Let's build some bankroll - who's with me?

[Chris_TC]

Keep this thread going guys, good job!

I just wanted to chime in to say that I'm not broke yet, despite a lack of updates. Also, there are no updates coming in the near future.

You may know that on January 25th I was back down to around $2,200 because I had lost a lot at NL400 and NL600. Since then I had been playing underrolled, which I have been criticized for, hoping that I could dodge bad luck (i.e. have an average run) until I'm properly rolled again.

Unfortunately, this hasn't happened. An average run is what I wanted, a bad run is what I got. PokerEV tells me that I'm running over $4,000 below expectation (and no, I didn't run hot before Jan. 25th either), add in coolers such as Underset vs. Overset (3 times = -$2,100) / Overset vs. Underset (0 times = +$0), and you get the idea.

I'm sitting with $1,200 and I'll have to rebuild from here. Frankly, I just don't feel like posting a graph at this point because seeing where I once was would depress me heavily.
Knowing that I'm still playing with money I had built up from $60 doesn't cheer me up either, because I've spent months and months building from $2K, and all that work is gone now.

I will rejoin this thread, hopefully very soon, but atm I need to play a lot of hands and focus on the game, not on the graphs.
Keep it up and running, thanks.

 

[Jagsti]

I feel your pain chris. Gl and I hope to see you posting back soon at the levels you were once at.

 

[stuventus]

Day 1. $70 (100%).......


Day 9. $238 (340%)
Day 10. away
Day 11. away
Day 12. $273.34 (390%)
Day 13.
Day 14.
Day 15.
Day 16.



Was a good recovery today, went back down to $200ish for a large part of this evening. It showed the importance of keeping calm, waiting for premium hands and not tilting. I am please with this evenings work for both the end figure and the way i played.

I will probably not step up to 25c/50c until (and if) I reach $1000. even then i would like a buffer I can play with, perhaps $80 over the thousand just in case it dont adjust to it for the first couple of buy ins.

night all.

 

[calibanboy]

Keep this thread going guys, good job!

I just wanted to chime in to say that I'm not broke yet, despite a lack of updates. Also, there are no updates coming in the near future.

You may know that on January 25th I was back down to around $2,200 because I had lost a lot at NL400 and NL600. Since then I had been playing underrolled, which I have been criticized for, hoping that I could dodge bad luck (i.e. have an average run) until I'm properly rolled again.

Unfortunately, this hasn't happened. An average run is what I wanted, a bad run is what I got. PokerEV tells me that I'm running over $4,000 below expectation (and no, I didn't run hot before Jan. 25th either), add in coolers such as Underset vs. Overset (3 times = -$2,100) / Overset vs. Underset (0 times = +$0), and you get the idea.

I'm sitting with $1,200 and I'll have to rebuild from here. Frankly, I just don't feel like posting a graph at this point because seeing where I once was would depress me heavily.
Knowing that I'm still playing with money I had built up from $60 doesn't cheer me up either, because I've spent months and months building from $2K, and all that work is gone now.

I will rejoin this thread, hopefully very soon, but atm I need to play a lot of hands and focus on the game, not on the graphs.
Keep it up and running, thanks.

Chris,

They say that adversity makes a man stronger., Whats the biggest learning that you have taken from the past 3 months?

 

[pigpen02]

I am officially a bad poker player. This will be my last post in this thread because I am now below my starting point and see no turning. I am going back to much lower stakes and practice for a while before I again try to build any bankroll.

 

[stuventus]

Day 1. $70 (100%).......


Day 9. $238 (340%)
Day 10. away
Day 11. away
Day 12. $273.34 (390%)
Day 13. $301.18 (430%)
Day 14.
Day 15.
Day 16.


very tired, need to change my break pattern during play.

 

[WhodeyX]

Day 0: 100% ($150)
Day 13: 517% ($778)
Day 14: 613% ($920)
Day 15: 670% ($1005)
Day 16: 473% ($710)
Day 17: 496% ($745)
Day 18: 537% ($805)
Day 19: 607% ($910)
Day 20: 661% ($991)


Still recovering slowly from a horrible swing I had awhile back. It was rough but I'm coming back from it and about to hit the 1k mark again.

 

[marcogd]

I took a few days off, but I'm back to it.

Day 1: 100% ($43)
Day 2: 100% ($43, $42.99 to be exact)
Day 3: 120% ($51.59)
Day 4: 131% ($56.39)

 

[wargod]

lets do this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[stuventus]

Day 1. $70 (100%).......


