My $50 to $1000 Challenge

**s4ooter** · 7th April 2009, 01:17 PM

After cashing out my roll 12 months ago i now just find myself depositing $50-$100 when i can be arsed and playin in large mtts on stars, which is both silly and huge gamble territory!!

When i first started playin years ago i deposited a feww hundred $ and built it up from there which was cool so i have set myself the above challenge.

To be honest it is a bit of fun but am confident i can do it:

i will try and follow jesus fergusons following rules, which he used in his $0 - $10k challenge:

1 - When playin cash and stts never put more than 5% of roll on table
2- When playin mtts never use more than 2% of roll
3 - In cash situation, if money on table equates to 10% or more of roll then cash out

Yes, its gonna be long, and tiring, and boring at some points, but hopefully it will a) help me concentrate on the game and not the money, and b) build my roll to go back to my comfortable levels.

i havent set myself a time limit, so will just go with the flow.

I started to today, and am s4ooter on stars

Wish me luck!

**PokerWoody** · 7th April 2009, 01:41 PM

good luck dann!!

**s4ooter** · 7th April 2009, 01:47 PM

Microstakes ftw!!!

**s4ooter** · 7th April 2009, 02:00 PM

woody u must be my back luck omen kid - played 10 $1 double or nothings and cashed in 1!!!

OMG how sic,

only got my money in bad once, got it in dominating 7 times and lost them all!!

can see this is gonna be fun!

of and walked my trip tens into trip kings on cash table - thank god it was only 0.01/0.02 eh!

**DaMatrix** · 7th April 2009, 02:25 PM

Good luck.

**s4ooter** · 7th April 2009, 03:19 PM

PokerStars Game #26823344974: Tournament #154004452, $3.00+$0.40 Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (100/200) - 2009/04/07 15:12:52 WET [2009/04/07 10:12:52 ET]
Table '154004452 1' 10-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 3: fmqck (1745 in chips)
Seat 5: Ashiran (3992 in chips)
Seat 7: Light_8 (1415 in chips)
Seat 8: s4ooter (1970 in chips)
Seat 9: Chrissi1984 (2508 in chips)
Seat 10: thekingfathe (3370 in chips)
fmqck: posts the ante 25
Ashiran: posts the ante 25
Light_8: posts the ante 25
s4ooter: posts the ante 25
Chrissi1984: posts the ante 25
thekingfathe: posts the ante 25
Light_8: posts small blind 100
s4ooter: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to s4ooter [Kc Ah]
Chrissi1984: calls 200
thekingfathe: folds
fmqck: raises 1520 to 1720 and is all-in
Ashiran: folds
Light_8: folds
s4ooter: raises 225 to 1945 and is all-in
Chrissi1984: folds
Uncalled bet (225) returned to s4ooter
*** FLOP *** [4s Td 2c]
*** TURN *** [4s Td 2c] [6s]
*** RIVER *** [4s Td 2c 6s] [3d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
s4ooter: shows [Kc Ah] (high card Ace)
fmqck: shows [As 5s] (a straight, Deuce to Six)
fmqck collected 3890 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3890 | Rake 0
Board [4s Td 2c 6s 3d]
Seat 3: fmqck showed [As 5s] and won (3890) with a straight, Deuce to Six
Seat 5: Ashiran (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Light_8 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: s4ooter (big blind) showed [Kc Ah] and lost with high card Ace
Seat 9: Chrissi1984 folded before Flop
Seat 10: thekingfathe folded before Flop (didn't bet)

GRRRRR stuff like this every elimination today!!!!

PokerStars Game #26822571447: Tournament #154005067, $2.00+$0.20 Hold'em No Limit - Match Round I, Level I (10/20) - 2009/04/07 14:40:46 WET [2009/04/07 9:40:46 ET]
Table '154005067 1' 2-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: s4ooter (1590 in chips)
Seat 2: skizofrania (1410 in chips)
s4ooter: posts small blind 10
skizofrania: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to s4ooter [Ah As]
s4ooter: calls 10
skizofrania: checks
*** FLOP *** [Qh 7s Kd]
skizofrania: checks
s4ooter: bets 40
skizofrania: raises 80 to 120
s4ooter: raises 1450 to 1570 and is all-in
skizofrania: calls 1270 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (180) returned to s4ooter
*** TURN *** [Qh 7s Kd] [8c]
*** RIVER *** [Qh 7s Kd 8c] [Qc]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
skizofrania: shows [9s Qd] (three of a kind, Queens)
s4ooter: shows [Ah As] (two pair, Aces and Queens)
skizofrania collected 2820 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2820 | Rake 0
Board [Qh 7s Kd 8c Qc]
Seat 1: s4ooter (button) (small blind) showed [Ah As] and lost with two pair, Aces and Queens
Seat 2: skizofrania (big blind) showed [9s Qd] and won (2820) with three of a kind, Queens

