Starting at the bottom
Hello All,
Not sure how many dedicated Pokersifters are left, but sometimes its worth checking back in. For those that need an update and back ground – here it is….
I’ve been a poker addict for 4 or so years, playing back in my high school days regularly. I’ve got a bad habit of getting addicted to something, buying books, reading on line, video’s until I feel I’ve conquered something. You should see my golf library – a 400 page book on putting…lol. Anyways, after much reading, playing, depositing etc. I ran my bankroll to a couple of hundred, I think $350.00 was my highest. Couple of tournaments I went fairly deep, final tabled one – out in 9th place. My sharkscope says 800 or so games, ROI -2% down 150 bucks. So I take that as a slight even money player, win a few – lose a lot. I’ve tried hard to improve, joined PXF and worked hard on my SNG game. At one point, my room mate and I were both at 10$ – he currently is a 10$ SNG player and a roll of 1050$ and doing well. We love to talk poker. Me – well – I ran that $350 roll down and out – then got a $50.00 bank roll from Pokerstrategy.com ( I highly recommend joining) and took that down to .25c. That’s right – January 1st – PS bankroll .25c.
Well, I made a determined bid to end my poker career, taking a $50.00 stake and refusing to win for a few weeks. The results at the old cash game were in line with previous results, straight losing. So after much work, and little progress, I dropped down to the lowest level I could, .10c tournaments. When it was almost over – and I was doner then done – guess what happened. I won with my last .25c a 90 man turbo – and it was back in business. Since then I’ve played just about every SNG under the sun, prefer the 18 man 1.75 turbo’s but also 1 table and Double or Nothings. Those Double or Nothings went well for a while – I think I rattled off like six straight wins, before losing one. Good for the bank roll.
I put a real effort into learning Bubble Play. Downloaded an ICM trainer, ICM lecture and finally spent $100.00 on Sitngo wizard. Trying hard to become a strong BUBBLER. On top of that – I downloaded Holdem Manager – and started to analyze my game. WHY?
Why in god’s green earth would a 1$ SNG player invest so much time and effort in a stupid card game – we’ll – I need to figure it out – and won’t stop till I do. Why does Ivey, Negreneau, Durrr etc, have a consistent ability to win, and yet others fail miserably. Why does SHEETS win at a 20% ROI on his $500.00 SNG’s?
Is it possible to become that good – with limited insincts. Is it possible when you’ve basically been a break even player for 3 years. I think it is. I think its very doable. And I hope to do it.
While work, family and other priorities have taken time away from my time availability – I still try to improve – to get better – and hopefully take the journey to being a championship MTT player.
The goal is there – the path is set. The account is at a blistering $40.00. The wife even picked up Harrington and is threatening to learn how to play….we’ll see.
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Hang in there Boom. I went from taking shots at $100nl all the way back down to $10nl. I doubled down on coaching by joining Deucescracked to go with my Stoxpoker account. I also got some help from a friend who has moved up to $200nl. If you have someone you can talk poker with it can make a world of difference. I am now playing a mix of $25 and $50nl now and working my way back up the ladder. Good luck Boom, good luck Kat, and good luck to everyone else.
We’re living very similar poker lives right now… and I also believe it’s doable that’s what keeps me going. Just returned to live play after 2 months off (due to a horrible losing streak).. Friday night.. down $85 for the session.
Wish it was a positive night but I’m not giving up.