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ragbop United States. Nov 15 2007 03:56. Posts 28

I finally squeezed out $1 today after playing 12,000-player freerolls for three straight days on PokerStars. My plan is to turn this $1 into my poker bankroll and it was the only reason why I played those ridiculous tournaments. This might seem like an inefficient way to build a bankroll, especially with those huge deposit bonuses, but I just learned how to play poker two weeks ago so I thought this was the best way to go about it for various reasons that you can guess.

Anyways, I was planning to hit the micro stakes tomorrow. I was really anxious to play but I held myself back, thinking I should be in best condition and well prepared when I commit my precious $1 to a game. 1:30 AM and I couldn't go to sleep, I had to play. I told myself I would only play a few hands extra tight just to get a feel for it. I had butterflies and was seriously nervous, as pathetic as that sounds.

After playing a little I started loosening up. My stomach was still turning with anxiety but my brain was calming down. I felt control as I watched my opponents and saw the patterns in their plays. After two orbits of folding crap I made my move.

My first cash pot ever won (nothing special, pretty stupid actually, but must post it for sentimental value):

PokerStars Game #13250839716: Hold'em No Limit ($0.01/$0.02) - 2007/11/15 - 03:09:24 (ET)
Table 'Adonis III' 6-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 4: IamBob1987 ($1.19 in chips)
Seat 5: ragbop ($0.93 in chips)
Seat 6: Wektjano ($3.26 in chips)
[The table was 4-handed but one left after the last hand]
IamBob1987: posts small blind $0.01
ragbop : posts big blind $0.02
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to ragbop [Tc Kc]
Wektjano: folds
IamBob1987: calls $0.01
ragbop : raises $0.04 to $0.06
IamBob1987: calls $0.04
*** FLOP *** [5d Kd 8h]
IamBob1987: checks
ragbop : bets $0.12
IamBob1987: calls $0.12
*** TURN *** [5d Kd 8h]

IamBob1987: bets $0.30
ragbop : raises $0.45 to $0.75 and is all-in
IamBob1987: calls $0.45
*** RIVER *** [5d Kd 8h Kh]

*** SHOW DOWN ***
IamBob1987: shows [4s 6s] (a pair of Kings)
ragbop : shows [Tc Kc] (three of a kind, Kings)
ragbop collected $1.81 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $1.86 | Rake $0.05
Board [5d Kd 8h Kh 2h]
Seat 4: IamBob1987 (small blind) showed [4s 6s] and lost with a pair of Kings
Seat 5: ragbop (big blind) showed [Tc Kc] and won ($1.81) with three of a kind, Kings
Seat 6: Wektjano (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)

The guy went broke so I left to find a bigger table. I was feeling really tired and my migraine was acting up, but I couldn't just end it here. Besides, I was so excited that I didn't notice. I played 27 hands, and played aggressive from the start, winning 8 hands total and only lost 1 relatively big hand because of a careless play on the turn (should've bet instead of checking, had some sort of stupid brain fart).

The initial rush started to wear off and the fatigue hit me, so I decided to quit there. I felt bad about leaving the table so fast, but I didn't want to play feeling like shit. I raised my $1 to $2.65.

So, this is two hours after I stopped and I can't go to sleep. I'm feeling pathetically giddy like a school girl with a crush, so I thought writing this would get it off my back so I can get some rest. Seems to have worked, nighty night.

P.S: Even though I'm excessively happy, it's mostly chemical reaction. I understand that this doesn't mean shit. (Just in case that I'm coming off as an overconfident fish).

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Last edit: 15/11/2007 04:03

bbz Sweden. Nov 15 2007 04:01. Posts 104

:>, good luck

greed is my sin

Critterer United Kingdom. Nov 15 2007 04:40. Posts 5337

good luck!

LudaHid: dam.ned dam.ned dam.ned. LudaHid: dam.ned northwooden as..hole

skorc Slovenia. Nov 15 2007 04:45. Posts 200

On November 15 2007 03:40 Critterer wrote:
good luck!

lachlan Australia. Nov 15 2007 04:47. Posts 6991

hehe

i did the same thing on partypoker, played about 15 of the $150 freerolls with around 1500 entrants each.

usually i would win about 0.40c each time... eventually i grinded to $2 which is minimum buyin there :D

i managed to turn that into $15 and i was so stoked! but then i gambled it away :-( i was so angry when that happened

then i learnt how to play! ^_ ^

full ring

rogier Netherlands. Nov 15 2007 05:23. Posts 1528

good luck on not going broke early on, considering youve got just 130 bigblinds currently for nl2^^

i believe it was adviced to play .02/.04 limit games until you had the roll to support no limit , but see what you'll do :D

best of luck