Microlimits Progress Quest: Post plans/updates/setbacks here.

[MicroBob]

"That's a very short buy-in. Standard is about 25BB or $200 for 4/8."

havent had time to check out all the responses in this thread so this may have been mentioned previously.

at 3/6 and 4/8 LIVE, $100 is a standard buy-in.

if you came up to the 3/6 or 4/8 tables in Tunica with $200 it would look a little unusual imo.

best not to stick out too much.

[bisonbison]

At my local 3/6, 100 - 150 is standard. I think it's very fishy to buy in to a 4/8 game for 12 BB.

[bunky9590]

4/8 you should be buying in for 200. IMHO

[CardCuda]

Started 11-01-03 with $280.00 keeping records and such - current "operation":

Goal: $2000 B/R by 04/01/04 @ .50-1.00 then will play $1-2 (2 tables)

Milestone: +1200.00 1/28/04

Curr Limit: .50-1.00 2 Tables (some $1-2 play)

Current B/R: $630.00 (cashed out $900.00) Playing on Net earnings! Sweet [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

Rate: 4.33/Hr. @ .50-1.00 (2 tables)
6.21/Hr @ 1-2 (single table) 78 hrs of play

I'm confident that I could move to 1-2 now, (I take shots at it here and there now) but I want the added B/R I will play 500hrs at each level and continue to move up with a substantial cushion to soak up the variance.

I did take a shot @ $2-4 12/11/03 and got kicked pretty hard (-50BB's) recovered @ .50 tables and will be back when I'm better prepared 2005 probably.

PS - I only play 1 site (Paradise) So I might Bonus Whore the other sites soon, before making a permanent move to the $1-2 game. Build the B/R again and move some to another site

[Festus22]

Good post.

I've been playing steadily for about the past 9 months or so almost exclusively at the micro limits. I just crossed $3K in earnings with maybe $800 of that coming from bonus whoring. I played a little over 1000 hands at Party $1/2 and my rate was lower than that of Party $0.5/1 so I stopped $1/2. I have about 250 hands at $2/4 and am down 18 BB's. I probably played too tight (14% Flops) but didn't get a lot of hands either.

Now my issue is I know I busted my butt building my bankroll to date and don't relish the thought of giving a ton of it back while trying to figure out if I can be profitable at $2/4. But to give it a fair shot, I know I need to expect a downswing. It's the old risk/reward balancing act.

So what's the best plan when $1/2 sucks and $2/4 places several weeks of profit at risk to give it a decent shot?

[fluff]

"Now my issue is I know I busted my butt building my bankroll to date and don't relish the thought of giving a ton of it back while trying to figure out if I can be profitable at $2/4. But to give it a fair shot, I know I need to expect a downswing. It's the old risk/reward balancing act."

Go play the 0.5/1 games at Pokerstars. Those games are about as hard if not a bit harder than Party 2/4 games. So you can learn tough tables at a cheaper price.

[AviD]

I've been playing PokerStars for a little over a week now and the .5/1 are certainly alot tougher and tighter than Party. Bluffing and Semi-Bluffing seems to be quite profitable there, whereas at Party you get called alot more than you'd like.

Last night was the first aggressive table session I had at PS, and a strange table texture...same players but constant shifts from LAG to tight. Probably a good time to move out onto another table...but I did manage to win about 10BB in about 2 hours before dropping about 10BB on the 2+2 Party table! [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[Brain]

[ QUOTE ]
So what's the best plan when $1/2 sucks and $2/4 places several weeks of profit at risk to give it a decent shot?

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Do you play only at Party? I like the Party 0.50/1 and I also play the Stars 1/2 and seem to be doing okay there.

[HajiShirazu]

I started one of these 2 weeks ago, and just got won my 300bbs to move up to 1/2. I don't see what's wrong with the 1/2 full games at party. The pots aren't as big, but I have actually been taking some of them down with bluffs.

[Trix]

Started 4. of January 04.
Goal: 1 Month at each limit and then move to the next with sufficient bankroll.
Status: Will probably be ready for 2/4 in a few weeks.
Febuary sux, too short.