Naturally I was excited last night so I signed in and loaded up my first tournament. I decided to start building my bankroll by playing $2.00 + $0.20 No Limit Hold'Em Turbo Sit N' Gos. I don't have much to say about this event, other than the fact that I ABSOLUTELY crushed it. I won this tournament hands down in about 20 minutes. These events only pay out to the top two, so I collected $14.00 (a smooth $11.80 profit). This was pretty much the best thing that could happen to me. Not only does it give me a lot more room to go on a bit of a bad run, but it definitely boosted my confidence.
Things are going great! 1 tournament 1 win. I boot up another $2.00 turbo NLH event. At the 50/100 level I am dealt 2d 2s in the small blind , there are 3 limpers and I complete. Big blind checks and the flop comes 2c 4h 9s. It goes all in 3 ways on the flop. My 22, a player with Ah9h, and the other with a set of 9s. The 9 of spades and the 9 of clubs. The turn comes a the case 2 and I collect my pot. It's been a long time since I have hit a one outer and it felt great. I felt invincible, for about five hands until I lost with AK and AQs consecutively and finished the tournament in 6th place.
I played two more tournaments on the night, finishing in 9th place. ( I flopped a flush with 3 players to the flop and a player behind me flopped a higher one.) And in 2nd place losing heads up to JJ with my KT on a T25 flop.
So I finished up for the night and took a look at my hard earned bankroll. $11.90 ! Not bad. Only another 800 nights until I reach my goal at this rate. Let's hope I get to move up in limits in the next couple of weeks, I would like to wait three years to get to Toronto.
As I promised in my introduction post I am going to keep you up to date with my stats. After the four events I played last night my sharkscope stats read as follows.
Games Played : 4
Average Profit : $3
Average Stage : $2
Average Return On Investment : 127%
Total Profit : $11
After looking at the pokerroom freeroll policies I decided it would probably be a good idea for me to try and win a couple of those. They run several free tournaments with $100 or bigger prize pools every day. The catch is that you have to collect 4 player points to unlock every dollar you win in a free roll. However when playing in tournaments you gain 5 player points for every dollar in fees you pay. Essentially what it comes down to is if you win a freeroll it will be a long time before you ever pay administration fees on a tournament at the $2+$0.20 level again and every $4 you pay in fees you actually get $1 extra back. You would be making money simply breaking even in these events.
Anyway those are all the updates I have for now, thanks again to Steve Simpson for getting me started, and good luck to all of you fellow poker players at the tables!
-Kyle
Current Bankroll : $11.90
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