as i have just done this Gary, you and i know how long it too me, unfair for me to guess. i wish you well in this. i think it will take u a little longer than me, as i love poker and grind like mad..
but if i am allowed April 7th. u will cash in the rebuy bh to just after ur cash 4 points
While my balance is low I will be playing in single table sit & go tournaments and freerolls only; a combination of DYMs, HU and standard STTs. I've been practising these for a few days and doing well. At this stage I will only buy-in to games for no more than 1/40th of my bankroll. This allows £1 games for now, but if my balance drops below £40 I will drop to 50p games. While my roll is dangerously low I will mainly play only one table at a time to allow full concentration, also I will be using the Sharkscope tournament selector to avoid tough tables.
Thank-you for all the competition guesses and good luck messages.
My challenge began with a selection of micro-stakes STTs this afternoon. I'd been doing very well in practise over the last few days, but in typical 'sods law' fashion things didn't go so well once the challenge actually started. I ran pretty badly, and if I'm honest I made a few crucial mistakes too. Due to my work shifts I don't usually play in the evening, but this challenge made the Facebook Freeroll unmissable. It turned out to be my best result of the day when I held on for 45th/1000 for £1.00. My bust-out hand was a standard cooler, with stacks very short in this hyper-turbo event I jammed AJ from the cut-off into AK in the blinds and didn't get any help. A slightly disappointing first day, but by no means a crisis yet, I know I'm a big favourite in these games. Hopefully things will go a little better on day 2.
Still running pretty badly and my frustrating start continues. It was one of those days where I just couldn’t fade flush draws. Several HU matches and crucial pots in other games were lost to those dreaded flush draws which seemed to get there every time. I'm sure you all know how it feels, we all get days like that. Hoping to do a bit better tomorrow!
Variance is still not my friend. I’m not going to turn this into a bad beat bore, but I bubbled several STTs by getting outdrawn after getting my chips in well ahead. In frustration I made a rare visit to a cash table mid-way through the session, I managed to lose 75% of my buy-in in the very first hand with flush under flush after being ahead on all streets until the river. I stayed there for a while and managed to win most of it back. My best results today were in HU SnG matches. I’m heartened to see my balance heading very slightly north despite the unfriendly deck.
I finished slightly up today after the tournaments listed below and a few cash hands. It might only be 16p, but at least I’ve gone slightly ahead of my starting balance! Also I’m earning poker points at a good enough rate for a Cash for Points bonus at the end of the month. I’m thinking of ditching the DYMS because it’s very tough to beat the rake at micro stakes and instead concentrate on scary HU and STT games which are raked at only 5% and 10%.
Today went well apart from a series of hyper HU matches against one particular opponent. He appeared to be in ‘God mode’; flopping sets, straights and flushes for fun. Each time I threw in my chips with a strong hand he’d flip over the nuts. Before I threw in the towel he beat me 6 consecutive times, I hardly won a pot. Otherwise results were good, my decision to move away from DYMs bearing fruit.
I always expected that the early stages of this challenge would be tough, and so it’s proving to be. It feels uncomfortable knowing I don’t have the cushion of a big balance in my account. I’m itching to jump into some Bounty Hunter tournaments, but I’m also determined to stick to my BRM rules, I’ll wait until I have 40 buy-ins behind me before I join the fray.Poker points earned so far in January; 414. I’m on schedule to earn around 700 points by month end and bring in a very welcome bonus of £5.00+ in 3 weeks. £5.00 is a big deal when it’s 10% of your entire bankroll!
The good news; this was my fourth winning day in a row. The bad news; it was a tiny win again. I’m ditching DYMs for the moment, they were my speciality when I started on Sky, but I feel that nowadays my skill set is better suited to games you play to win. My results since Monday (see below) make this an easy decision, I know sample size is small, but so far I’m running at -24% ROI in DYMs, +2% in hyper HU matches and +28% in scary STTs. The scary STTs look like my best option to build my roll, the fields are fairly weak and I consider my bubble play and end game to be very strong. Another factor is the rake, micro STTs are raked at 10%, micro DYMS are raked at 15% to 20%, that's almost unbeatable in my opinion, the players in these are more skilled than when I used to play them a couple of years ago.
