A little background first. I've been playing online for about 3 years now. I'm an insurance adjuster in the Cleveland area. Hate my job, would love to go PRO poker, but that is a way off! Anyway, I would rate myself a slightly above average player but still alot to learn. I've been playing way over my bankroll though, and want to slow down and see if I can do this w/o risking much. Thats my New Year's resolution. In any event, I had to withdraw my poker funds to cover some expenses leaving me with 35.00 in my UB poker account. I also have 400.00 in the bonus account which certainly will speed things along. UB bonus is released a little at a time as you play. My plan is to constantly monitor for bonuses and make a deposit & withdraw everytime there is a reload. Hopefully I will be able to keep my bonus account with funds for a good while.

I've established some guidelines for myself, because I knowmy biggest leak is always trying to play too high limit. I recently played 30/60 on a 500 roll lol. OK, I will start at .05/.10 and only move up stakes when I get to 300 BB the next stake. The next stake on ub is .25/50 so I need to get to 150.00 before I can move up, so-on. Also, I will also drop down a level if I fall below 200 BB. Hopefully this won't happen too often.

Call me an eternal optimist, but I believe I can turn that 35.00 into 10,000.00 in a year, this is my goal! Only Time will tell.

I'll try and do this every week.

Week 1 started off horribly. These players were bad, and the game frustrating. Impossible to protect any sort of a hand. Hard to put anyone on a hand. The fish were calling & sucking me out every river. I was down 2.00 my 1st 3 sessions (500 hands) and it got worse! Down 5.00 over my 1st 6 sessions for the week.

Things stabilized after that & I caught a few big hands. I had two huge sessions on Saturday that ended up being 4.00 combined. My confidence skyrocked, and I hit some more big hands yesterday to finish the week strong. Played 18 sessions overall, 1500 hands, only won in 8 of the 18 sessions but ended up ahead $3.74 or BB/100 2.37.

Also, about 17 bonus dollars released. This took my roll from $35.00 to $55.00. A sucessful first week after a rocky start!!!!!!!

Kev

My empire rakeback stats were delayed a couple days. I just checked and I have 171.00!!!!!!! Am having this sent through neteller. Gonna use this to add to my bankroll, & now have the roll for .25/.50.

.5/1.00 isn't far off!


Kev