New Challenge - 20$ - 20,000$

Hello everyone again,

You might be familiar with my last attempt at something like this in this thread here --8$ Into 10,000$ - Challenge. Well since the site has been malfunctioning for me for some time and I couldn't find out the problem I have decided to retry at another site. I feel both older and wiser from my first attempt and I am going to a bigger site. I am now playing at Full Tilt Poker where this is more games for me to go at. Hopefully it pays off. I have also revised my rules a bit as you can now see;

1. Site of Play - I will be playing all games at Full Tilt Poker. This challenge was meant to be for a larger site and this will give me access to as many games as I need. My alias for those that want to follow is "LordNicon"

2. Types of Poker - I will only be playing NLHE, PLHE and PLO poker. This will keep my focus as too many types of poker can hinder you.

3. Types of Games - Almost 95% of the time I will be playing cash games. The only exceptions I will make are special money added MTT such as Mini-FTOPS and other promotional runs of that sort.

4. Promotions - Any promotions Full Tilt Poker runs during my challenge period will still be added to my running tally of money.

5. Bankroll Management - My bankroll management will be as follows. For NLHE and PLHE I will need 20 maximum buy-ins per level. For PLO I will need 30 maximum buy-ins per level. I will always buy-in with the maximum.

6. Time of Play - I will try to run 4 simultaneous tables for an average of 3 hours a day for the duration of the challenge period. In the event that I do not run them for 3 hours on average in a week the time will be made up the first day of the next week (monday).

7. Blogging - Bloggin will take place on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday nights. Usually on the following day between 3am - 11am est.

8. Time Frame, Conditions and Prizes - I am still trying to get this done faster then ever before so I still set a lofty goal for myself. 6 months to get from 20$ - 20,000$. If I successfully complete my challenge then I will be donating 1,000$ to charity and 1,000$ in forum prizes for the forums i blog on. Prizes are subject to change.


And that is my challenge. If you have any thoughts or ideas I would love to hear them. I will be blogging my play and adventures on all forums (including this one) and sharing the things I learn as I go along.

Good Luck on the felt,
Tyler "LordNicon" Horspool

P.S. If you want to follow my play my screen name is LordNicon

I will now be running on PST Time and my challenge is officially started today April 18, 2009 PST and will end October 18th, 2009 PST at midnight. I hope all of you readers from my last thread will follow me here. Also notice the intricate coloring :-)

are you taking action for this?

It's a challenge, not a prop bet, lol. It's already a pretty lofty goal, I would hope he isn't taking action on it.

But gl to you op.

Well at least you're using proper BR management now.

Are you taking prop bets?

Sorry, one challenge per person.

Well I was one of the followers on the other thread, and all I have to say to you is GL, to this challenge.

should've just tranferred your entire bankroll from reefer and continued on as usual. Reefer has some pretty good freerolls and not as popular as tilt. interesting to see how you go.

Interesting challenge. GL!

Hi kowboy,

I missed the end of the $8-$10,000 challange in 2 months,what where the final totals in that challange?How much winner?

Hey Kowboy, I'm on FT right now and just came to see how you were doin but see that you're sitting out at all your tables? Did i just miss your session?

Btw, LordNicon? Tell me that you took that from "Hackers". lol I guess Zero Cool and Crash Override were already taken, huh. Oh, and btw, Good Luck. Don't let that NickJr. Arcade distract you too much from your poker goal.

Well it wasn't a great start like my last challenge but I am not discouraged. I believe that the downswing will end soon and I will be on my way up. I logged 6 hours (3 hour average) of poker in two days and plan on doing another 3 hours of poker today. Thank you for the support and inquiry as always. I am aware I have set a lofty goal for myself once again. I am expecting the Mini-FTOPS to have at least one big win it for me to have enough to fast forward this challenge. Anywho, here are my stats. Expect a graph after week 1 is over. (Next Sunday)


Session Log:

Day 1
Start Time: 12:17am PST
End Time: 2:07am PST
Game: PLO
Tables: 4
Net Profit: -3.81$
End Amount: 17.19$


Day 2
Start Time: 5:16pm
End Time: 6:27pm
Game: PLO
Tables: 4
Net Profit: +3.52$
End Amount: 20.71$

Start Time: 7:57pm
End Time: 8:54pm
Game: PLHE
Tables: 4
Net Profit: -0.07$
End Amount: 20.64$

Start Time: 11:05pm
End Time: 1:21am
Game: NLHE
Tables: 4
Net Profit: -1.89$
End Amount: 18.75$

Quite the challenge you have ahead of you. Good luck to you sir.

