Quote Originally Posted by L_Clan_Sup3rMaN
Good luck on ur operation "Micro" :P Maybe at the end of it we start calling you Macro?

It's rough times for finance majors right now. It's my last semester in college, getting my BA in Finance and boy the job market here (NYC) sucks for finance majors. Hopefully things change around by the time your out in a few years.

You made it to $250 with a mix of different types of games right? I would suggest to pick one type (MTT, Cash FR, cash 6m) and just stick to it so you can move up the ranks and understand the game better as fast as possible.

What BR are you planning on moving up to 200NL?
Lol that's the goal. From Micro-2-Macro. Failure isn't an option. I don't care how long this takes - it's going to happen. Bankroll for $200NL will probably be $10,000. I think I may be taking shots with $7-$8k though maybe depending on how I feel about my game down the road. That sounds pretty conservative, but I'm a huge bankroll nit - it just keeps my head on straight. I want to have a large cushion for larger games. Especially if I'll be playing 6-max.

Oh yeah, investment banking days are over for the time being. $100K salaries won't come easy that's for sure. Back to the old-school days of rough hard work. I'd be happy just to land a job at a financial company given the market conditions as of now.

The $250 mostly came from 1) a short-stacking experiment I did - this helped me get well-rolled for $50NL 2) some $2NL and a bit of 6-max, and some low buy-in MTT's. I've played poker for over a year, but never this serious. I didn't follow BR MGT at first, so obviously that didn't turn out so hot. Then after doing alot of reading and such rather than working my way up from top to bottom I just jumped into $25NL and $50NL games. Ran about 1.5BB/100 - but clearly I was not educated enough to play at that level. I had to do something about that win rate. It was bad, and I felt stuck too often when at the tables. Learned from that and decided that for 2009 I'll start with $50 and go from there. So far it's been good as I'm taking things slower. I really love MTT's but they aren't the easiest roll builder for me, so I'll just be playing them mostly for enjoyment and to get a break from the cash grind. Once my BR is a reasonable size I'll probably start working at those much harder. I've been doing some reading on ICM and stuff for SNG's, but SNG's don't really interest me much. It's either MTT or cash for me.

Holy cow that was a long post, ahaha. Anyway thanks for droppin' in on my Op. I'll keep ya posted, any more questions feel free to ask.