Just started for the day. Running bad in my first set of SNGs, but it's early. Right now I have roughly $45 in account balance + equity.

--Nate

Down to $25 + roughly $11 of equity. This game can be cruel.

--Tilting in Tempe

Far be it for me to momentarily move the HIV threads slightly down the page, but...

Up to $74.58.

Nothing like a few dozen SNGs to start the day.

Yours in NLO8 mastery,

--Nate

nate,

i think instead of hand histories a complete evolution of games would be preferred... At least, I would certainly prefer it that way.

Yeah, I could do that. Long way to go, of course, but when the time comes just let me know what you want to know.

Also, gettym, whose MTTc "how do I build a very small roll?" post sparked this whole thing, seems, erm, not to have found inspiration in this bet.

Out to lunch,

--Nate

brag: i just got $50 on stars
beat: probably not good enough to run it up to $10k in a month
variance: i'll try anyway
beat: i suck too much to start my own thread about it and i'm not gonna make it anyway b/c i will exercise proper bankroll managementaments

way to thread jack...

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That´s nice! Fifteen times your start amount. Even if you´re growing linear only, you will succeed within 6 days. Great job, keep us updated.

Nate Update!!!!! I am on pins and needles!!!

BTW this is one of the best threads I have read in quite some time!!!!

GO NATE!!!!!!!!

Hey, thanks for the enthusiasm.

Many SNGs later, I'm all the way up to... $78.53. That last three-hour block could have gone better.

I might have time for some more before bed (I'm roughly nocturnal these days), so I won't make the official end-of-day post yet, but that's where I am. That's the low side of my target range for the end of the day, but hey, variance happens.

--Nate

***END OF DAY THREE UPDATE***

At 7 PM EST, when it will have been three days since I started, I will be asleep. I hope.

Current Account Balance: $83.78.

I was hoping for more, but things happen. Good thing the HU SNG session before bed was a winner.

All of today's activity was SNGs. I found that the $1.75 x 18s were (likely) beatable for rates comparable to almost all the $3.40s, so they were the bulk of my play. Tomorrow I'll be branching up and out.

Chat of the Day (directed at me):

Quick Thought:

One reason I try to keep sharp at many different forms of poker is to minimize the chance that the particular rotation will keep me from sitting when a bigger game happens to be good. Turns out that versatility is important at microstakes too -- there's a surprisingly thriving micro-NLO8 environment, for example, and there is no immediately obvious correlation between Stars' HU SNG buyin levels and the games spread at that level.

Thanks to 0evg0 and Ontario_Tory for the sweat and also to everyone who's wished me luck. I'll need it. (But no contact from Noah today. Maybe he's scared.)

--Nate

Do you have daily goals? (other than the obvious 7-day $1k goal)

Also, would you please bear my children?

nate,
you can probably cruise to your goal playing hu plo8 sng's, and nlhe sngs when the roll gets more padded.

Likely. But:

-Minimizing risk of ruin, even were it already small, is nontrivial.

-The less bored I get, the more hours I can put in.

-I can't do too many tables of HU SNGs.

As for NLHE SNGs... I'm pretty rusty, but I'm also pretty sure they're my best option once I hit a certain point.

--Nate

Go to one 50NL rape it for 200, rinse and repeat at 200NL then 400NL and you have your grand in 4 hours. Honestly, that would be my approach.

quick question, how many sng's are u playing at one time?

8-tabling standard SNGs, 1- and 2-tabling HUs.

--Nate

Nah. This would actually be a terrible setting in which to structure my play around daily goals -- I can't afford to either stop short of maximal hours or play a different game than the one that will maximize my shot at $1k.

Heh.

--Nate

Account balance: $140.53

Also have my equity in a $2 MTT. First break, currently 48/318.

Let's hear it for going 13-2 in a set of 15 HU SNGs.

--Nate

i suggest 10$ 10 person sngs.

yeah, definitely check out the low stakes regular speed SNGs nate -- besides the speed (obviously they will take longer to complete, which isnt too good since youre in a time crunch), your edge is significantly bigger because you'll have a deeper stack for longer, and there are almost no regulars in those games.

Interesting. I guess I could also play more tables if I stagger them a bit to counteract the speed.

Let's see how this 3-buyin shot at $6.50 turbos goes.

--Nate

does RB/bonus count?

no wai