I have finally done it! I have cleared my first bonus on a pokersite. These bonuses are just like buses, so when I cleared my first bonus I also cleared the second one! I have half of the PSO $20 bonus cleared and I have the first stellar award cleared on Pokerstars. These were good enough to clear $20 into my account and I now have 340 fpp's. I don't really know what to do with the fpp's yet, if anyone has any ideas as to what is the best way to turn these into cash please let me know.
I also played in a first depositors freeroll open only to UK & Ireland players with £10,000 added. I finished 217th for £9.50 but I was disappointed seeing as the field was soft and the payout was so good. Unfortunately I went card dead for the whole tournament and I had to survive on scraps. That equated to another $14.50 for the bankroll.
The 5c/10c cash games have been up and down to say the least! One day I would be up $10 the next I am down the same amount. Overall since I started at this new limit I am up a good bit but I just really want to continue this pace. If you want to check my stats I have found this great site for looking up players stats at cash tables for free:
http://www.poker-edge.com/poker-player-stats/zwemnaar
My progress since I came home from the US is from 9,000 hands onwards. This site is my main motivation to improve as I really want to get out of the red and into the black. At the moment I have $168.02 so hopefully I can improve on this.
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Monday, November 15, 2010
Big Boost To The Bankroll
Since I am trying to get this stellar reward before the end of the year, I decided to kill two birds with one stone and get a 100% reload bonus off PSO (pokerschool online). PSO are linked up with Pokerstars and If you complete the core quiz and sit'n'go quiz you are eligible for a 100% reload bonus up to $20. So I breezed through the quizzes (93% in both!) and then withdrew $20 from my account so I could re-deposit and get the bonus. I need to earn 250 fpp's for each $10 so this will run nicely with my earning of the stellar reward as I have around 250 fpp's left to earn this.
Also with all these fpp's flying in I decided to use some of them to earn a few tournament $'s on Pokerstars. I registered for a 70 fpp 10 man tournament with 1st place getting an $11 ticket to the Sunday 1/4 million. I ran well in this and took it down after a yo-yo heads up battle. Seeing as I already have a ticket for the Sunday 1/4 million I now had $11 tournament $'s. I proceeded to play two $2.20 HU S&G's and won both to put an extra $8 in my real money account.
So on Sunday with nothing else to do I decided to use my Sunday 1/4 million ticket. I registered 30mins late so I had to get busy. A few hands in, I bluffed big time in a battle of the blinds, it just felt that he was posturing. this nearly doubled my starting stack. Then I got very lucky with K-10 vs AK to double up again. I was now 1,000th out of 33,000 players. I went card dead for an eternity and just survived by picking off the blinds every once and a while. I made the cash ok and then I went into survival mode. I was extremely short stacked for the rest of the tourney but won a few crucial coin flips to end up finishing 616th for $93.10. Not a bad return on a free ticket! Thanks very much Pokerstars!
This has left my account looking very rosy and now there is no real chance of me going broke at the 5c/10c tables. It gives me a bit of breathing space and hopefully more chance to play mtt's and S&G's. Until next time, lectures call!
Also with all these fpp's flying in I decided to use some of them to earn a few tournament $'s on Pokerstars. I registered for a 70 fpp 10 man tournament with 1st place getting an $11 ticket to the Sunday 1/4 million. I ran well in this and took it down after a yo-yo heads up battle. Seeing as I already have a ticket for the Sunday 1/4 million I now had $11 tournament $'s. I proceeded to play two $2.20 HU S&G's and won both to put an extra $8 in my real money account.
So on Sunday with nothing else to do I decided to use my Sunday 1/4 million ticket. I registered 30mins late so I had to get busy. A few hands in, I bluffed big time in a battle of the blinds, it just felt that he was posturing. this nearly doubled my starting stack. Then I got very lucky with K-10 vs AK to double up again. I was now 1,000th out of 33,000 players. I went card dead for an eternity and just survived by picking off the blinds every once and a while. I made the cash ok and then I went into survival mode. I was extremely short stacked for the rest of the tourney but won a few crucial coin flips to end up finishing 616th for $93.10. Not a bad return on a free ticket! Thanks very much Pokerstars!
This has left my account looking very rosy and now there is no real chance of me going broke at the 5c/10c tables. It gives me a bit of breathing space and hopefully more chance to play mtt's and S&G's. Until next time, lectures call!
Friday, November 12, 2010
Ups and Downs at a new Cash Game Limit!
A bit has happened since my last post. I had a big test coming up in college so I decided to withdraw all my funds from Pokerstars. That was a grand total of $51.05 with $10 of this going back into my moneybookers account,the rest back into my bank account. After the test (in which i did quite well in I hope!) I put the moneybookers money back on the site and continued the grind at the 1c/2c tables. Worked this up to $16 and then this is where the fun began!!
