[Closed] The Chris Ferguson challenge

the last 5 days went from good to really bad at one point i got my br up to 1200 playing nl 100 sss with a bit of nl20 bss and decided to cash out $200. Since that cashout ive been on a downswing running at
-6bb/100hands over 5k hands which is pretty lame making my br down to $700.

Which has made me decided that a 30 stack brm isnt for me and im going to be more conservative with a 50 stack minimum for now until im more comfortable playing sss on medium limits. So im goin down to sss on nl 50 untill about $1000.

Had loads of problems with elephant again on my new laptop but its running fine now i think and stats are finally showing up heres the last few hands of nl 100 i played when elephant finally started working.

On the upside though im now a gold member and theres a couple of new articles which ive read about sss which are really helpfull really like the sklansky push ranges. Anyways wish me luck as I hope the downswing wont continue on nl 50.

well nl 50 really gave me a nice welcome I must say...

Known players:
[tg]Position_Stack:hands/vp$ip/RaisePreflop/AF/WTS/ORL/BBvsSteal/W$SD;Hero$9.50:///////;BB$41.00:24/29 /8 /1.5/43 /0 /0 /67 ;UTG$61.67:17/0 /0 /-/-/0 /-/-;UTG+1$13.00:96/8 /3 /-/22 /0 /-/0 ;UTG+2$8.75:174/9 /3 /2.7/8 /6 /100 /0 ;MP1$37.81:31/39 /19 /0.8/30 /33 /100 /67 ;MP2$42.70:24/42 /0 /3.0/22 /0 /-/50 ;MP3$10.90:45/50 /0 /3.0/29 /0 /-/40 ;CO$11.25:60/14 /10 /1.0/67 /0 /-/50 ;BU$17.20:37/16 /5 /4.0/14 /0 /-/0 ;[/tg]
0.25/0.5 No-Limit Hold'em (10 handed)
Hand recorder used for this poker hand: PokerStrategy Elephant 0.60 by www.pokerstrategy.com.

Preflop: Hero is SB with K♥, K♠
8 folds, Hero raises to $1.50, BB calls $1.00.

Flop: ($3.00) T♠, 8♥, 6♥ (2 players)
Hero bets $2.00, BB calls $2.00.

Turn: ($7.00) 5♦ (2 players)
Hero bets $6.00 (All-In), BB calls $6.00.

River: ($19.00) T♣

Final Pot: $19.00

Results follow :
Hero shows two pairs, kings and tens (Kh Ks)
BB shows three of a kind, tens (Qd Td)

BB wins with three of a kind, tens (Qd Td)

Known players:
[tg]Position_Stack:hands/vp$ip/RaisePreflop/AF/WTS/ORL/BBvsSteal/W$SD;SB$49.60:83/15 /1 /4.0/10 /0 /100 /100 ;BB$16.67:19/17 /11 /4.0/50 /33 /100 /0 ;UTG+1$8.45:41/17 /5 /3.0/25 /0 /-/100 ;UTG+2$23.45:214/12 /7 /4.3/29 /21 /100 /70 ;MP1$103.38:38/22 /5 /-/50 /0 /100 /50 ;MP2$49.25:82/20 /6 /0.7/36 /13 /0 /40 ;MP3$7.25:60/14 /10 /1.0/67 /0 /-/50 ;Hero$10.00:///////;BU$56.59:42/12 /2 /0.6/57 /0 /-/75 ;[/tg]
0.25/0.5 No-Limit Hold'em (9 handed)
Hand recorder used for this poker hand: PokerStrategy Elephant 0.60 by www.pokerstrategy.com.

Preflop: Hero is CO with A♦, 8♣. Hero posts a blind of $0.50.
5 folds, Hero raises to $2.00, BU calls $2.00, 2 folds.

Flop: ($4.75) 7♣, 7♦, 3♦ (2 players)
Hero bets $3.00, BU calls $3.00.

Turn: ($10.75) A♣ (2 players)
Hero bets $5.00 (All-In), BU calls $5.00.

River: ($20.75) 8♦

Final Pot: $20.75

Results follow:
Hero shows two pairs, aces and eights (Ad 8c)
BU shows a full-house, eights full of sevens (8h 8s)

BU wins with a full-house, eights full of sevens (8h 8s)

And when things started to look a little better

Known players:
[tg]Position_Stack:hands/vp$ip/RaisePreflop/AF/WTS/ORL/BBvsSteal/W$SD;SB$50.00:66/45 /9 /5.5/4 /25 /-/0 ;BB$8.95:116/3 /3 /-/14 /20 /100 /100 ;UTG$52.47:143/23 /12 /3.4/10 /27 /100 /0 ;UTG+1$14.65:176/8 /7 /2.5/63 /0 /100 /40 ;UTG+2$46.42:66/21 /9 /2.8/27 /40 /100 /75 ;MP1$12.50:162/21 /5 /9.7/30 /22 /75 /56 ;MP2$44.76:318/18 /4 /2.9/23 /12 /100 /58 ;MP3$60.85:275/26 /16 /3.0/23 /38 /100 /55 ;Hero$20.65:///////;BU$24.75:22/36 /0 /1.2/33 /-/-/33 ;[/tg]
0.25/0.5 No-Limit Hold'em (10 handed)
Hand recorder used for this poker hand: PokerStrategy Elephant 0.60 by www.pokerstrategy.com.

Preflop: Hero is CO with A♥, A♠
2 folds, UTG+2 raises to $2.00, 2 folds, MP3 calls $2.00, Hero raises to $8.00, 3 folds, UTG+2 calls $6.00, MP3 folds.

Flop: ($18.75) T♦, 9♣, 7♥ (2 players)
UTG+2 checks, Hero bets $12.65 (All-In), UTG+2 calls $12.65.

Turn: ($44.05) Q♠
River: ($44.05) K♣

Final Pot: $44.05

Results follow :
Hero shows a pair of aces (Ah As)
UTG+2 shows a straight, ace high (Ad Jc)

UTG+2 wins with a straight, ace high (Ad Jc)

But somehow ended up by 12bb in the end no idea how.

Those are really sad hands. One question for the second one. Do you always buy in when you sit down, or do you usually wait for the BB??

Sometimes do, Esp. if ive got a buddy playing on the table which i did (i add fishes to my buddy list).

It can be done.
I have a challenge for myself to.I have like 5 $ left on FTP and I will play the 0.10 c tourney whit 1000$ Guarantee.If I can win that again ( I've won it once when I had 1 $ left lol) it will be really a great achivement
Also..I'm using his BRM rules..2% for tourneys as a general rule on my main poker account