Day 9. $238 (340%)
Day 10. away
Day 11. away
Day 12. $273.34 (390%)
Day 13. $301.18 (430%)
Day 14. $271.18 (385%)
Day 15.
Day 16.


shocking day lastnight, only saved by a placing in a $4 MTT. need to set up a daily stop loss. Anybody use one. what amount is it?

thanks

 

[stuventus]

Day 1. $70 (100%).......


Day 9. $238 (340%)
Day 10. away
Day 11. away
Day 12. $273.34 (390%)
Day 13. $301.18 (430%)
Day 14. $271.18 (385%)
Day 15. $310.00 (442%)
Day 16.



Amazing end to the night, was on the end of a few bad beats, nothing runner runner, but the usual flush chasing fishies calling an all in when i move with trips etc.

So the hand in question, loose table me and 2 others have been moving some reasonable sized pots about us, then it goes.....

i look down at pocket 5. limp pre flop.
Villain 1 (playing loose) moves all in
Villain 2 (playing looser) calls and has villain 1 covered
Hero, thinks (nobody else to act) says "come on the fives" and pushes all in covering Villain 2 by a few dollars


Board

3J9Q4

Hero thinks he is done for. hands get revealed

Villain 1 AK off suit
Villain 2 A3 suited

Hero, takes a while to register as the $66.50 pot moves to him
bear in mind we are playing 10c/20c, thats a good pot.

Villain 3, who didnt call said "i bottled that - folded 99"

Hero smiles with glee and exits

 

[stuventus]

Hi Guys,

I feel i am alone in this challenge now, anybody still with me here. Chris TC?? anybody??

So I have reached a point where I have a few weeks data and can post a graph.

Lessons learned today.

I have found it a lot easier by moving down a stakes level to 5c/10c. not due to the quality of players - very similar to 10c/20c. but just the fact i feel more comfortable making moves etc.

I have realised that I start to stall and change my game at big milestones
namely $200, $300. I need to just focus on my poker more than ever as I hover about these marks.

So, the numbers:

Day 9. $238 (340%)
Day 10. away
Day 11. away
Day 12. $273.34 (390%)
Day 13. $301.18 (430%)
Day 14. $271.18 (385%)
Day 15. $310.00 (442%)
Day 16. $353.03 (504%)

 

[stuventus]

Graph should Be attached

 

[SeanyJ]

Villain 1 (playing loose) moves all in
Villain 2 (playing looser) calls and has villain 1 covered
Hero, thinks (nobody else to act) says "come on the fives" and pushes all in covering Villain 2 by a few dollars

That is a terrible call, please fold that next time.

 

[WhodeyX]

That is a terrible call, please fold that next time.

Completely agree. You got lucky but that call was not smart. After that 2nd guy played that hand you easily could've been covered by 99-AA. You got lucky that nobody hit and their hands were both marginal to shitty, but don't play off of that hand in the future.

 

[pogreshilly]

Site: pokerstars
Initial Deposit: $10
Game: 1c/2c no limit holdem

Day 0: $10.00 (100%)
Day 1: $18.40 (184%)

Notes: Played only about three hours. In the first hour I lost my $1 table stake twice to bad all ins. In the second at another table I cleaned the clock of a "professional" who felt he was too drunk to play the $100/$200 tables. In the third I made about $3 on a lucky all in with a dominated blackjack hand. Despite good results used the Poker Tracker free trial to find a huge hole in my game at AQ offsuit. For some reason AK, AJ, and AT are profitable but AQ is a money pit.

 

[stuventus]

Completely agree. You got lucky but that call was not smart. After that 2nd guy played that hand you easily could've been covered by 99-AA. You got lucky that nobody hit and their hands were both marginal to shitty, but don't play off of that hand in the future.

Well, you can look at it both ways, i got lucky they didnt hit their hands. but reverse it. IF they did hit their hands - it would have been THEM being lucky!

 

[stuventus]

Have been really flying the last few days, yesterday did some heads up STT - just to break up the monotomy of ring games, and today placed second in a MTT ($10) rebuy with 20players. Might reach $500 a week or so earlier than expected - although I never set myself dates to hit my BR targets by, just a general area.


Day 9. $238 (340%)
Day 10. away
Day 11. away
Day 12. $273.34 (390%)
Day 13. $301.18 (430%)
Day 14. $271.18 (385%)
Day 15. $310.00 (442%)
Day 16. $353.03 (504%)
Day 17. $406 (580%)
Day 18. $467 (667%)

Still this evenings session to go - although for some reason I always find sunday poker a little harder to beat.

