Playing some limit

I've been playing some limit hold'em again recently.

First an update on $10 NL cash. It's actually going fairly well so far. On PokerStars I'm up around 2 buyins after around a small 1000 hands sample for a win rate of around 11BB/100. On UltimateBet I'm down around 1 buyin after about 2000 hands for a win rate of around -2.8 BB/100.

There are good $10 NL games on UB, I just may not be running well or playing as well as I need to. The $10 NL games seem slightly better on Stars [I stacked a guy AA over KK all in preflop for 85 bb] and I also seem to be running well so far there. Sample sizes are small so it's hard to read much into the results.

Anyway about limit. The thing about UltimateBet was that it seems pretty much impossible to clear the bonus at $10 NL. The "points" you need to accumulate to unlock the bonus accumulate very slowly at $10 NL. So I thought of trying limit to see if that would generate points faster.

I've always enjoyed limit, and had some success at Stars playing full ring up to $0.25/$0.50. So I tried limit on UB. First I accidentally got into a $0.50/$1.00 game that was full of bad players. I won a $13 hand with AA holding up to the river but that was the only pot I won in 50 hands. I ended up down around $2, not too bad.

I meant to be playing $0.25/$0.50 on UB. Right now I have around a 90 BB bankroll at that level on UB. So there's a non zero chance I could go bust on UB if I hit a downswing. If it happens so be it. The worst downswing I've seen in LHE single tabling full ring has been around 50BB so hopefully I won't bust and I can clear this bonus.

At $0.25/$0.50 the full ring action is nearly dead and it's all 6max. That's a very challenging experience. It's an aggressive game and I'm trying to learn it as I go. I have seen some bad players so hopefully I can do a good job of table selection to find profitable situations.

While playing at UB, I've also returned to my historic favorite game, $0.25/$0.50 LHE on Stars. The Stars game seems as good as I remember it. I hope to grind up some BB and get comfortable again and start mixing in some shots at $0.50/$1.00. If I can get comfortable at 6max on UB then I might try $0.50/$1.00 6max on Stars. I haven't had much success historically at $0.50/$1.00 FR on Stars.

And the UB bonus does clear at this level. Every orbit I see points accumulating and points are worth around 10 cents each if I understand how they work. So this is good, I may be able to clear this bonus in some finite time.