PokerStars Game #26821339670: Tournament #153993125, $1.00+$0.10 Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2009/04/07 13:43:54 WET [2009/04/07 8:43:54 ET]
Table '153993125 1' 10-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: aPh!s47 (1660 in chips)
Seat 2: s4ooter (350 in chips)
Seat 3: pivon81 (2155 in chips)
Seat 4: Tarhankut (2780 in chips)
Seat 6: 8ball baz (805 in chips)
Seat 7: Svatik (680 in chips)
Seat 8: Vumbat (2990 in chips)
Seat 9: Dobbey82 (1320 in chips)
Seat 10: aldanjah (2260 in chips)
aPh!s47: posts the ante 10
s4ooter: posts the ante 10
pivon81: posts the ante 10
Tarhankut: posts the ante 10
8ball baz: posts the ante 10
Svatik: posts the ante 10
Vumbat: posts the ante 10
Dobbey82: posts the ante 10
aldanjah: posts the ante 10
Vumbat: posts small blind 50
Dobbey82: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to s4ooter [As Qh]
aldanjah: folds
aPh!s47: folds
s4ooter: raises 240 to 340 and is all-in
pivon81: folds
Tarhankut: calls 340
8ball baz: folds
Svatik: folds
Vumbat: folds
Dobbey82: folds
*** FLOP *** [Kd 3s 9c]
*** TURN *** [Kd 3s 9c] [3d]
*** RIVER *** [Kd 3s 9c 3d] [6d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
s4ooter: shows [As Qh] (a pair of Threes)
Tarhankut: shows [Ts Ks] (two pair, Kings and Threes)
Tarhankut collected 920 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 920 | Rake 0
Board [Kd 3s 9c 3d 6d]
Seat 1: aPh!s47 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: s4ooter showed [As Qh] and lost with a pair of Threes
Seat 3: pivon81 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: Tarhankut showed [Ts Ks] and won (920) with two pair, Kings and Threes
Seat 6: 8ball baz folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Svatik (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Vumbat (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: Dobbey82 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 10: aldanjah folded before Flop (didn't bet)

PokerStars Game #26820822545: Tournament #153987860, $1.00+$0.10 Hold'em No Limit - Level VI (100/200) - 2009/04/07 13:18:22 WET [2009/04/07 8:18:22 ET]
Table '153987860 1' 10-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 2: Tarik1982 (3145 in chips)
Seat 3: RedM7 (1455 in chips)
Seat 5: White-Fire01 (3945 in chips)
Seat 6: s4ooter (1160 in chips)
Seat 8: oloamaolo (2185 in chips)
Seat 9: Marshall252 (3110 in chips)
Tarik1982: posts the ante 20
RedM7: posts the ante 20
White-Fire01: posts the ante 20
s4ooter: posts the ante 20
oloamaolo: posts the ante 20
Marshall252: posts the ante 20
White-Fire01: posts small blind 100
s4ooter: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to s4ooter [Qs Jd]
oloamaolo: folds
Marshall252: folds
Tarik1982: folds
RedM7: folds
White-Fire01: calls 100
s4ooter: raises 940 to 1140 and is all-in
White-Fire01: calls 940
*** FLOP *** [6s 8s Jh]
*** TURN *** [6s 8s Jh] [Qh]
*** RIVER *** [6s 8s Jh Qh] [As]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
White-Fire01: shows [9h Ts] (a straight, Eight to Queen)
s4ooter: shows [Qs Jd] (two pair, Queens and Jacks)
White-Fire01 collected 2400 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2400 | Rake 0

**s4ooter** · 7th April 2009, 11:35 PM

nice lil run - in $3 stt - 6 seaters, now up to $81.01

w00p w00p

game on

**s4ooter** · 9th April 2009, 01:00 AM

carried on with these little gems, now up to $91.81 which after my bad sart is good for a few days work. tbh i have ran sooo hot in these, even got my sharkyscope to have superhot next to it - yippee. not now just had 2 3rds on the trot! boo

only problem i find is ive only cashed in first 14% of the time.
saying that cashed 2nd over 50% of the time
and only twice have i not been top 3

if i can just start to move those 2nds to 1st, ill be happy!!!!

Not really had chance to play any 1c/2c cash as of yet but think ill stick with the sngs till they run cold lol

Quick question:

Obviously 6 seater turbos are where im performing well, should i maybe move to 10 seaters for the added potential roll that is available for me to win?!?!

oh and pokertracker is my hero!!!!

**S6TAV** · 9th April 2009, 03:36 PM

TBH I would stay away from the turbos as they can be very crap shooty after about 5 levels which is usually only about 15-20 mins in to them. I am not sure how it works on stars but they usually have normal/speed/turbo which have level changes in these intervals 8mins/5mins/3mins (Somebody correct that if wrong)

You can play some actual poker in the normal ones rather then getting it all in with your AK's, AQ's and getting called by a weaker ace only to get sucked out on in the turbos

As for the coolers you can pretty much sit back in them and watch how everyone else plays. No need to go mad in them because you are not aiming for first place

**s4ooter** · 10th April 2009, 01:47 AM

my graph doesnt quite make sense as installed pokertracker after i started this challenge, and had already played (and lost) some sngs before i started the challenge so sharkscope isnt a true reflection either.

lil swingy today

moved up to $99, then down to $89 - now at $95.38

day off tomorrow so i will hope to get myself up to $120 minimum AND promise ill figure out how to get a graph on here, guess its just a case of a hosting site and then gettin the url to post??!?!?!

to be honest i may make my own excel graph, or is there a software out there that will just show my roll and its fluctautions conbining all disaplines!?

Onward!