Hello everyone.
I decided to open my own blog too. For starters, let me introduce myself.
My name is Luka, am 22 years old and I'm coming from Slovenia.
I opened account here at PokerStrategy almost two years ago, choose Party for starting capital, clear my 150$ bonus, then had some up and downs, forgetting about poker in between, cashout everything and... Actually I don't remember everything ![]()
Few months back I used TAF bonus (150$) and I "deposited" it on PartyPoker and so I started my career from the beginning. I played 0.15/0.30 FR and I move up to 0.25/0.50 and I soon had enough BR for 0.5/1.00 FR. Tried couple of times there, but did not succeed. And I wasn't surprised actually, because you can't find enough FR tables at Party. Besides that 90% players were TAGs. I supposed they were all from German part or PokerStrategy
So I asked for help here on forums and everyone advised me to move to PokerStars, which had 0.25/0.50 ShortHanded tables. I did that although I'm not tracked to PokerStrategy there
So far my game was really good. Few days back I moved to 0.50/1.00 SH and I'm doing quite fine. I am playing "only" 2, rarely 3 tables at once. This way I can be more focused on my play and my opponent and I can make better table selection.
My BR is at 800$. When I hit about 1200$ I'll move up to 1/2 SH, but not before September. I like to play at least one month on current limit. You can never be sure, if you are winning because you play good, or because you just hit a major upswing ![]()
My very short-term goal is to become Silver Star at PokerStars VIP status.
I am at 53% (791VPP of 1500VPP) right now and only 5 days passed, so I think I shouldn't have problem reaching this. My secret desire is to hit Gold Star, but that will be almost impossible. I'd need 4000 VPPs for that, so I'm currently at 20%. Theoretically it can be done, but I won't play everyday, so... I'll leave this goal for next limit ![]()
My not so short-term goal is to have ~2-3BB/100 on 0.50/1.00 SH. This would mean that I'd reach 1200BR before September. Would be nice if this comes true, but I won't be disappointed if it don't. I'm patient person ![]()
My long-term goal... Hard to say. First of all, I'd like to qualify on WCOOP Event 3# (FL, 215$ BI).
Second of all, I'd like to play solid 1/2$ SH with 2BB/100 hands. I hope this is not too big goal for me. I don't like to become cocky or something ![]()
And last but not least, I'd like to deposit on other site than PokerStars, although PokerStars is really great site, but I'm not tracked. The only other site that looks fine enough is Titan Poker. But I'm not so sure. For now, I'll stay here ![]()
So that's it. I hope it wasn't so hard to read. I'll try to update as much as possible. Hope I'll attract more FL players to start their blogs
and for the end, here are some graphs:
My current play on 0.5/1.00:
I had a nasty upswing then nasty dowswing, but I recovered ![]()

My stats (you can comment on them):

And here is my graph for 0.25/0.50 in July:

BR: 791.46$
Silver Star: 53%
Gold Star: 20%
Goals:
05.08.2008, Reach Silver Star: COMPLETED (08.08.2008)
05.08.2008, Reach Gold Star in August: COMPLETED (23.08.2008)
05.08.2008, Qualify to WCOOP Event 3#: / CANCELLED (15.06.2008)
10.08.2008, 2BB/100 by the end of August: FAILED (1.25BB/100)
01.09.2008, Reach 1200$ BR in September and move to 1/2$ SH:
01.09.2008, Reach Gold Star in September:


