Hi i am Nathan (Barra2088 on PS), i am recreational player from Catterick North Yorkshire England. I have just finished having coaching from Matthew Hunt(theginger45)
and though this would be a good idea to use this to help me progress my game further, ready for 2017 to do hopefully another challange or something similar to this.

I will be updating this blog weekly most probably Tuesday/Thursday with how the progress is doing and what i have been doing during the week.
As i currently have a full time job,i will be mostly playing weekends, i can play during the week but most of this time will be used for studying,
if i do play during the week it will be to play SnG's or Cash games.

I have set myself targets to hit during the year and here they are:
- By 31st March Bankroll Upto $1250

- By 30th June Bankroll Upto $2500

- By 30th September Bankroll upto $3750

- By 31st December Bankroll upto $5000

I am going to use the standard 100BI bankroll management.

I have never played live poker either so i am hoping to play at least 3 of these this year but will not be using this bankroll or adding the
winnings to this bankroll, this is purely an online bankroll challange, but will update what events i will be playing and how i get on in them.

This is going to be my general schedule for playing but sometimes it will have to alter with working away and not having internet connection sometimes
so these days/weeks will be used for studying.

Schedule - Mon - Study
Tue - Day Off/Update Blog
Wed - Study
Thu - Day off/Update Blog
Fri - Play Poker
Sat - Play Poker
Sun - Play Poker

Thanks for reading, hope you follow my progress.

Good luck. What is your starting bankroll and what games are you planning to play?

Thanks my starting roll will be $500 and I will be mostly playing MTTs and SnGs

Hey 2p2 Happy New Year to you all,

I have had a change of mind and will not be updating this weekly. I am now going to update monthly or if i have a decent cash that has boosted the bankroll. The reason for this is i was trying to write the blog tonight after a week and had nothing to really mention. This being said ill let you know my bankroll is currently at $450 after the past week, i have been playing really well just not holding when i get it all in but i dont let these spots get to me as long as im playing well. Not had much time this week to study either due to getting back to work and the first week back always being the busiest.

Ill leave it there for now hopefully will be posting the cashes at least once a week fingers crossed, good luck on the felt to you all.

barra2088

Hey 2p2

Yesterday was a great day we FT 2 tournaments the $2.20r $4k gtd and the $2.20 $1.5k gtd. I played really well and was happy with how i played. i finished 4th in both tournies one for $355 and the other for $143. In the $2.20r we lost A8o<AJo BvB AIPF flop came KK8 turn J(sigh) river Q. In the $2.20 i got short on the final table i was card dead and got it in 22<A4o Flop came QQ4 and we couldnt improve. i will be reviewing these tournaments during the nex couple of weeks and ill post any interesting spots i come across if anyone wants to talk about them. Well i will leave it there for now and i am about to start my Saturday grind now hope i will be posting more results tomorrow. the Bankroll currently stands at $900

GL to you all on the felt.

barra2088

Congrats

Hey 2p2.
Yesterday was a good day we FT'd and won the $2.75 deep stack for $440. We made a deal HU, i had a decent chip lead HU but after 13hrs+ of play on one table i just wanted to finish feeling very tired. I played great throughout the whole tournament and cannot think of many mistakes i made. i am going to review the tournament during the week(might take a little longer than i expect) and if there is any good spots or bad spots i got in i will put them up in here. The bankroll is now upto $1028 but i am not going to move up stakes yet as i feel i still have a big edge in the micros, saying that i will be adding in the big 7.50 and big 8.80 into my schedule, i am also trying to stay away from turbos as much as i can but i have to play them sometimes as they are good for learning push/fold situations and i love to learn more about the game. Thanks for following the blog, on the 2nd Feb i will be doing a whole review of the month of January with a few stats from HEM2 added so if you are good at reading into the stats as i am not the greatest it would be good to get some feedback from you, ill leave it there for now and i hope you have a great Sunday on the felt.



barra2088

GL! Nice scores recently

Hey
Not had much to report on the past couple of weeks but here are my HEM2 stats for Jan 2016 if anyone is any good at reading these and can give me some direction it would be great. Thanks in advance and hopefully i can get some more pics of decent finishes in here in the near future. Also the BR is currently at $820.
Thanks for taking the time to read
Barra2088

Hi

We had a win on friday for $230. The bankroll currently stands at $850 after a bad Saturday and Sunday on the Felt.

Well done. Have you played any live poker yet?

