Hey guys, this is my first thread on 2 plus 2, thought it would be fun to share my experiences with the community rather than just playing on my own ;D

A little about myself - I'm British, 18 years old, and about to start studying economics at university. I have played poker for a few years online and even though i consider myself a good player, I have always let myself down with bankroll management and tilt. I specialize in heads up poker, and have recently been studying hyper turbos which seem to be quite profitable for the good players. Therefore I've decided to take up a challenge like a lot of people have been doing, in order to share my experiences and control my bankroll management, and hopefully make some money too.
The first stage of my challenge will be to increase my started deposit of 40 dollars to 400 dollars. I intend to play 1.50 HTHU games until I reach 150 dollars, then move up to 3.50s, dropping down if I fall below the 50BI level. I will then play these 3.50s until - hopefully - I complete the first stage and hit 400 dollars.

I started this challenge two days ago and I am currently on 90 dollars, so it is going well, and I haven't hit any major downswings.



Sorry that this isn't high roller crazy gambling poker but hopefully a few of you will enjoy my thread and be able to offer some advice on hands and situations.

Thanks and good luck at the tables

Welcome spud, nice results so far! There's a forum for challenges, so your thread will probably be moved there. Best of luck!

Hey thanks Quimp, you were right it has and this is definitely a more appropriate forum which is good

I'm also i. The quest so maybe I'll se you in the tables tho i'm alreadt at the 3.5s.
Btw can you share some tips and ways to study the game? For me
The variance in the micros is very tilting as I can have 5 straight wins
Or 5 straight loses in them, ofc my graph isn't as solid as yours so far.
GL at the tables, and add me @ skype if you want to share some strategies (jjsalton @ skype)

Hey Johns nice to hear from a fellow hyper turbo player, hope to see you in the 3.50s sometime soon.
First of all, playing is the most effective way of learning in my opinion, but apart from that I'd certainly recommend looking through hyper turbo threads on this site and studying hands they've uploaded and comparing how they play to how you play.
Another great source would be jacktheshipper. He is a hyper turbo pro who is absolutely crushing heads up games at the moment, and has done strategy guides on youtube - here's a link to his channel http://www.youtube.com/user/JackTheS...ure=CBAQwRs%3D

By choosing hyper turbo heads up games you're going to have to accept the variance, and believe me it'll get a lot worse than 5 straight losses. It's not unusual for players to have swings of 100+ buy-ins. I've had monster losing sessions but they equal out with winning sessions, you just have to get the volume in. After a big losing session I would recommend taking a break, only 5 minutes or so just to cool off, it can really help.

Thanks my graph is looking good however it's early days and I've had a good run. Plus it's possible to sustain a high ROI at these levels, mine is currently 20 percent.

A final tip would be to keep records of your games, and download pokeit in order to study your hands after sessions. If you really want to learn the game and improve you should be putting almost as much time as you spend playing into reviewing your plays.

I don't have Skype but will be downloading it for Uni so I'll add you then.

Good luck buddy don't let variance get you down just get the VOLUME in.

Good Luck!

Thanks dave, will hopefully hit 100 dollars by the end of the day, will upload my progress in a while!

Not a great day today, in terms of volume or results



As you can see from the graph I peeked at almost 100 dollars before falling back down to 82.

Overall still feeling confident and hoping to get more volume in later tonight.

Thanks for the support so far

Good luck!

Hey mirage thanks for the support, however today has not been that great. Had family round all day, only really managed to get going tonight and only had the energy for 100 games or so, and hit a bit of a downturn, as you can see.



Still feeling good about the challenge, ROI at 8 percent and I feel I'm playing my A game. Got university on sunday so volume may drop drastically for the first week due to freshers but after that will get well on the way with my challenge.

Start Day 1 - $40
End Day 1 - $91
Profit/Loss Day 1 - +$51

Start Day 2 - $91
End Day 2 - $76
Profit/Loss Day 2 - -$15

TOTAL PROFIT +$36

Thanks for all the support and good luck at the tables