So I'm guessing by "hug tourney" you're talking about the WPT?

Heh. 'Cause on TV, there's a lot of hugging at those WPTs.

Seriously tho I hope people share their stories, this would be great to hear.

 

Originally Posted by Deoxyribo

mine went like this.

won a $26 tourny on FTP for 5800 in late 08

next big score was 2nd in stars $55 200k for 23k

then 2nd in mill for 177k.

thats pretty much where my bankroll grew big enough to play the higher stakes.

its good to go on sick heaters, my advice is practice and study the game. play every tourny like its really important and dont tilt at all.

also be controlled aggressive and learn when to 3b and 4b and light.

Also forgot ur 3r Sunday victory for 10k, and ur first UB mtt ever you get ur first 5 fig for 10k+ on a Sunday major.

As for me, I won a 109 and that started my bankroll. Shipped 11r to cap off the year right b4 xmas and now nothing since :)

I grinded stars super hard, playing 100 12 180s a day as well as all the mid/low stakes tournaments. On sundays I played the majors and 100 freezeouts as well.

Everytime I got my roll to 15kish I would dump 5k of it on full tilt and play mid/high stakes until i had to move back and grind stars really hard again. Two months ago I put 5k on full tilt I went on an absurd heater shipping 33r, 200t, 8th in 500 milli, and 8th in 1k monday.

 

Originally Posted by smokrok

I grinded stars super hard, playing 100 12 180s a day as well as all the mid/low stakes tournaments. On sundays I played the majors and 100 freezeouts as well.

Everytime I got my roll to 15kish I would dump 5k of it on full tilt and play mid/high stakes until i had to move back and grind stars really hard again. Two months ago I put 5k on full tilt I went on an absurd heater shipping 33r, 200t, 8th in 500 milli, and 8th in 1k monday.

Thats what ive been doing except with stars, and except for the fact that every 5k transfer to stars ends up bust within a few weeks.
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Grinded sit and gos on Full Tilt for about a year or so from $100 up to about $1500. Tried to satty into some of the Sunday majors so I didn't risk my roll in them. Sattied into the 750k one Sunday and took third for about $65k. That definately helped the bankroll for awhile. About a year ago I decided to start playing on Stars and wanted to build a roll without transferring much. Had a friend transfer me like $300 to play a few tournies. The first $50 MTT I loaded up I ended up taking down after being down to about 1 BB. Obv beginners luck lol. From what I've learned open as many accounts as possible so you can build your roll much quicker. After I opened my twenty-seventh account on Full Tilt I began to run much better (my dog's account runs better than Moorman on there). I can't take all the credit though learned from the best (props to JJ Prodigy and Bryn). LOL.

IDK why but she let me stick it in her and I haven't been the same since.

 

Originally Posted by werpennstate23

Grinded sit and gos on Full Tilt for about a year or so from $100 up to about $1500. Tried to satty into some of the Sunday majors so I didn't risk my roll in them. Sattied into the 750k one Sunday and took third for about $65k.

dunno if you're whole post is a level, but this makes me sick jealous...hah

not reading any of these posts cuz ill puke... havnt hit mine yet, im due... report when i do.

lol
ps im better than every1 in the world

won a 24+2 on sunday night for 3.5k.... next day sattied into 1k monday.... shipped the 1k monday for 103k.... then shipped 1k monday again a month later for 87.5k........ used up all my run good in that month ............

Struggled for a few years playing online...

Party Poker introduces 400/600/1,000 NL

Borrowed 1,000 from a friend - didn't want to play w/ case monies

37 day winning streak playing full ring for 60k +

The rest is history

R.I.P Party Poker

Jesus must be nice.......

Not a huge break story here, more of a persistence thing. Started in 2002 on Party when I put a hundred bucks online. Won two $10 SNGs immediately. Played a 20+2 MTT a couple of days later and got second for about $2,200. Next week got 4th in a 20+2 MTT for $900.

Gave it all back and then some over the next few years.

Studied and kept playing.

Got slightly profitable through low limit cash in 2007 and better at MTT in 2008. Kept studying.

October 11 this year. Played well, ran better in the Sunday Million for 3rd and 120K. Still hard to believe.

back in january of this year i had a sunday where i had nothing to do. i had $10 in my ftp account and played an $8 + 0.80 tier one satellite, which i won. i then won the $26 + 2 tier two satellite and i figured i might as well play a $69 + 6 satellite into the 750k on ftp. obviously, i won that and ended coming in 4th in the 750k for $41,400. my account went from $10 to $41,401.20 in a day. i love satellites!

Put $50 on stars back in '04. Two nights in a row FT'ed the $2.25 MTT, 2nd the first night, 3rd the second, instant $500 bankroll. Didn't play much until the after college. Hit FTP and won a $26 Omaha MTT for $1.5K. Sattied into the $750K and took 11th for $7.5K, then FT'ed the $35K Guar. for $5K, won a bracelet race on FTP for $2K to any WSOP Event seat, took 32nd in the $2.K NLHE event for $12K.

Since then, been running AWFUL. But it's always nice to be in the black vs. the red so nothing to complain about really. Up 5 digits in '08 and up 5 digits in '09 as a recreational player, so pretty excited.