Summary and Big Hand:

Well to start off I have to say I didn't get my hand histories in order til day 2. I had a huge 8$ pot come about 3 hands into my first session which was amazing but I don't have the hand history so I will have to go with the biggest one from day 2. Anywho, day 1 was a good starting point. It didn't go the way I planned as a lot of my sets were falling to wrap draws and crazy flush draws and such. One of which included a monster 4-way 8$ pot in which I had the lead with a set but was outdrawn by a one card to go wrap draw. Day 2 started off good with my PLO session going as planned, not much to say about that but when I switched over to NLHE things went awry and I had to slow myself down when reaching tilt. I was down about 10$ at one point but was able to fight my way back which turned out alright compared to where it could have gone. Hopefully, better waters are in my future.


Hand Histories:

No PLO hand today

Biggest NLHE Hand
This is just a loose fish calling down all this bet for nothing. As you can see nothing really special to see here. Just for info this happened at table 3 close to the end of my last session.

Full Tilt Poker Game #11779763232: Table Moore (6 max) - $0.01/$0.02 - No Limit Hold'em - 4:02:54 ET - 2009/04/20
Seat 1: Ro44 ($1.18)
Seat 2: LordNicon ($1.91)
Seat 3: Ham Call ($1.66)
Seat 4: Menefrego ($2.24)
Seat 5: invictus0902 ($3.77)
Seat 6: xPowDerrr ($2), is sitting out
LordNicon posts the small blind of $0.01
Ham Call posts the big blind of $0.02
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to LordNicon [Qs Kh]
Menefrego folds
invictus0902 raises to $0.06
Ro44 folds
LordNicon calls $0.05
Ham Call folds
*** FLOP *** [5c Qc Ks]
LordNicon checks
invictus0902 bets $0.10
xPowDerrr has returned
LordNicon raises to $0.34
invictus0902 has 15 seconds left to act
invictus0902 calls $0.24
*** TURN *** [5c Qc Ks] 6♠
LordNicon bets $1.51, and is all in
invictus0902 calls $1.51
LordNicon shows [Qs Kh]
invictus0902 shows [Kd 8d]
*** RIVER *** [5c Qc Ks 6s] 7♥
LordNicon shows two pair, Kings and Queens
invictus0902 shows a pair of Kings
LordNicon wins the pot ($3.59) with two pair, Kings and Queens
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $3.84 | Rake $0.25
Board: [5c Qc Ks 6s 7h]
Seat 1: Ro44 (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: LordNicon (small blind) showed [Qs Kh] and won ($3.59) with two pair, Kings and Queens
Seat 3: Ham Call (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: Menefrego didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: invictus0902 showed [Kd 8d] and lost with a pair of Kings
Seat 6: xPowDerrr is sitting out

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Sunday Blog Q & A:

Q: I am assuming you will be starting at 1c/2c?
A: Yes, also I will be the next Chris Ferguson :-)

Q: Are you doing this just for kicks and will have other bigger cash games going on a different account?
A: Just for kicks. I might dabble in some bigger stuff but I will be devoting most of my time to this.

Q: are you taking action for this?
A: No, it will distract me no doubt.

Q: I missed the end of the $8-$10,000 challange in 2 months,what where the final totals in that challange?How much winner?
A: I have a link to my other blog in the original post :-)

Q: Hey Kowboy, I'm on FT right now and just came to see how you were doin but see that you're sitting out at all your tables? Did i just miss your session?
A: You either just missed my session or i was taking a small break. If you see me sitting out but not leaving immediate that means its probably a bathroom break or a small lunch break (less then 5 minutes). If I leave its a larger break.