UsernameGames PlayedAv. ProfitAv. StakeAv. ROITotal ProfitFormAbility /100NetworkFilterGaryQQQ 22-£0.21 £1 -24%-£5 -N/ASkyPoker1/9/2012 1/14/2012 Double or Nothing xGaryQQQ 30£0.33 £1 28%£10 -N/ASkyPoker1/9/2012 1/14/2012 E6-6 Exclude Double or Nothing SNG Only xGaryQQQ 56£0.01 £1 2%£1 -N/ASkyPoker1/9/2012 1/14/2012 Heads Up SNG Only x
Yay! My best day so far, made an £8 profit to boost my bankroll by 14%. Focussing on scary STTs was a success; I’m plannng to keep these as my main game for the time being. I was tempted to jump into bigger buy-in games I saw filling with weak players, but I refuse to break my 40 buy-ins rule, I won’t be found in £2+ games until my balance creeps above £80.
Hi Gary - nice challenge! You can and will do it I'm sure, so ........ I think your challenge will take 51 days to complete - so that's errr.... January the 54th 2012 ( anybody got a 2012 calendar? ) Posted by elsadog
Just checking in Gary. Progress has to be slow at the start, cant take too many risks with such a small starting roll. Get to £100 and the profits will increase quicker. GL GL.
My results in the scary STTs weren’t as good as they have been over previous day, but I still returned a profit after winning 5/5 hyper HU matches. After making small losses in the first 2 days I’m very pleased to have bounced back with a streak of 7 profitable days. £19.09 profit so far may seem like no big deal, but I’m very happy with progress. Hopefully by the end of next week I’ll be rolled for £2.30 Bounty Hunter tournaments. I find these very lucrative; in the past I’ve played 570 of these at an average ROI of +47%, that’s £1.10 average profit per tournament.
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but if i am allowed April 7th. u will cash in the rebuy bh to just after ur cash 4 points
My challenge starts now. Current balance £51.00.
Initial plans;
While my balance is low I will be playing in single table sit & go tournaments and freerolls only; a combination of DYMs, HU and standard STTs. I've been practising these for a few days and doing well. At this stage I will only buy-in to games for no more than 1/40th of my bankroll. This allows £1 games for now, but if my balance drops below £40 I will drop to 50p games. While my roll is dangerously low I will mainly play only one table at a time to allow full concentration, also I will be using the Sharkscope tournament selector to avoid tough tables.
Thank-you for all the competition guesses and good luck messages.
Here goes!
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/440/accountbalance090112.jpg/
Day 1 – January 9th 2012
Closing balance £48.75
My challenge began with a selection of micro-stakes STTs this afternoon. I'd been doing very well in practise over the last few days, but in typical 'sods law' fashion things didn't go so well once the challenge actually started. I ran pretty badly, and if I'm honest I made a few crucial mistakes too. Due to my work shifts I don't usually play in the evening, but this challenge made the Facebook Freeroll unmissable. It turned out to be my best result of the day when I held on for 45th/1000 for £1.00. My bust-out hand was a standard cooler, with stacks very short in this hyper-turbo event I jammed AJ from the cut-off into AK in the blinds and didn't get any help. A slightly disappointing first day, but by no means a crisis yet, I know I'm a big favourite in these games. Hopefully things will go a little better on day 2.GaryQQQ045£1
Recent ResultsGameIDDate (UTC)TypeEntryFeePositionProfit5640192 9-Jan-12 20:11 NL Holdem £0.504/6-£0.605639682 9-Jan-12 19:24 NL Holdem £0.506/9-£0.605639605 9-Jan-12 19:05 NL Holdem £0.308/10-£0.355639764 9-Jan-12 18:50 NL Holdem £0.255/6-£0.305639620 9-Jan-12 18:18 NL Holdem £0.506/6-£0.555639556 9-Jan-12 17:55 NL Holdem £15/6-£1.155639526 9-Jan-12 17:23 NL Holdem £0.501/2£0.455639406 9-Jan-12 17:17 NL Holdem £0.504/6-£0.605639194 9-Jan-12 16:37 NL Holdem £0.501/6£0.405639018 9-Jan-12 15:59 NL Holdem £0.501/6£0.405638222 9-Jan-12 15:28 NL Holdem £0.501/9£0.905638861 9-Jan-12 15:26 NL Holdem £14/6-£1.155638681 9-Jan-12 14:56 NL Holdem £0.256/6-£0.305638631 9-Jan-12 14:49 NL Holdem £0.502/6£0.20
Closing balance £47.15
Still running pretty badly and my frustrating start continues. It was one of those days where I just couldn’t fade flush draws. Several HU matches and crucial pots in other games were lost to those dreaded flush draws which seemed to get there every time. I'm sure you all know how it feels, we all get days like that. Hoping to do a bit better tomorrow!
