Jan 8th - Poker

I was given some extra cash to play with and so i decided to play some very small stack MTT on FTP. The first one i chose to play was the 2 dollar rebuy. I rather big joke - but if you are solid enough and lucky enough to get past the donks you can do decent. Here is the result of tonights game.

All in all not a bad night - i screwed up in a couple of cash games - bought in at 2 tables with $4 in .05/.10 cent games and ended up busting in one, and losing $2 at the other. I ended the day with just over $250 in my account. ($150 profit).

Back to grinding out the small stakes tomorrow again - and also small MTT's. Good luck me. If i can get a place like this once a week - id be very happy.

Day 2: End

Okay - so my day was pretty interesting. I started off poorly and ended pretty solidly. As i have said previously, i knew that this would occur. I started off in a decent position after just one day at the table in 5/10 cent games. My bankroll sat at just over my initial buy in ($50) at $57.60. Over the course of the early sessions i lost a good chunk of change, reducing my bankroll to under $42. I fought back - and was able to end the day on a positive note...and a postive bankroll (after the early loses). My current bankroll sits at $57.20 for a net loss ofo $0.40 on the day. All in all not bad seeing as i took a hefty early beating.

On a side note, i played in a 50 FTP point MTT for a $26 MTT token. Out of 445 participants i ended up coming 16th (although i should have placed much higher if i did not have to leave for 25 minutes in the later stages and sit out). I made ONE bad play which cost me almost 3/4 of my stack and that made me have to make a move and 16th was the result. But still - coming 16th out of 445 participants showed that i am still improving my MTT game, largely in part to the reading i am doing (Harrington on Hold'em Vol 2).

Off to bed with only good thoughts in my head after a decent day of poker. If i can have days where i break even... a couple of loss days, and mostly positive winnings, i will eventually reach my goal of a sustainable bankroll at long last.

Keep up the work - slow and steady - Ferguson didn't turn $0 into $20k overnight - remember it took him over 9 month to break the $10 dollar mark - so I'm not expecting miracles overnight... ABC poker all the way

MIddle of Day 2

After about 2 hours of play today i have had 2 different sided sessions.

Session 1:
I started with the bankroll i had from the day before, at about $57.60 (or so). After a couple of rounds i was about even. (2 tables of 5/10cent play). I got into a nasty hand with AK, flopped top pair and guy called with open ended for 5 bucks and hit it on the river. NH sir. That was annoying, but i left and that was my session.
I ended the session with $42.94 in my roll, so a NET loss of just over $15.00.

Session 2:
I came back after being very upset with my previous play in session 1. I sat down with the mindset im playing 'abc poker' as twisted says. I did just that and was able to play my way to a nice little profit. Same as session 1, i was playing 2 tables 5/10 cent. I left with 14.80 and 11.50 respecively.
All in all i earned a profit of $6.30. This now makes my roll $48.55 (Just under my initial investment amount of $50).

This is fine with me, i knew i would have ups and downs, and todays downs were corrected after i noticed why my play was off... i seem to have fixed that now... so lets just play another small session tonight, and move on from there...

Good start overall - i sure would love to be at $500 bucks by now, but that just ISNT going to happen. One day at a time, one swing at a time, playing ABC poker and my roll will increase over time.

First day

My first day playing .05/.10cent games went surprisingly well. I played really relaxed and played a solid session (albeit a small session). I played for just over an hour and made a nice profit of $7.60. As my goal was about $5 a day if possible this was obviously very pleasing to me.

I posted my game stats on checkyourbets.com (thanks twisted for that link) and i think that site will help me in the long run.

Post day 1 results:
Bankroll: $57.60 (increase of 15.2%!)
Hours played: 1.25
$/Hour: $6.08/hr (would like to have a number ...for now... ranging between $5-7/hr)

All in all so far so good...but is only day one. One more month to go and hopefully I can post good news about a solid bankroll for once!

Donking off my bankroll yet again

Aight folks. I managed to DONK off my bankroll on FTP playing way higher stakes than i should have been playing. I made a little profit the other week so reposted some of that to start fresh again. After lots of banging my head against the wall i have decided im good to play again mentally. In thinking so - i have made a strategy that i intend to keep. I am playing .05/.10 games for at least 2 weeks (so long as i dont get beat and lose my 50 bankroll). I will post daily updates from my sessions and will try to keep my sessions recorded on checkyourbets.com.

I will post something if i play a session tonight - and will do my best to get a couple of hours in a day during the coming week. I would like to make about a 10-15 dollar profit over the next week or so. Well see how that goes. Play slow - tight and get my roll built and maybe one day i can play .10/.25! lol.

Keep you posted

CURRENT ROLL: $50
STAKES PLAYING: .05/.10c (if you see me playing otherwise, yell at me on MSN)
MAX MTT: 1% total bankroll buy in rule ($50 bakroll = $.50 buy in MAX - ie no MTT's yet)
NO SNG's

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1625328

Starting all over again?

After losing my minimal bankroll the other day - i decided okay one last time... i added $55 to my account and started to work my account back up. I played .25/.50 but mostly .10/.25 and got it to just over $100.

Long story short i was able to get my account to over $400 or so and cashed out my initial investment and some more ($250).

I played in a $10 rebuy on FTP. 527 entrants and i came 47th. I got $50 and come cents. I played pretty decent but my last hour of play was horrible. This is a part of my game i need to improve upon. I always seem to tighten up and I think the point to become aggressive is when there is only 50-80 people remaining. Because i didn't i was left with about 10-15k below the chip average and had to make a play, tried doing so with KQ os and got called down by JJ and i couldn't win another race.

Below are some links to hand i played- let me know if you notice some awful plays etc. I have added some comments from just after the hands occured of my own thoughts. Please - give me feedback so i can become a better MTT player.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1592566
AK suited early, preflop raise from solid player of 3x the BB, i JUST call, should i have RR here? Should i have folded to the bet on the flop, maybe RR?

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1592588
UGH UGH UGH! (Can you tell this hand pissed me off? lol)

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1592660
BEST PLAY OF THE MTT RIGHT HERE (maybe so?)

beginning of my downfall? misplayed? should RR here?
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1592761

and so it was.... lol. I put 30 into the tourny - and only made 20 profit. I was right up there in chips for the majority of the game, but my game just isnt meant for large stack/large blind play. This is a part of my game i have to improve upon if i am to become a better MTT player. I know im good enough to get to the low end of money in the majority of the MTT's i play - but getting to the final 9-18 always seems to evade me... once again - any ideas/suggestions/books to read/sites to visit/ that you think would help, please let me know.

All in all a solid day at the tables, netting myself at LEAST 200 profit (from my cash out) leaving me with $320 in my account.