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[UVA Poker]

Well, after tilting away my $700 bankroll in a day due to a combination of bad beats, bad plays, and most influentially playing heads up $1/2 NL, I'm left with $6.

It always happens like that. I'll make a bunch of money, play above my BR, get one bad beat, and then tilt away the rest of my money.

So I've bought into 3 $.05/.10 NL tables for the minimum, $2 each.

No more tilting, no more LAG, I'm gonna make a grand.

I'll let you know how it goes.

Current BR: $6.52

[UVA Poker]

After an estimated 8 hours of triple tabling, I've made a solid start.

I played the $.05/.10 until I had ~$60. I then played a heads up tournament for $5, and then $10, to get my BR to around $75. I want to ween myself off of these HU tourneys as they make me tilt.

I then proceeded to buy in on three 25nl tables for the full buy-in. Made another $25 last night. Today I've been running good though. Triple tabling 25nl, I have brought my BR to $340. Woohoo.

I'm still being a LAG though, which I had planned on stopping.

I'm tempted to move up to triple tabling 50nl, but I think I'm gonna hold off for a little bit. The play at 25nl is too much fun.


Current BR: $342.12

[poker_Elmo]

Wow - impressive.

If only you could do this on the same scale when starting with $600 - that would be a nice wage.

[UVA Poker]

I played some terrible poker last night.

Luckily I got payed off when I flopped top set by some guy semi-bluffing with middle pair. Besides that though, I played some pathetic poker


Hero on Button (55.25)
Villian UTG (100+)

Cards dealt to Hero:

Preflop
Villian calls .50, fold, fold, fold, CO calls, Hero raises to 2.00, SB folds, BB folds, Villian calls 1.50, CO calls 1.50

Flop: (pot: 6.75)
Villian bets 6.75, CO folds, Hero calls 6.75

Turn: (pot: 20.25)
Villian bets 20.25, Hero raises all-in 46.50, Villian calls 26.25

River: (pot: 113.25)


Villian shows
Hero shows busted draw played terribly


different table


Hero (50)
Villian (86.50)

Cards dealt to Hero

Preflop
Hero raises to 4.00, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, Villian calls 4.00, SB folds, BB folds

Flop: (pot: 8.75)
Hero bets 6.00, Villian calls 6.00

Turn: (pot: 20.75)
Hero bets 8.00, Villian calls 8.00

River: (pot: 36.75)
Hero bets 15.00, Villian calls 15.00

Villian shows
Hero shows overpair being ignorant

Villian wins 64.75


These were the two hands I really messed up. Coupled with a bad run of cards, I had a pretty bad night.

I wish I hadn't stepped up to 50nl, now I've got that itch...


Current BR: $264.85

[UVA Poker]

Another hand from my donk session, played better imo.


MP (69.60)
Hero (51.95)
BB (40.25)

Cards dealt to Hero

Preflop
fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 2.00, fold, fold BB calls, MP calls

Flop: (pot: 6.25)
BB bets 5.00, MP folds, Hero raises to 10.00, BB raises to 15.00, Hero folds

BB wins 24.95

[UVA Poker]

Pretty solid 4 hours today on 50nl.

Works out to around 23bb/hour/table

Luck, skill, or the fine line in between.

BR: 434.21

[UVA Poker]

disgusting

9-handed 100NL


Hero ~200
Villian ~80


Cards dealt to Hero

Preflop
fold, fold Hero calls 1.00, fold, fold CO calls 1.00, Villian calls 1.00, SB folds, BB checks

Flop
BB checks, Hero bets 1.00, CO folds, Villian raises to 8.00, BB calls 8.00, Hero raises to 15.00, Villian calls 7.00, BB calls 7.00

Turn
BB checks, Hero checks, Villian bets 40.00, BB folds, Hero raises to 80.00, Villian is all-in

River


Villian shows for a rivered full house


I hate poker.

[UVA Poker]

9-handed 100nl

Hero (125.00)
Villian (203.75)

Preflop

Cards dealt to Hero

Villian calls 1, fold, Hero raises to 4, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, Villian calls 3

Flop: (pot size: 9.50)
Villian checks, Hero bets 4, Villian calls 4

Turn: (pot size: 17.50)
Villian checks, Hero bets 7, Villian calls 7

River (pot size: 31.50)
Villian bets 10, Hero raises to 50, Villian calls 40


Hero shows a full house
Villian shows for K high flush


I love poker.


Current BR: 809.97

[SANDSSTORM]

What a cool post - $6 into $809 proves that there is hope for anyone and no bankroll is too small.

Well done UVA!
Albert

[Fumseck]

Almost there.... Good Luck!

[krazytxan]

Congrats!!

Awesome!!

KT

[UVA Poker]

After reading AH's blog post, I don't really feel like this holds much significance. Regardless...



I decided to play online after a night at the bar this thanksgiving break. I bought in to three 200nl tables for $80 each. I lost 2 of the buy-ins to suckouts within 10 minutes.

I get QQ, raise preflop, get one caller. Flop: 3 8 10 I get raised into, I go all-in, he calls and shows K8, rivers comes K.

Also lost an AA vs AKs all-in preflop.

So I decided it would be a good idea to play $100nl HU tournaments. I lost two of them when I had the odds.

99 v AK (understandable)

J9 v KQ (all in on the flop on a 9 2 4)


The worst part about playing drunk is waking up, and checking your account. You have a vague memory of losing money, but can't quite remember how much you lost.

Then to make it worse, I had a bad run triple tabling 100nl the next day.

Today is the first time I've played in about 5 days. I'm moving back down to 50nl even though my BR sucks. If I drop to under 200, I'm gonna move down to 25nl.

weak.


Current BR: 230.72

[UVA Poker]

Just tilted away the rest of my BR in two heads up $100 tournaments.



Flop:

both all in

Villian shows

spade comes on turn flush





flop:

turn:

Villian all-in 650, I call

Villian shows

river:

Next hand I flop top pair, Villian turns over AA



I'm kind of glad I lost all of my money though. This is probably the most important week of the semester, so gambling will just get in the way. It sucks though, I was up to $940 at one point, just $60 from quitting online gambling forever. Now I'm f'n broke again and looking for some way to pay off my credit card.


Current BR: $7.62

[SteveGriff]

Someone should turn this thread into a book or article about bankroll management.

Better luck next time.

[Autumn Harvest]

All is not lost yet. You're just where you were ~20 days ago. Just think of this as a poker lesson and move on.

I think one of my biggest problems is that I become results oriented to much... as to say if I start with say $400, build it to $3000, and get down to $2500, I feel devestated that I'm not >$3000 and play higher to get back up there. I think if I avoided this, I would be a lot richer than I am today.

It takes remarkable talent to turn $6 into $940 in ~20 days and I really think you can accomplish it if you try again.

I post a lot of -10k days and such, but what I don't really tell people is that I usually deposit only $400-$1000 each time starting off. There have been times where I haven't had access to any money and had to 'refer a friend' to get a bankroll... which eventually built me a very deep bankroll.

Grinding's tough. The way up is tough, the inevitable downswings are tough, but hey... that's why they call it grinding. I'm confident that if you restart with patience (no rushing/good br mangement), you'll overcome this goal and have had accomplished more than just financial gain. I'm currently trying to do this as well, so you're not alone . Good luck .