Recent ResultsGameIDDate (UTC)TypeEntryFeePositionProfit5639187 10-Jan-12 18:25 NL Holdem £085/432£05644865 10-Jan-12 18:20 NL Holdem £0.505/10-£0.415645370 10-Jan-12 18:13 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955645356 10-Jan-12 18:05 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955645310 10-Jan-12 17:57 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.055645304 10-Jan-12 17:51 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.055645223 10-Jan-12 17:46 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.055645110 10-Jan-12 17:34 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.055644560 10-Jan-12 16:02 NL Holdem £0.501/6£0.405644606 10-Jan-12 15:46 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955644469 10-Jan-12 15:44 NL Holdem £15/6-£1.155644553 10-Jan-12 15:41 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.055644332 10-Jan-12 15:09 NL Holdem £0.251/6£0.205643639 10-Jan-12 14:25 NL Holdem £0.301/10£1.145643986 10-Jan-12 13:11 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955643507 10-Jan-12 12:57 NL Holdem £0.305/10-£0.355643817 10-Jan-12 12:57 NL Holdem £0.251/6£0.825643779 10-Jan-12 12:45 NL Holdem £0.255/6-£0.305641937 10-Jan-12 11:42 NL Holdem £0.302/10£0.105643460 10-Jan-12 11:01 NL Holdem £0.504/6-£0.60
Closing balance £49.48
Going nowhere fast!
Variance is still not my friend. I’m not going to turn this into a bad beat bore, but I bubbled several STTs by getting outdrawn after getting my chips in well ahead. In frustration I made a rare visit to a cash table mid-way through the session, I managed to lose 75% of my buy-in in the very first hand with flush under flush after being ahead on all streets until the river. I stayed there for a while and managed to win most of it back. My best results today were in HU SnG matches. I’m heartened to see my balance heading very slightly north despite the unfriendly deck.
Recent ResultsGameIDDate (UTC)TypeEntryFeePositionProfit5651171 11-Jan-12 18:42 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955650511 11-Jan-12 17:03 NL Holdem £0.501/6£0.405650431 11-Jan-12 16:19 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955650206 11-Jan-12 16:17 NL Holdem £0.253/6-£0.305649984 11-Jan-12 16:16 NL Holdem £0.508/10-£0.605650392 11-Jan-12 16:06 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955650341 11-Jan-12 15:55 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.055648786 11-Jan-12 15:08 NL Holdem £117/25-£1.105649903 11-Jan-12 14:39 NL Holdem £11/6£0.855649836 11-Jan-12 14:20 NL Holdem £0.502/6£0.205649922 11-Jan-12 14:00 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955649749 11-Jan-12 13:57 NL Holdem £0.504/6-£0.555649788 11-Jan-12 13:52 NL Holdem £0.251/6£0.205649703 11-Jan-12 13:27 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955649717 11-Jan-12 13:15 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955649694 11-Jan-12 13:10 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.055649553 11-Jan-12 12:26 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955649518 11-Jan-12 12:15 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955649457 11-Jan-12 12:06 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955649395 11-Jan-12 11:57 NL Holdem £14/6-£1.155648869 11-Jan-12 11:53 NL Holdem £0.254/6-£0.305649333 11-Jan-12 11:28 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.05
Sharkscope graph of results over the first 3 days;
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/197/challengesharkscope.jpg/
Closing balance £51.16
Still treading water!
I finished slightly up today after the tournaments listed below and a few cash hands. It might only be 16p, but at least I’ve gone slightly ahead of my starting balance! Also I’m earning poker points at a good enough rate for a Cash for Points bonus at the end of the month. I’m thinking of ditching the DYMS because it’s very tough to beat the rake at micro stakes and instead concentrate on scary HU and STT games which are raked at only 5% and 10%.
