i agree that yes, its definitely a gamble playing say $44 sngs with only 4 buy ins.  no question.  but it all depends on the person playing and what their objective is.  for fun or trying to build a br... sng variance can be quite tough at times no matter who you are and competition is much better at those levels versus $5 sngs.  as far as skill, i definitely believe skill is a large part in the long run of poker.  short run, eh donks will hit and thats good because they will continue to come back and play horrible.  in fact, i like to see a donk push all in preflop with 2's and kill my a's for the simple reason that i will make it all back and then some most of the time.

As far as the 2+2 thread, i was glad to see the one guy defend me towards the end.  They are also forgetting that ive only been playing poker for a few years and a lot of my entries from way back are examples of me still learning and my inexperience shows.  Ive also stated that a couple times in past blog post.  if i had a roll still, id love to play those guys. i sorta have a feeling i already have because the guy was obviously mad about something and took the time to write about it.  they do make a point though and that is i havent had the best br management.  bad bankroll management doesnt mean someone is a donk (at least my definition) and ive at least had ok management because i have cashed out and bought some really nice things.  keep in mind i typically only buy in with $30-$50.  buying in with that amount is hit or miss.  i can think of two times my entire career of playing online that I have bought in with $150 of my own money. 

definitely no hard feelings about the 2+2 post.  in fact like i said before, im flattered lol.  oh and if they want to state that im a donk, please do.  that will just make people underestimate me and then i can go buy some more cool stuff haha.

You're right Teddy, the ace didn't help.

you should just ignore those 2+2 guys who posted about your blog.

i think you are definitly not a donk.  you even make me envy

because you have managed your bankroll pretty good and was decipline enough to not go beyond your limits (although you have made one mistake going for 5/10. but it was a good lesson i believe).

i'd like to get to know you and talk more about poker and share ideas.

add me msn if you have one   jesusinone@hotmail.com

i think there are lot of things that i can learn from you for sure.

i also have few years of experience and played lots of live and just started

online after being away for little less than a year.

hope to hear back from you ~ and good luck on the takes and boost that bankroll!!!!!

-daniel

Wanted to make a post to fill you in on what's going on.  I created an account on stars a few weeks ago, and in the past week I have finally mentally gotten 100% back into poker.  Been a really long break (6-7 months or more??) with games here and there but nothing consistent.  I just had no desire to play and my game showed it.  Any how, I love playing poker this time of the year because it seems like everyone is handing out money so its an excellent time to build a roll.   I have been absolutely destroying the games I've been playing on stars. i have only been playing cash games (NO SNG) and i must say my cash game is probably at the best its ever been.  I also will be going through a mentor type program here the next 6 months or more just depending with a couple of top online pro's to improve even more.    

I don't plan on posting regularly in here until im playing significantly higher than micro limits.  So after this post, you wont see a anything from me for a while.  i may fill you all in where my br stands when I make significant increases but thats about it.  I still stand by the title of my blog, "my blog of starting from scratch and going all the way to highstakes".  This blog section has had a lot of haters on some of the other blogs and only a couple on mine who apparently didnt read the title of my blog or they missed the word "scratch"  When i said scratch I meant br and skill wise.  So you are really seeing someone start from an infant stage and growing up.  I do want to thank all my supporters because i have had way more support than haters and i think i speak for a lot of people like me who have start with NOTHING.

Best of luck to everyone.   

Brian

You're right Teddy, the ace didn't help.

I think I have overcome it, but I hate to sit here and say that, only because I want to prove it to myself and everyone and that takes time.  Personally, I feel I have matured a lot as far as poker.  I have also done a lot of studying about bankroll managment and the psychology of how some of the top pro's that I most respect handle the bad beats, swings, etc.  Right now im on stars playing 10NL only because that is what i'm correctly rolled for.  So far, I am destroying it and I should be otherwise I shouldn't be writing this blog.  My ROI is a little under 400% so far.  I've honestly never seen my cash game so strong before, but it's only 10NL so I do have a ways to go before I start bragging and saying how strong my cash game is.  That's all I'm going to say about this current run because I don't plan on writing frequently to my blog until I have made a significant achievement.  In fact I probably won't write anymore about my run until I have moved up limits, and thats a maybe right now.   

I do look forward to the mentor program I spoke of in my last post. I will be starting in the middle of October or beginning of November. I have a good feeling about it. 

Thanks guys.

You're right Teddy, the ace didn't help.