I withdrew too much from my bankroll ($2400) for Christmas, leaving my bankroll short. I wasn’t worried because I only had 2 negative days last month. Naturally I didn’t have a single negative day after leaving myself with a short bankroll…
I had five negative days out of the next six, including my worse negative day ever.
I also kept trying to play at $200NL and $400NLrecover even though I didn’t have near enough money left to cover a swing.
All of that crashed my $2,000+ bankroll down to a low of $250!! (I normally play with about $4000 online)
Stupid, Stupid, Stupid.
That wasn’t a swing that killed me, it was stupidity!!
I know better than to do that, but still did it….
ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGH!
After that I finally smartened back up (better late than never) and moved all the way down to the $25NL game that was all I had the bankroll for.
It was time to rebuild.
I then had ANOTHER negative day as I re-learned how to play lower limits again. After that, I was back in business. I turned my bankroll around and started the process of rebuilding. I figured that it would take me about 2 weeks to get back to my 2k bankroll.
I’ve more than doubled what was left of my bankroll, and I now have enough for $50NL...
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That’s when something really cool happened!
But first a little background…
I have always stunk at SnG’s.
I just couldn’t make a profit in them, and with everyone saying how profitable they were I really wanted to learn to play them better. So about a month ago I placed $100 into PokerStars just to learn to play SnG’s and MTT’s better. I didn’t think of this money as a bankroll, I thought of it as paying to learn to play better in SnG’s and MTT’s.
Because it wasn’t a bankroll, I would be happy with it whatever happened as long as I learned enough.
Well, I learned a lot. I actually started making money in SnG’s.
Then I managed to win the wed night satellite to the $500,000 Guarantee (which I unregistered from to get the $215 in T$ to keep playing with)
Thursday night, I won the satellite again (+$215 again)
Friday night, I won the satellite AGAIN (+$215 again)
Saturday I won the $22 (180 man) SnG/MTT. (Well tied for first, we chopped) (+$900)
Then, I won it again (still on Saturday) (+$1080)
That $100 was a good investment!
In less than I week, I’ve changed that $100 into $2,179 on stars (after sending some money to my wife for her to play SnG’s with, and a couple other things)
Hand #131993468 at table: Table TH 1218
Started: Fri Nov 11 23:35:57 2005
The Dode is at seat 1 with 267.77
firsttimer is at seat 2 with 131.85
Renato2004 is at seat 3 with 120.00
jeppecool is at seat 4 with 113.35
Sleepy Eye is at seat 5 with 101.05
todder is at seat 6 with 206.85
FatAnthony is at seat 7 with 94.00
Laeelin is at seat 8 with 226.80
broadacre is at seat 9 with 85.00
cltngrundy is at seat 10 with 92.00
Laeelin: Check
broadacre: Check
The Dode: Check
jeppecool: Check
Turn (Board: 6d, 5h, 8s, 3h):
Laeelin: Check
broadacre: Check
The Dode: Bet 8.00 Hmm, is that a draw I smell??
jeppecool: Fold
Laeelin: Call 8.00 If it's the straight draw I can take his stack if it hits, and take the pot if it misses, thats +++EV
broadacre: Fold
River (Board: 6d, 5h, 8s, 3h, 7c): YES YES YES
Laeelin: Bet 32.00
The Dode: Raise 64.00 Yahoo!! he had the straight, i'm taking a stack!!!
Laeelin: All in
The Dode: Call 214.80Thank you
Showdown:
Laeelin shows: 9d, 10d (straight to the Ten)
Mainpot:
Laeelin wins the pot of 466.60 with straight to the Ten
