From Recreational to Regular (Challenge Completed $37 to $1000)

To be able to answer your question, I would need to know what this money means to you.
It is a significant difference if you just deposited a couple of bucks from your huge inheritance or if that is all you could spare for Poker.
The more important preserving BR is, the more conservative you should be.

If I am assuming after 42$ there would be no reload, I would instantly only play NL2. If those 42$ were part of "that is what I could deposit once a month if things go wrong", then I'd probably even think of playing NL5 for the experience only.

Originally posted by SvenBe
To be able to answer your question, I would need to know what this money means to you.
It is a significant difference if you just deposited a couple of bucks from your huge inheritance or if that is all you could spare for Poker.
The more important preserving BR is, the more conservative you should be.

If I am assuming after 42$ there would be no reload, I would instantly only play NL2. If those 42$ were part of "that is what I could deposit once a month if things go wrong", then I'd probably even think of playing NL5 for the experience only.

First thank you very much for your reply. That money are made from freerolls on Stars. I haven't deposit anything for couple of years. I have a job in IT so playing poker for me is a hobby. But i am motivated for this challenge that i entered.....i don't like to fail.

Pocket Fives profile: Mariussica88

Hello guys, I decided to stick to NL2 and only move to NL5 after i have a bankroll of at least 50 Buy-ins. We all go through downswings and starting this challenge really motivated me to play better and study/improve my game more.

Weekly update no.2

This week was a lot like a roller-coaster ending with me analyzing my game a lot. It started well, then on Thursday i had a rough day ending with me tilting and in need of a break. But until the end of the week everything was good. I managed to go through the sessions i played and see that i was making a lot of mistakes and played unnecessary hand, but most i saw that i could not gave up (fold) a hand once i haven't improved on the flop. I saw that i was trying to bluff and try to make my opponents fold. I need to improve my post-flop game a lot.

So this is how this last week was:

Cash Games:

Starting Bankroll : $30.00
Last weeks Bankroll : $35.66
Current Bankroll : $50.28
Profit : $14.62
Hand Played : 3827

Tournaments:

Starting Bankroll : $6.48
Last week Bankroll : $6.95
Current Bankroll : $7.38
Profit : +0.43$

* On the tournaments i have two $1.10 tickets that I can use to qualify to the $55 Big 20 Finale.

Let's hope this next week is better. Good luck at the tables!

Weekly Update no.3

Hello guys, big update this week. The past week i had hard time balancing my life outside poker and the time spent at the tables. On the evenings (8 PM EEST) i tried to play the regulars tournaments and when i finished them i had a half hour break and then moved to some cash games tables for like 3-4 hours ending the night around 4 AM EEST and then going to work at around 9 AM. This schedule had me playing tired at the cash games tables and make a lot of mistakes, so taking this under consideration i decided to move my Bankroll and play only tournaments (since for the last few years i was playing tournaments exclusive).

So here is this last week result (22.11 - 28.11) :

Cash Games:

Starting Bankroll : $30.00
Last week Bankroll : $50.28
Current Bankroll without bonus : $38.23

This week i managed to finish in the money cash money LeaderBoards for NL2 and NL5 and opened my chest from the Progression Bar and received some cash back ($5.17):

So taking this in consideration this week cash game Bankroll is:

Current Bankroll : $38.23 + $5.17 = $43.40
Profit: -$6.88

Tournaments :

Starting Bankroll : $6.48
Last Week Bankroll : $7.38
Current Bankroll : $14.86
Number of tournaments : 40
Profit: + $7.51

* On tournaments i have 3 x $1.10 tickets that i can use to qualify to the $55 Big 20 Finale. I also have 2 Big 20 satellite Finale Freeroll entry for opening my progression chests.

So like i said in the previous post i will add my cash games bankroll to the tournaments bankroll, and from now on i will update you guys on my tournaments progress weekly. The new challenge bankroll is this:

Cash games Bankroll : $43.40
Tournaments Bankroll: $14.86

New Bankroll Challenge : $58.23

*Here is a photo with my tournaments tickets at this moment : like i said 3 x $1.10 and 2 x Big 20 Finale Freeroll

Hello guys, quick update. I finished last night freeroll on 8th and won a ticket to $11 Sunday Storm and opened a new progression chest and got $1 cash back. I also played two $2.75 Spin & Go on Sunday to try and satellite into the Sunday Million and won a $11 Sunday Million satellite ticket.

Here is 1 big hand at the Freeroll Final table used all my time bank (90 sec) before making the call.

PokerStars - 15000/30000 Ante 3000 NL - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by Holdem Manager 3

MP: 641,262 (21.4 bb)
MP+1: 685,217 (22.8 bb)
MP+2: 1,578,334 (52.6 bb)
CO: 227,364 (7.6 bb)
BTN: 322,443 (10.7 bb)
SB: 470,652 (15.7 bb)
Hero (BB): 959,740 (32 bb)
UTG: 1,936,039 (64.5 bb)
UTG+1: 718,949 (24 bb)

9 players post ante of 3,000, SB posts 15,000, Hero posts BB 30,000

Pre Flop: (pot: 72,000) Hero has A♥: 9♣:
UTG calls 30,000, 2 folds, MP+1 calls 30,000, 3 folds, SB calls 15,000, Hero checks

Flop: (147,000, 4 players) 7♥: 9♠: A♣:
SB checks, Hero bets 79,380, UTG calls 79,380, 2 folds

Turn: (305,760, 2 players) J♦:
Hero bets 232,378, UTG calls 232,378

River: (770,516, 2 players) 8♦:
Hero checks, UTG bets 385,258, Hero calls 385,258