Long Time player. Long time loser. My goal is very simple. I have 164 dollars on Stars and my only goal is to end each day with more money then the day before. I will post daily results.

There are no rules I will play some cash some sit and gos and MTTS. Follow along as I will also post diff hands for player analysis to help me improve as I need it.

Thanks

Forgot to say I don't use bankroll management either so I may play buy ins that are a big percentage of my roll. Either way goal is the same.

First game 15$ hyper turbo 6 max lost. so down 15 for today. Onto the next one Jack

2nd game was a 7$ 6max hyper turbo and I got second for 14$ so I am up to 157 down 7$ for the day

So you are playing 1 tourney / day ? And if your only goal is to get more money then next day (means it doesnt matter how much you are up) why not just play 2nl or 1$ sng or some low buyin tourney?

Yeah Sipio I think you may be right. I think A min of 5 sit and gos per day or 3 MTTS per day will be required. I would set a cash game limit but I don't play that much

Grimstarr one person a day EZ game challenge complete

I played one more 7$ sit and go 6max hyper last night and didn't win. So down 14$ yesterday. I am going to set a new goal for myself instead of just trying to make a goal to be profitable everyday. I am going to set a money goal of getting to 10,000 dollars a year from now

Long time player long time loser. $164 bankroll to $10000 a year. You need to be more realistic.

without a bink and especially without BRM, I wager OP will be busto very soon. Not trying to be discouraging. Just trying to help you understand that BRM is probably the most important consideration if you really want to make it to the top.

also, your goals should really not be money-oriented. Having this focus on making money is more than likely going to lead to a big fat donut in your balance. The goals you SHOULD be setting should be along the lines of; putting x amount of study hours away from the felt per week, posting/reading threads in BQ every day, putting in x amount of volume per month, analysing x amount of hands/trouble spots to share with the forums, strengthening your mental game, etc. If you set THESE kinds of goals, then by the end of say 6 months or a year, you'll have a better understanding of the game and improve as a player and in the long run, the cheques will come.

Money is not what's important when setting goals. Improving as a player is what's important. The money that comes with being a strong player is just a bonus.

Dashy thank you for the comment. I will be studying as I do and reading forums watching videos to improve. Will also post hands on here for analysis. Right now playing 27$ knockout 20K guarantee. Hope to do well and make some progress towards my goal.

Here is a hand that I just won 5$ for the knockout but I don't think I played it well. I think the right play is told fold the shove but maybe not. looking for advice

PokerStars Hand #121736128227: Tournament #969263559, $20+$5+$2 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level III (25/50) - 2014/09/18 18:11:37 ET
Table '969263559 8' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: xDonaMariax (2955 in chips)
Seat 2: GreitasisVez (2910 in chips)
Seat 3: Deviltooth (1305 in chips)
Seat 4: johnnyCASH90 (2950 in chips)
Seat 5: FrangoDagua (2970 in chips)
Seat 6: csikken (3045 in chips)
Seat 7: Masteraider (2970 in chips)
Seat 8: Matrivered (3365 in chips)
Seat 9: ModzillaPL (4530 in chips)
johnnyCASH90: posts small blind 25
FrangoDagua: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Matrivered [Js Ac]
csikken: folds
Masteraider: folds
Matrivered: raises 50 to 100
ModzillaPL: folds
xDonaMariax: folds
GreitasisVez: raises 200 to 300
Deviltooth: folds
johnnyCASH90: folds
FrangoDagua: folds
Matrivered: calls 200
*** FLOP *** [Tc 7s Jc]
Matrivered: checks
GreitasisVez: bets 400
Matrivered: raises 400 to 800
GreitasisVez: raises 1810 to 2610 and is all-in
Matrivered: calls 1810
*** TURN *** [Tc 7s Jc] [3d]
*** RIVER *** [Tc 7s Jc 3d] [Jh]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Matrivered: shows [Js Ac] (three of a kind, Jacks)
GreitasisVez: shows [Qs Qc] (two pair, Queens and Jacks)
Matrivered collected 5895 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 5895 | Rake 0
Board [Tc 7s Jc 3d Jh]
Seat 1: xDonaMariax folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: GreitasisVez showed [Qs Qc] and lost with two pair, Queens and Jacks
Seat 3: Deviltooth (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: johnnyCASH90 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: FrangoDagua (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: csikken folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Masteraider folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Matrivered showed [Js Ac] and won (5895) with three of a kind, Jacks
Seat 9: ModzillaPL folded before Flop (didn't bet)

