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Old 01-06-2005, 11:34 PM
grouchie grouchie is offline
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Default Re: How far have you moved up at no-limit ring games?

I first learned Texas Holdem when a friend needed someone to go along to the local casino. On the way up, he explained the rules to me, how the bets worked, the blinds, even which hands beat the others. On that hour up I asked question after question so that I wasn't so dead in the water.

We sat at a 1/3 limit table and after 3 hours of play I was down $6 bucks.

Played limit a few more times and started playing in a NL home game that is run tourney style. No Limit was easily more my style as even at my first sitting I walked away with part of the money.

Finally, we ended up at the casino and they had a NL ring game that was gaining lots of popularity. 40 dollar max buy in with blinds of 1 and 1.
Made a good chunk of change at that and the occasional tourney they held and have moved to the 1/2 100 buy in tables there.

somewhere in there I started playing online at Ultimate Bet. Mostly playing the tournaments as i was obcessed with hitting a big payday for some reason. Kept losing what i'd
deposit and eventually tried out the low buyin ring games which I won a little.

Finally introduced to party poker, bought in once for 150 bucks and played a combinatino of the NL ring games and the Limit ring games. had someone trying to coach me up on Limit to make money. Started working my way up a little bit and dabbling (unsuccessfully in the NL games). Eventually got up to 2/4 and hit a horrible downswing that was aided horribly by tilt.
Finally got down to my last $50 and between pokertracker, 2+2 and some book studying I bought into the Party 25NL games and hve not looked back since. This was about November. Now, through mostly the 25NL gmaes and some whoring i have my bankroll up to about 1800.

Finally got a rakeback at a party skin, withdrew all of my money but $50 into neteller so i could whore elsewhere and am building that money alone up to the point where I can advance to the higher games.

Still have some tiltedness that gets me once in a while, still have some leaks in my game that hinder my advancement. But, this is the reason that after I built up the roll, i started over again.
I'm about to the point where I'll start taking shots at the 50NL game from time to time, but for the most party I am starting to add extra tables into my habbit. Right now I can 4 table and am getting tot he point where I feel comfortable. With my current monitor situation adding table 5 and 6 might become quite tricky.

One more thing in this long ramble, I am going to Vegas this coming may and that whole trip is being paid for out of poker winnings. That makes me feel pretty good about my game even though it's got a long way to go.
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Old 01-07-2005, 07:08 PM
RYL RYL is offline
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Default Re: How far have you moved up at no-limit ring games?

I originally started with $100 and went to $1000 in a week 4-tabling $0.25/$0.50 NLHE 50 Max. After getting a $1000, I got cocky and decided to move up, 4-tabling $0.50/$1.00 NLHE 100 Max. I got my account up to $1600 before losing it all in a week and a half. I learned the hard way how important your bankroll is in relation to the game you play. I also learned how important it is to control your emotions and how important discipline is. I learned a lot about myself. I stopped playing for a little while because I was a little off-guard by losing all the money I made in a week. I decided to play SNG's for a while when I realized I could make a LOT more playing ring games. I decided to deposit $200 on November 19,2004 and the rest, you can say, is history. I jumped around different sites to get bonuses I moved up ONLY when I had 20 times buy-in and moved down when I was down 5 buy-ins. I kept my emotions in check and now I'm playing $1/$2 $200 max NLHE w/ a $6,200 bankroll.
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Old 01-07-2005, 11:14 PM
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Default Re: How far have you moved up at no-limit ring games?

RYL, what sites have you played on and which were most profitable??
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Old 01-08-2005, 09:16 AM
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Default Re: How far have you moved up at no-limit ring games?

nobody will probably believe me but I started playing poker a year ago and after playing play money games for a couple months, I got word of a free roll and decided to play. I placed in the free roll and got paid $8.00. I started with my 8 playing .25/.50 no limit games and sooner than i knew it my bank roll was up to about $200.

I kept grinding .25/.50 games for a couple of months and made a cash out for $1500.00. I then moved up to .50/1.00 games and over the course of four months my bank had swelled to $5,000. I experiecned about $1,000 loss the next month and ever since then I haven't looked back.

My bank roll from the initial $8.00 that I won is now nearly $16,000. In addition to this I have used about $4,000 to buy new furniture & vactions. I keep a working bank roll of about $5,000 and I usually sit in 1.00/2.00 & 2.00/4.00 no limit games. I play well below my bank roll but I always keep in perspective how much a $15.00 pot meant to me in the beginning.

Like I said no one will probably believe this because sometimes barely believe it myself.

Thanks
Harry
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Old 01-08-2005, 10:47 AM
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Default Re: How far have you moved up at no-limit ring games?

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I think I need about $300 to start playing in the $0.05/$0.10 games.

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So i'm an idiot for playing that table occasionally with a $50 deposit? I think it's good for your play to mix up the level of table you play from time to time...

And one other question about you freerollers -> real money

I did this once and went from $1 to $30 and then lost it one night stupidly at 0.25/0.50

but while i was culturing my "baby" bankroll i'd never sit at a table with too high an amount b/c of the crazy play around me..like if i bought in at $1 and tripled up i'd leave and return....sucked when i got my AA but was really glad i did when someguy drew on me.....did you guys do similar? Especially at first?
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Old 01-08-2005, 10:56 AM
boondockst boondockst is offline
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Default Re: How far have you moved up at no-limit ring games?

did someone say 12 table?

wonder why UB only lets you 3-table....especially with that mini-mode you could really get some tables going
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Old 01-08-2005, 12:00 PM
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Default Re: How far have you moved up at no-limit ring games?

HYPOTHETICALLY .. how much would you pay me to believe you ? [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]
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Old 01-08-2005, 01:12 PM
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Default Re: How far have you moved up at no-limit ring games?

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Like I said no one will probably believe this because sometimes barely believe it myself.


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Nothing strange, I guess.

I started at Party in Apr. 04 with 100$, I played in this order:

Limit
0.5/1
1/2 6 max.
5/10 6 max.
15/30
10/20 6 max. (nearly broke here)
1/2 6 max.
2/4
2/4 JP
3/6 JP
15/30 JP
5/10 JP

since December 04 No Limit:
0.25/0.5
0.25/0.5 6 max.

I am planing to step up to .5/1 NL 6 max. after I have finished ~20K of hands in 0.25/0.5 6 max. with good results.

I withdrew 10K so far and still have a bankroll of ~8K.
Had ups and downs, but not as hard as floor sweeping.
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Old 01-08-2005, 01:23 PM
Rubber Soul Rubber Soul is offline
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Default Re: How far have you moved up at no-limit ring games?

Harry, I believe you, but based on that month where you lost a grand I have a feeling your style of play is far more loose than mine. And that usually indicates you may have several losing months. As long as you don't tilt when you do you'll probably be a very big winner.. If you tilt you will be like most who play that aggresively and will go broke over and over.
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