Rampaging...

I read an article at the start of the year about Rampaging Short Stack Cash Strategy, the basic idea is that even with a small bankroll of say $100 you could play in games which would be more suited to bigger bankrolls and move up limits. I thought this seemed a good idea so this is what i'm doing.

I first buy-in to a 2c/4c game with $2, the maximum buy-in is $4 so im basically half stacked, i play TAG, I basically want to get to $5 and then leave the table as $5 is half stacked for the next level at 5c/10c. I then buy-in to the next level and I want to get upto $10 before I leave to move to the next level at 10c/20c, so far ive only actually risk $2 to get upto that level and it only equates to about 2% of my bankroll so its within good bankroll management, my goal is to get to the 25c/50c level where I think is possibly to play a good game and make a few $'s.

We dont have to leave any level as soon as we hit our target if we think the game is still profitable i.e. don't leave 5c/10c once you have $10 if you are playing well and cards are being good to you, after all the ultimate goal is to make money no matter what level, we are just trying to limit the amount that could be lost.

So far its going well, not always straight forward but am in profit and have rakeback aswell so that adds to the profit, i'm gonna stick with this approach for a couple of months and hopefully build a decent bankroll.

OK something I should say is that I know short stackers are basically dispised/hated but im not buying in for the minimum, im buying in half stacked so its slightly different and im comfortable with it.

gl all

thadeas.

Really need to update more...

So long since a last update not sure what to write, in a previous post I said I had won a WhiteLabel rakeback freeroll on betfair for $500, well a month later I won it again for another $500 so that was nice, and this month im going for the three-pete.

Been spending most of my time playing cash games on Betfair, its safe to say thats my home site and I seem to do ok on it. Got money on Fulltilt and VC Poker but havent played much on either so nothing interesting to say really.

WSOP 2010 has started and Praz Bansi won event 5, whoop whoop hopefully one of many for the brits.

World Cup 2010 starts in a week, not sure how much poker I will be playing when its on as most of the time i'll be watching the games and completely drunk, lets hope I dont decide to play drunk poker or blackjack and wipe out my bankroll.

see ya.

More SCOOP Promotion

A little update to fullfill the blogger SCOOP promotion, I have to link to 2 videos which you will find below, take a look they are good :

Click here > How to Play 8 Game Mix

Click Here > How to Play Badugi

Badugi looks like an interesting game and I think pokerstars is the only online poker site that offers it so i'll be looking into playing alittle.

thadeas.

Long time no update

Well haven't updated in nearly a month so thought i'd better just before things get more busy. I have played alittle poker with some resonable results, i managed to cash in a few tournaments in the last couple weeks and have entered the sortable rankings for my county on pocketfives.com, im sitting in 10th but its a start and hopefully will move up in the next couple of months.

I played a freeroll on betfair which was put on by whitelabel rackback, it was a $1000 tournament and I think they expected a better turn out but luckily for me there were only 12 players, it was essentially a sit'n'go and I like to think thats my better game, well 3 places paid 3rd got $200, 2nd got $300 and 1st got $500. It was fairly uneventfull until the last 4 players and i thought i was gonna bubble when my JJ lost A5off when he binked an A on the river, i was under 8 BB's but i kept my cool and ended up winning it for a nice $500 bankroll booster.

Gonna start mass-multitabling sng's from now on so its gonna be fun, also got mini-ECOOP and SCOOP on the way so it may be a great few month's.

thadeas.

SCOOP is on its way!

The Spring Championship Of Online Poker (SCOOP) starts on May 2nd, it is one of the biggest series of tournaments anywhere on the internet and can be found on Pokerstars.com, it has a combined guaranteed prize pool of 45 million dollars.

To see the schedule visit the SCOOP Poker Tournament website and you can find the pokerstar in you.

Whats been happening?

First off i've finally moved, been in the new place a week, I have no carpets and no chest of draws, stuff is in bags and just put where ever it can go, my computer is setup on a decorators pasting table, despite all that it is great to be in a place of my own and it is deffinately all good.

Haven't played much poker recently with all the moving and stuff but have dabbled with not much success, i'm going to start grinding hard in the next few days (gotta pay for carpets and stuff lol) so hopefully some decent results will come.

thadeas.

Monday Update

It's Monday 1st March 2010 and i'm confident this is going to be a great month, I finished the UK & Ireland League division 2 in 49th place, it pays me $7.50, this was largely due to the fact I won the tournament on the Friday 26th and that win was good for 20 points that shot me into the top 100. I'm confident I can place higher this month.

Got an e-mail from rakebackpro's saying I now have RB on Full Tilt Poker, also got a e-mail with a bonus so it looks like I will be playing alittle on FTP from now on.

Situation is about the same on BlueSQ and AP althou i'm gonna concentrate most of my play in sit'n'go's during the week and then some tournaments on Sundays (saturdays are day off from poker).