Recent ResultsGameIDDate (UTC)TypeEntryFeePositionProfit5650419 12-Jan-12 18:26 NL Holdem £0398/459£05656467 12-Jan-12 18:15 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955656423 12-Jan-12 18:05 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955656388 12-Jan-12 17:59 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.055656214 12-Jan-12 17:52 NL Holdem £0.501/6£0.405656311 12-Jan-12 17:45 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955656258 12-Jan-12 17:39 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.055656137 12-Jan-12 17:29 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.055655908 12-Jan-12 17:04 NL Holdem £0.501/6£1.705655958 12-Jan-12 16:59 NL Holdem £0.501/6£0.405653969 12-Jan-12 16:34 NL Holdem £13/6-£1.105655651 12-Jan-12 16:34 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955655760 12-Jan-12 15:49 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955655696 12-Jan-12 15:45 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955655672 12-Jan-12 15:35 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955655609 12-Jan-12 15:30 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.055655332 12-Jan-12 15:25 NL Holdem £0.302/10£0.215655454 12-Jan-12 15:03 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.055655437 12-Jan-12 14:52 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.055655361 12-Jan-12 14:37 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.055655300 12-Jan-12 14:30 NL Holdem £0.501/6£0.405655235 12-Jan-12 14:13 NL Holdem £0.505/6-£0.605654942 12-Jan-12 13:32 NL Holdem £0.502/6£0.40
Closing balance £54.46
A little bit better!
Today went well apart from a series of hyper HU matches against one particular opponent. He appeared to be in ‘God mode’; flopping sets, straights and flushes for fun. Each time I threw in my chips with a strong hand he’d flip over the nuts. Before I threw in the towel he beat me 6 consecutive times, I hardly won a pot. Otherwise results were good, my decision to move away from DYMs bearing fruit.
I always expected that the early stages of this challenge would be tough, and so it’s proving to be. It feels uncomfortable knowing I don’t have the cushion of a big balance in my account. I’m itching to jump into some Bounty Hunter tournaments, but I’m also determined to stick to my BRM rules, I’ll wait until I have 40 buy-ins behind me before I join the fray. Poker points earned so far in January; 414. I’m on schedule to earn around 700 points by month end and bring in a very welcome bonus of £5.00+ in 3 weeks. £5.00 is a big deal when it’s 10% of your entire bankroll!
Recent ResultsGameIDDate (UTC)TypeEntryFeePositionProfit5661522 13-Jan-12 17:05 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955661500 13-Jan-12 17:02 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955661319 13-Jan-12 16:59 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955661209 13-Jan-12 16:12 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955659273 13-Jan-12 16:05 NL Holdem £14/10-£0.395661183 13-Jan-12 16:01 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.055661138 13-Jan-12 15:52 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955660930 13-Jan-12 15:31 NL Holdem £16/6-£1.105660852 13-Jan-12 15:23 NL Holdem £11/6£3.405660829 13-Jan-12 15:07 NL Holdem £0.504/6-£0.555660533 13-Jan-12 15:01 NL Holdem £11/6£3.405660844 13-Jan-12 14:35 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.055660827 13-Jan-12 14:33 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.055660814 13-Jan-12 14:28 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.055660803 13-Jan-12 14:26 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.055660766 13-Jan-12 14:23 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.055660744 13-Jan-12 14:21 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.055660657 13-Jan-12 14:16 NL Holdem £16/6-£1.155659423 13-Jan-12 12:25 NL Holdem £0.502/10£0.495660213 13-Jan-12 12:19 NL Holdem £11/6£0.855659410 13-Jan-12 02:14 NL Holdem £11/2£0.95
the rake can be a killer
hopefully you will move up soon
gl
Closing balance £55.72
The good news; this was my fourth winning day in a row. The bad news; it was a tiny win again. I’m ditching DYMs for the moment, they were my speciality when I started on Sky, but I feel that nowadays my skill set is better suited to games you play to win. My results since Monday (see below) make this an easy decision, I know sample size is small, but so far I’m running at -24% ROI in DYMs, +2% in hyper HU matches and +28% in scary STTs. The scary STTs look like my best option to build my roll, the fields are fairly weak and I consider my bubble play and end game to be very strong. Another factor is the rake, micro STTs are raked at 10%, micro DYMS are raked at 15% to 20%, that's almost unbeatable in my opinion, the players in these are more skilled than when I used to play them a couple of years ago.
UsernameGames PlayedAv. ProfitAv. StakeAv. ROITotal ProfitFormAbility /100NetworkFilterGaryQQQ 22-£0.21 £1 -24%-£5 -N/ASkyPoker1/9/2012 1/14/2012 Double or Nothing xGaryQQQ 30£0.33 £1 28%£10 -N/ASkyPoker1/9/2012 1/14/2012 E6-6 Exclude Double or Nothing SNG Only xGaryQQQ 56£0.01 £1 2%£1 -N/ASkyPoker1/9/2012 1/14/2012 Heads Up SNG Only x
Closing balance £63.73
Yay! My best day so far, made an £8 profit to boost my bankroll by 14%. Focussing on scary STTs was a success; I’m plannng to keep these as my main game for the time being. I was tempted to jump into bigger buy-in games I saw filling with weak players, but I refuse to break my 40 buy-ins rule, I won’t be found in £2+ games until my balance creeps above £80.
