I'm new here. Thought I'd contribute by sharing my first month's experience playing with my PokerStrategy.com starting capital on Pacific Poker.
The idea was to play either S&Gs and/or MTTs to run up my roll.
On the first day I played two $1.10 $100 Guarantee MTTs.
I cashed the first one for $1.39 and came 2nd in the next one for $25.60.
Result! I decided to stick with the small/medium field Guarantee MTTs for now.
On the second day I only had one small cash of $3, and dropped about $10 in buy-ins trying to emulate my first day's success. I decided to limit myself to a max of 3 MTTs daily, depending on results and mood.
The next day I had another 2nd place finish for $28, almost doubling my roll to $95.89.
I had a bad run for a couple of days after that, but dropped only about $10 in total, sticking to my strategy of quitting if it's not working. I bounced back the next day with two cashes totaling $29.60. After that I had another two dry days, followed by two days with consecutive deep runs and my biggest cash of $35.20.
Overall I've cashed 9 tournaments in the last 9 days;
three 2nd place finishes, one 3rd, one 4th, one 7th and three ITM finishes:
Starting Roll: $50.00
Total Winnings: $134.99
Current Roll: $134.39
That's a profit of $84.39 at a ROI just shy of 200%.
It has been a grind, but I've settled into a rhythm and I feel comfortable playing every day. Once I reach the $200+ mark I will move up in stakes, see how it goes and possibly reconsider my strategy at some point after that.
I'll post my results here for the rest of the month for those interested in following my progress.