I have always had a fixation with the Pokerstars fpp's and my new goal is to gain the first stellar reward which mean I have to collect 750 fpp's over the year. If I get the fpp's I will the get a $10 reward. So,what better way to earn fpp's than to move up stakes!! I moved up to 5c/10c full ring games putting $8 at stake first. This quickly disappeared!! I just didn't realise the difference in playing at this level. The bluffing and calling off was crazy! Massive shoves pre flop with A-8 and 22. So I had to re-adjust and I did!! I put my whole bankroll on the line but it paid off as I came out of red and into black ending the day with $22 in the account and more importantly some fpp's in it as well!
It was then onwards and upwards from there. My account is now at $50 again and I now feel comfortable at the 5c/10c tables. Also I have earned 220 fpp's this month and 456 fpp's for the year. So I need 294 fpp's to gain my stellar award. I could also gain silverstar vip status but don't think I'll be able to keep up the pace I have already set. Anyway back to the grind!!
I have always had a fixation with the Pokerstars fpp's and my new goal is to gain the first stellar reward which mean I have to collect 750 fpp's over the year. If I get the fpp's I will the get a $10 reward. So,what better way to earn fpp's than to move up stakes!! I moved up to 5c/10c full ring games putting $8 at stake first. This quickly disappeared!! I just didn't realise the difference in playing at this level. The bluffing and calling off was crazy! Massive shoves pre flop with A-8 and 22. So I had to re-adjust and I did!! I put my whole bankroll on the line but it paid off as I came out of red and into black ending the day with $22 in the account and more importantly some fpp's in it as well!
It was then onwards and upwards from there. My account is now at $50 again and I now feel comfortable at the 5c/10c tables. Also I have earned 220 fpp's this month and 456 fpp's for the year. So I need 294 fpp's to gain my stellar award. I could also gain silverstar vip status but don't think I'll be able to keep up the pace I have already set. Anyway back to the grind!!
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Free sit'n'go tickets come good!
All has been flying online. I have worked my bankroll up to $50 through grinding the 1c/2c tables and using some sit'n'go tickets I acquired to good use. I have been playing the £2,000 Daily Giveaway for UK & Irish players on Pokerstars. They reward you for the more tourneys you play:
So far I have played 13 tourneys and I have availed of the bonuses. I failed to cash with the $1.20 S&G ticket but I made amends for that by winning the 9 man $3.40 S&G for $13.50. It was a great return on a free ticket!
I also played in a few Sunday competitions that had some nice prizes going in them. I played in a RFU freeroll where there were some rugby tickets up for grabs, $1.20 S&G tickets and Pokerstars baseball caps. I finished 11th out of 399 players for a S&G ticket. I then went on to win the S&G for a further $4.50. I also played in the WBCOOP $5,000 Halloween freeroll but got nowhere in that. The reason why I have the Pokerstars banner across this page was to gain entry to the competition.
I haven't played live since my 2nd place finish in the D.C.U game but I might this week. There is a scalps tourney which is always good for a few euro! The poker society arn't doing their freeroll for some reason,which is a big loss as many players turn out for this and continue to go throughout the year. Anyway better get back to the grind. Laters.
| Tiered Rewards | ||
|---|---|---|
| Level | Freeroll tourneys completed | Reward* |
| 1 | 3 | $1.20 S&G ticket |
| 2 | 6 | $2.20 cash credit |
| 3 | 9 | $3.40 S&G ticket |
| 4 | 12 | $5.50 cash credit |
| 5 | 15 | Sunday $1/4 Million ticket |
So far I have played 13 tourneys and I have availed of the bonuses. I failed to cash with the $1.20 S&G ticket but I made amends for that by winning the 9 man $3.40 S&G for $13.50. It was a great return on a free ticket!
I also played in a few Sunday competitions that had some nice prizes going in them. I played in a RFU freeroll where there were some rugby tickets up for grabs, $1.20 S&G tickets and Pokerstars baseball caps. I finished 11th out of 399 players for a S&G ticket. I then went on to win the S&G for a further $4.50. I also played in the WBCOOP $5,000 Halloween freeroll but got nowhere in that. The reason why I have the Pokerstars banner across this page was to gain entry to the competition.
I haven't played live since my 2nd place finish in the D.C.U game but I might this week. There is a scalps tourney which is always good for a few euro! The poker society arn't doing their freeroll for some reason,which is a big loss as many players turn out for this and continue to go throughout the year. Anyway better get back to the grind. Laters.
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