My $1000 challenge

This is a challenge to myself which i started late july.
below is my blog history

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July 30

This is a challenge to myself (Boku87 style)!

I currently have $52 in my pokerstars bankroll

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lnv8MBwxTV...enge_accnt.jpg

and i'll be playing all the games i could but will probably concentrate more on a 45 player SNG. My bankroll management is this...i will only play a certain limit when i have a BR > 50x the buyin for that limit.

Example:

$1 buyin X 50 = $50 <> PLAY
$3 buyin x 50 = $150 > my BR is $52 ---> DONT

so if my BR reached $150 that is the only time i will play the $3 buyin sng's.
im not sure if can do it the way boku87 does by playing 50 sngs at time... that is really sick!
my max mtt would probably be 4 tables at a time. and hopefully, i can play about a minimum
or 4 games a day. not sure when i can achieve the challenge tho at this rate. but i am hoping
that before october the challenge is done.


This is my current standing since i played this June.


http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lnv8MBwxTV..._challenge.jpg

not a good sight isn't it!? LOL! i did not follow my BR management on those downswings so
its my fault. anyway, i will be updating my blog everyday provided that i played. no play no
updates!!

OK... let's get ready to rumble!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

August 4

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lnv8MBwxTV...lenge_Aug4.jpg

BR = $46.72

I was not able to update the blog on the last 3 days.... bcoz, i took a huge downswing and almost tilted me out!!! I played 10 games on a single name lost all of them! what a bad luck! I think 3 of them i positioned on the bubble. took a hard lesson not to call ALLIN with just a top in your hand... well i do hope that i can still keep it up and reach back to where i started. i thought this is just going to be a walk in the park... but damn! how the hell boku87 manage to make it playing with 50 sng's simultaneously!? he's not human!!! LOL!!

anyway, hope to reach at least $100 by the end of the week... Wish me luck everyone!!!

August 7

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lnv8MBwxTV...lenge_Aug7.jpg

BR = $58.08

ok now im up to a few dollars. i just played a few tourneys. 4 cashes actually out 14 tourneys. placing mostly on 3rd position for the 45 player turbo $1 buyin. most disappointing one is my $1 tourney with $1000 guaranteed price pool at 6pm. show below is my worst nightmare... >.<

PokerStars Game #31275571301: Tournament #183605923, $1.00+$0.10 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level XXII (4000/8000) - 2009/08/05 11:50:50 ET
Table '183605923 156' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: YuriGAR (245384 in chips)
Seat 2: bontow (161932 in chips)
Seat 4: Geldnehmer (81081 in chips)
Seat 5: GheCkoPh (49516 in chips)
Seat 6: gar1998 (152526 in chips)
Seat 7: donuer (245542 in chips)
Seat 8: secret969 (679346 in chips)
Seat 9: zebulon78 (721044 in chips)
YuriGAR: posts the ante 800
bontow: posts the ante 800
Geldnehmer: posts the ante 800
GheCkoPh: posts the ante 800
gar1998: posts the ante 800
donuer: posts the ante 800
secret969: posts the ante 800
zebulon78: posts the ante 800
Geldnehmer: posts small blind 4000
GheCkoPh: posts big blind 8000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to GheCkoPh [Qd Ah]
gar1998: folds
donuer: folds
secret969: calls 8000
zebulon78: folds
YuriGAR: folds
bontow: folds
Geldnehmer: folds
GheCkoPh: checks
*** FLOP *** [8d 7h Qh]
GheCkoPh: checks
secret969: bets 8000
GheCkoPh: raises 32716 to 40716 and is all-in
secret969: calls 32716
*** TURN *** [8d 7h Qh] [9s]
*** RIVER *** [8d 7h Qh 9s] [Ts]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
GheCkoPh: shows [Qd Ah] (a pair of Queens)
secret969: shows [Jh Kc] (a straight, Nine to King)
secret969 collected 107832 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 107832 | Rake 0
Board [8d 7h Qh 9s Ts]
Seat 1: YuriGAR folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: bontow (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: Geldnehmer (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: GheCkoPh (big blind) showed [Qd Ah] and lost with a pair of Queens
Seat 6: gar1998 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: donuer folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: secret969 showed [Jh Kc] and won (107832) with a straight, Nine to King
Seat 9: zebulon78 folded before Flop (didn't bet)


sometimes i really think pokerstars is rigged! but what the hell! poker **** happens!!! :-)
i place 39th on that tourney, btw, with 3600+ players... not bad anyway!

