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Well, today i started off with less than $30 in my bankroll.

How did this happen you ask?

Poor Bankroll management? Yes.
Mad Tilt? Yes.
Bad Beats? No. No such thing.

Thus, my journey of being up $500 and taking shots at nl25 were reduced to being underrolled for nl2.

How did this happen? what about the $200 in bonuses that I recieved from all those Bonuses?
Well, it all started off with a nl25 session that i went -10BI from my bad plays. Went from $600->$300 in my BR.

Thats not so bad right? I still had like $300 and $125 in bonuses. However, what happened next was horrible.

I played heads up. (nl50). Deeply underrolled i figured i could beat someone with some headsup prowess. Little did i know, i would lose every single hand in that headsup game. Some might call it bad beats, but i guess 70% and 80% chances to win are never enough with a small bankroll.

Thus, i ended up with $150 in my Bankroll.

So now what? With $150 in my bankroll, i firmed up, and cleared my bonuses in nl10. I ran decent, and was able to replenish my BR to $300.

But how did i end up at $100 now you ask?

Bad bankroll management.

After hitting $300 again, I played various games, nl25 ( a few shots), badugi, stud, with razz being the only game i actually earned money in. I lost every single MTT i played, never got in the money, and went on a horrible streak in nl10.

So that left me with $100 the day before yesterday.

I figured, hell, i can grind this back up in nl10, i did it before!

And then, i get slaughtered and end up losing at nl5, eventually landing at a sub $30 bankroll.

I said fuck it, I'll try my best again and grind back up from the bottom. I started playing HUSnGs last night, and found that my heads up "skill" proved a little successful. so i regrinded and grinded and grinded.

So today, after degenerately playing 6s HUSnGs, i am back to my $100 bankroll. A far cry yes from my glory days, but how can i complain? I went on a huge streak like 10 wins in a row in HUSnGs, and found a fun yet rewarding activity.

From here my goals are:

Grind HUSnGs and nl10 until i hit my $500 BR -> nl25 -> $2000 BR -> nl50 HU.

immediate goals:

grind back to $200, and actually be rolled for nl10.
quit tilting and playing like a noob.
learn how to play 6max poker...
learn how to play HU

Well...it's time to get back on the proverbial horse.

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its back to nl5 for me, as I really need to learn how to play...

i have no idea wtf i'm doing when i play...

god T_T

[edit] -$500 in like 3 days. (nl25 -> nl10 -> now nl5)

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my latest attempt at nl25 yet again kicked my ass (-200).

so, i'm back to nl10 grinding back up, and this time I think I'm going to try to go way beyond 600 before attempting nl25 again. I seem to do ok at nl50 when i tried 1 tabling for fun for a bit, but that's not really indicative of anything, so I think i'm going to be a nl10 grinder for the next week or so until i hit like 1000 or something crazy so i can work on my nl25-nl50 game...

T_T

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So after playing today and getting absolutely NOWHERE in nl25, i achieved goldstar. I really feel that this is a great accomplishment for me, since its been 3 weeks since i started playing poker, and i really suck at poker still. I'm trying to play off the reload bonus ($75) and I'm going to continue to keep playing nl25 unless i get underrolled for it.

I think I will break through, I just dont know when it will hit me, but I think i can break through nl25 soon.

Also, what should I do with the FPPs? The cash bonuses seem to stack up really well later on, but I don't know if I'm going to get that many FPPs, as it will prob. take me forever to the FPPs needed to get $285, and even moreso the $650 one.

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i started today with $250 after starting the day before with $420. well, as it turned out, i got really lucky today and went on a super heater after losing twice with AA against 55 and 99 (preflop).

i really felt like just quitting there, but i kept my poker face on and grinded back nl10 for 30bb/100 for over 5 hours and over 3k hands. I ran really well, and got 3rd in a 4.4 tourney with my last hand being AA vs J2 ...

anyways, i think i'll be moving up after i get another $150 or so from nl10, and i hope to do well in nl25, even though its extremely hard right now.

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after losing 8 BIs in nl25, i've moved back down to nl10, and i'm 9 tabling nl10 again.
its hard to swallow the hit to my pride, but i'm going to persevere.

i am up like 7BIs in nl10 right now, and i'll try to climb back up to nl25.

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although i realize i am totally not rolled to play 10/25

i couldn't help myself.

so other than getting bad beat and tilting a bit (-100 out of my 250 BR), i started playing 4 tables of 6max nl25. Strangely enough, I got nice heaters, mostly bluffing people and playing solidly. So now, i'm at 430 ish on my bankroll for a net gain of around 170 for the day. =)

hopefully i can play enough so i'm actually rolled for nl25 (i hate playing underrolled...)

the main thing is that i'm actually earning VPPs, whereas on nl10, i earned like no VPPs, but now i'm almost on my way to silver star!

i really hope this continues >.

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So i've been playing at nl5 and nl10 for the past week now, and i've finally reached the bankroll amount of $250

i actually tilted and played some nl50 6 max, and did pretty well until i played 2 pair vs flopped flush.

anyways, heres my graph for so far and hopefully i can continue grinding nl10 and move on to nl25 soon.

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So after tilting really hard 3 months ago and losing all the BR I had garnered from previous posts, I'm back to basics on Pstars with 210 in BR playing nl10.

*sigh* i tilted my first two 50 dollar buys, but i'm back to 200 so i'm currently running a profit of 8 dollars.

I gotta stop playing Razz and SnGs and focus on the cash game. I don't seem to be winning SnGs and Razz as much as i think i am...

i got into a really good heater today, up like ~7-8 BIs for 3k hands or so, so I'm running pretty well today. hopefully tommorow is equally good.

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I just saw my first royal flush today. I didnt have it, but this other guy flopped a royal flush

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/586645

So as a poll, how many of you have seen/had a royal flush? any stories of good or bad beats?


Poll: Royal Flush?
(Vote): Had One
(Vote): Seen One
(Vote): Never

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