Hello, I'd like to participate in the Bankroll Challenge or rather thought that I may not tilt my money away if I write down how I did it.
Little Backstory: I had a very long pause of multiple years and started during the full tilt hype. I've won and lost thousands of dollars multiple times and I guess my little achievement was that I grinded my way up the single tables SNGs. Full Ring. Started with the I think it was 1.50$ SNGs on Stars. I actually did proper bankroll Management that time and was super happy when I reached the 60$ games. I dont remember the names but I remember my first 60$ SNGs was full of PokerStars Pros, Supernovas and Supernova Elite Players, and I won. Good times... Well why am I not playing in those stakes? Long story short my friend lost all my money and payed me back very very slowly, I tried to get somehow back to my limits which ofcourse failed and I was not in the right mood for the micro and low stakes. This went on for a few years and I realized that I wont do me any favor.
Starting a few weeks ago I was in the mood for Poker again. I dont know why there were so many Poker Videos in my Youtube recommendations but I watched the old High Stakes Poker seasons and stuff like that. Anyway I was in the mood for Poker but it was just to gamble some money away. Before a few Days ago I was like why not give it a last shot, try to run it up somehow "save" in micro stakes and see where I can go. This was ofcourse after I lost over 80 bucks of the 90 I cashed in. But I would write down 90 as my starting bankroll actually 100 since I added 10$ on a different site. I try to give updates here and there and hopefully can explain my reasoning. There could be a day where I sit with all my roll on a PLO table but hopefully that wont be in the near future.
My Games:
NL Holdem SNGs is probably my best game, multitable up to 90 is still very profitable in the past but the 180man tables I had problems going deep. I play MTTs here and there but thats mostly where I lose my money. I really like to play a horse or 8game tournament from time to time tho just because you cant play all those nice games often.
NL Holdem Cash Games is where I lose my money. Live Im up but online Im not. I can talk about live games that I played in Amsterdam, first time I used the hotel save it was "just" like a 1000 but to me that was and is good money :).
PLO Cash Games - Love em - I think im good or "okay" I win if I play correct but if I am tilt, boring or stuff like that, man can you lose money quickly..
Because it took me weeks to get into pokerstars again I am currently playing on GGPoker. I final tabled 25cent and 50cent tournaments but nothing else. Doing the Honeymoon Mission I have completed 20 so far. I mostly play spins and cash but also MTTs here and there.
My Bankroll:
Starting Bankroll: 100$
Bankroll Goal: 5000$
Current Bankroll:
94,95$
Starting Bankroll: 100$
Happy to answer any questions, I really dont have anyone I can talk poker to these days.
How my last week went:
I also wanna write a little about what I did to recover my bankroll.. Last week I was at 18€ (this is without the 10€ i deposited on another site, which I did actually today). I played a few hundred .25$ and 1$ spins, NL/PLO2 Cash Zoom and Allin or Fold SNGs and Cash for the Honeymoon Mission. I also have a deposit Bonus that I am very slowly cleaning with like a dollar every day answell as placements in a leaderboard that payed out some money. Oh and I got 6 or 9€ from the Rakeback Spin but Im considering switching to the 20% rakeback Platinum option. Thats how I was able to get back to 82€ so over 60 a week which I am quite happy with.
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