Tuesday, 25 March 2008
Need a plan
So the roll is now £850 and I have been a good boy and stuck to BRM playing no higher than £25 or $50 NL and so far things have been going well. I have still had my share of bad beats for big pots but have not let it tilt me, perhaps I am learning. What I would like is some sort of plan. I have no idea if anyone even reads this blog but if you do I would love to hear a plan to stick to for ideal BRM, when I should move up levels, what level tournaments to play etc. I am determined to make this work and one day be playing £5/£10 with a sufficient bankroll, who knows!
Wednesday, 19 March 2008
Starting well
Well that was nice, I played 2 tournaments tonight - a £5 multi and a £20 HeadHunter multi. I lost in the £5 one but managed to come 1st out of 114 in the HeadHunter giving me £375 for 1st place and taking £171.41 worth of Heads along the way giving me a total prize of £546.41.
It was a pretty amazing comeback as well because when we were 4 handed I was down to 2,453 in chips with the blinds at 1,200/2,400 and in my SB with 55, lol! Heads up I had 25K to his 200K so another great turn around. I can now withdraw the £400 I deposited the other day leaving me with £560 odd bankroll which is excellent news to be withdrawing this early. Hopefully now I can stick to BRM and just build it up slowly. Time to hit the sack too many late nights, great to win another multi!
It was a pretty amazing comeback as well because when we were 4 handed I was down to 2,453 in chips with the blinds at 1,200/2,400 and in my SB with 55, lol! Heads up I had 25K to his 200K so another great turn around. I can now withdraw the £400 I deposited the other day leaving me with £560 odd bankroll which is excellent news to be withdrawing this early. Hopefully now I can stick to BRM and just build it up slowly. Time to hit the sack too many late nights, great to win another multi!
Tuesday, 18 March 2008
BRM BRM BRRMMMMM!
No not the sound of a car, bankroll management! Yes I have come to the realisation that unless I adpot it I will always lose my roll, sooner or later. It's taken me long enough but finally the light has come on! I have attempted BRM in the past but always got bored and if my roll took a hit I would instantly move up levels. I am DETERMINED to stick to it this time, it's a complete mind game and I need to get control of my emotions. I would love to quit my job one day and make £100 a day playing poker, which is £36,500 a year tax free which is the equivalent to like a £50K salary or something, pretty good! Then £200 a day etc etc! Pipe dreams? Maybe.
Anyway I have deposited £400 with which I am playing £25 or $50 NL. I need to withdraw that £400 at some point though cos I kinda need it. One thing I need to do is tone down my aggression; I raise far too many hands pre flop, and continuation bet and bluff far too much. This is because I have so many buy ins behind me the money sort of means less. In a couple of sessions so far I am up to £450 but this would be a lot more if I could tone down my aggression. I need to somehow pretend that the blinds are £5/£10 or something lol. I will design some sort of plan on when I move up levels etc later.
As the old proverb goes - slow and steady wins the race, and this is one race I plan on bringing home.
Anyway I have deposited £400 with which I am playing £25 or $50 NL. I need to withdraw that £400 at some point though cos I kinda need it. One thing I need to do is tone down my aggression; I raise far too many hands pre flop, and continuation bet and bluff far too much. This is because I have so many buy ins behind me the money sort of means less. In a couple of sessions so far I am up to £450 but this would be a lot more if I could tone down my aggression. I need to somehow pretend that the blinds are £5/£10 or something lol. I will design some sort of plan on when I move up levels etc later.
As the old proverb goes - slow and steady wins the race, and this is one race I plan on bringing home.
Wednesday, 12 March 2008
Bad times
Had holiday to use up from work, got that £400 up to £600 playing £2/£5, but bust it all, then bust another £250 from my real bank account, then £350, then £100, then £300. I tilt so bad. Put another £75 on and got up to £230 after having withdrawn the £75 playing HU £0.25/£0.50. Had a big stack in one room, some guy came along and I proceeded to donk the whole £200 or thereabouts I had left to him, wp ironmonk, twat!
Thursday, 6 March 2008
Crazy times
The night before last I played poker till 6am. I was tilting after a couple of coolers and ended up busting my whole roll. The final hand I was playing £2/£5 heads up against a maniac in a 6 seater room, I raised with 10Jd and pushed on a KdQdx flop, he insta called with Q6off and I couldn't hit. Time to go to bed! Earlier in the night I had tried going to bed but I was buzzing and couldn't sleep and all I could think about was playing more so I did. Lots of hands, lots of tables but ultimately I was busto.