Bankroll :

Pokerstars = $9.37 ($7.50 to be added by PS)
BlueSQ = £0.79 (depositing $24 tomorrow, 100 buy-ins for the 20c+4c 9 mans)
Absolute Poker = $9.50 (lost some playing BJ, DOH!)
Betfair = £22.50 (deposited £12.50 from my paypal account)

Thats it for now.

thadeas.

Pokerstars + others

So I got an email from pokerstars with an exclusive invite blog thingy, if I do the required tasks I can geta $22 SCOOP ticket, this would be great to have and go along side my $33 SCOOP ticket that I already have, so here it is pokerstars the phrase you wanted included in my blog - 'which is why playing poker is clearly a game of skill' - that's all done then :)

I've played acouple $1 buy-in torneys on stars but never really got anything going and donked out in quick time, i've also kept playing the UK & Ireland Division 2 League but still havent made it onto the top 100 with only 4 days left so more donkish behavour then. I've played the $2000 & £250 freerolls a few times but have only cashed for a few pennys so nothing exciting there. Overall I really need to put more effort in if I want to make any money at this game.

'which is why playing poker is clearly a game of skill' - there you go again pokerstars, just incase you missed the first one.

On other sites I haven't really done much either, Blue SQ still sits at £0.79 but I am going to deposit to play some sit'n'go's on either monday or tuesday. Played blackjack on AP to make some quick extra cash but ended up losing it all (no surprise there then), deposited $15 and thats the last time I play blackjack (yer right) so my AP account has $15.71 in it and 10 step 2 tickets and 1 step 3 ticket.

Away from poker ive had some great news, I got the flat I went to view, I should be moving in a couple of weeks and i'm well happy, this could be the start of something really good for me this year.

More to come on monday.


thadeas.

p.s. pokerstars ;) 'which is why playing poker is clearly a game of skill'

Monday Update...

So here is my first monday update and upcomming plans.

Pokerstars : I have a scoop $33 ticket and around $12 in cash, not really got a plan for what to play or what to do so just gonna wing it.

Blue SQ : got £0.79 from playing the 3-2-1 sit'n'go's, gonna play these until next monday (1st march) then im gonna deposit $24 and grind the 20c+4c sit'n'go's. Basically gonna move up when I have a hundred buy-ins but once I get past 50 buy-ins for the next level will mix in a couple just to aclimatise myself.

Absolute : got just over $9 plus 1 step 1 ticket, 9 step 2 tickets and 1 step 3 tickets. Basically just gonna play the steps sit'n'go's and see where it gets me.

Party : about $14, dunno what im gonna do with this, it was free so who knows.


thadeas.

Same old story, same old outcome

Played a fair bit recently but yesterday went out in the daytime, had a few beers and come home and decimated my bankroll yet again, nuff said.

Won acouple more step tickets on AP, will do a total update every monday from now on. Also playing the free sng's on blue square to try and create something from nothing and again will update complete bankroll situation on mondays.

Away from poker one of my goals is to move home, going to look at a studio flat on the 24th and really hoping its gonna be nice as im desperate to move.


thadeas.

Small Steps, Big Rewards (hopefully)

So its a week into Feburary and things aint been great, I have played a fair bit of poker but unfortunately I seem to turn into a donk when it matters most.

I'm going to concentrate most of my play on the steps sit'n'go's on Absolute Poker, I currently have 1 step 1 ticket, 5 step 2 tickets and 1 step 3 ticket, I donked of my roll whilst drunk so i'm going to make a small deposit and play 100 step 1 games with a few tourneys thrown in at weekends and re-evalute in acouple weeks. I want to go as far as possible in the steps and see if I can win a live seat at the WSOP 2010.

I al also playing in the UK & Ireland poker leagues on Pokerstars, started feb 1st but currently don't sit in the top 100. Pokerstars awards cash prizes for the top 100 every month, even in the play money league so it could be a good way to boost my BR on there. I also played in the Bloggers Championship and managed to win myself a $33 SCOOP ticket so i'm looking forward to playing that in may.

Im still playing on Betfair but donked off my roll, I got £6 in rakeback and currently have got it upto £30 but it is a grind.

The life of a low stakes player isn't exactly glamourous and im so far away from my target of 10k by the year end, still onwards and upwards :)


thadeas.

New Year, New Plan.

Right for my first post of this year I am going to list some of my goals :

Poker Related.

To build a decent bankroll so that i can play midstakes (10k by the end of the year)
To play more live and hopefully qualifiy for WSOP 2010
To study the game more and hopefully this will result in better results
To top the P5's sorting table for my county.


Non Poker Related.

To move home
To improve my relationship status
To enjoy life more and get out and meet more people


All of the above is easily achieveable with alittle will power and the desire to improve.


thadeas.