Q: Btw, LordNicon?
A: Yes, from the movie hackers. I actually still love that movie but I wish I could have chosen a different nick. CowboySquirrel is my favorite handle because everyone gets the image of a small squirrel with chaps riding a chipmunk or something.


Screenshot -

Isn't playing PLO 1/2 outside of the BR management you set forth? NL 1/2 as well, but not so much.

Full Tilt Poker Game #11779763232: Table Moore (6 max) - $0.01/$0.02

Decimal points are your friend.

Hi kowboy,

Im trying to figure out why you quit a $8 into $10,000 challange to go for $20 into $20,000.I see you changed sites but you made a harder challange when you didnt even come close to the 1st one.No disrespect meant,I am just trying to figure out what went into your thinking.Is there something I am missing?
I followed your last one and will follow this one,I hope you see it through before creating more challanges.Best of luck to you!

lol .01/.02 = 1/2

No one writes decimals. Read his BR section again and tell me you disagree with me.

Good luck in your endeavor, but my question is: How did you get so many Full Tilt points from the first screenshot to the second if you only played a few .01-.02 games? You racked up more than 50 FTP.....

You rack up FTP's pretty fast because that award partial points. Not sure what the actual rate is at 2nl on FT but I don't think it's out of the question that he got that many at 2nl.

Followed your last and will follow this. It would be cool if you could also write about lessons you've learned along the way
Best of luck!

gl man

I gotta admit I have other things to do these past couple of days and have fallen behind in my poker playing. I have also fallen behind in my bankroll though I am making a comeback. I have gotten the hang of the .01/.02 level and have a feeling I am about ot make a surge. I curently sit below where I started which is by no means good but I have a starting point and all good things take time. I am hoping to get some major hours in on Friday to acount for the ones I have missed. Damn Online games!


Session Log

Day 3 - Monday April 20th
Start Time: 4:22pm
End Time: 5:51pm
Game: Pot-Limit Omaha
Tables: 4
Net Gain: -5.25$ <-- I gotta admit this one hurt real bad
End Tally: 13.50$


Day 4 - Tuesday April 21st
No poker today


Day 5
Start Time: 10:47am
End Time: 12:14pm
Game: Pot-Limit Omaha
Tables: 4
Net Gain: +1.30$
End Tally: 14.80$

Start Time: 3:26pm
End Time: 4:56pm
Game: Pot-Limit Holdem
Tables: 4
Net Gain: +2.78$
End Tally: 17.58$



Rest of Blog coming after school tomorrow... Sorry for the delay

Which online games are we talking about? ;P
Looking forward to reading how you do on Friday. Hopefully other games don't get in your way of playing. GL

Total pot $3.84 | Rake $0.25

/wrist

is this even beatable? It should be 0.05 max for micros.

i imagine it's beatable since the quality of play is so bad there (i can actually speak from experience now since i played some micros to beat some of the full tilt academy challenges)

but that's still some nasty rake definitely

Itresting this topic. I will look what is the effect.
This way will be hard and long!
This will be switchback railway, up and down, up and down.........etc.
I hope you will make 20.000$ just how many time!?

Sorry for not getting back on part two of my last blog. We are going to have to live without it. One week under my belt and not as much as I wanted or needed to show for it. I'm still pretty behind schedule (If not more behind schedule) and I need to use Saturday and Sunday to catch up if I don't want to play all day Monday. Overall, the last two days were good and right where I needed to be. This is in part to a 7.75$ bonus promotion I unlocked. There is always like ten things going on a Full Tilt that you can bank in on. Overall, I only played 3 hours and 26 minutes which puts me another 2 and a half hours behind where I need to be time wise. I either need to increase the time I play or the amount of tables. We shall see the next couple days. I plan to start playing mini-FTOPS satellites when I get the bankroll (hopefully soon. If I win won of these satellites I can get into a much bigger tournament which will allow me to make a big tournament win and get much closer to my goal. Anywho here is the session log...


