C’est la Vie

That’s life. I’ve lost it all, all $12.15 in one night. This post is going to be short because I’m demoralized and don’t particularly feel thrilled with letting everyone know my folly. There are definitely things to be learned, though.

Two Steps Forward

Now that I’ve finally won $2 in a freeroll tournament, I must say that I was deathly afraid when I found out the minimum buy-in for the $0.05/$0.10 tables is $2. The prospect of going back to fighting through a five hour long tournament, especially when I’m only really available to play the one starting at 10:40 PM, makes me cringe. Playing at the continuous running cash games at my leisure is a privilege I don’t want to lose. That’s why I was more nervous playing my first $0.05/$0.10 table than when I play $20 buy-in tournaments with my friends. My hands got cold and I got fidgety. I knew that once I put in the big blind to start playing, I was obligated to play until I broke even or better. Otherwise, back to the 5 hour hell I’ve been trying to get out of for the past month.

I’m in the Money

On Monday morning… very early morning, I placed 10th in a Full Tilt Poker No Limit Hold’em Freeroll Tournament and won $2. It only took 5 hours to win $2. That’s $0.40/hr. But I must say, it was worth it.

Full Tilt Poker Freeroll Schedule

You can find me playing in these daily Full Tilt Poker freeroll tournaments: 10:40 PM EST Omaha Hi Pot Limit and 11:40 PM EST Hold’em No Limit

Setting Traps and Falling into Them

It’s always fun when you flop or turn a big hand and your opponent has no idea what he’s getting himself into. It’s like recreational crab fishing, at least what I’ve heard of it, where you have bait at the end of a small, light string and you have to carefully pull the crab in without the crab letting go with his claws. You have to make sure the crab is fully committed until he gets to shore and is in your bucket.

It’s fun… except when you are the crab.

Almost There

So I played two tournaments this weekend and felt like either one could have been the one. I’ve made an adjustment to my earlier stated strategy in that I decided not to take many risks in the early stages of the tournament. They just don’t pay off. On Friday, I ended up in 56th place. On Sunday, I ended up in 205th place.

The Long Road Ahead

It is quite difficult to find the time to get in enough Full Tilt Poker freeroll tournaments for a chance to win a few bucks to get the ball rolling on this long road ahead of me. I’ve settled into trying to play two freeroll poker tournaments each day. If you get the chance, and you have a Full Tilt Poker account, drop by one of the following daily tournaments and say hello. I use the same alias, girish133.

Playing Large Tournaments

At least playing large freeroll tournaments will give me some practice in the event I ever do enter a real tournament. But what a place to start, competing against 2699 other players for 1 of the top 27 spots, just for a few bucks. How am I supposed to approach this?

Looking to Make a Buck

It’s been 5 days since we started this experiment and I’ve been trying to get off the ground. I imagine this will be the hardest part and will take the longest time. Honestly, I feel like I’m trying to start a bike going uphill in 10th gear.

Choosing a Poker Site

So, the first order of action is to choose the poker site we’re going to use to build our bankroll. We’ve decided to use Full Tilt Poker. Here’s why…