Joined: Jan '10
Location: United Kingdom
Age: 36 (M)
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Hello there chaps and chappesses!! Ive been thinking about starting a blog for a while now but haven't really had the time. Well i now have a nice long summer of nothing-ness...sounds like time to build a roll!!
Admittedly i am not starting with $0.00 dollars ( around 16ish ), but i will be, from the very start, applying strict br management. It may seem a bit smallball and a bit conservative but the aim of this game is to enhance my br management, whilst becoming a tonne more patient and hopefully developing new skills along the way. It'd be great if some of you guys could chip in some advice and or thoughts here and there I will post interesting hands if i remember to get screenshots
Pokerstars light blog - Bankroll control lesson. Rules.
1. Never play in an mtt that costs more than 1/50th of br 2. Drop mtt stakes if roll hits <= 50 BI 3. Never, EVER play cash games, and or different variations (plo,plo8 etc) 4. If no cashes 3 times in a row stop playing for the day and read.
What a bloody lovely start.... played very tight and picked up a few beauties along the way. One that sticks in my mind was AKs which i limped multi way from late. Knowing i had position on everybody made me play the hand the way i did, as at these micros people are calling with any two suited cards and i didnt fancy a flip for my stack. Anyways, flopped top p top k and nut fd. Min bet from 1st pos 3 folds and a call, i also call for a bit of deception. Turn brings the ever so lovely Q which completes my nuts. Check from 1st pos, 2x from 2nd, i smooth call, 1st pos reships, 2nd snaps and i re-reship. Called down by Kjo and the guy in 1st pos had 76 for bottom pair...
Sick hand i lost and almost busted with, 99 in the bb, ultra hypo sb raises to 4x...i consider jamming my 9's but there are too many double paints he is calling with and again dont wanna flip. Flop 4 9 J, he snap ships i snap call...hes only bloody picked up JJ. Bleh, down to 800chips with 13 people left andf 7 cash. Came back to scoop 2nd! ding bloody ding
what happened to that total of $25 i handed to you the other day? is this whats left of it, so do i get 10% of all winnings m8 only joking congrats on the result, keep it up and build that roll, and keep us updated on you get on in future games, hope to see you on one of my tables some day soon
Joined: Oct '10
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Posted by shoveandtilt: 3. Never, EVER play cash games, and or different variations (plo,plo8 etc)
This would be my rule number one!.
GL with your project, I'm trying to build a roll with the 10c 360 seater at the moment so maybe I'll see you on the 25c tables when I've won some more.
Joined: Jan '10
Location: United Kingdom
Age: 36 (M)
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Starting bankroll $16.97 - Max buyin 34c
1. 25c 45man sng mtt. Result = 2nd for $2.22 Comments: gg!
New bankroll $18.94 - Max buyin 38c
2. 25c 45man sng mtt. Result = 16th Comments: Hmmm tough spot in the bb led to my demise, a9hearts vs sb min raise with kqo on an A Qh 6 2h K board - Went in on the turn left me with ~3bbs
New bankroll $18.69 - Max buyin 37c
3. 25c 45man sng mtt. Result = 33rd Comments: Awful play with KQ vs QQ preflop...wtf was that.
New bankroll $18.44 - Max buyin 37c
4. 25c 45man sng mtt. Result = 34th Comments: Standard four bet pre with two red aces ( my fave aces ) called by TT and got outflopped. whiffed turn river. sigh.
New bankroll $18.19 - Max buyin 36c
Well thats me for the day! Disappointing after the great start. Played the KQ awfuly pre flop in the 3rd mtt. The other 2 were a mixture of cold decks and positional play so can't really complain. Bit sick about the AA wouldve put me 1st. Time to put some time into harringtons workbook, never ever quite finished that sucker.
Total profit in BI = 4.9 Total profit in $$ = 1.22
Joined: Feb '11
Location: Germany
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Are you really single tabling them or am I mistaken? (seeing you only posted about one tourney in 1st post). If so I'd suggest you to start a little higher,bringing such a micro bankroll up by single tabling will take you aaaaaaages (because,trust me,you won't be able to maintain that 100%+ ROI ).
And if you can beat the $0.25's,you will also beat the $1's
Joined: Jan '10
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Yep, single tabling them. I have pleeeeenty of time to kill and its the start of a system i want to play. right from the very bottom up. i can and have multi tabled > 9 tables, 3 rows, 3 columns. But this is merely an experiment. i have rolls on other sites that i can play for bigger BI mtt's and or cash etc. Tis just an experiment or a test of my patience....depending on which way you look at it
Joined: Feb '11
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Posted by shoveandtilt: this is merely an experiment. i have rolls on other sites that i can play for bigger BI mtt's and or cash etc. Tis just an experiment or a test of my patience....depending on which way you look at it
Ok,understandable then thought this was something like one of those "From (almost) broke to millions" or something blogs GL
Joined: Aug '10
Location: Argentina
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Keep the good way! I've subscribed to this thread to see how your Bankroll growing!! The most difficult is don't get mad and loose all the money in just one hand or tourney... So... I wish you Good Luck
Joined: Jan '10
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Cheers for all of the kind words of encouragement etc guys I know its gonna be impossible to keep that roi but this is a little challenge, just for me.