Session Log

Day 6 - Thursday April 23rd
No Poker Today


Day 7 - Friday April 24th
Start Time: 12:32pm
End Time: 2:02pm
Game: Pot-Limit Holdem
Tables: 4
Profit: +7.84$
Tally: 33.17$ (Bonus Kicked in before this game)

Start Time: 10:35pm
End Time: 12:00am
Game: Pot-Limit Omaha
Tables: 4
Profit: +2.14$
Tally: 35.31$

Summary of Big Hands:
I only played Friday but Friday's sessions kicked off with Pot-Limit Holdem and almost all of the big action took place at the same table (The Razon table).

The first big hand came about half an hour into my session and it was a big cooler for the guy it was against. I bet every step of the way to a 3.28$ pot where my set of fives were big favorites on the flop and were out turned with his pair of aces turning into a set. Finally I out rivered him and hit the case five taking down 3.28$ and the big pot.

The only other big hand (Above 2.50$) of the night for me was the biggest PLHE hand of the night easily that I saw and that I have won yet. Here it is for your viewing pleasure.

Full Tilt Poker Game #11852675027: Table Razon (6 max) - $0.01/$0.02 - Pot Limit Hold'em - 16:59:39 ET - 2009/04/24
Seat 1: Zbroxzdrigan ($2), is sitting out
Seat 2: B Razor Charles ($0), is sitting out
Seat 4: Kakashi Sensei2 ($6.13)
Seat 6: LordNicon ($4.55)
Kakashi Sensei2 posts the small blind of $0.01
LordNicon posts the big blind of $0.02
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to LordNicon [5d Ah]
B Razor Charles adds $0.40
Kakashi Sensei2 raises to $0.06
B Razor Charles has returned
LordNicon calls $0.04
*** FLOP *** [5c 5s Tc]
LordNicon checks
Kakashi Sensei2 bets $0.06
LordNicon calls $0.06
*** TURN *** [5c 5s Tc] J♥
LordNicon checks
Kakashi Sensei2 bets $0.10
LordNicon raises to $0.20
Kakashi Sensei2 raises to $0.78
LordNicon calls $0.58
*** RIVER *** [5c 5s Tc Jh] A♠
LordNicon checks
Kakashi Sensei2 bets $1.80
LordNicon raises to $3.65, and is all in
Kakashi Sensei2 calls $1.85
*** SHOW DOWN ***
LordNicon shows [5d Ah] a full house, Fives full of Aces
Kakashi Sensei2 mucks
LordNicon wins the pot ($8.60) with a full house, Fives full of Aces
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $9.10 | Rake $0.50
Board: [5c 5s Tc Jh As]
Seat 1: Zbroxzdrigan is sitting out
Seat 2: B Razor Charles is sitting out
Seat 4: Kakashi Sensei2 (small blind) mucked [Kh Ks] - two pair, Kings and Fives
Seat 6: LordNicon (big blind) showed [5d Ah] and won ($8.60) with a full house, Fives full of Aces


We then moved to Pot Limit Omaha which was fun times. Just as many big hands (3.00$ for Pot Limit Omaha) and they both came late.

The first hand saw my set go down to a rivered flush and lost a hefty 5.41$. I'd rather show the 5.11$ pot that I won on this beauty of a hand which also turned out to be one of the last of my session.

