Can't complain

I know that I use this blog a lot to bitch about horrible beats in poker and all of that, but lately, I really can't complain about the way things have been going. My ROI this month is really high, (over 30% in SNGs) and my ROI in the $5 SNGs is climbing back to par (still just under 9%, which I consider to be par - for me, anyways). Lately, I've been able to catch huge hands early on, and then be able to sit back, sit back, and wait for another chance to pounce. Not that I've won every SNG or not made stupid moves, or suffered horrible beats (although my 80-20 situations have been holding up for the most part). In fact, over the most recent run, I think I have only won about 2 or 3. In the last 100 SNGs or so, I am up about $150, which is good, considering what my bankroll is. I think they key is just paying attention, and knowing when to fold when I'm beat. I am basically one $5 SNG away from crossing the $1k threshold on sharkscope, and crossing the $700 threshold on my BR. I don't want to get ahead of myself though.

There are spots now where I used to shove or raise pre-flop, but I'm starting to interpret certains spots where it's more effective to float pre, and bet later, especially when I am deepstacked. Look at that - me actually paying attention to post-flop play! I have realized that I should have been doing this for about a year and half now, and I think I go in and out of zones where I actually implement this strategy to my game. I think when I start raising all in pre, or trying to win hands preflop, it's just impatience or laziness. It all depends on stack sizes/blind sizes. Sometimes you're able to get in a zone where you can see the whole field - as they say in QB terminology. I feel like I've been close to that. There have been times where I feel like I have been firmly in it. Actually, probably only once - when I got back from my honeymoon and made $250 in about 80 games. That was a BR changer.

The MTTs have gone absolutely nowhere. Not really paying attention, and simply losing after flopping top pair or whatever.

I'm not naive enough to think that the good run will last forever, or that I cannot improve, or that some of this is just due to the fact that certain hands are holding up, or my AK is connecting with the flop. For one, my style of play is probably still too conservative to be optimal. I play to make the money, not necessarily to go for the win, and sometimes that mindset is what holds me back. Depending on relative stack sizes and blinds, I still cannot find it within me to raise A5dd on the button when it's 4 handed. Of course, I'm sure the bad run will start right when I hit the "publish post" button in about 10 seconds.

And of course this is all low stakes stuff, so to most people the $150 I'm talking about is a mere pittance.