Bankroll Building

well done freerolls are insane and i lose interest but good job staying focused

so i should just do freerolls until i get $100? and is it hard to first start?

You are doing really a great job. Keep it going this way.

i dont have a bankroll... what is this ?

that is amazing from just freerolls ..it is like the chris thing on full tilt

Nice work. But now u should to use this bankroll. Its enough for growing up faster than on freerolls

how big your bankroll now

Congrats Sharking for staying discipline. Keep up the good work. Good luck.

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Originally Posted by Sharking

Theres a lot of advice I could give you. Would be easier if you had specific questions, but I can try to just do a vague overview of advice.

1. bankroll management doesn't just happen. you have to really want it.
2. set goals and stick to them
3. its really hard to use bankroll management on less than $100, but the bigger your roll gets the more you have to protect.
4. rule of thumb have 100 buyins in your roll for a tourney. So buy in with 1% of your roll or less
5. use the filters in carbon to show only the games within your bankroll (example $0 to $5)

I always recommend being more willing to go broke and take shots when you have under $100. Once you bink $300-$500+ though be very strict about your bankroll management. If you want to do what I did, I only played freerolls until my roll was big enough to start playing. It took me 2 months to freeroll to $400. A normal person who doesnt play every single day could prolly reach $200 in 5-6 months.

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This is really great advice Sharking, especially #2. I find that when I set goals for myself, it keeps me from being so affected by circumstances and variance.

I wanted to have that willpower

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so i should just do freerolls until i get $100? and is it hard to first start?

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If you have the pateince to do that, it is worth it. I think you need at least $100 to attempt proper bankroll management. A second alternative is to take shorts in MTTs with any winnings, and as soon as you hit a $100 score to start using more strict BRM.

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Nice work. But now u should to use this bankroll. Its enough for growing up faster than on freerolls

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I have been using it =) Grinding the micro cash tables right now. I've logged 130,000 hands since November.

I have been trying really hard to start converting to 6max. I will need to play 6max when I move up to 10nl because there arent enough full ring tables. I have been playing 4nl 6max when there arent not enough 4nl full ring tables running. Im playing 9 tables right now, which may be too much since it is new to me. Its definitely a crazy animal. My current goal is to become a winning 6max player!

Updated Bankroll:

Carbon $844.35
Sportsbook $0.22
Hero Poker $0.50
Bet Online $0.95
America's Card Room $1.51
Juicy Stakes $7.80
Black Chip Poker $4.00

Total: $859.33

I tend to stay away from cash games, I rarely leave with a profit. They say you should have atleast one hundred big blinds if your going to play cash games and only enter with no more than ten percent of your total bankroll. Good luck and keep winning:cool:

do not play cash game...like you said you are tournament player, so keep going, try to get rich :D

I make some $ at cash tables. The problem is not knowing when to stand up from the table and then bad things happen. Went from 20.00 to 250.00 in Omaha and should of left the table, but i didnt and lost it all!

great job.keep it going

You are doing great Sharking. I think you will start enjoying 6max more than full-ring. It is a different game, but I know you'll figure it out.

this is verry good job i play for 2 weeks in PS and my goal is 10$ and then i will play on real money tournaments but for now i have just 0.45$.
sorry for my bad english

wow you are really doing good keep it up

Yeah I would cash out at those amounts!!

Yeah, your play strong, you keep winning you will win money. Or so half the post look like LOL!

Had a great session today. I went +$20, even with running bad and making a few costly mistakes. I also won a $109 seat on saturday in the freeroll so I am super happy about that. I now have 2 $109 tix and will be saving them. I had a terrible week in PO Freerolls so I want to focus harder on those and make sure I am capitalizing on free money while it is still important to building my roll up.

Sold off my juicy roll, BCP roll, and ACR roll as I have been doing for a few months to sustain points here.


Updated Bankroll:

Carbon $890.74
Sportsbook $0.22
Hero Poker $0.50
Bet Online $0.95
America's Card Room $1.51
Juicy Stakes $0.90

Total: $894.82

nice !!!

full tilt is back by the way

u can make some there too

Full tilt is back for US players ?

well from what iv read you have gained a couple hundred on carbon good job.

this is good i creat my bankroll with 0.95 and now i have 349$

everytime i run up money on carbon i tilt it off. from now on i will only play po freerolls! gl in your quest my friend!

started today in the same misson already grinded 5 Dollars on carbon :)

I'm on a no deposit to 1k challenge on Carbon and started 2 days ago. I am now at 1 dollar but am also needing help. How should I increase this dollar. Sit n go's waiting, free rolls or tourneys.

Congradulations on all your hard work and keep it up! THis isnt a easy thing to do and sustain, too many people get tired of the grind and tilt it all away in big games... Nice work bro!

nice job shark plan on doing the same thing...just got to keep my hand out of the cookie jar

Sharking your discipline has been a major influence on my game recently. Congrats and thanks.

congrats :) keep it up and very good luck to you :)

today i'm gonna start my bankroll! chears me up please! i know i can do it!

I'm doing the same thing right now. Started 4 days ago and so far have $1 from Fun Steps. Hoping to get to $20 before I start playing.

4 days $1 LOL should of played some PokerOwned Games

yesterday won the tournament poker owned

up to now 12 $ playing 4 days

Dude, that's great. I'm going to do the same thing starting at Carbon Poker. Keep on winning & saving. That's a small fortune.