August 19


http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lnv8MBwxTV...ge_braug19.jpg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lnv8MBwxTV...enge_Aug19.jpg

August 29


http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lnv8MBwxTV...ge_braug29.jpg


http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lnv8MBwxTV...enge_Aug29.jpg


Ok, now that i was able to double my BR from my $52 starting money i will start to play those $1.75 18player sng's. it took me a long time to reach this BR since i was not able to play much these last few weeks... my daughter, ameera, was hospitalized and needed to go surgery due to hirschsprungs disease. now im really inspired since i have to really make some money now and pay for those cost. she's my angel and wouldn't let anything happen to her! i will be playing at my best always on the following games... wish me luck!!!

You play good

Keep up the good work at the current rate you should have 1k in a month or 2 if you dont have alot of downswings. They will happen just try to minimize it and you will get ahead, 1 or 2 bucks a time is all it takes.

thank you guys!!
as of now this is my current BR:

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lnv8MBwxTV...ge_braug30.jpg

once i get to $180 i will start to play those $3.25 buyin.

well done,I think your doing great man ,keep it up!

Looks like you are doing great congrats and keep it up.

keep going...
U can do it easy.
well done on it.
Nice blog.!:cheers2:

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lnv8MBwxTV...lenge_Sep7.jpg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lnv8MBwxTV...nge_brSep7.jpg

i was really down a few days ago to about $97 when i was unable to cash on a couple of sngs.
i even tried one of those $2 quintuple shootout but was out on the first table immediately.
but it was a good game though. i think i would try to play that game again soon. lucky i
manage to pick up and cash 4/8 sngs these past 2 days and now im up again.

i noticed playing $1.75 18man sngs is not for me since i only cashed about 3 out of 12 games.
not very profitable for me but i still will try to play about 20% of my game on those. that
would mean i'll be playing 1($1.75)18man/4($1.10)45man.

update you guys again soon and wish me luck!!!

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Originally Posted by gheecko

i was really down a few days ago to about $97 when i was unable to cash on a couple of sngs.
i even tried one of those $2 quintuple shootout but was out on the first table immediately.
but it was a good game though. i think i would try to play that game again soon. lucky i

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I hate those damn shootouts. I lose EVERY time on the last table, usually with the best hand.


Also, where are you getting these graphs from? I'd be interesting in setting up a personal challenge. :p

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Originally Posted by TerpZone

Also, where are you getting these graphs from? I'd be interesting in setting up a personal challenge. :p

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im using pokertracker for those graphs. set it up to monitor my challenge from the start. very good tool to see how am i doin for my previous games.

Getting there.... keep it up

Thats very interesting,I think the idea of watching your own stats and keeping a very clear picture of were your game and your bankroll are headed is very smart. it can help you find holes in your game. I am not sure about others but I find this strange that certain times of the day I play alot better than others?? Is that weird?? anyway good luck with your bankroll build and keep posting updates and I hope it goes in the right direction!! lol. .p.s didnt chris ferguson do something like that saying he turned a dollar into like a hundred thousand or something like that?

I tried to do it in a day once.

Started with $150.

Played a 5% BR on a cash table or SnG rule.

After 8 hours was at $265.

After 12 hours was at $265.05

Got bored, stopped

Well at least eej you didnt end up at goosegg number and made money!!

Yeah, the first few hours went great. Was doing min SnGs and 6 tabling cash games. Kept doubling at 2 and busting at one, was going well.

then it just stopped. Was only making FPPs, which isnt bad

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Originally Posted by gheecko

im using pokertracker for those graphs. set it up to monitor my challenge from the start. very good tool to see how am i doin for my previous games.

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Sweet...60 day free trial. Looks like I'll use it...for 60 days! :)