Well its been a while since my last update, but that is because I havent had much to add.  Unfortunately I did not reach my $500 goal by last week, so I am pushing that back to this week. So basically I plan on having $500 in my account on FTP by Sunday.  I got up to $320 last Friday, then went on a sick downswing to $275 the next day.  During that time period I had pocket aces cracked twice in like 20 hands playing 10nl, as well as failing to cash in all 15 tournaments.  Luckily now I've gotten back up to $344 playing mostly $2 tournaments, and I hope to break the $400 mark in the next 2 days.  That will give me another 2 days to make the last $100 to reach my goal.

New Weekly Goal

So since my last update, I've brought my bankroll up to $259.44.  While I am pretty happy with my success so far, I don't think this pace is going to work; $50 a week is not going to cut it.  Therefore my goal for this week is going to be $500.  It's definitely kind of extreme, but definitely doable since this should be a pretty easy week schoolwise.  This will encourage me to put in more volume and work towards building my bankroll faster.

I'm registered for the Daily Dollar and a tournament to win a $26 dollar token.  I'll also play a few $2 tournaments and maybe some 10nl before the nights over.  Heres a hand I just played and got really lucky on.  It helped me take 9th in a $2-180 man tourney, but I felt bad for this guy since he lost the rest of his stack with KK to Q-8o all in preflop:


Full Tilt Poker $2 + $0.25 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t200/t400 Blinds + t50 - 7 players
The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter

UTG: t19070 M = 20.07
UTG+1: t2356 M = 2.48
MP: t56 M = 0.06
CO: t18016 M = 18.96
BTN: t19885 M = 20.93
SB: t10564 M = 11.12
Hero (BB): t8437 M = 8.88

Pre Flop: (t950) Hero is BB with 4 4
2 folds, MP calls t6 all in, CO calls t400, 1 fold, SB raises to t1200, Hero calls t800, CO calls t800

Flop: (t3956) 4 8 A (4 players - 1 is all in)
SB bets t9314 all in, Hero calls t7187 all in, CO folds

Turn: (t18330) 4 (3 players - 3 are all in)

River: (t18330) T (3 players - 3 are all in)

Final Pot: t18330
MP shows 2 6 (a pair of Fours)
SB shows A A (a full house, Aces full of Fours)
Hero shows 4 4 (four of a kind, Fours)
Hero wins t17956
Hero wins t374

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Quick update: $226 bankroll
Playing mostly 5nl and $1 tourneys still, running really well in the cash games but basically break-even in the tournaments unfortunately.  I'll probably move up when I start running better in the tournaments, but Im happy because I haven't ran into any real downswings.  Hopefully I didn't just jinx myself lol.  I'll update more later and hopefully put some more interesting hands up as well.

Back from a break..

Well its been over a week since I posted since I have been in Florida for spring break.  In regards to my last post, I did bring my bankroll on FTP to $202, so I have reached that milestone.  Reaching this level is important because I now have an adequate bankroll to begin playing 10nl($0.05/0.10 blinds) and $2 tournaments.  Hopefully I do as well in those games, although I'm sure the competition will be much tougher.

So I am now at 10% of my overall goal of $2000, which isnt bad although I think I will probably have to step it up if I want to make it.  With just about 2 months left, it would be ideal to get to $500 within the next two weeks.  This will require a lot of playing, but it would put me in a good position to move up in levels at a comfortable pace.  I've really been enjoying playing tournaments instead of cash games lately, so that's probably what I'll stick with for a while.

Well just busted out in 119th place for $11 after I got sucked out on.  Ohs well, my new tournament strategy has been working out pretty well, so if I keep getting this deep in these tournaments I'll be pretty happy.  Basically I've just been playing really aggressive and playing a lot of hands.  This strategy means I'll may not cash in as many tournaments, but I will go deeper when i do and have bigger payouts.  I'll be playing a few more tourneys tonight, so I'm looking to break $200 tonight.

This was such a teaser hand. Woulda put me in the top 20 if I held:


Full Tilt Poker Daily Dollar Rebuy No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t800/t1600 Blinds + t200 - 9 players - View hand 569724
The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter

BTN: t17951 M = 4.27
SB: t95909 M = 22.84
Hero (BB): t130540 M = 31.08
UTG: t2300 M = 0.55
UTG+1: t8400 M = 2
UTG+2: t47074 M = 11.21
MP1: t11238 M = 2.68
MP2: t51493 M = 12.26
CO: t10386 M = 2.47

Pre Flop: (t4200) Hero is BB with 8 5
6 folds, BTN raises to t17751 all in, 1 fold, Hero calls t16151

Flop: (t38102) 7 4 6

Turn: (t38102) 8

River: (t38102) 5

Final Pot: t38102
BTN shows Q J (a straight, Eight high)
Hero shows 8 5 (a straight, Eight high)
Hero wins t19051
BTN wins t19051



Oh, well at least what can ya do...

Daily Dollar Update

Well I haven't been able to update much lately, had a pretty busy week, but I just wanted to post a quick update that I am currently in 27th place in the Daily Double Tournament.

Starting no. of players: 4,906
Current no. of players: 555
Current chip count: $110,000
Chip leader: $242,000
Average chip stack: $50,000
First Place = $3,100

Wish me luck!