Recent ResultsGameIDDate (UTC)TypeEntryFeePositionProfit5673703 15-Jan-12 19:03 NL Holdem £0.506/6-£0.555673773 15-Jan-12 18:57 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955673643 15-Jan-12 18:49 NL Holdem £0.501/2£0.455666485 15-Jan-12 16:17 PL Omaha £0459/644£05672661 15-Jan-12 16:07 NL Holdem £0.501/6£1.705672501 15-Jan-12 15:55 NL Holdem £11/6£3.405672417 15-Jan-12 15:28 NL Holdem £0.501/6£1.705672459 15-Jan-12 14:57 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955666092 15-Jan-12 14:52 NL Holdem £048/419£0.315670516 15-Jan-12 13:17 NL Holdem £0.307/10-£0.355671580 15-Jan-12 13:04 NL Holdem £12/10£1.205671713 15-Jan-12 12:44 NL Holdem £12/6£0.405671738 15-Jan-12 12:22 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955671633 15-Jan-12 12:16 NL Holdem £13/6-£1.105671520 15-Jan-12 11:55 NL Holdem £15/6-£1.105671584 15-Jan-12 11:44 NL Holdem £0.502/6£0.205671533 15-Jan-12 11:28 NL Holdem £0.506/6-£0.555670748 15-Jan-12 11:18 NL Holdem £0.503/6-£0.55
Closing balance £66.71
Didn’t play much today, but my balance is still slowly heading in the right direction.
Recent Results Show Last 50 Results (1 Search)GameIDDate (UTC)TypeEntryFeePositionProfit5677420 16-Jan-12 16:41 NL Holdem £0.302/10£0.105677495 16-Jan-12 15:41 NL Holdem £0.252/6£0.085676755 16-Jan-12 15:40 NL Holdem £0.508/10-£0.605677350 16-Jan-12 14:52 NL Holdem £11/6£3.405677282 16-Jan-12 14:23 NL Holdem £12/6£0.405677224 16-Jan-12 14:20 NL Holdem £0.506/6-£0.555676766 16-Jan-12 13:18 NL Holdem £0.501/6£1.705676942 16-Jan-12 12:49 NL Holdem £13/6-£1.10
Was so funny.
I am going to say oct 1st.
Just checking in Gary. Progress has to be slow at the start, cant take too many risks with such a small starting roll. Get to £100 and the profits will increase quicker. GL GL.
Closing balance £70.09
My results in the scary STTs weren’t as good as they have been over previous day, but I still returned a profit after winning 5/5 hyper HU matches. After making small losses in the first 2 days I’m very pleased to have bounced back with a streak of 7 profitable days. £19.09 profit so far may seem like no big deal, but I’m very happy with progress. Hopefully by the end of next week I’ll be rolled for £2.30 Bounty Hunter tournaments. I find these very lucrative; in the past I’ve played 570 of these at an average ROI of +47%, that’s £1.10 average profit per tournament.
Recent ResultsGameIDDate (UTC)TypeEntryFeePositionProfit5682869 17-Jan-12 16:20 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955682598 17-Jan-12 15:47 NL Holdem £12/6£0.405682530 17-Jan-12 15:12 NL Holdem £0.504/6-£0.555682520 17-Jan-12 14:57 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955682438 17-Jan-12 14:48 NL Holdem £0.502/6£0.205682307 17-Jan-12 14:24 NL Holdem £0.502/6£0.205681114 17-Jan-12 14:02 NL Holdem £16/10-£0.775681782 17-Jan-12 13:42 NL Holdem £0.301/10£1.155681871 17-Jan-12 12:38 NL Holdem £0.501/6£0.405681174 17-Jan-12 12:37 NL Holdem £0.506/10-£0.605681962 17-Jan-12 12:18 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955681848 17-Jan-12 12:07 NL Holdem £0.505/6-£0.555681892 17-Jan-12 12:01 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955681804 17-Jan-12 11:49 NL Holdem £0.504/6-£0.555681715 17-Jan-12 11:37 NL Holdem £0.506/6-£0.555681754 17-Jan-12 11:29 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955681766 17-Jan-12 11:23 NL Holdem £0.504/6-£0.60