10K CHALLENGE

Short and Sweet Version here it goes since March 6.

Absolute Poker: Sent my friend $50 to get $50 on PokerStars. Sent a different friend $10 to play some blackjack. Also have withdrew $225 to buy kegs and food. Account is currently at 378.87.

Anyways played in 73 tournies with total buy ins of 965 and total payouts of 1360. A profit of $395

Cash games I have played in 6 (quite a few more actually but I don't record gains or losses of less than $1) I have lost $69. 40 of this was from taking a shot at .50/1 which obviously is way outside of my bankroll but was feeling dumb that day.

Profit in the last month and a half is 325.60 on Absolute and 7.62 on Pokerstars.

PokerStars: Started with the $50 that my friend sent me. Played in mostly sitngos with a couple MTTs. Have had minor success. I have played in 19 tournaments with buy ins of $62 and payouts of $77 for a profit of $15. I must be missing some number because my account only shows a 57.62 for the balance. Oh well not really concerned about PokerStars that account is mainly for fun.

40 to 10k challange update

Haven't had much time this past couple weeks because i got a job. But hey here it goes anyway. The past couple weeks have been good to me I'm up 239.99 and my account is at 344 now. I also cashed out 100 bones to pay for some of my spring break trip coming up. I have final tabled two straight Mtts the last two nights coming in 4th in both made stupid mistakes by not folding when I'm beat you think I would know better at this point but for some reason I still cant lay some hands down sometimes. Oh well other than those mistakes I'm playing pretty well and I attribute that to not playing 10 tournies every day. My mind is fresh and I am able to concentrate hope this continues.

Cavs Make A Trade

Let me first start of by saying that I am huge cavs fan. Personally I thought the cavs would be ok if they did not make a trade before the deadline. I thought they were the best team in the east as of right now. With the trade being made I think this puts us head and shoulders above everyone and here is why: First we got a legit PG in Delonte West his driving and ability to knock down the open shot is gonna make Lebron better. Wally can hit the 3 ball like its his job (and it is) and this spreading of the floor is gonna give Lebron so much room to operate. Ben Wallace is a legit 4 who now will be rejuvinated now that he is on a championship team. Pairing him with Z and Lebron gives us the best frontcourt in the NBA. Joe Smith has a nice midrange jumper and is an adequate defender. Overall I give this trade an A and look for the cavs to make a serious push to win it all this year.

Another Update

Sunday started out well won the first and came in second in the first two sitngos for a profit of 50 only to lose the next two. Gave me a profit of $28.

Monday was an up and down day came in second of one and 3^rd in two others then lost two sitngos and a $5 and $ 10 MTT for a total loss of $7

Tuesday was a long day played in a $5 MTT didn’t cash, lost a $7 sitngo, came in third for $7 won an $11 18 person sitngo for $61 the lost two straight sitngos, followed by a lost at $5.50 and $11 and sent $10 to my roommate. I also played and lost $20 at .05/.10 which was a loss of $12.50 for the day.

Wednesday I lost two sitngos and transferred another $10 to another roommate so I lost $32.

Thursday played two sitngos lost the first and came in second in the other for a profit of $5l

Friday played in two and lost both for a loss of $22.

Saturday I didn’t play because we had a rave party at our house.

Sunday I played in a few tournaments winning one and coming in second in another. Then lost an $11 and $7 tournament. Switched to tables lost my initial $20 buyin and won 12.70. For the total weekly profit of $25.70.

Overall for the week I lost $14.80. I didn’t really play too much because I had a few tests and was planning for the rave party we hosted.

3rd Update

Sunday got back from OU and got right back to the virtual felt. I played in 7 sitngos and cashed in 5 with a net profit of 48.20. Monday didnt play much just a sitngo and $1 rebuy in which i rebought and double addon came in 10th in the rebuy for a profit of 17.90 which brought my profit to 10.90 for the day and 59.10 for the week. Tuesday was the first day i moved up to $10+1 sitngos and had mixed success. I bubbled in 3 of 4 and won the other for a net profit of $1 and a weekly profit thus far of 60.10. Wednesday had nothing to do so I played a lot; played in 10 $10+1 sitngos came in 2nd 27 person and 2nd in a 9 person didnt cash in the others, played in a $2 MTT and came in 138/404 decided to play in $6 sitngos since I was at 190 came in 3rd and 2nd. Altogether this brought my profit -7.20 for the day and 52.90 for the week. Thursday I couldnt play much because I had to study for a test on Friday but I did get two sitngos in Came in 2nd and 5 in $10+1 which brings my profit to $9 for the day and 61.90 for the day. Friday had a decent day played in 7 $10 sitngos cashed in 5; 3 3rds, 1 1st, 1 2nd, and I won a $5 satellite to into a $20 10k guarentee. For the day had a profit of $63 and a weekly profit of 124.90. Saturday was a pretty crappy day played in 8 $10 sitngos cashed twice one being a win in a 27 person for $61 profit and another cash for 5.25 which brought me to a .25 profit so I decided to play some .25/.50 for a switch up after I left both tables I made a profit of 5.06 which brought my daily profit to 5.31 and 130.21 for the week.

2nd Update On the 10k Challenge

The week started out pretty slow. On Monday I was able to place in 5 out of 9 sitngos with a net profit of 3.14 on Monday and on Tuesday I had a net loss of 2.20 bringing my winnings for the week to .94. Wednesday I played a few sitngos and did not place in one. I decided to switch it up and entered a $2 MTT. This gamble ended up paying off, as I took 2^nd out of 361 people for a profit of 89.98. This brought my winnings of the week to 83.77. This brought my BR up to 128 and me to the $5 sitngos. Thursday was a good day I cashed in 4 out of 5 sitngos with one of them being a 27-person tournament for a cash of 30.50. After these cashes it brought my bankroll up to 158.98 and then I sent my roommate 10 bucks. Friday and Saturday I was partying at another school so I did not have poker on my mind. Bankroll is currently at 148.98 and I will give you another update on Sunday.

The first update on the 40 to 10k challenge

I had such a nice chart made out for this but it didnt work out like I wanted so I will have to do this the old fashion way. On Friday I played at some 5/10 cent and ended with a negative 1.03 for the day. Had a couple suckouts nothing too bad but that stung in my bottom line. Sit n gos didnt help my cause either. I ended with a loss of 5.40 for the day. It was one of those days were middle pairs would be getting beat by top pair with weak kicker. My losses for the day were 6.43

Saturday I didnt play that much because I had to fulfill my 20 year old college male duties. I played for about an hour at 5/10 cent and doubled up to eight only to lose 3.90 for the day. The last hand was brutal I raised with AK and the flop came A 8 4, I went allin because the guy was a maniac and paying people off with middle pairs. He called and hit his J on the river (AJ). I also played one sit n go and lost to runner runner flush. That cost me a buck twenty. That brings my losses of the day to 5.10.

Now sunday was my day to play. I felt good today and it started out slow by cashing only once out of my first 4 tournies. After that I went on to cash in 4 of the 5 I played afterwards with 3 wins and 1 second. So for the day I played in 10 sit n gos and won 7.50 on the day.

This brought my net loss for the weekend to -2.37. I liked this because I was telling my friends I was trying for this and was joking I was gonna make it to zero before I even got back to 40. Right now my br stands at 36.31