MicroLimit Personal Progress...All Posters Post
 

I was posting to another thread about someone making a move/start in limits and found that I wanted to show people my progress and look at how my other poster/friends are doing. I saw a thread like this awhile back but it got very large and harder to read.

I spent an extra long time to build not only my bankroll at .5/1 but also my skills cheaply.

Here my breakdown.

Some of the BB/100 at 1/2 and 2/4 are skewed since I took some early stabs and thus hurt my rate.

$0.50/$1.00 - 35,447 Hands, 4.90 BB/100
$1.00/$2.00 - 10,142 Hands, 3.33 BB/100
$2.00/$4.00 - 1,323 Hands, 1.44 BB/100

I chart my progress every 31 playing days. Here is my breakdown that shows improvement.

First 31 Days
$0.50/$1.00 - 18,092 Hands, +3.94 BB/100
$1.00/$2.00 - 2,605 Hands, -1.31 BB/100
$2.00/$4.00 - 1,206 Hands, -0.09 BB/100

Second 31 Days
$0.50/$1.00 - 15,576 Hands, +5.68 BB/100
$1.00/$2.00 - 2,433 Hands, +3.05 BB/100

Third 31 Days - Currently at day 15
$0.50/$1.00 - 1,779 Hands, +7.95 BB/100
$1.00/$2.00 - 5,104 Hands, +5.83 BB/100
$2.00/$4.00 - 117 Hands, +17.20 BB/100

I like to not only keep the true running rates and stats for each level but also break it down to 31 playing days so I can see if I'm improving and how it's affecting my win rate.

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I'm still early in my online poker adventure. I only began tracking my hands via PT for a little less then a month, while I began playing several weeks prior to that. After having my BB/100 rise to a peak of 6.8, I suffered a downswing and it dropped to a low of 2.9. Expected variance since I just started playing. But to date here are my tracked numbers.

6/19 - 7/16/04

$.50/1 Party Poker - 6,697 Hands, 4.64 BB/100

I could have moved up to 1/2 if I hadn't touched my bankroll to make poker related purchases(or bonus whored but PP has only offered me the initial deposit bonus), but I don't think it would be a wise move until I've collected more experience. I'm thinking at least 20,000 hands would be reasonable. On one hand I'm eager to move up in limits, then on the other I'm hesitant as I would expect the players to be tougher there. All I know is this forum is an indispensible tool in improving my play. Thank you micro-limit masters!

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I don't have the stats with me coz I don't have the money to register PT, but at PS in the last 4 days I am down 100 BB. I have either been outdrawn or put people on totally wrong cards at times.

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So far I've played a total of 11053 hands at 5.04bb/100, distributed at the following levels
0.02/0.04 - 197hands 8.11bb/100 (mainly PS headsup tables for fun)
0.05/0.10 - 3368hands 10.38bb/100 played there before I got WLLH and HPFAP (I was at -10bb/100 for my first 1000hands)
0.25/0.050 - 2110hands 5.48bb/100 got my roll up to around 500 here after some casino whoring so decided to take advantage of Empire 100% upto 500, but they only gave me %20 bonus [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]
0.50/1 - 3241hands 8.43bb/100 Great runs on Empire and Paradise whilst clearing bonuses
1/2 - 2113hands -4.45bb/100 hands, W$SD 39.90 [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] plenty of bad beats at 1/2 but i'm confident I can beat the level as the players are not much better and my reading skills at that level are better. I've also played a bit of SH at 1/2 level clearing an Absolute bonus, I've enjoyed it and think I will definitely try some more when I start to clear a reload bonus i've got pending at Empire.

All in all i'm pretty happy with how my games coming along, and thanks to bonus's and whoring 1 casino i've grown my roll from $100 - $1000 in just over a month, so I feel happy playing 1/2.

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Congrats. Wow you are moving up lightning fast.

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I am only in my first week of online play and am starting really low to learn, but with all of the great advice on this forum through 700 hands at .02/.04 I am at 26.50BB/100

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I started playing around January this year. I go in spurts mostly though. I'll play for about a week straight, then wont play for two weeks, then I'll play a couple days, take a week off, then play for two weeks. I started with a whopping $50 (which my wife made me take out as soon as I hit $150).

I slowly worked that starting $50 into the $300 bankroll I "needed" to play at the .5/1. level (took about two months). Over the next month I battled to break $400. Kept getting to like $402 or something, then I'd lose $20, get it back, lose $30, get it back, lose $10. It was fun [img]/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img] Then I went on a crazy rush over a weekend and went from about $410 to just over $500. My intent had always been to play at least 10k hands at .5/1. and to get the full $600 before I moved up to 1/2. However (in retrospect, stupidly) I decided that I was ready.

It took me approx. 8 hours of playing to get back down to $250. Played another couple hours the next day, down to $180 So, I took off about a week, moved back down to .5/1. and am settled back in to get all the way to the $600 goal this time (don't think I'll have the 10k hands issue [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img] ) Anyway, that's my story, and man do I LOVE this game.

Here's my stats:

.5/1. - 8800 hands, 6.07 BB/100
1/2 - 600 hands, -14.60 BB/100

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I started online play on May 31st with $300. I'm up to about $600 now with my rake kickback. Here are my results so far:

0.5/1: 2671 hands, won $92.64 for 3.47 BB/100
$11 limit SNG: 51 tournaments, ITM 41.18% (5,10,6 1st, 2nd, 3rd), Avg finish 4.61 for a net of $109

These are the games I focus on right now - I've taken a couple shots at no-limit SNGs and at one $22 SNG, but limit is my game. I'll hone my NL tourney skills once I've got my limit game ironed out.

I'm not able to get the number of hands in that you guys are getting, although if you count my tournament hands with my ring hands, I'm up to about 6k hands in about a month and a half.

I can only guess at my B&M results, as I haven't kept accurate records, but I know I'm ahead a couple hundred playing 1/2, 2/4, 3/6, and 5/5 probably a few thousand hands total.

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I don't have the stats here at work. I started playing with $50 at party and hit a lucky run in the beginning while studying. I cashed the $50 out when I reached $350 and started adding 1/2 to my usual .5/1.

In the middle of April I reached $2500 by playing micro online and 2/4 and 3/6 at the Borgata.

In April I moved up to 2/4 (for the third time) online at to 6/12 at the Borgata. Last night I added up all my monies: $4610 (including B&M and bonuses). I was really happy.

I'm not ready to move up to 3/6 online though. I have lots of leaks. I wish I wasn't so shy and posted more often.

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Started in feb at stars with $50 playing .05/.10.

Now I am at $130 at stars playing .05/.10.

Only 9k hands in that time span though as I simply dont have alot of time to play.

I am Mr. Slow Mover-Upper!