Day 7
thewh00sel, Dec 11 2006
Today: -$91
To date: $1886
To go: $33114
Eh, lost about 120 bucks in MTTs and sats today and won ~25-30 dollars playing 2 tables of .5/1.00.
Didn't really feel like playing much. Probably go out tomorrow night/thurs night and play in the live games and really try to up the live bankroll so that I can play more aggressive in this week's Saturday game. we'll see how the cards come out though.
On a happy note, after my first 7 days of the challenge I'm up almost 19 buy ins and i'm currently beating NL100 for 10.10 BB/100 hands. I think that Im going to try to create an UltimateBet account with rakeback in the coming weeks/days. I already have an account there, but i'd like one with rakeback. The mid-stakes games just look really juicy with ~40% avg players/flop in the short handed games. I'll probably move there when I hit $1/$2.
So, how much more until 1/2 you ask? 10 more buy ins 'til the bankroll hits 6k, so i'm expecting to be there by the end of next week at the rate I'm going. I'm going to try to play more hands and grind out the cash games, I've been slacking the last couple days.
Day 8
thewh00sel, Dec 12 2006
Man, I have not felt like playing lately. I've played ~200 hands today and I'm ready to be done for the day. I made a little money, but I'll probably be going out to the 1/2 game tonight to see if I can boost my live bankroll a bit. I plan on really playing tight and hoping to pick some good spots. Anyways, today went like this online (I added the $395 i made today live):
Today: +$621
To date: $2,507
To go: $32,493
I guess I did a little better than I thought. plus 2.25 buy-ins and I broke the 2k barrier. 8ish more buyins before 1/2 online. w00t.
Online Bankroll: $5,200.
Live Bankroll: $1,800 (and I have $600 loaned out so i guess technically $2,400).
ps: I need to stop taking cash out of my roll to pay for stuff.
also, I have my new monitor coming in today i hope, so I can replace my old LCD which is turning green for some reason so i can multitable more again.
Day 9
thewh00sel, Dec 13 2006
Today: $289
To date: $2,796
To go: $32,204
580 hands played.
Ran well for ~600 hands and called it a +3 buy in day. Not bad. I really need to dedicate more time to playing i think. Oh well.
5.5 buy ins until 1/2.
Day 10
thewh00sel, Dec 15 2006
No online poker today. Played at the 1/2 live game, made 60 bucks in like 10-11 hours, lol. Good night updates come tomorrow.
**update
Today: +$60
To date: $2856
To go: $32,144
Day 11
thewh00sel, Dec 15 2006
Today: +$87
To date: $2,943
To go: $32,057
Played 1200 hands today and made almost a buy in. Not great but better than losing right?
Steadily grinding up.
Online BR: $5,550
Live BR: $2,160
The plan to beef up the live bankroll is going well, and im only about 5 buy-ins from 1/2 online. exciting stuff.
Days 12, 13, and 14
thewh00sel, Dec 18 2006
bad day at 2/5 game + terrible run online.
Okay, so I had 5500 or so online so I decided to start playing 4 tables of 100NL and 2 tables of 200NL so I could gradually get into the 200NL game. That was going well until i lost almost $1,000. $979 to be exact. The day prior to that I lost $1,170 at the 2/5 game because I played like a complete donkey. It was essentially all my fault, but it was "only" two buy ins at that game so it's not a big deal as far as I'm concerned. The bad news is that this puts me down to a combined loss of $2,030 in 3 days. damn. Well, the good news is that I'll be getting 30+% rakeback at ultimate bet soon so i'll be taking advantage of that. The bad news is I'm down to a combined total of...
To date: $913.
Lame. Gonna take a lot of grinding to work back but I'm not giving up. In fact, I was running really well in a 10k guaranteed tourney but unfortunately I ran into kings with 4 tables left and broke even in tournaments on the day. Darn, couldve used that $4,000 first prize. Back to the grindstone I suppose.
PS: I won't be going to the saturday game unless I feel like I can play my best Tight Aggressive game there. No bluffing allowed at that game except in rare situations. That's all.
Days 15, 16, 17
thewh00sel, Dec 22 2006
Played a little each day, made a little each day.
$+868
Total: $1,781
To go: $33,219
Online Bankroll: $4,905
Im at 49 buy ins for .5/1.00. I think I may move up when I reach $5,000. I think 25 buy ins is ok because I know that I beat 1/2 at a decent win rate. If I fall below 4,200 I'll drop right back down to 100NL
Days 18, 19, 20
thewh00sel, Dec 25 2006
Christmas so I didn't really play but I made a total of $612 over the past 3 days so that's good. Almost won a seat to WPT-PCA in the bahamas, but I guess I'll just have to wait until next year to try to get into a big tournament. I'm under 21 still so i'll have to try to qualify for some offshore ones.
Total: $2,393
To go: $32,607
Online Bankroll: $5,500
Days 21 and 22
thewh00sel, Dec 28 2006
Did really horrible in the live game on Tuesday, but I came back later that night and cleaned it up, I was in for 900 and cashed out about 1600 so that was good. Today I played about $350 worth of MTTs and didnt cash in any of them. Fortunately I made $675 playing 1/2 on UltimateBet while I was in the MTTs, making myself 300 profit for the day or so.
So for the two days I made $709 putting me at...
Total: $3,102
To go: $31,898
Online bankroll: $5,500
Live bankroll: ~$2,300
w00t broke the 3k barrier. Took me 22 Days to do it, but i think most people don't make 3k in 3 weeks so I'm not too worried about it.
Ps: On a bright note, I fully countered my downswing at the beginning and again in the middle of this month. I made all of my money back and i'm in the green for december! yesss. Now I have 4 days in which to play to determine how much I'll have made for the month, but overcoming that horrible 3k downswing at the beginning of this month already feels like a tremendous victory.
I'll be skipping my thursday night game this week to go to a wedding, but i'll play online at night. I plan on going out on Saturday to the 2/5 game with a couple friends so hopefully we clean that up.
-thewh00sel
Day 23
thewh00sel, Dec 29 2006
Played the 1/2 game tonight and did okay. I only played a few hours and didnt play a lot of hands.
Today: +$150
Total: $3,252
To go: $31,746
I'll try to put in a nice session or two today when I wake up. updates later as always. Hopefully I can get back to posting each day and playing more.
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