My $1000 challenge

[gheecko]

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



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.




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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[gheecko]

August 4



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!!!

[gheecko]

August 7



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!

[gheecko]

August 19

[gheecko]

August 29








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!!!

[freeringo]

You play good

[PANAMHIEST]

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.

[gheecko]

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



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

[Lilred36]

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

[GaTechMom]

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

[navuta]

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

[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
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!!!

[TerpZone]

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

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

[gheecko]

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

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.

[eejit101]

Getting there.... keep it up

[markjfixit]

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?

[eejit101]

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

[markjfixit]

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

[eejit101]

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

[TerpZone]

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.

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