question: JD/Boobie/anyone - when you made this particular move (or other similar moves), did you lose at first, or were you winning off the bat?
I guess I know I can beat this game, but there are a couple of adjustments I need to make still. I've seen some plays here that I NEVER saw (other than me doing them) at 2/4... so I need to give me opponents a little more credit.
Anyway... hopefully I'll learn to crush/dominate these games like Boobie and JD someday. Maybe I should give Bodog a whirl. I hate how it doesn't support PT though. That's the main reason I've avoided it... well, that, their lack of 6 max games, and their sucky interface.
P.S. After rolling steadily (no huge pots) as I've been typing this, I'm now up > $600 in my 2/4 game. At least that's going well.