If I ever get a sufficient amount of BR, I'm thinking of moving to Vegas too, hopefully by next year. I will be following your thread. GOOD LUCK!

I played an 11 hour session and won $216. I was up and down all day. Nice to be in positive column for the first time this month. I'm going to hit the tables again tomorrow.

May 2011

Total hours played- 99
Average hourly winrate- $1
Current bankroll- $1957

2011 YTD

Total hours played- 185
Average hourly winrate- $12
Winnings- $2182

I played 2.5 hours today and won $171. I played well and won a couple flips and laid down an over pair. Most opponents are not good at hiding their tells. I can easily sense if they hit the flop just by looking at their eyes. If they missed they keep staring at the flop, if the hit it their eyes start darting all over the place or they look away from the table. My bankroll has reached the blue zone so I will start buying in for 5% of it and switching tables if my stack goes above 10% of it.

May 2011

Total hours played- 101.5
Average hourly winrate- $2
Current bankroll- $2116

2011 YTD

Total hours played- 187.5
Average hourly winrate- $13
Winnings- $2353

Goodluck man!

Solid first post

Lol, yeah I'm new to this site and thought your thread was interesting enough to get my first post. I plan to start to from the a minimal bank roll very soon as well and am just interested in seeing how it works out for other people. i'll be following to see how it goes for ya!

I played 3 hours today and won $228. I am playing well and running good, didn't feel like playing that long. The tables were pretty terrible today. For the first hour I was at a short handed table with 2 props. One thing you can be sure of is that props are winning players so I made sure they were on my left.

Here is a hand from a couple days ago. My stack is 100 and everyone covers except UTG who has 70. Four villians limp in and I complete from the small blind with A7.

Flop comes A76. I felt the flop was dry enough to go for a c/r. MP bet 10 into an 8 dollar pot. I meant to raise 15 but missed a chip so I ended up only raising 10. UTG calls and MP calls the rest fold.

Turn is a 3. Seems likes relatively safe card, but makes a straight possible. I lead for 30 into a 68 dollar pot. UTG goes all in for 18 more, MP goes all in and covers. I put UTG on possibly a low 2 pair and I felt MP had an AK or AQ type hand. It is 48 to call and the pot is 224. I'm pretty sure I'm ahead most of the time. If I am up against a straight or a set I still have for 4 boat outs. I tank for a couple secs and ask "45?" don't get a reaction and make the call.

May 2011

Total hours played- 104.5
Average hourly winrate- $4
Current bankroll- $2323

2011 YTD

Total hours played- 190.5
Average hourly winrate- $14
Winnings- $2581

I really think you need to buy in for a minimum of $200 or 100 BB to maximize your winning potential. If you want to 'go pro' you need to maximize wins. You have $2000 ... Go with 10 percent for a few sessions and see how you do. Moving zones has not changed anything here. 5 percent of $2000 is $100, same as you were buying in for before.

I'm subscribing. Good luck.

I put in 4 hours yesterday and won $332. So far this is the most profitable week I've had this year. Won a nice pot with TT vs AKo, AKo, A3s AIPF. The tables were still not that great so I didn't feel compelled to play that long. I agree with ibelieveinkolb that my earning potential will go up when I buy in for the max which is 200 where I play. I am taking a conservative approach because I am trying to minimize my risk of ruin while on a short roll. I will be buying in for 130 today.

In the last hand I posted UTG ending up having a set of 7s and MP had 45s for the straight. The river came an A giving me the nut boat. Nice 2 outer, thanks poker gods.

May 2011

Total hours played- 108.5
Average hourly winrate- $7
Current bankroll- $2635

2011 YTD

Total hours played- 194.5
Average hourly winrate- $15
Winnings- $2913

the hand when you had a7 i assume you won , but what did the other people have?? good luck with everything but your currant bank roll is $2635 what happens when you have to pay bills etc or wnat a night out?? will it dip below 2k??

honestly i just looked at the colors, and am following because it looks so cute, no hom*o ,gl op

sorry ive just seen that one had a set and one a striaght
good luck

I gave the results to that hand in my previous post. I am taking out $3 per hour played to put into my liferoll (details in first post). I live with my parents and my fixed expenses are very low. I spent 2010 living virtually busto and filled 400 job apps but only got 5 interviews which led to nothing. I'm going to continue live busto (used to it by now) until I have a $4000 bankroll.

Thanks

gl!