Weekend Update

I'm thinking that every Monday at work I'll update the site via e-mail.  This is the first in what is hopefully a long line of those updates.

 

No poker Friday night as my wife and I went over to a friend's house.  So, bankroll stayed at just over 19 bucks.  Saturday was a busy day all day and I didn't get a chance to play until around 10ish.  Sometimes you just can't win a hand, this session was like that.  Pocket Kings went down to some guy with A-6 when he rivered a straight.  My queens to a guy who stayed in through a capped pot pre flop with J-8o and managed to hit two pair.  All the hands went like that, If my opponent had a draw it hit.  Long story short, down to 17 bucks.  Kind of made me mad but what can I expect, I'm playing the lowest limit game around.  Sunday I played a few hours and it went as planned.  Played some guy (ween I believe) and he was the ultimate calling station.  If I hit anything I bet to the river and dropped to any raise.  This guy even mucked to me when my 8-4o hit a 4 on the flop and he called me all the way down.  Seriously, what could he have had to feel the need to call all my bets.  No complaints other that the fact that once his 40 cents was gone so was he.  I played tight and smart and finished with a nice profit up to 19.70

 

Some people will laugh at this as I played an entire weekend and only finished up .68 cents.  I'm happy with my result because I'm trying to play a tight, strong game and build my bankroll slowly.  I'm not (currently) interested in jumping into a higher limit and going for a big score.  Poker is a hobby for me and I'd really like to make it last.  I don't have funds available for another deposit and this is the only way I can make this last.  I should only be a few hours away from making the jump to .05-.10 and I guess we'll see where that goes.  Until then, good luck 

 

I'm Joe Graber, and I approve this message

 

 

The Pokerstars 5 Dollar Experiment

Rather than retype an entire post I'll just cut and paste my original from WPTFAN.COM

I can't type a interesting story for the life of me. I've been trying to make this post all day but couldn't make it sound not crappy. So, For those of you still reading, enjoy.

My bankroll on Pokerstars was down to 5 dollars after a terrible opening streak of sng losses, 8 in a row out of the money. So, I was stuck with trying to turn 5 measley bucks into a million. At first I was kind of upset with the situation but now I'm actually enjoying it. From 5 dollars I've built it up to 19.02 playing .02/.04 limit. I know its a way low limit and It'll take forever to make it up but I feel like I'm doing pretty good. My strategy has been to play 2 or 3 tables at a time to avoid getting anxious and playing crap. I can usually go up a buck or so with just 2 hours playing. Not making me rich but definatley a learning experience. I'm going to move up in limits but I really want to make my money last so I'm being extra cautious. I'm thinking that once I'm over 20 to play with the excess at the .05/.10 tables, again ultra low stakes but beatable with patience. Maybe another level at 50 bucks. I know that my roll could support a higher limit now I'm really just interested in making it work with patient play and a slow increase in limits. I was also thinking of playing the low (1-3 dollar) multi's once I'm over 25 or so. What do the experienced players on this site think of my plan. I don't think I'm destined for failure with the ultra low stakes but do you think I can ultimatley be successful in the long run? just wondering what you thought, If it was boring just tell me and Ill go back to reading instead of writing. Thanks

Joe Graber
ammojoe on PS and FullTilt