Bankroll Management Challenge
October 16th, 2006 by Blackinks
Well, I gotta be honest… it was a rough as hell weekend. My bankroll went up and down. I had $29.38 in my bankroll, and got steamrolled. Lost a $11 tourney, and 3 $1.20 tourneys, so I was down to $14.78 when I decided to jump back into the ring games. Playing just .01/.02 NL and .02/.05NL I managed to work it back up to $26.08. Then came the announcement of the Heads UP Tourney, so I’m thinking what the hell, why not? I just wrote an article on HU, but against the likes of Cowboy, Homeville, PokerRef, Extra, 7Letters, I’m honestly thinking I’m dead money. Well, it’s a cheap donation at least, and who knows, I might get lucky. I draw Homeville first, and get fortunate enough to be able to trap with a few pretty strong hands. I get lucky when he pushes his flush draw against my top pair and it holds. Rd 1 outta the way. Rd 2 is Basspro, who had just finished a great battle with Barron. This match I have to be honest… I just got really lucky. I played like crap, and somehow caught when I was behind. I really respect his game, and I have to give him credit… he just got unlucky. Rd 3 was Extra, another very solid player. I don’t remember playing him before, but I tried to play slow with him. We played a lot of small ball, and I just managed to grind it out. The final was 7Letters, who I had scoped out in his earlier matches. He was playing super aggressive, and I knew I’d have to get in there and gamble. I had some pretty good hands, and managed to end up on the good side of coin flip with pocket 10’s vs QJ. The tens held, and I won.
Bankroll now is $98.08. Not bad for one nights work.