Up and Down... - $3110.92

Haven't posted for a few days but I haven't had a ton of time to play. This sunday I took a few shots at $100 tournaments which really didn't end up turning out that well. I went out about 50 from the bubble in the 100k, I was shortstacked the whole time and just couldn't get anything going. Overall I had a pretty crappy Sunday actually, at one point I had amassed a pretty nice stack in a 10k Guaranteed tournament on Bodog only to lose, AA to 44, KK to 77, and AK to AQ all the the same guy, it was sick! I didn't play again untill Tuesday and again I didn't have a great session, I started up around 6 or 7 tournaments and I only ended up cashing in the $50 50k on Stars. I worked my stack up to around 45k before losing around 10k with AK to K7, a few hands later I got dealt QQ and managed to lose another 20k to some guy with KQ (both aipf). I was down to around 15k at this point and forced to make a pot odds call with Q9 for about 4k (was in the BB) ironically I ended up losing to K7 again when the board blanked. Finally I managed to double up with AQ vs A9 only to resteal with JTs against some guy who just happened to have AA. It was a dissapointing ending considering I had been in the top 10 for quite awhile and thought I had a great shot to go deep. Anyway down about $700 in two sessions so looking to make something happen next time I get a chance to play!

From everything I've been reading bankroll management seems to be the most important aspect in successfully building a roll. Considering this I'm going to be following some stricter guidelines from now on to ensure that I don't go broke. These are the guidelines Chris Ferguson laid out in his $0-$10k build and I'll be using them as well. For SNGs/Cash never buy in for more than 5% of my total bankroll ($155). For MTTs freezouts never buy in for more than 2% ($62). For MTT rebuys never buy in for more than .05% ($15). I'm adding the rebuy rule as I think there is an important distinction between freezeouts and rebuys (obviously I don't want to be playing the 55r even though the 2% rule would allow it) I chose .05% because I'm generally pretty conservative in the rebuys that I do play.


The Stats:

Buyins: $1890
Net: $1100
Roi: 60%%
Bankroll: $3110.92