PS, just about to start todays session, showered, fed, watered, cup of tea in hand, boom lets roll.
------------ Riiight then. Time for a little update!! ____________________________________________________________
Day two - Starting bankroll $18.19
1. 25c sng 45man Result = 32nd Comments: Picked up KK early doubled up, AKs six hands later vs ultra loose and light player with 99, 4 bet all in pre. flopped T 9 6. Hmmm... wondering wether i couldve played that differently. I think my 4 bet pre was a bit silly as in these stakes any pair 8> are calling me down for a flip.
New Bankroll $17.94 - Max buyin 36c
2. 25c sng 45man Result = 4th for $1.29 Comments: Played well, got lucky on the final table with JJ pre vs KK turned a jack to knock out 6th.
New Bankroll $18.98 max buyin 38c
3. 25c sng 45man Result = 3rd for $1.70 Comments: Really cool game, played real nice. Awesome final table, some really good play by all players,AA flopped top set on Asp 9sp 4h,I bet the turn, river ( spade spade), he shoved into the 4 flush board!! He showed the nut flush!
New Bankroll $20.43 max buyin 40c
Total profit in BI = 8.96 Total profit in $$ = 2.24
Gonna stop for a half hour for h2o tea, and a bite to eat.
------------ Hmm i didn't mean to "edit" above post, i meant to repost on the end...in such instance, do i reply to supernoobs post or reply to my own...?
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------------ 4. 25c sng 45man Result = 6th for 0.62c Comments: Played nice and solid, one notable pot. limped AA pre on the btn (first in) sb shoved with k9o bb reshoved with A9s i call with my aces and they held :d
Total profit BI = 10.44 Total profit $$ = 2.61 _____________________________________________________________________________
So thats my 2nd day done, pretty decent today with 3 ft's and 3 cashed out of 4. Gonna go and have a smoke and watch some crap on tv no doubt. Take care mobsters and run good!!! [mobster]
------------ Total profit since challenge began in BI = 15.34 Total profit since challenge began in $$ = 3.83
Joined: Mar '11
Location: Germany
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Seems like you are really doing well in these 45 sngs. I am not experineced in SnGs, but I guess I have to learn more about them, because I guess they are fun. So far I am just playing cashgames and MTT freerolls.
Day 3 - Starting bankroll $20.80 - Max buyin 0.42c
1. 25c sng 45man Result = 29th Comments. Got rivered quite nastily, then got it in pre JJ vs 67c the same guy as the aces suckout, and he turned 2 pair on me
New bankroll $20.55 - max buyin 0.41c
2. 25c sng 45man Result = 9th Comments. Good game, cooler qq vs kk preflop for my last 14bb's.
New bankroll $20.30 - max buyin 0.40c
3. 25c sng 45man Result = 39th Comment: Sickness.....KK vs KQ allin pre 3 hearts board..turns his king high flush. Argh..
New bankroll $20.05 - Max buyin 0.40c
Well thats me done!! Tilted and annoyed gonna go read. 3 sick beats in all 3 tournies. siiiigh
pics from the 1st mtt, nasty river
------------ Alright people, so i decided to play a couple more after chilling for a few hours, the first one didnt go so well but the second was pretty good.. ___________________________________________________________________________ Day 3 session b! - Starting bankroll $20.05 - Max buyin 0.40c
1. 25c sng 45man Result = 29th Comments. Sick cooler runner runner straight vs my flopped top set.
New Bankroll $19.80 - Max buyin 0.39c
2. 25c sng 45man Result - 1st for $3.23 Comments: Woop woop, crushed this one, from start to finish. Chipped up to 8k within 6 hands (AA,QQ,AKo) nice.
New bankroll $22.78 - Max buyin 45c
Total profit for the day in BI = 7.92 Total profit for the day in $$ = 1.98
Total profit so far in BI = 23.24 Total profit so far in $$ = 5.81
Attached image of winning hand, quite an interesting one actually, hh aswell.
------------ PokerStars - $0.23+$0.02|600/1200 NL (9 max) - Holdem - 2 players Hand converted by PokerTracker 3: http://www.p**************m
Hero (BB): 39,768.00 SB: 27,732.00
Hero posts ante 75.00, SB posts ante 75.00, SB posts SB 600.00, Hero posts BB 1,200.00
Pre Flop: (1950.00) Hero has Js Jc
SB calls 600.00, Hero raises to 3,600.00, SB raises to 6,000.00, Hero raises to 10,800.00, SB raises to 27,657.00 and is all-in, Hero calls 16,857.00
I will post interesting hands if i remember to get screenshots 
which completes my nuts. Check from 1st pos, 2x from 2nd, i smooth call, 1st pos reships, 2nd snaps and i re-reship. Called down by Kjo and the guy in 1st pos had 76 for bottom pair...
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