SITL = Sky Is The Limit
Don't have a specific goal, but I do have a general direction, and it will involve lots of tournaments (both live and online) and lots of caffeine and not going broke in the process.
The general direction right now is pointing towards UB Aruba satellites. Also some WSOP satellites.
Basically, I really started seriously playing around march. My initial deposit at Party ($200) was down to I think $50. Bad beat after bad beat put me on an insane tilting, like a pinball machine.
Desperate, because I was on such a full blown tilt of party's insane blind structure sng's, i moved my money, and tried my hand at UB.
Mar 30th I started playing there, still on drama-tilt. $50 became $7,15. If Ilost this money, psychologically, I wouldn't be ready to ever play again. I'd see poker like this gigantic bottomless pit in which you throw your money (or an enormous industrial chimney).
I took a cold hard look at my game, and decided I a revamp was in order. I started training like a maniac, on every simulator i could find, on every document ever written on poker.
I plunked down that cash in a SnG March 31st. A $5,50.
I came in second.
Since then, I made that money into about $300. This was about April 18th.
I registered by mistake on a $50 Sng, and I came in 4th. Roll took a big hit according to BR Management. I went on research again.
I built it back up, its now about 400 there.
I recenlty moved some money to stars. I tried my hand at some SnG's there, but I never deposited more than the minimum:
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Purchase request time: 2007/05/12 01:32:58
Purchase amount: $105.00
Fees: No fees
Status: APPROVED
MoneyBookers account: xxxxxxxxxxx
PokerStars Transaction ID: #81497047
This transaction will show up on your MoneyBookers statement as PStars
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And I tried my hand at some SnG's, with mixed results. I won some, I lost some, nothing too dramatic. But then again I only played about 3 per day.
Today, I had a breakthrough and i had to share this:
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PokerStars Tournament #50226477, No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $4.00/$0.40
180 players
Total Prize Pool: $720.00
Tournament started - 2007/05/13 - 21:17:52 (ET)
Dear Avi_Tristan,
You finished the tournament in 2nd place.
A $144.00 award has been credited to your Real Money account.
You earned 154.48 tournament leader points in this tournament.
For information about our tournament leader board, see our web site at
http://www.pokerstars.com/tlb_tournament_rankings.html
Congratulations!
Thank you for participating.
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My eyes filled with tears as I made that final table. I still can't believe it.
THANK YOU ALL @ FLOPTURNRIVER!!! YOU HAVE MY ETERNAL GRATITUDE FOR IMPROVING MY GAME!!!
My first ever cash in such a big tournament. AND I OWE IT ALL TO YOU GUYS.
I had to post this somewhere, even if it doesn't get read.
EDIT: GOALS ADDED
//deposit $600 earned elsewhere on FT. [DONE. IN PROCESS OF DEPOSITING]
//deposit $200 on Empire to play $10NL exclusively until moveup.
//deposit $200 on PP to play $10NL exclusively until moveup [IN PROCESS. YAY!]
//combined BR up to $2500 (w/o counting bonuses)
//play at least 1 big MTT daily {REALLY?]
//earn a seat in the sunday million
//earn a seat in WSOP sattelite [MAYBE NEXT YEAR]
//BR +$50 daily
//buy me a new laptop by Aug. ($1200) [DONE]
