Starting a bankroll

Hey all

I've been reading this forum (and 2p2) for quite a while now but never really had the urge to start posting as I'm not much of a poker player myself.
But a couple weeks ago I got reminded that I still had 50 bucks on my UB account (which I got for free) and I thought I might aswell give it a go.

I played some 0.1/0.2 tables and am now at $69.86 basicly playing super tight as its hard to bluff and easy to get the money in with good cards.
This makes it easy to multi table as I'm not playing many hands and the once I'm playing are just basic abc poker.

So after some practice I dont find it to hard to play 10-15 tables (depending on traffic, connection, focus,..).

The reason I'm posting this is because the site which I got the 50 bucks from has a rake race (raked hands so the stakes I play wont matter) and I'm gonna try and see if I can get some money from it.
So this post is just really to keep myself motivated to put enough hands in everyday. Hoping to get atleast 2k hands a day.

I know most people wont give a damn about some newbie starting poker and playing these micro stakes but you dont have to visit this post ever again if you dont want to.

Worst case senario: giving up/going broke
Best case senario: getting 100-200 bucks from the rake race and some profit from the poker itself, giving me a decent roll to put on a different site and grind first deposit bonusses.

We'll see how it go's, I'll try updating alot just to keep myself motivated

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Posted 2010-03-02 15:01
ULookLikeINeedADrink Group: Forum Members Registered: 2010-04-26 Posts: 5, Visits: 11	Starting a bankroll Hey all I've been reading this forum (and 2p2) for quite a while now but never really had the urge to start posting as I'm not much of a poker player myself. But a couple weeks ago I got reminded that I still had 50 bucks on my UB account (which I got for free) and I thought I might aswell give it a go. I played some 0.1/0.2 tables and am now at $69.86 basicly playing super tight as its hard to bluff and easy to get the money in with good cards. This makes it easy to multi table as I'm not playing many hands and the once I'm playing are just basic abc poker. So after some practice I dont find it to hard to play 10-15 tables (depending on traffic, connection, focus,..). The reason I'm posting this is because the site which I got the 50 bucks from has a rake race (raked hands so the stakes I play wont matter) and I'm gonna try and see if I can get some money from it. So this post is just really to keep myself motivated to put enough hands in everyday. Hoping to get atleast 2k hands a day. I know most people wont give a damn about some newbie starting poker and playing these micro stakes but you dont have to visit this post ever again if you dont want to. Worst case senario: giving up/going broke Best case senario: getting 100-200 bucks from the rake race and some profit from the poker itself, giving me a decent roll to put on a different site and grind first deposit bonusses. We'll see how it go's, I'll try updating alot just to keep myself motivated
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Posted 2010-03-02 15:27
trawler Group: Forum Members Registered: 2010-09-05 Posts: 14, Visits: 937	RE: Starting a bankroll you might want to check again, the details of the rake race, in my experience when the races are linked to raked hands there is usually a minimum requirement of rake usually 0.25 cents, which excludes the micro grinders from claiming big prizes. However, good luck
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Posted 2010-03-02 15:45
fud9990 Group: Forum Members Registered: 2010-05-14 Posts: 1, Visits: 8	RE: Starting a bankroll i hope you will do good in the rake race.. wish i had the patience to play a bit lower stakes, but every single time i win a few 100 i step up the limits....stupid me...
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Posted 2010-03-02 16:46
ULookLikeINeedADrink Group: Forum Members Registered: 2010-04-26 Posts: 5, Visits: 11	RE: Starting a bankroll Thx guys Last month some dude won $200 and another one $300 playing the same stakes so I'm safe there, but thx for the heads up. Was able to play 6158 hands yesterday and won $7.84 and up some today also. Let's hope this beginners luck lasts for a while so bankroll up to $77.70
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Posted 2010-03-03 12:56
ULookLikeINeedADrink Group: Forum Members Registered: 2010-04-26 Posts: 5, Visits: 11	RE: Starting a bankroll Played 5277 hands yesterday and made $6.69, so up to $84.39 now. Having some connection problems atm so will be harder to put the hands in the next few days, will have to make up for it this weekend
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Posted 2010-03-04 13:23
ULookLikeINeedADrink Group: Forum Members Registered: 2010-04-26 Posts: 5, Visits: 11	RE: Starting a bankroll Was able to put in 5450 hands in afterall and made $8.36 so now at $92.75. Going better then expected so far, I'm sure it wont last
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Posted 2010-03-06 03:13
ULookLikeINeedADrink Group: Forum Members Registered: 2010-04-26 Posts: 5, Visits: 11	RE: Starting a bankroll fast update before I'm off to bed yesterday 5051 hands and won $3.13 today 4550 hands and won $5.96 bankroll at $101.84 I'm also at $100 in the rake race atm, not sure if I'll be able to keep this up tough, we'll see
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Posted 2010-04-22 22:48
sleepyguy Group: Forum Members Registered: 2010-10-15 Posts: 21, Visits: 89	RE: Starting a bankroll Good luck but I find it's much much easier to just deposit a bit in to get started. The 10nl players are probably just as bad as some 25nl or 50nl players as those are the limits most players start off when first depositing. I'd say to kick start just deposit $500 or so and jump into 25nl or 50nl. I guess at the end of the day if you feel it's a nice learning process and ignore the hourly rate then that's ok.
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Posted 2010-04-22 23:12
CuckMySock Group: Forum Members Registered: 2010-06-27 Posts: 19, Visits: 232	RE: Starting a bankroll Is this a joke? over 5000 hands and profit of $3.13 a paper boy earns more for much less time not being funny i just dont see the point
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Posted 2010-04-22 23:32
Rabbit911 Group: Forum Members Registered: 2011-02-27 Posts: 233, Visits: 1 822	RE: Starting a bankroll CuckMySock (2010-04-22) Is this a joke? over 5000 hands and profit of $3.13 a paper boy earns more for much less time not being funny i just dont see the point Have fun? Improve game? Get experience?
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