Styrofoam's February bankroll challenge (to myself)

Today is monday, February 2. My current bankroll is 73$ on pokerstars. I plan on getting Pokertracker on friday after i get paid, so i can post updates with winnings.


I'm posting this on here to keep myself honest, and to keep playing and keep getting better. I've been playing the 3+.40 SnGs on Pstars as well as the 4+.4 180 man sngs as well to upgrade the BR.

Hopefully i can be up to over 200$ by the end of february w/o any additional deposits.

First look into getting Holdem Manager, there's a free trial so you can start using it before you get paid. GL wth your goal, and actually keeping a blog is great for these sorts of goals but posting to CC is awesome and something regs should probably be doing more of. Again, GL!

good luck man, keep us updated.

That is really a great stratedgy . you go for it! gl

Update: Sunday february 8th: 232$

what games do you play? sngs? ring games?

Styrofoam said:

Update: Sunday february 8th: 232$

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Nice week! Keep it up!

as of february 10th: I'm up to 272 but i'm also playing in 2 sngs right now

to answer the question i'm playing in 5 +.50(1 table) and 4+.40 (20 table) sngs exclusively

are you going to update how you made the money? you must have had a nice cash last week to go from $70 to $270

oh, sorry. yeah, made 2nd place in a 180 man sng, and then a 4th place finish in one of them as well as a few wins and losses in the 5.50 9 manners.

Styrofoam said:

oh, sorry. yeah, made 2nd place in a 180 man sng, and then a 4th place finish in one of them as well as a few wins and losses in the 5.50 9 manners.

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were these cashes yesterday in the 180 man? another CC took one down yesterday ! You need to let us know when your deep and we will come rail you buddy !

you have to be carefull..playing with 180 people your chances are slim compared to playing with 9 or 6..even though the payout is better with 180 u might have a better chance with the 9 or 6 tables

I really don't think pokertracker is worth it for playing micros. Just record your sessions with a site like checkyourbets.com or in an excel spreadsheet. Also, you could use a HUD like Hold'em Ranger which is free, but its really not necessary.

I was able to play up to 10$NL with no HUD, and I'd play up to 9 tables of full ring at a time. Everyone is a fish at these levels, and the ones that aren't usually make themselves obvious pretty fast.

Just as an aside, setting monetary goals is just plain going to be a bad idea. Basing your goals on results will only give you a false sense of disappointment (if you fall short) or false sense of accomplishment (if you ran good).

Base your goals on things like # of games played, or # of hours studying etc.

Congrats on reaching it so early though.

Jurn8 said:

were these cashes yesterday in the 180 man? another CC took one down yesterday ! You need to let us know when your deep and we will come rail you buddy !

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I did. i put it in the get a game going forum.


anyhow, one was yesterday and the other one was 2 days or 3 days ago. They aren't that bad. Sure the variance is a bit higher, but if you can make it with average chips to the break, you're in a great position to make the final table. I've been getting ITM about 50% of the time lately, and have been to the final table i think 3 or 4 times now.

thanks for the advice c9.

Good luck to you man they way thing are going for you already you'll have alot at months end.Unfortunately for me i have no money left so i have to play some freerolls to build a bankroll wish me luck too.