Played 2 tables for nearly an hour, buying in for €3 which works out as $4.69 on the $0.05/0.10 table.
Kept getting rivered by people chasing gutshots, etc but managed to double up on one table which I then left. The other table was a lot more frustrating and I eventually went busto in a hand where I limped pre flop with K-J, flop was K-J-7, they called my pot sized bet with 9-9 and hit a 9 on the turn. I bet about 3/4 pot which they called and I check called their river all in for my last $2.50. I don't think I played the hand particularly well but I didn't much respect their play as they were calling bets with any pair/draw so thought I could well be ahead of them.
Giving up for the night due to impending tilt....
Current balance: €6.23
Friday, 29 August 2008
Thursday, 28 August 2008
A Slow Start
Well, as you can see I have posted this right after my introductory post! It has been a slow start to be honest and I haven't played much poker at all, I think this challenge will really kick in during the winter as at the moment there are too many distractions and things to do!!
I am going to try and play more than I have been though....anyway, my results so far:
I played 4 freerolls in the last 2 weeks of July and 2 in the first week of August. There were 3 €30 Freerolls and the other 3 were €150 forum freerolls (www.gambling.co.uk poker forum).
The €30 ones are predictably annoying with bad beats-a-plenty and I only managed one cash - 4th out 114 for €2.85! Didn't have a lot of luck in the forum games really, though I did finish 6th in one, due to a hand I wasn't happy with that was a bit "tilty". Alas, I can't find the hand history!! :D
After that I didn't play until today, put my €2.85 on a 0.05/0.10 USD table and played for about half an hour till I'd doubled up and then left.
It begins!!!
Current balance: €6.25
I am going to try and play more than I have been though....anyway, my results so far:
I played 4 freerolls in the last 2 weeks of July and 2 in the first week of August. There were 3 €30 Freerolls and the other 3 were €150 forum freerolls (www.gambling.co.uk poker forum).
The €30 ones are predictably annoying with bad beats-a-plenty and I only managed one cash - 4th out 114 for €2.85! Didn't have a lot of luck in the forum games really, though I did finish 6th in one, due to a hand I wasn't happy with that was a bit "tilty". Alas, I can't find the hand history!! :D
After that I didn't play until today, put my €2.85 on a 0.05/0.10 USD table and played for about half an hour till I'd doubled up and then left.
It begins!!!
Current balance: €6.25
The Challenge
So.... I decided to do the "Jesus Challenge".
For those that don’t know, poker player Chris “Jesus” Ferguson did a thing where he started from $0 playing freerolls, and won his way up to $10000. Sticking to the following rules:
“To ensure that I keep my bankroll intact, I've adopted some key rules: I'll never buy into a cash game or a Sit & Go with more than 5 percent of my total bankroll (there is an exception for the lowest limits: I'm allowed to buy into any game with a buy-in of $2.50 or less). I won't buy into a multi-table tournament for more than 2 percent of my total bankroll and I'm allowed to buy into any multi-table tournament that costs $1. If at any time during a No-Limit or Pot-Limit cash-game session the money on the table represents more than 10 percent of my total bankroll, I must leave the game when the blinds reach me.”
I will be pretty much sticking to these rules, though I will be playing on Poker.co.uk (under the name CitrusSR) so it will be in Euros and the smallest sit n go is a €3 buy-in.
For more details on why I decided to do this, check out my post on the poker forum I frequent!
http://www.gambling.co.uk/forums/general-poker-forum/42538-poker-breaks-random-thoughts-jesus-challenge-etc.html
I also made a "promo" video - http://www.dailymotion.com/citrussr/video/x62cwz_the-citrussr-jesus-challenge_fun
Anyway, that's about it, hope you enjoy reading! (If you ever come back :D)
For those that don’t know, poker player Chris “Jesus” Ferguson did a thing where he started from $0 playing freerolls, and won his way up to $10000. Sticking to the following rules:
“To ensure that I keep my bankroll intact, I've adopted some key rules: I'll never buy into a cash game or a Sit & Go with more than 5 percent of my total bankroll (there is an exception for the lowest limits: I'm allowed to buy into any game with a buy-in of $2.50 or less). I won't buy into a multi-table tournament for more than 2 percent of my total bankroll and I'm allowed to buy into any multi-table tournament that costs $1. If at any time during a No-Limit or Pot-Limit cash-game session the money on the table represents more than 10 percent of my total bankroll, I must leave the game when the blinds reach me.”
I will be pretty much sticking to these rules, though I will be playing on Poker.co.uk (under the name CitrusSR) so it will be in Euros and the smallest sit n go is a €3 buy-in.
For more details on why I decided to do this, check out my post on the poker forum I frequent!
http://www.gambling.co.uk/forums/general-poker-forum/42538-poker-breaks-random-thoughts-jesus-challenge-etc.html
I also made a "promo" video - http://www.dailymotion.com/citrussr/video/x62cwz_the-citrussr-jesus-challenge_fun
Anyway, that's about it, hope you enjoy reading! (If you ever come back :D)
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