Hey, here my rough ride.
I am a New Zealander that just got interested in poker around September last year. I practiced for hours on end in the PokerStars play money tables at first, and then deposited the minimum of $10. Well, as you'd expect, I lost it all pretty quickly. I was scared of the turn and river, and was limping in with garbage such as Q7, and betting all streets hard to make sure villains didn't draw when i hit a pair. Needless to say, i got trapped numerous times......
Back to the play money tables, which i grinded and grinded. Notable play money results were second in a 400 man 250 play chip HORSE tourney on Full Tilt. Sick brag, i know! Other than that, i read many online articles, and eventually got to the stage were i could win three 27 man play money SNG's in a row. Wow, sick. I thought i was balla........lol
And then came the second deposit, also only $10. Well this time things worked out differently....i jumped into a 1/2c NLH on Stars, got AA first hand on the BB, and got it all in preflop. Wow, what a confidence booster. Then as time went past, i was making 3-4 NL2 buy-ins per day. I grinded for a long time.....and eventually hit $500. YES, I GRINDED 250 BUY-INS @ NL2. I was a bankroll nit, and enjoying my poker.
Then came NL5, which after a first rough patch, i quickly grew to beat, and was beating it for an excellent rate. Then one morning, i jumped into 5 x NL5 6-max tables, and trying to mix it up, played a 2.20 6-max tourney on Stars. Six hours later, after crushing the tourney, demolishing the final table ( i had 2 million chips with three people left, they had 200,000 and 100,000), i was $700 richer. I thought i had hit it big time, and in the scheme of my career, i had.
Then, with $1200 in my account, i moved up to NL10. Beating that easily after a while and after withdrawing $750, i moved up to Nl25 when i was on minor tilt. Luckily, it all went well, and i was grinding NL25. However, the variance of NL25 compared to Nl10 killed me. I was stressed out, as afterall, some days i would be + $100, the next day i would drop $50 equally as quickly. I was making money, but not the same 3-4 buy-ins per day that i could make in NL10.
Then one day, i had enough. Enough bad beats, enough coolers, enough limp-callers out-flopping me, it was time to 'play where people respect my raises'. NL100 6-max, here we come. It started shaky, with AA going down to a shortstacker's K9, however when i got AA several hands later, and stacked QQ, it was fine. Also, the shorty hanged around for a little too long, and i got him with a set. Half an hour after entering the table, i was up $150......
While i thought going to NL100 was good, it was the worst thing i ever ever ever did. Next week i was on tilt again, this time 2-tabling NL100 6-max. An hour later, i was sitting on $300 in one table, and $250 in the other. Little did i know i was running as hot as the sun.........but i was still up $300 for the day, a HUGE day for a NL25 player.
Another week came around, as did another tilt session. This time i didn't run so good at Nl100, and instead lost a buyin. Then i went to NL200, and lost another buy-in there. That was all for that day, but it didnt take me long to return. However this time, instead of playing Nl100, it was straight to NL200. There i played a hand so unbelievably atrocious, so unbelievably lucky. I was on the worst tilt of my life - here it is:
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Yeah, i both suck, and tilt bad. Heres a lovely hand i played on the worst tilt of my life!Poker Stars, $1/$2 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 2 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History ConverterHero (SB): $195
BB: $242.60Pre-Flop: K♦ 4♥ dealt to Hero (SB)
Hero raises to $6, BB raises to $21, Hero calls $15Flop: ($42) 3♠ Q♣ 9♦ (2 Players)
BB checks, Hero bets $27.50, BB calls $27.50Turn: ($97) T♣ (2 Players)
BB checks, Hero bets $49.50, BB raises to $194.10 and is All-In, Hero calls $97 and is All-InRiver: ($390) J♥ (2 Players - 1 is All-In)
Results: $390 Pot ($0.50 Rake)
Hero showed K♦ 4♥ (a straight, Nine to King) and WON $389.50 (+$194.50 NET)
BB showed Q♦ Q♠ (three of a kind, Queens) and LOST (-$195 NET)Not something to be proud of. Why i called $97 or four buy-ins at my normal stakes all in on the turn with a gutshot/K high, i don't know.
Anyway, after this a losing $40 at these stakes, i decided Nl200 wasnt enough, so i went to Nl600. I started with $360, built it up to $600, and lost the lot. Bankroll = gone. Good game. The end. Tilt is my worst enemy. $600, which means a lot to me = gone, tilted away.
Now, after taking a break, i am here, and rebuilding my roll through the pokerstrategy bonus offer. I vow never to play above Nl10 again, Nl25+ is too much variance, i dont want to play seriously, and i want to win easily and at a considerable rate.
Thats it to date. Thanks.....