Full Tilt Poker Game #11860837086: Table Quantum (6 max) - $0.01/$0.02 - Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 2:54:16 ET - 2009/04/25
Seat 1: lhans1224 ($2.50)
Seat 2: LordNicon ($2.96)
Seat 3: Dan Gasin ($2.50)
Seat 4: RIOJANO ($1.84)
Seat 5: 1Makabra1 ($1.90)
Seat 6: GoMuckYouself ($1.91)
lhans1224 posts the small blind of $0.01
LordNicon posts the big blind of $0.02
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to LordNicon [7d 5s 6d 9d]
Dan Gasin calls $0.02
RIOJANO folds
1Makabra1 calls $0.02
GoMuckYouself calls $0.02
lhans1224 calls $0.01
LordNicon checks
*** FLOP *** [6s 8h 2d]
lhans1224 checks
LordNicon has 15 seconds left to act
LordNicon checks
Dan Gasin has 15 seconds left to act
Dan Gasin bets $0.06
1Makabra1 folds
GoMuckYouself has 15 seconds left to act
1Makabra1 stands up
GoMuckYouself raises to $0.12
lhans1224 folds
LordNicon calls $0.12
Dan Gasin has 15 seconds left to act
Dan Gasin raises to $0.41
GoMuckYouself has 15 seconds left to act
GoMuckYouself has requested TIME
GoMuckYouself calls $0.29
LordNicon calls $0.29
*** TURN *** [6s 8h 2d] 9♠
LordNicon bets $1.33
Dan Gasin has 15 seconds left to act
Dan Gasin raises to $2.07, and is all in
GoMuckYouself has 15 seconds left to act
GoMuckYouself has requested TIME
GoMuckYouself folds
LordNicon calls $0.74
Dan Gasin shows [As 8s 8d Qd]
LordNicon shows [7d 5s 6d 9d]
*** RIVER *** [6s 8h 2d 9s] A♣
Dan Gasin shows three of a kind, Eights
LordNicon shows a straight, Nine high
LordNicon wins the pot ($5.11) with a straight, Nine high
Dan Gasin is sitting out
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $5.47 | Rake $0.36
Board: [6s 8h 2d 9s Ac]
Seat 1: lhans1224 (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 2: LordNicon (big blind) showed [7d 5s 6d 9d] and won ($5.11) with a straight, Nine high
Seat 3: Dan Gasin showed [As 8s 8d Qd] and lost with three of a kind, Eights
Seat 4: RIOJANO didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: 1Makabra1 folded on the Flop
Seat 6: GoMuckYouself (button) folded on the Turn

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Friday Blog Q & A

Q: Isn't .01/.02 PLO and .01/.02 NLHE out of your bankroll range?
A: Yes but everyone starts somewhere and I am starting here. It's not like everyone just wins or deposits 100$ into their account. Some do it the old fashioned way and start with less then they need and still work their way up. That's why I plan to emulate.

Q: Why did you quit your last challenge and start a harder one?
A: The last site i was playing on couldn't be accessed by computers in my area for some reason (I still haven't been able to access it). I felt wiser and more prepared so I made the challenge a bit different. I don't believe it is too much harder though.

Q: How did you rake up so many FT points in so little time?
A: All FT points came from me playing during happy hours. I tend to be online during peak hours so I get double the points. Also there was a promotion right when i started that I got double points for playing multiple tables which quadrupled my points.

Forgot to scratch out your personal info in your screenshot. Oops.

Good luck to you. I remember when Chris Ferguson did this. He went from $0-10,000

gl it will be hard. But hey, listen to ferguson. Never buy in to a cash table with more than 5% of your bankroll on the table. REMEMBER!!

Good Luck, Make sure you scratch out you P Info next time..
Ray

eek how do i get an admin or moderater to delete that?

It seemed every time I would start a sessions with the intention of doing a long session I would have something come up. It was unfortunate that I didn't get my week done like I wanted because now I will have to double dose my poker for next week with a midterm coming. The good news though is my cousin had a baby girl and she is ok. Congrats to her and shout out to little baby Gracie. Anywho, on to business. It was a no poker Saturday and a filled with poker Sunday (to an extent). I wish I could have logged more hours but I didn't and I will be making those up mostly on Monday and most of next week. I promise there will be a graph of my progress next blog and without further ado here is my session log.

Session Log:

Day 8 - Saturday April 25th
No Poker

Day 9 - Sunday April 26th
Start Time: 11:58am
End Time: 1:38 pm
Game: Pot-Limit Omaha
Tables: 4
Net Profit: -0.28$
Tally: 34.52$

Start Time: 2:02pm
End Time: 3:48pm
Game: Pot-Limit Holdem
Tables: 4
Net Profit: +2.02$
Tally: 36.54$

Start Time: 5:00pm
End Time: 5:12pm
Game: No-Limit Holdem
Tables: 4
Net Profit: +0.18$
Tally: 36.72$

Start Time: 7:25pm
End Time: 8:24pm
Game: No-Limit Holdem
Tables: 4
Net Profit: +3.07$
Tally: 39.79$

Start Time: 10:00pm
End Time: 10:20pm
Game: Pot-Limit Omaha
Tables: 4
Net Profit: +1.74$
Tally: 41.53$