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

oh,


just noticed i deposited about $80, so, my progress as of today is


Day 9. $238 (340%)
Day 10.
Day 11
Day 12
Day 13

I guess its time for an update. I had a good run in February, winning almost 2k in just about about 30k hands. I had a really rough day on day 23, losing almost 5 buyins as nothing seemed to work. Other than i had a pretty consistent month.

Day 19 123% 7,839.19
Day 20 125% 7,969.36
Day 21 125% 7,967.36
Day 22 122% 7,811.36
Day 23 115% 7,327.36
Day 24 117% 7,508.36
Day 25 120% 7,700.76
Day 26 123% 7,873.66
Day 27 124% 7,936.66
Day 28 127% 8,124.66

Well starting from 10$ free "sign up bonus" coz i want to see how far i can get without actually having to deposit.

Day -5: 10$
Day -4: 25$
Day-3: 15$ (got pretty pissed and actually played in a 5$ SnG (GOOD br management there)...then didn't play for a few days afterwards)
Day-2: 30$
Day-1: 40$ (haven't really played more than 2 hrs a day yet so things going very slowly)
Day1: 50$ 100% --started playing .1/.2 limits
Day2: 60$ 120%
Day3:80$ 160%
Day4:100$ 200%
Day5:105$ ~210% --interesting day...for some IDIOTIC reason i decided to play some .25/.5 limit. I lost one buy in pretty quickly then was half way down on another (and topped it up). Was then down about 20% on 2 tables so i was down to about 80$...but luckily i hit a couple hands and managed to double up a couple of tables pretty quickly and ended up about 5$ up. So I just left and vowed to never touch them until i hit 200$, because i could have potentially lost half my BR.
Day6:135$ ~260% (weird day...i played 2 tables while doing school for about 20 mins and made 30$. I think i got kings on one table and managed to slightly over double up. Since i was only buying in for 6$ that put me about 14$. I then was in BB and had 89s or something where i called somebodies min raise. I hit a set of 8s on the flop and decide to slow play since this guy was superagressive and the flop wasn't dangerous. So i double up again and ended up 6$-->30$ in about 5 hands...
Day7:150$ 300%
Day8:165$ (played a 3$ rebuy...only thing it taught me was to never waste money doing that again)
Day9: 195$ ---Up to present time now...VERY interesting day. I started off very good. However, i then decided to play in a 5$ MTT (coz i had plaeyd a couple of 1$ ones and was getting top 50 most times for 4/5$ for 2-3 hrs ie. complete waste of time). So ofc i bust out pretty earlier and for some reason all hell opens loose after that. I was playing some games after that coz i wanted to reach 200$ before the end of the day (was at about 183$ after the MTT "decision". So everything starts going wrong and i start to tilt really badly (for the first time i would say as well as i've only been playing online (or any) poker for about a month now). And although i knew it i didn't really care...EVERYTHING seemed to be going wrong. I would correctly put a guy on a flush draw and overbet the pot with top pair but ofc he would call and hit the flush on the turn (once) and river (once...who calls a pot bet for a flush draw on the river :S). I ACTUALLY TYPE TO HIM "i know you have flush but i don't give a %*& atm coz i can't believe you called my bet" and then call his bet and lose most of my stack. It would just piss me off that i woudl have the BB raising me in the SB or something, but then when i raised with KK it would fold around to me. I could hardly pick anything up post flop after raising preflop coz i would have guys out of position raising hard or all in etc and then when i decided to limp into some pots everytime some idiot would raise it like 6xBB. So anyways, eventually somebody raises me in the SB after i raised him in the BB with A7, so even tho i figure im probably beat i go all in and he calls...with AK ofc. However, the first piece of luck of the day has me suck out to win. So i leave the table, then look at my BR (figuring that doubling up there must put me in ok stead), but realise that IF i had lost that pot i would have been about 160$ i think (ie. lost about 25$ (and 1/7 BR) in 45 minutes). So that actually calmed me down for some reason, and i started to play better. I had to hit 2 pretty big hands, but i managed to get 5$ up on when i started so instantly closed everything and stopped playing...realising how lucky i was not to be a few days back)

I think tilting will potentially be a big problem for me...i played some RTS games at a high level and i would have the same problem there. I would actually get MOTIVATED by losing...it would make me want to play more and care less. So with games that would mean i would win like 85% of games then one day in the month i would play way more games than any other day and win like 20%. So with poker, when i've had bad sessions i keep playing until i make it back...but im a little worried what will happen if i simply have a terrible day where nothing at all is going right and if i keep playing trying to make it back i will probably end up losing ALOT.

I was going to move up to .25/.5 once i hit 200$, but now i think i will stick at .1/.2 until at least 300$ (i might have only played 500 hands @ .1/.2 so far) and start to buy in for less than 5%. Idk..will have to see how it goes. Im going to have to find some way that i can stop playnig when i am playing bad...because as it stands i tend to play more when i'm losing and i tend to quit early when im having a very good day (don't want to mess it up or something equally as illogical).

Well apparantly i can't edit...

So i couldn't resist trying for the extra 5$ to make 200$...and it was as big a disaster as it was bound to be; however, i didn't manage to get a little lucky this time. The pinnacle was losing 20$ in KK vs AA. So i was down to 153$, but decided to play a little more and manage to get back to 175$ where i called it quits. Pretty disapointing as i played about 4 hrs in the end (prob my biggest session) to lose 20$. But i guess that is life...should learn the lesson to not play when im having a bad day. I guess ALL UP for today im actually + 10...however i actually feel sick at some of buy ins i threw away. The 20$ loss AA vs KK was just sick..as i shouldn't have had that much in there in the first place but the rings where fairly inactive and i had to buy back in at what i left with...

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


Day 9. $238 (340%)
Day 10. away
Day 11. away
Day 12. $250.62 (357%) (only played 40mins this morning)
Day 13.
Day 14.
Day 15.
Day 16.

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.

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

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.

Chris,

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

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.

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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.

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.

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)

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

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

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

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%)

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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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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 , 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

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

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.

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

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?

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

hey guys been awhile since i posted. I have been putting money in out of poker lately. Recently put 180 into Pokerstars, and through a nice 45 sit go win and a lot Omaha cash games i am at 1030 roughly. I'm not sure whether to be happy and pull most of it out, or keep going and see where it leads me? OPINIONS?

Nice run, Eddie. I'd say keep going

pull out 200 and play with just winnings.

Latest update, had a major downturn the last few days. Some bad beats and general lack of cards leading me to play lesser starting hands. But Im glad it didnt put me on tilt. The old me would be broke now - by playing and losing $50/$100 heads ups chasing losses. Onwards and upwards

Day 1 $70
Day 24 $559
Day 25 $563
Day 26 $460
Day 27 $475

Day 1 $70
Day 28 $ 543


Much better to be heading upwards.