Certainly. A majority of my play was at the oddly in between limit of 4nl (which actually makes more sense than 5nl imo) though. But I have several hand with terrible fish making calls with 95s, K3, A5, 86, it's hilariously bad. The 10 nl competition I briefly face did NOT look better.

Stars is game selection mecca though. If you are dedicated there's no reason not to just 6-8 table the 35%+ VPIP tables. If you were really nitty the 40%+ ones could easily have 6 tables up. I honestly feel as long as a solid player runs anywhere near close to EV they can crush 10nl at any site. I have very limited sample size of 25nl but feel the same for there as well.

A large majority of the issue for me was always actually "building" a bankroll. That has changed this year with me not touching most of my poker cash. I am playing on a stake but any profits I take off will most likely be put aside as a "second" roll almost.

I want this to be a productive year of poker for me. I wasted a majority of last year being a donk and don't intend on doing that this year. My brief results at the end of last year really inspired me to try and take poker more seriously/focus on it.

Edit: Beaner, 4nl is totally beatable/worth playing if you play in good games. If you don't have RB on another site it's not a bad idea to try and build your roll that way.

Well Played Villian

Full Tilt Poker $0.02/$0.05 No Limit Hold'em - 9 players - View hand 556928
The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter

CO: $6.12
BTN: $4.47
Hero (SB): $5.29
BB: $4.97
UTG: $4.47
UTG+1: $7.53
UTG+2: $5.48
MP1: $6.59
MP2: $10.06

Pre Flop: ($0.07) Hero is SB with 4 K
7 folds, Hero raises to $0.15, BB calls $0.10

Flop: ($0.30) 6 2 9 (2 players)
Hero bets $0.30, BB calls $0.30

Turn: ($0.90) 9 (2 players)
Hero bets $0.90, BB calls $0.90

River: ($2.70) 7 (2 players)
Hero bets $3.94 all in, BB calls $3.62 all in

Final Pot: $9.94
Hero shows 4 K (a flush, King high)
BB mucks Q Q
Hero wins $9.28
(Rake: $0.66)

While I personally love the river over bet I think a lot of people would say like 2.20 on the river is better

His line is pretty hilarious though.

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Edit: Beaner, 4nl is totally beatable/worth playing if you play in good games. If you don't have RB on another site it's not a bad idea to try and build your roll that way.[/QUOTE]

so far on cake im beating it at 15bb/100 over 5k hands..seems very soft to me.almost makes me wonder why i play at stars.I like the cash rakeback at cake but at this level it doesnt really add up that fast.When i compare how i run at stars and cake, it almost seems as if the rng is rigged in my favor at cake, its sick, pocket pairs like aa kk all the dam time, not that i'm complaining.

15bb/100 sounds like your running good . I'd venture 7-10bb/100 is easily sustainable though. It's just a builder to 10nl anyway so I wouldn't play there too long if you're crushing it.

Donked about in a few SNGs after my last post in the old thread, which took my roll fown to about ~$215

Then took another shot at 10nl and ran awful, everytime I got it all in I seemed to be facing the top of some maniacs range. I'm happy with the way I played though and think I've corrected my problem of overadjusting when making the transition up from 5nl. After this shot my roll dropped from $233.82 ---> ~$190.

Decided to cash out a bit of my roll and left myself with $100. It's a pretty big cash out considering my roll and aim to move up in stakes, but I wanted the money for my friends 21st and decided it wouldn't hurt to get some practice 12-16 tabling 5nl to make sure my game is good.

Currently sitting on $162.29. Just took another shot at 10nl and broke even, was up until the last hand... Folds to button who raises 4bb, I have AA and 3bet to 16bb. He calls, flop comes AQX two diamonds, bet raise shove. He had AdKd and hit the flush losing me ~150bb. Anyway feeling pretty confident about trying 10nl again because I feel that I won't over adjust and be overaggro or whatever, and I know if it doesn't work out then I can quickly grind it back up at 5nl if needed.

EDIT: Got a $400 bonus waiting for me on FT and got 17 days to claim it and then 30 to grind it oup. So I'm hoping to build my roll up as much as possible before that (wish I left the $90ish in my account now ) and then switch across and get as much free money as possible. Hopefully I'll be able to play 10nl. But just wondering does anyone know how quickly I'd clear the bonus at 10nl? Does it clear in $10 increments like the first deposit bonus? Any tips?

Hey Gina haven't seen you posting in a while where you been?

Jagg: Why would you 12-16 table to "make sure your game is good?" I don't get it, because everyone told me and others to cut the tables to get better. Unless you just mean you want to try and learn to play a ton of tables?

I also had a problem when jumping from 5NL to take a shot at 10NL. Played super nitty in the first session, then played overly aggressive in the second an bluffed off two stacks. Haven't taken another shot since.

About the FT bonus, I think it clears in $20 increments. If I remember right, you have to earn 500 FTP's (Happy hour bonus points don't count) to unlock every $20.

