Greetings,
First of all just a friendly warning – its long and probably you won’t find anything unusual. ![]()
My name is Nikolay. I'm from Bulgaria - 20 years old, studying Marketing and I intend to bother you with my own poker history/blog.
Well let's start with some highlights from the past. ![]()
A little more than a year ago my mate darkonebg (hi, noob) joined PokerStrategy. Few days after he invited me. We've done together lots of things past few years (sounds gay perhaps :rolleyes:) so I gave a shot to the poker. I received my starting capital in full tilt and was very excited, playing few hours every day, learning, taking bad beats of course... you all know how does it feel in the beginning. So far so good. After a month THE DAY ♦ had come. I lost nearly whole bankroll in a heads up match way above my limits. It was a bad day in several aspects and i tilted a lot etc etc not the first not the last to do that I guess
So I lost all my starting capital but I liked poker enough to not leave it behind. Played many freerolls and from the winning of one in Mansion Poker managed to reach a bankroll of 125$ which was a lot for me back there (mad tilt SnG's rules ♦). This one again gone bad ending with 0$ after giving a shot to NL50 HU (lol I know I'm stupid, thanks :)).
After that one I realized that until I deposit myself I wouldn't be able to follow proper BRM and kind of respect my winnings. Still believing that I'm not that kind of a hopeless player and the only major leak was the mental approach to the game, I deposited in 888's poker room. Started grind NL10 BSS a lot and after a month or so managed to have in my account 500$ enough to give a shot at NL25. After another month I was like 250$ up (expected more). After 2 weeks breakeven and in the middle of the summer I found myself with whole bankroll in my hands going on an awesome 20 days vacation on the seaside. I was thinking "When I come back I will deposit again what's left". Of course nothing really left ♦
I managed to deposit again in the beginning of December (delay caused by some financial problems). The bonus in Everest Poker was fine for low stakes grinding so I deposited 100$ there. In less than a month cleared the bonus and gained some minor profit. Once again reached 500$ in my account I saw the leaderboard in Ladbrokes Poker and immediately moved my roll there. Playing NL20 10 tables 5-6 hours a day I got the bonus and also a decent 500$ bonus from their leaderboard.
With nearly 2000$ and some saving from my salary I decided to buy a car (its not much but I like it). That was my wish and a need so that was the end of another bankroll :rolleyes:. Looks like I can't make a decent roll while withdrawing it so often... ![]()
Before a week or so I made another plan for deposit in the beginning of the summer but than I found a 0.50$ in my FTP account ♦ (When I screwed it there wasn't less than nl10 so they were useless). Just for the fun I found me a table at nl2 and after few rounds I won 2$ or so. Then moved to 4 tables SSS, made them 8$ with some swings. I think SSS is quite boring or maybe just not my game so I tried BSS SH (my favorite).
At this moment my new roll stays at 28.50$ and if it goes like this I will not have to deposit. If this attempt fails I will deposit as planed and continue this blog.
- In few words: Grinding NL 2 BSS SH in FTP
- Current Bankroll : 28.50$
For the future:
:spade:Not going broke ♦
:diamond:Moving to NL5 at 100$
:club:Moving to NL10 at 200$
:heart:Finding a suitable low stake bonus for boosting.
That is from me for now. Have a nice time at the tables everyone!

