Online Poker Forum - bankroll building challenge

AllInDrawinDead · Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 1:07 am Post subject: bankroll building challenge

here's the deal, i was on a major downswing and i needed money so i withdrew a large portion of my poker money. mostly to make sure i step down and avoid tilting it all away. the downswing continued at lower stakes. as of right now, my bankroll stands at ~$80 and a $26 satellite token. i want to try some kind of bankroll challenge that starts with $80 and ends with me rebuilding a decent bankroll. suggestions, comments, etc. are welcome.

phase 1
$80 =>
10 $2.25 9-max sng
10 $2.25 9-max turbo sng
10 $3.30 9-max midnight madness satellite sng

bonus:
10 $1 daily dollar (2,000 ftp)
1 $26 mtt (token)

http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AoNZuIrFJVKudEh4ZjAyYUd2Z2llbzdFNTdEdE11bUE&hl=en

PJs Ronin · Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 1:52 am Post subject:

adam27x · Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 9:59 am Post subject:

if things go poorly try a BAP and see if people will invest in you

DforDissent · Royal Flush Joined: 30 Mar 2009 Posts: 669

If you have rakeback, and want to get yourself off of LifeTilt just play super-tight ABC poker at the fullring capped NLHE tables or even the fullring limit OmahaHiLo tables, only play nuttable hands preflop and nuts-or-draws-to-it on the flop (depending on opponents' tendencies, i.e. vs. idiots/maniacs you might want to push TPGK hard in NLHE, or call down 2nd-nut-low in Omaha8) and within a few hours you should have a few bucks in rakeback piled up... do that for a few weeks and you should have a more decent BR and feel more confident again about self-discipline, making the right choices and ignoring "results", etc.

Also play the 2 smallest super-satellites, your confidence will go up big time Smile

$0.25 satellite to the Daily Dollar ($1) , and the $1 satellite to the $5.50 "FTOPS Warmup".

AllInDrawinDead · Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 3:24 pm Post subject:

thanks for the feedback. if i have a bad run i will probably take a break for a couple weeks then redeposit $100 and take another shot. my problem with a bap is that im so busy that i dont know when i can play and that would annoy investors.

i dont have rakeback but i will incorporate cash games into phase 2 if all goes well.

the ftops warm up sattys are in fact very easy. i should try to get some of those in here as well. i chose the daily dollar because i can use 200 ftp instead of $1 cash. as far as the sattys go, i dont have patience for a 25c game and dont like the idea of 20% rake.

will start this today or tomorrow. going to focus on abc poker. @mods: if you think this belongs in poker stories please move it. thank you.

jaejaejae · Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 3:46 pm Post subject:

GL AIDD...

I kind of did something sim. to this by making a public challange to myself so I start playing with a little more focuss. Getting a little tired of playing break even / losing poker...

Keep us updated... I'd like to see how you make out.

westswindon · Full House Joined: 30 Jan 2009 Posts: 241

Interested in how this goes keep updated

BBCOACH44 · Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 4:32 pm Post subject:

GL...AIDD... Cool

AllInDrawinDead · Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 1:20 am Post subject:

didnt get off to a good start 4 $2.25 turbos and only one 3rd place. probably played 3 of them well and donked in the other.

PJs Ronin · Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 1:28 am Post subject:

AllInDrawinDead · Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 1:38 am Post subject:

one i played well and was lucky. two i played well and was unlucky. the other i made the wrong bet, wrong time, wrong hand. it was the fourth one i misplayed so decided to shut the session down for the night. will resume tomorrow or another day.

btw what does the M stand for?

aarosakura · Royal Flush Joined: 26 Mar 2009 Posts: 714

PJs Ronin · Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 7:29 pm Post subject:

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KyFried · Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 7:15 pm Post subject:

I play alot of these 6 man 2.25's they are'nt an EZ win game and not as donk-like as many may think. GL with it.

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