My carbon grind

So a couple days ago after not being able to win a single hand or race for 3 days it felt like, I cashed for 2 bucks in one of the PO freerolls on carbon. I blew it at the cash tables after running it up slightly. Then Pikeboy412 and I final tabled one of the $50 freerolls and I got another $2. This time I was gonna be smarter with it. My ultimate goal was to be able to play one or two of the Maximus tournaments. I knew I needed to earn 50 points before the 27th to qualify for the Poker Maximus freeroll which gives out tournament tickets to the top 500 finishers. Today I earned over 100 points playing $1 double ups and grinding .02/.04 plo hi/lo. Now I am registered to the freeroll and also the 2 free seats to sunday big ticket freeroll tournaments.

While trying to find the best way to earn VPPs fast I saw that the $1 100,000k satellite rebuy gives 10 VPPs for entering. The tournament fee is only 10 cents so it should be just 1 point. Don't know if it's an error or not, but whatever. I played 2 of those. First one I busted early, didn't rebuy/add-on. Second one I did better and used 100 VPPs to do an add-on. Ended up taking 3rd place and winning an $11 satellite coupon. So now I have to decide which $11 Maximus tournament is best for me.

So after grinding a couple cash tables and the $1 double ups I'm up to just over $15 cash and the $11 ticket. Not an epic run, but not bad for starting with just a $2 dollar roll. Here is my sharkscope sng graph, which is starting to look like it's moving in the right direction. Game 20 is the first $1 double up tournament from yesterday.

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Yea i hear that.. good luck to ya man.

how long are you attempting to do this?

Looks like you got a giraffe going on there.. keep it up!!!!

I did a similar thing on FeltStars about 2 years ago. Did my best sticking to the double up tournaments and mostly staying away from cash games. Was doing real good then got bored with the double ups and took a shot at higher stake cash games and bigger MTTs. Didn't work out too well and I busted my roll. Having learned that, I'm gonna do my best switching from double ups to cheap MTTs and soft cash games so I don't get burnt out on one thing and say 'F#ck it, lets go big or go home!' So to answer your question, hopefully I can keep this up for some time to come.

Also the next short term goal is to get up to 250 VPPs for the month before the 26th so I can play in the 2 $10,000 VIP freerolls. Need 134 more points.

Nice, your already in the big ticket give away! that has a butt load of value!
I'm still 20 points away.

i play on carbon and wanted to ask the forum members if they prefer carbon or lock poker?

also, are there any other sites that anyone can recommend. also, can anyone tell me if they have cashed big in a poker tourney on carbon or lock and cashed out succesfully?

i will keep posing on this site and am so very glad i found it peace!

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Originally Posted by mathkid

i play on carbon and wanted to ask the forum members if they prefer carbon or lock poker?

also, are there any other sites that anyone can recommend. also, can anyone tell me if they have cashed big in a poker tourney on carbon or lock and cashed out succesfully?

i will keep posing on this site and am so very glad i found it peace!

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i totally prefer carbon, just because more game types, the client seems more reliable and maybe a larger player pool? or are lock and carbon all the same players?

what exactly do you have to do to qualify for these freerolls on carbon?

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Originally Posted by EatnCreepios

what exactly do you have to do to qualify for these freerolls on carbon?

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Earn point from paying rake and tournament fees.

Congratulations on the wins. Keep being patient and play your game and I am sure you will continue to build it up. And as always, goodluck at the tables.

Good job. I feel that it's harder to make a good bankroll with a small amount on carbon than it was at pokerstars. At pokerstars, I loved those 10 cent 360 player sngs. Those were fun and they payed good for first.

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Originally Posted by mathkid

i play on carbon and wanted to ask the forum members if they prefer carbon or lock poker?

also, are there any other sites that anyone can recommend. also, can anyone tell me if they have cashed big in a poker tourney on carbon or lock and cashed out succesfully?

i will keep posing on this site and am so very glad i found it peace!

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I'm not a tournament player so I haven't cashed big in a tournament, but I do cash out very frequently. I've slowed my roll going into the new year and am transitioning to only FL holdem where I feel I'm stronger at so I haven't cashed out yet in 2013 but have in recent years without any issues. With that said, I would say Carbon without a doubt.

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Originally Posted by WILD

Good job. I feel that it's harder to make a good bankroll with a small amount on carbon than it was at pokerstars. At pokerstars, I loved those 10 cent 360 player sngs. Those were fun and they payed good for first.

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I loved those!! They filled up quickly and first paid more than the .25 MTTs on Carbon do. I also played the 90 player .25 SNGs, those taught me alot of patience and were much harder to cash in, but in a way that I felt really made me focus on my game.

congrats on the wins, keep grinding at the tables..gl

Crashed and burned a little today. Lost 4 double ups in a row and took a small hit at the cash tables. Couldn't get any all ins to hold up. Unreal amount of 2 or 3 outers hitting for the donks. Down to under $5. Really wanna use my $11 ticket to build back up, but also really wanna play the $11 maximus micro main event next month. Deflated. Gonna play the PO freerolls and probably not much else tonight.

I am however pleased to see that in the last 2 days I've played 73 double up tournaments. My sharkscope graph says I went from $11.84 in sng profits to $26.78 even after the terrible run I ended on. I am proof you can play the double or nothing tournaments and be profitable.

spree im gonna try and do the same thing and let u know how it goes.....i have 4 cents right now but obviously i cant do anything wit that so i gotta try n take down this next PO freeroll.....gl man

btw.....i have already won 2 of them and try to go bigger stakes like u and lost it all......its definitly smart to only use like 10% of ur bankroll at a time....

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