No mate i am playing live this saturday at St James's Park Newcastle in the GPPT $109 £250,000 gtd.4

Hey
Forgot to take to get a picture of the lobby after yesterday as i was streaming for the first time. I came second in the $2.20r 2.5k gtd for $518, a pretty good result to say it was my first day on twitch. I am going to start streaming more often now and if you want to come watch me in my journey you can at twitch.tv/barra2088. The stream isn't the greatest at the minute but hoping to get it there in the future my internet is slow so wasnt able to stream and have my stream on at the same time, some people were saying it had an echo which i am going to try and sort out and in the near future i am going to get an overlay.
I hope you get to tune in and watch me on my journey.
barra2088

Hey all
I finished 6th on Sunday in the $2.20r $2.5kgtd for $176 not bad but would of loved to win it. We keep getting deep in tournaments which is brilliant also if you don't fancy reading this all the time you can now follow me on twitch twitch.tv/barra2088 i am going to be streaming my progress on there aswel as updating my blog. Thanks for reading and hope you tune into to watch me on twitch.

Hey,
I took down the $3.30 $1k gtd but did a deal HU when he had a 2-1 chip lead. Bankroll is currently at $1100 slowly building it up, dont forget you can also follow me on twitch twitch.tv/barra2088


barra2088

Nice thread bro. Seem to be running well which is good to see. Have you thought about playing on 888 as it is very soft and the runners are less.

Hey mate

Thanks for reading and the good words means a lot, I did but wanted to focus on this challenge and the challenge is mainly on stars, but as soon as this is done i am going to start playing more on party poker and 888 maybe i can do a challenge for these next year if this goes well.

barra2088

Well done! Keep it going.

GL man!!! Subbed. Will read the rest in a moment.

So after a huge run of bad results, and spending a lot of time studying with Nervous Mike, i come 2nd in the deep stack i played really well and was happy with my play we got HU and lost AKo<AA AIPF (sigh), but the result puts the bankroll back at $800 and a more workable BR with more studying planned i can feel even more binks coming not just from me but also in Mike's blog as well so keep an eye out for us in the coming months, we are aiming for the top.

Hey again
I won The Big 7.50 today for close to $1900 1 better than yesterday, The bankroll is currently $1600, $350 above my expected target by the end of March which is good, i have taken some money out to spend on my family and treat them as they have been supportive of me throughout this challenge so far so they deserve rewarding as well.

Congrats!!!

Congrats on the big win.

Hate to be a wet blanket, but I would advise against using money from your bankroll for life roll purposes until the completion of the challenge. If you had not removed money, your roll would be about $2700. You have reduced your roll by 40%.

This drastically affects your June, September, & December goals. Mike Caro wrote a helpful article about protecting your bankroll and advises against using it for expenses, vacations, etc. A link and excerpt is below:

http://www.poker1.com/archives/28675...poker-bankroll

"2. Don’t spend your bankroll. Some people don’t need bankrolls. These players have lots of disposable money at all times and don’t separate it for poker purposes. But most serious everyday players require a bankroll. And, even if you don’t, it’s a good idea to keep one, because it helps you treat poker as a separate business and monitor your success. Most players with bankrolls underestimate how long losing streaks can be. When they’re winning, they can’t see the doom around the corner. Remember, if you start with $1,000, build your bankroll to $10,000, spend $4,000 on a vacation, then lose $6,000, you’re broke! Actually, you’re winning $5,000, but you’re on the sidelines begging for a buy-in. Don’t do that!"


Another result of your spending money from the bankroll is, it reduces your available buy-ins in the coming months. Sticking with your 100 BI bankroll management criteria, you can now only play tournies with a buy in less than $16. It could be $27.

This difference is huge and could affect your goals exponentially.

Again, congrats on your success so far and I wish you well in the future.

Hey all been away and not checked on this for a couple of weeks,

Your not been a wet blanket patstap2, this is the sort of feedback i like, and the reason i am doing this blog is for feedback, whether it be positive or negative. Thanks for the input and the link which is a good read and thanks again for the kind words and advice.

Hey,
On Sunday i finished 3rd in the 4.40 8 max for $262, yesterday i finished 5th in the 5.50 Deep stack for $87, and today i FT'd two tournaments the $3.30 for $160 and the $5.50 deep stack for $50. I've been playing well as of late and i am looking forward to the SCOOP schedule where i can hopefully post more deep runs in here and maybe just maybe have the challenge finished early . The bankroll is currently at $1370