How are the rest of you guys doing?

off out for a walk now, then sunday dinner.

 

[WhodeyX]

Well, you can look at it both ways, i got lucky they didnt hit their hands. but reverse it. IF they did hit their hands - it would have been THEM being lucky!

It was still a very poor call in terms of how that hand played out early on. As I said, good job pulling that pot down but avoid plays like that in the future. Most of the time, you will lose those kinds of hands and you'll be heading straight for a big downswing.

Nothing to add really. Played a bit yesterday and cashed in the Ironman Freeroll and a couple $26 buy-in's along with playing a ton of SNG's, but ended up coming out pretty much even. Think I'm around $996. I'll be done playing due to Finals followed by getting obliterated in Panama City for spring break but I should be back around here after Easter. Good luck to everyone and hope people can keep their broll's pointed in the right direction.:icon_thum

 

[stuventus]

Hi all,

last 2 days added:

Day 9. $238 (340%)
Day 10. away
Day 11. away
Day 12. $273.34 (390%)
Day 13. $301.18 (430%)
Day 14. $271.18 (385%)
Day 15. $310.00 (442%)
Day 16. $353.03 (504%)
Day 17. $406 (580%)
Day 18. $467 (667%)
Day 19. $489 (698%)
Day 20. $517 (738%)


Im happy to have reached $500 :deal: , It there or thereabouts equals the highest bankroll I have ever built. Last time I did this - i must admit I worked with it for about 15-20 days, cashing out anything extra i made (usually between $20-$60 per day). Eventually I hit a massive downturn. I admit I tilted and blew $200 in headsup STTs that i wasnt bankrolled. and eventually withdrew the last $75 or so.

This time, I will push on towards $1000 I think, and use that as my cash base and withdraw my daily winnings.

Any opinions welcome.

Stuventus

 

[rdr]

I have been following this thread for a while and charting my play ...

I started with a $50 bankroll

Played 25c/50c Limit, 10c/20c Limit, Mostly $1 sng (all table sizes 9-45 players)
One $5 9 person sng, several $1 & $2 mtt, Quite a few $1.50 turbo sng.

What I have found ...

I can't type fast enough ... I'll try typing elsewhere & pasteing ... grrrrr

 

[feitr]

Been a pretty pathetic run for me as of late...tho i haven't played that much.


Day -5: 10$
....
Day1: 50$ 100%
....
Day9: 195$ ~390%
....
Day13: 270$ ~540%

After i hit 195$ it was like up and down from 170$ to 190$ for 2 days
Eventually got to 200$, and then quickly went up to 225$ then quickly down to 190$. Then had a pretty decent day where i went from about 210$ to 270$ with about 1 1/2 hrs play.

When i play .1/.2 blinds, im buying in for the 20$ max, so this explains some of the jumping (i sometimes lose like 25$ pretty quick then have to work it back up over the next hr etc), but i started playing some .25/.5, buying in for the min and playing short stack strats, and that seems to be working pretty well. If i manage to hit a big pot (about 40$...then i top up to the 50$ max and start playing "normal"...because it only costs me 20$ (ie same as .1/.2 blinds and i am much less likely to get stacked as compared to if i am trying to play with 35$ or something). However, if i only double up to 20$, i just leave the table, because i can't afford to buy in for 40$ total (to top up) and playing with 20$ in NL50 is kinda in no man's land in terms of the hands you want to play.

 

[skys the limit7]

Started with a 100 deposit

Played in 2 small SNG's

The donk heads at these tables call everything which is fine i played tight. I go allin with poket KK some idiot calls me with an A 2 , hits the A on the river. This guy was bluffin all game showing his bad cards after he won.

Ill start tomorrow again.

Have 85.00 left.

At what level would the quality of play go up. Sick of playing with idiots in the 5 or 6 dollar SNG's
Thanks

 

[marcogd]

My latest results:

Day 1: 100% ($43)
Day 2: 100% ($43, $42.99 to be exact)
Day 3: 120% ($51.59)
Day 4: 131% ($56.39)
Day 5: 186% ($80.06)

It's not as good as it looks. Actually, I've been running pretty bad of late, but my initial depositor bonus kicked in (free money is always nice).

Does anybody know about any reload bonuses offered at Stars?

 

[stuventus]

Hi Poker fans


Last few days added:


Day 1. $70 (100%)


Day 17. $406 (580%)
Day 18. $467 (667%)
Day 19. $489 (698%)
Day 20. $517 (738%)
Day 21. $506 (722%)
Day 22. $538 (768%)
Day 23. $559 (798%)

Stuventus