fold 76 immediately. you dont want to play hands like that early in a tournament especially not calling someone elses raise. just play tight preflop.

and your goal to end each day a winner is ridiculously impossible. poker doesn't work like that you are going to have some losing days. rethink your goal to something achievable. try to play well every day. you can accomplish that. not playing well every day but the trying part thats your goal. TRY.

yes the 76 hand wasn't the one I want to post. I was asking more so about the ace jack hand.

you need about 200 BIs to be an MTT player, 200x27 is ...

The way you play makes no sense at all, to be completly honest. You will be broke within a few days or weeks if you dont take it seriously, and you just dont. People said go and play 1.50 Sit & Gos.. so do it or leave it.

GL anyway

Was down to about 70$ but after playing a small KO event and winning 20 in knockouts plus finishing in top 50 I am back up to 128$.

However after reading replies I have decided to take a much more serious approach and will only play small buy in tournament and sit and goes instead of not worrying about BRM. Follow along as I continue my journey. Its sure to be interesting

Going to play some micro cash now as I do have the bankroll for this. I am curious however what is the minimum number of buy ins a player should have before moving up stakes? 50?

was continuation bet the right play after I had decided to raise pre flop

Table 'Kiess' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: Matrivered ($2.04 in chips)
Seat 3: flyingspades ($2 in chips)
Seat 4: lapoly ($2.34 in chips)
Seat 5: duergarfinal ($1.97 in chips)
Seat 6: Lil Chippy D ($0.68 in chips)
Seat 7: Phatbeatz187 ($2.03 in chips)
Seat 8: uchiha-richy ($1.50 in chips)
Seat 9: tayfon292 ($0.94 in chips)
Phatbeatz187: posts small blind $0.01
uchiha-richy: posts big blind $0.02
kenpo189: sits out
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Matrivered [As 4s]
tayfon292: calls $0.02
Matrivered: raises $0.02 to $0.04
flyingspades: folds
lapoly: folds
duergarfinal: folds
Lil Chippy D: folds
Phatbeatz187: calls $0.03
uchiha-richy: folds
tayfon292: calls $0.02
*** FLOP *** [7s Jc Jh]
Phatbeatz187: checks
tayfon292: checks
Matrivered: bets $0.06
Phatbeatz187: folds
tayfon292: folds
Uncalled bet ($0.06) returned to Matrivered
Matrivered collected $0.14 from pot
Matrivered: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $0.14 | Rake $0
Board [7s Jc Jh]
Seat 1: Matrivered collected ($0.14)
Seat 3: flyingspades folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: lapoly folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: duergarfinal folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Lil Chippy D (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Phatbeatz187 (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 8: uchiha-richy (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: tayfon292 folded on the Flop

Use the hand convertor its hard to work out the hand.

Your raising a tiny amount pre and also OOP with a few players to act.

HI Bertz

thanks for the quick advice. One question, I did try to use the hand converter to post the hand above but couldn't figure out how to post it in my comment. Instructions please? Also I will be playing more tonight and Sunday as my day off from my full time job. Also am really going to take advice of people here and not take dumb shots as I have had tendency to do in the past. Patience is the key

Focus on SnGs. The variance in MTTs is too high. Even if you only play 2.20$.. your BR is too small. You have to play 6max or 9max SnGs only. Start taking notes.. and use a tracker of course to convert hands.

You are just very very randomly ITM (10-15%) at MTTs.. thats why you see so few mtt blogs. Because not many ppl grind them like cashgame.

Gl at SnGs and post charts.