Well i deposited $50 at Party poker (no bonus but not bothered) and have withdrawn that amount again and left $40 on there.
So i am even with money to gamble and withdraw. I feel like typing up my progress, and with my new found discipline, i hope to make many more withdrawals.

To begin with i have a few questions:

~Would you suggest cashing out smallish amounts now and then (and stay roughly the same), or keep any profit on the site so i can, in time, rise up the limits?
~I play NL, and the smallest limits are 0.10/0.25 with a table max of $25. Do you think i have ample cash for these limits?

Thanks

wow...played on a NL table and my AQ was called the whole way to the river where i went all in...an ace on the board and he had A8 and hit an 8 on the river.
went down to $20 but i am back up to $39.75 from $6 SnG's.
Came:
-3rd
-1st
currently in another one

The second SnG, i killed them. Hit Quad K's and two guys went all in with 99 and QQ...i had the KK. Then i got it again the hand after...knocked out another guy. Then a bit later hit trip Q's put another guy out. Finally heads up and i killed him.

Originally Posted by woodsy44

~Would you suggest cashing out smallish amounts now and then (and stay roughly the same), or keep any profit on the site so i can, in time, rise up the limits?
~I play NL, and the smallest limits are 0.10/0.25 with a table max of $25. Do you think i have ample cash for these limits?

1. Well I prefer to keep my money onsite so I can indeed feel more secure with the limits I play. But it matters what limits your goal is to play at, if your goal is just to keep playing .10/.25 you might as well withdraw whenever you make $50 or so.

2. No you don't have ample cash in the technical sense. You have less than 2 full buyins, and the recommended is 10. However, I do know .10/.25 is a pretty simple limit to stay profitable at. If you plan to stay at .10/.25 I recommend you keep $100 onsite (once you get there) and probably cash out every $50 you make over the $100.

If you would like to move up limits and your goal is to make a nice side income, you should do the basic bankroll plan. You start at .10/.25, the buyin there is $25 so you should technically have $250 to play there so your starting behind but it doesn't really matter.

Once you hit $500 which is a full 10 buyins for .25/.50 you should move up to .25/.50. If you lose 5 buyins which will drop you to $250 you than move back to .10/.25 till you reach $500 again. And following this plan 1k would be the ideal bankroll for .50/$1.

Yeah this process is very slow (especially when you have to drop back down) but it's the safest way to advance limits without being in bankroll trouble. I tried this once, but I gave up after a week or so (mostly because I don't like NL cash games) but it's very exhaustive doing this.

Thanks for the advice LetsGetItOn, greatly appreciated.
I would lke to add also that i am up to $80...i have doubled up. Played the tables for a few hours and took a beating...i mean all bad cards, Good cards falling flat etc. After that is flipped reversed for the better

Sounds like your doing alright. I just started playing for $ online too. Put $50 on FTP Wednesday night. Broke even that night and didn't play yesterday. But today I played 3 SNG in a row, won the first two, and got second in the last. Doubled up to $100 right now, hopefully I can keep this streak going. Done for the night though, keep posting, i'd like to see how your doing.

My god...worst day of poker in my life. Played SnG's and tables for a few hours and got the hell beat outta me. The bad beats i got. AK beaten by A5 (234 board) QQ beaten by A6 after i went allin. Tons i cant remember. At one point went down to $12
Played today though and i am back up to $60, with a pending SnG in action.

Up and down like a YoYo, but at least i earned a few Partypoints I can now claim a mouse mat or a stress dice.

Originally Posted by woodsy44

Up and down like a YoYo, but at least i earned a few Partypoints I can now claim a mouse mat or a stress dice.

I'm holding out for the money clip Actually want the laptop but 350k is an ungodly amount of points, wish they were easier to earn like FPP points at stars.