113 -> 110 (-$3)

Wondering if I'll ever use that blasted $26 token I won after registering for a points tier on a whim.

Any advice on what to do with it?

1. MTT
2. Next Tier
3. 90man KO
4. Wait and save it for later?

Ok so I decided to spend a few hours on PS to get the feel n grind up a bit of a br...rustucko I'll get back to grinding when I will win some hands I'm supposed to haha



PS FU

Took a break, had a session and I'm relaxing playin a freeroll, I just checked and they kept the tickets I earned & forgot about so I'll give those a try at somepoint, but I have to say that this mass player freeroll is quite ridiculous.

Freerolls are a massive waste of time, it's fun to shove all in on the first hand though. Other than that..zzZzzzZzzz!

Fate: Keep the ticket, you never know if you'll get interested in MTT's or SnG's one day. Maybe you can exchange it for 95% cash value? Not sure how that works.

Hey Scherer, well my main reason for cashing out half my roll was because it was my friends 21st so I wanted to make sure it was a good night. The getting practice in was just the excuse I used to convince myself that it was ok to do it

Generally cutting down on tables is good advice because it gives you more time to check stats, remember history and table dynamics and make the correct choice. Though I'm confident my game is good enough to win at 5nl and 10nl (used to play at 25nl and the odd shots at 50nl) so I'm not worried about improving my play here too much. My biggest problem (Not really at 2nl and 5nl) has been trying to outplay people and make moves, I find that playing more tables keeps things moving at a good pace which lets me concentrate more on not throwing money away trying to do this. It's really a personal choice and not one I'd recommend to people who haven't beaten the limits before and are trying to improve their games.

If they'd let me cash the 11 in for any real money...but I highly doubt it...at the time I was only really playing them for the slim chance of real money and people played slightly better than the play tables.

so why is OP ban?

I think self imposed...maybes

side note about Pokerstars, I just noticed points are in 1/100ths now, last time I was round it was whole or nothing.

It's been a while like that.

guess eyez been gone longer?

You know you can sell T$ right?

Fulltilt? I know they have the tourney bucks that you lose a percentage of, but stars did these tickets it's weekend tourney kinda close to the daily dollar on tilt I guess

If you're talking about FT then I have no idea.

I was talking about stars but I only remembered T$ at tilt, I just searched it...nothing like this was around when I played so maybe I'll have a run of good luck so I can build the roll...

I'm anxious to see if it's as soft as everyone says.

Got my bankroll up to $70ish moved a bit to play some 5nl and ran into wha i would consider players worse than 2nl. Strange how that worked. A good run from my 4.66 low i had. Must not drink and play.

I have $73 on stars grinded up from $0 at 2NL. Realized I would have to PAY to keep using PT3. Signed up on FTP through CR for rakeback and free HEM. Started from $0 again and hit $40 before becomes bored out if my mind and decided to 8 table 5NL(putting my whole roll on the table LOL). Tried 5NL Rush for the first time and crushed it. Forced to keep playing rush because my trials ran out on PT3 and HEM. Started 10NL rush at $80 to speed up the process (yeah I know bad idea) but currently crushing it.

So I'm approaching my $100 MGR soon and decided to go back to Stars after I get my HEM. I'm not planning to transfer my funds, so with a $73 bankroll on Stars I'm wondering whether I could build it faster with SnGs. I originally planned to just learn/mess around with them after I hit $200+ and became a consistent winning player at 10NL. But after doing fine in 5NL and 10NL at FTP, which is tougher than Stars, I feel like I could "gamble" a bit and try out SnGs if they build my roll a bit faster. Obviously, I'll be hanging around the STT forums for a bit before trying.

With my $73 roll and low SnG experience, should I be playing $1.20 or $3.40 where the rake is harsh? or build my roll to $100+ in cash games before just starting in the $5.50 sng, where the rake isn't so terrible. Or is it more like OMGLOL $5.50 SNG IS REDONKULOUSLY EASY FOR uNL PLAYER JUST START NOW FOR FAST EAZY MONIEZZ!!!

Current BR: $311

My current stakes are 3.25 6 max STT's, and 10NL. I had been grinding namely STT's lately, but after a bit of a downswing I took a stab back into 10NL. I got a 2100 hand session in yesterday. I was up 4 BI's, but lost a gross AIPF hand where I was 200BB deep, and total pot was 500BB where my Aces got cracked. AA < KK < AK. Oh well, what can you do sometimes.

I've been keeping everything up to date on my blog www.evolutionofpoker.com so that has kept me motivated to maintain volume and be honest with myself.

After my break, I grinded back $30 at 5nl. Thought 'Hey, this isn't too bad! I must have just had a settling in period!'. My last two sessions = -$20. Nice.

It was right near the end of the session. I got AA cracked my a straight on one table, and messed up a bit with a OESD and nut FD on another. Got a bit happy and went all-in but the draw never hit.