So here’s the deal guys. This is gonna be a low stakes little thread where I try to run up a bankroll before the WSOP next year. I’m 26 years old and I used to play live cash for a living after college for a little over a year. I mixed in a few tournaments as well. I started working full time over a year ago and since then, I have not been playing near as much as I would like. So this thread is intended to keep me motivated and get me to put in as much volume as possible.

I’m going to start with a $4,000 bankroll. I’m going to slap $1k on America’s Cardroom and play $.25/$.50 on there. As far as live cash goes, I’ll be playing mainly $1/$2 No Limit and dabble in some $2/$5, which is the stakes I used to play full time. If I do that, I’ll probably sell some action to a buddy so we aren’t risking too much of our bankroll. The occasional small buy in, decent guarantee tournament may be mixed in as well (will also probably sell some off). I am willing to reload online and even to the overall bankroll if we bust, but $4,000 just seems like the right number to start with for what I’m going for right now.

Regardless of how this little challenge goes, my plan is to quit my current job at the end of May and move on to a career that I have more interest in (probably something sports related), so I figured I’d take a big shot at Vegas. With that being said, my goal is to turn this $4,000 into $25,000 by May 14th to take to Vegas in the summer and stay for 6 weeks. I chose $25,000 because I am confident I can sell over $25,000 to friends and on here to play a full, smaller buy in tournament schedule in the summer and keep about 50% of myself. It should also give me enough money to play some cash while I’m out there.

100% of profits will go back into my poker bankroll. I will post in here after each session to update how we did. I will also post any interesting hand histories to get a little bit of feedback from you guys.

I’m also going to work on getting back into shape so my physical and mental state are top notch when I go to Vegas. I’m currently clocking in at 175 lbs (only 5’6” YIKES!). In the past, between 160 and 165 was always a good weight for me so that’s what we’re aiming for. I’d like to be at 170 by January 1st, 165 by February 1st, and stay under 165, pretty much forever. I’ve moved to a cleaner diet lately but plan on cleaning it up even more and working out 3-5 times per week. Having goals written down like this and having a few people follow (even if it is only my brother) will help keep me motivated and hopefully get me to where I want to be. Soooo, I hope everyone that follows enjoys and let me know what you guys think.

Played an hour on ACR last night to get a feel of the software and stuff. Profited $28.96. No interesting hands really.

Bankroll: $4,028.96

Real bad session. Played 3 hours online. Lost $225.97. Seemed to always be second best today. On to the next one.

Bankroll: $3,802.99

Apparently I'm still shakin off the cobwebs! Played live yesterday for 4 hours and lost $317. Couple of interesting hands.

Hand 1: $1/$2 NL $200 Max Buy In, $215 stack
7 limpers. I limp small blind 97 of diamonds. Big blind makes it $15. Everyone calls. 8 ways to flop ($120 pot). flop QdJdTh. 4 checks. MP with $200 stack bets $25. Snap jam behind for $137. Then button jams $175. My action with 3 behind.

Hand 2: $220 stack
3 Limpers. Button raises to $10. I call from big blind with 88. 3 other callers. ($51 pot). flop JT6 rainbow. Checks around. Turn 8 to put flush draw on board. I lead $30. 2 flatters call (MP $100 behind, MP1 $140 behind) and original raiser folds (pot $141). River blank 5. Action?

Oh yeah. Bankroll :$3,485.99

Hand 1, fold, your 9high flush draw is never good after a bet jam, rejam.

Hand 2, check call, pot river if board pairs or lead,check call river depending on bet size. any of limpers can easily have 79,Q9. you also could also bet small fold to a raise on the river if you think they won't bluff raise your small bet on river.

Agreed. Hand 1 was a pretty easy fold. It was actually k9 vs QJ vs AK, no flush draws. Thanks for the input on hand 2. I elected to bet

4 hours online. Down $105.84. The winning sessions are coming, I promise.

Bankroll: $3380.15

Played live Friday night. up $277 in 4 hours.

Bankroll: $3,657.15

Played 4 and a half hours of live 1/2 today. Up $270. Needed the Jack of Diamonds with 2 cards to come to hit the jackpot they have going on for $35,000. That would've been fun

Bankroll: $3,927.15

Another 4 hours of live 1/2 today. Got slaughtered at the end to end down $340. Will post some hands tomorrow if I get a minute.

Bankroll: $3,587.15

Interesting hand from live session the other day.

$225 Stack. $1/$2 No Limit

I limp utg 2 with 76cc. We go 7 handed to the flop. Flop 9c8h2c. 3 Checks. I bet $10. Cutoff calls with $65 behind. Big Blind Calls with $400 behind. Pot ($44). turn 6s. Big blind checks. Action?

On the way up. Couple hours of live $1/$2 for an even $100 profit and a couple hours of online cash for a profit of $66.66.

Bankroll: $3,753.81

Aaaaand got slaughtered online. Played pretty break even and had a guy way over shove the flop on me with a flush draw twice when I had two pair and he hit both times. Down $100.65

Bankroll: $3,653.16

3 hours online this morning. Up $96.46. Definitely not where I wanted to be at this point but I'm gonna pick up the volume and really get after it.

Bankroll: $3,749.62

Right back down. Decided to play for a couple hours tonight online. Lost $136.28. Had a guy check Jam 76 with one club on AT83 three club board and I had top 2. Also got in AKcc on 864 two club board vs 99 and bricked. Fun day.

Bankroll: $3,613.34

Down $188 playing live $1/$2 last night. Will be putting in a long live session tonight. Will make $25,000 if I can make the highest hand between 1:30 and 2:00 in the morning. That'd be cool

Bankroll: $3425.34

Why do you limp utg with 76cc???

Utg 2!!!! But fair question

Did not win $25,000 dollars last night, however I was up $490 playing $1/$2 for about 6.5 hours

Bankroll: $3,915.34

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gl

Haven't played at all with the holidays goin on but got in a little online session tonight. Played a couple hours and made $32.21. Definitely gotta pick up the pace since we're not even sniffin the goal.

Bankroll: $3,947.55

Good way to end the year. Up $590 at live $1/$2. Played well and also held with AA vs KK all in for $300 pre. Time to party. Happy New Year everybody

Bankroll: $4,537.55

Decided to take a shot at a big score. There's a monthly $400 50k guarantee at the casino. Bought in twice. Busted twice. Good news is I sold 25% to a friend. Down $600 on the day.

Bankroll: $3,937.55

Down $114.19 online tonight. Have not done too well on there. Live volume is comin to make a run at this goal.

Bankroll: $3,823.36