I started this blog last week to monitor my bankroll building challenge and I made a big score (for low NL)to get my bankroll from the strating $300 to $3000. Today I took down the Pokerstars $11 Turbo 20K guaranteed for another 3K. I am playing very well and focused. One of the things that has helped my survive the big fields is trying to get a feel for the game within the game. I have noticed stages within the stages, especially once players are in the money. At times play is fast, sometimes slow. I adjusted my play accordingly. I have been reading Jackal's book on SNG and picked up a very helpful tip. He talks about not bluff raising too much in SNG, especially in turbos as the high blinds almost commit you to the hand. In the endgame of the turbo tournament, i waited for a cecent hand and tried not to rush myself. I never wanted to be put in a situation where I had to call with inferior cards and played my position well. I made a lot of all in calls against low stacks with crap cards, but was given the right price to call and I caught more often than not. A great day!

My bankroll challenge received a huge boost today as I took down a Pokerstars $8 MTT for $2900. I took 1st out of 2250. I have to say I wasn't expecting a result like this so soon into the challenge as the point was to slowly grind it out. I'll do this. I will maintain my bankroll challenge at Full Tilt, with about $150 to start. Slowly grind it out to higher levels. On Pokerstars I will maintain a 100 buy in rule for my bankroll. 50 for Full Tilt as I work my way up.

I am creating this blog in order to document a personal bankroll challenge I am undertaking. It is an exercise in discipline and time, and i should never go broke as long as I stick to my rules. I will play with a 50 buy in bankroll and will not move up til i acheive that requirement. My games of choice will be SNG (around 75%) and MTT. I will not buy in to a MTT with more than 2% of bankroll. My Pokerstars account will start at $300 and Full Tilt at $139. I will adhere to the same rules for both. I will track my results via Pokertracker. The challenge starts today.