So the next day, after little sleep and letting work know I wouldn't be in because I was ill, which was partially true cos I have been feeling like shit recently. I get back on the tables. I deposited £500 and played some £2/£5 still trying to build back losses quickly. I moved on to £1/£2 and $2/$5 heads up play and got very unlucky losing to 3 outters a few times to eventually lose it all. Tilting, I put another £200 in and lost that too! Feeling like things were beginning to spiral out of control, I put another £55 on so I would have the min $100 buy in for $2/$5. I got up to about $240 then my opponent sat out for ages so I left and did the only sensible thing which was to join a $5/$10 room :-). A couple of hours later I cashed out on about $1900 reaching $2K at peak, I was playing very well in this room, making good value bets and not being a fish, it was also a lot of fun playing these stakes and I don't think the players are particularly amazing it was pretty easy really. I pissed about a bit more then stopped playing and withdrew the £755 that I had deposited that day leaving me with a little over £100.
I took a break then donked off that £100 in £2/£5 raising with 910off then pushing an open ended on the flop, got called by a Q high flush draw and his Q high was good for the pot! I deposited another £95 and had dinner. I played again at about 11pm and sat with $199 in a $2/$5 room. By the time I cashed out at 1am I was sitting on a stack just shy of $1000 so I withdrew the £95 which now leaves me with a roll of £400! So I basically managed to turn £50 into about £1400 yesterday, I seem to always get myself out of these scrapes somehow, just wish I didn't get in them in the first place!
Soooooooo, obviously I have had a big hit to my roll but I have enough to rebuild with if I can keep playing well, I always seem to play better when it is my last money. I haven't lost anything from my bank so I'm not that bothered, £400 is plenty to play with, until it all happens again!
So the next day, after little sleep and letting work know I wouldn't be in because I was ill, which was partially true cos I have been feeling like shit recently. I get back on the tables. I deposited £500 and played some £2/£5 still trying to build back losses quickly. I moved on to £1/£2 and $2/$5 heads up play and got very unlucky losing to 3 outters a few times to eventually lose it all. Tilting, I put another £200 in and lost that too! Feeling like things were beginning to spiral out of control, I put another £55 on so I would have the min $100 buy in for $2/$5. I got up to about $240 then my opponent sat out for ages so I left and did the only sensible thing which was to join a $5/$10 room :-). A couple of hours later I cashed out on about $1900 reaching $2K at peak, I was playing very well in this room, making good value bets and not being a fish, it was also a lot of fun playing these stakes and I don't think the players are particularly amazing it was pretty easy really. I pissed about a bit more then stopped playing and withdrew the £755 that I had deposited that day leaving me with a little over £100.
I took a break then donked off that £100 in £2/£5 raising with 910off then pushing an open ended on the flop, got called by a Q high flush draw and his Q high was good for the pot! I deposited another £95 and had dinner. I played again at about 11pm and sat with $199 in a $2/$5 room. By the time I cashed out at 1am I was sitting on a stack just shy of $1000 so I withdrew the £95 which now leaves me with a roll of £400! So I basically managed to turn £50 into about £1400 yesterday, I seem to always get myself out of these scrapes somehow, just wish I didn't get in them in the first place!
Soooooooo, obviously I have had a big hit to my roll but I have enough to rebuild with if I can keep playing well, I always seem to play better when it is my last money. I haven't lost anything from my bank so I'm not that bothered, £400 is plenty to play with, until it all happens again!
Monday, 3 March 2008
+ £1000
My bankroll currently stands at £1,003.16 - I have passed the £1K mark! On top of this I have been making regular withdrawals and think I have withdrawn about £650 or so which means I should be able to concentrate on building the roll now because my living bankroll is for once healthy. I'm still playing mainly £1/£2 10 seater, so many soft players at this level on the 10 seaters who buy in short and seem to be on a spin up attempt and they are usually very bad :-)
At work now feel fucking ill thrown up already this morning can't eat shit why the fuck am I here for the tuppence I earn should be in bed lol.
Edit: I got my rakeback for February through today and was pleased to see that it was about £159 which is great! So the roll is now £1,162.37.
At work now feel fucking ill thrown up already this morning can't eat shit why the fuck am I here for the tuppence I earn should be in bed lol.
Edit: I got my rakeback for February through today and was pleased to see that it was about £159 which is great! So the roll is now £1,162.37.
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