Tuesday, January 31, 2006
Final Totals: Jan. 31, 2006
I caught a cold run of cards like you wouldn't believe tonight but managed to go on a slight rush towards the end to make a buck after 258 hands (all played at 10c/20c Limit). Hopefully this won't happen again tomorrow night. I'm sure you know what it feels like to catch a cold deck. Horrible. Not many Bad Beats tonight though.
On a side note I have set a small goal for myself to be at $150 by March 1st. I feel like setting smaller goals like this will make it a lot easier to reach my long term goal of $10,000 by 1.1.2007.
Please leave comments for me for any additional information that you'd like to see from PokerTracker, or ideas for improving the blogging of my quest.
Status:
Current Bankroll | $75.48
Today's Session | +$1.05
To Go:
March 1st Goal | $74.52
January 1st 2007 Goal | $9,924.52
On a side note I have set a small goal for myself to be at $150 by March 1st. I feel like setting smaller goals like this will make it a lot easier to reach my long term goal of $10,000 by 1.1.2007.
Please leave comments for me for any additional information that you'd like to see from PokerTracker, or ideas for improving the blogging of my quest.
Status:
Current Bankroll | $75.48
Today's Session | +$1.05
To Go:
March 1st Goal | $74.52
January 1st 2007 Goal | $9,924.52
Let's get started
Ok, here are my opening stats. These are the 250 hands that I played last night. Hopefully I can do a little better tonight.
Introduction
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First I'll introduce myself. My name is Dennis Harrison Jr. and I'm a cardplayer. I am 23 years old and live in Fairfax County Virginia.
I got this idea from a forum member on Cardplayer.com. I was having trouble taking my poker seriously. I would deposit $100 once every two months or so (usually after payday) and play in $5 SnG's or 50c/$1 NL Hold'em cash games. Typically I would start out winning, get up to $150, then take a bad beat and stay up all night playing, ending with losing my entire stake. I didn't know how to 'quit-while-I-was-ahead'.
So now I have the idea to document my quest to take poker seriously and never have to make another deposit to my online account again! I deposited $50 a week ago, purchased PokerTracker (and GT+), and have been playing at the 5c/10c LIMIT tables and have grinded out $25 to bring my current bankroll up to $75. I will now take the plunge up in levels and start playing at the 10c/20c tables tonight. By documenting my progress I hope to 1) Keep myself in check by having to report to others, and 2) Perhaps give a few people some enjoyment in seeing whether or not I can make it (or a way to kill a few minutes reading this while they are at work).
My goal is to reach $10,000 by the end of the calendar year. Can I do it? Stay tuned and find out.
I plan to update the blog after each session with pics of my pokerstars cashier window(proving BR size), and my pokertracker data for the day's sessions and my overall summary data.
First I'll introduce myself. My name is Dennis Harrison Jr. and I'm a cardplayer. I am 23 years old and live in Fairfax County Virginia.
I got this idea from a forum member on Cardplayer.com. I was having trouble taking my poker seriously. I would deposit $100 once every two months or so (usually after payday) and play in $5 SnG's or 50c/$1 NL Hold'em cash games. Typically I would start out winning, get up to $150, then take a bad beat and stay up all night playing, ending with losing my entire stake. I didn't know how to 'quit-while-I-was-ahead'.
So now I have the idea to document my quest to take poker seriously and never have to make another deposit to my online account again! I deposited $50 a week ago, purchased PokerTracker (and GT+), and have been playing at the 5c/10c LIMIT tables and have grinded out $25 to bring my current bankroll up to $75. I will now take the plunge up in levels and start playing at the 10c/20c tables tonight. By documenting my progress I hope to 1) Keep myself in check by having to report to others, and 2) Perhaps give a few people some enjoyment in seeing whether or not I can make it (or a way to kill a few minutes reading this while they are at work).
My goal is to reach $10,000 by the end of the calendar year. Can I do it? Stay tuned and find out.
I plan to update the blog after each session with pics of my pokerstars cashier window(proving BR size), and my pokertracker data for the day's sessions and my overall summary data.
