93 days ago I set a goal to myself. To turn 300$ into 10k. I had no timeframe, but I was very motivated to do it quickly. During these 3 months, I've played more poker than I've played during my whole life. Needless to say I've gotten way better.
The challenge was a rollercoaster. For example I was up to 7k 10 days ago, and before I won the 22$ 1r1a yesterday, I only had 3k. I havent always stick to BR management , but I never were close to going broke.
So last night I won the 22$ 1r1a for 15k and change. By far my biggest score ever. I had a good stack through out the tourney, except during the last 2 tables. I was among the chipleaders with 18 players, but then I lost a huge pot (110bb) TT < QQ. I was left with 10bb with 15 left. Played pretty loose and was able to take the chiplead again with 13 players left. After that I was in the top three all the time.
Heads-up me and my opponent had pretty even chipstacks. He offered a deal, but I really wanted that 15k so we kept playing. Heads-up only lasted 5 hands (lol) and this hand pretty much finished it.
PokerStars Game #37289981853: Tournament #241010537, $20+$2 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level XXXIII (50000/100000) - 2009/12/27 23:24:17 ET
Table '241010537 6' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 2: MakeMeMaster (5597926 in chips)
Seat 6: cptwingrave (7101074 in chips)
MakeMeMaster: posts the ante 10000
cptwingrave: posts the ante 10000
MakeMeMaster: posts small blind 50000
cptwingrave: posts big blind 100000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to MakeMeMaster [As 6s]
MakeMeMaster: raises 150000 to 250000
cptwingrave: calls 150000
*** FLOP *** [Jh 9s 2s]
cptwingrave: checks
MakeMeMaster: bets 333555
cptwingrave: calls 333555
*** TURN *** [Jh 9s 2s] [9c]
cptwingrave: checks
MakeMeMaster: bets 625999
cptwingrave: calls 625999
*** RIVER *** [Jh 9s 2s 9c] [3s]
cptwingrave: checks
MakeMeMaster: bets 1234566
cptwingrave: raises 4646954 to 5881520 and is all-in
MakeMeMaster: calls 3143806 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (1503148) returned to cptwingrave
*** SHOW DOWN ***
cptwingrave: shows [Kd 9h] (three of a kind, Nines)
MakeMeMaster: shows [As 6s] (a flush, Ace high)
MakeMeMaster collected 11195852 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 11195852 | Rake 0
Board [Jh 9s 2s 9c 3s]
Seat 2: MakeMeMaster (button) (small blind) showed [As 6s] and won (11195852) with a flush, Ace high
Seat 6: cptwingrave (big blind) showed [Kd 9h] and lost with three of a kind, Nines
The next hand we went all-in pre and my A7 holded against his KQ.
Now that I have a pretty decent roll (gonna cashout some tho) I'm going to play MTTs from 5$-55$ with occasional shots to the 100$ level.
300$ - 17,5k in 93 days
Next day in the 22 1r1a I'm 34th.
PokerStars Game #37331052903: Tournament #242010531, $20+$2 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level XX (3000/6000) - 2009/12/28 19:54:12 ET
Table '242010531 68' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: odyrigos (82487 in chips)
Seat 2: Willy Banaan (193747 in chips)
Seat 3: HitUR2outer (223527 in chips)
Seat 5: MonkeyD23 (251761 in chips)
Seat 6: Da Gouveneur (743458 in chips)
Seat 7: Offern (179632 in chips)
Seat 8: MakeMeMaster (127374 in chips)
Seat 9: bertuzzi19 (470597 in chips)
odyrigos: posts the ante 600
Willy Banaan: posts the ante 600
HitUR2outer: posts the ante 600
MonkeyD23: posts the ante 600
Da Gouveneur: posts the ante 600
Offern: posts the ante 600
MakeMeMaster: posts the ante 600
bertuzzi19: posts the ante 600
bertuzzi19: posts small blind 3000
odyrigos: posts big blind 6000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to MakeMeMaster [Kd As]
Willy Banaan: folds
HitUR2outer: folds
MonkeyD23: folds
Da Gouveneur: folds
Offern: folds
MakeMeMaster: raises 8250 to 14250
bertuzzi19: folds
odyrigos: raises 67637 to 81887 and is all-in
MakeMeMaster: calls 67637
*** FLOP *** [5c 6h 2d]
*** TURN *** [5c 6h 2d] [4h]
*** RIVER *** [5c 6h 2d 4h] [Qc]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
odyrigos: shows [6c 4c] (two pair, Sixes and Fours)
MakeMeMaster: shows [Kd As] (high card Ace)
odyrigos collected 171574 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 171574 | Rake 0
Board [5c 6h 2d 4h Qc]
Seat 1: odyrigos (big blind) showed [6c 4c] and won (171574) with two pair, Sixes and Fours
Seat 2: Willy Banaan folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: HitUR2outer folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: MonkeyD23 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Da Gouveneur folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Offern folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: MakeMeMaster (button) showed [Kd As] and lost with high card Ace
Seat 9: bertuzzi19 (small blind) folded before Flop
I cant complain about running bad tho.