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Hi gang,

Just wanted your opinions on this.  Wasnt sure when i wrote it if it was too many hours for the part-time poker player to put in but assumed only serious participants would give it a go. Let me know your thought's if anyone has had the opportunity to read it. cheers, Alex.

Hi Alex, i actually read the article yesterday, and didnt realise that it was you who wrote it... I think the theory and maths of the ideas are perfectly fine, only thing that perhaps struck me was it you made it seem 'easy' to build up a bankroll, when in reality lots of beginners (who I assume the article is aimed at mainly) struggle with any kind of discipline or bankroll management...

But yes, on the whole the article is clear and easy to undertand, and a help as long as players can stick to it...

Its a good piece, lets face it this is a huge topic and although it is quite a sizeable article you really only can offer a broadbrush approach.  I think it says all it needs to say. As for debating the hours in question, I think that misses the point. You cant win. Prescribing any time to such progress is clearly impossible - one mans learning curve is another mans plateau.

What would be good, would be a case study article that charts the progress of one person (or more). Of course this would never happen, vanity, ego, self esteem, pride, you name it; lets face it who would volunteer to put their bankroll where their mouth is and show the reading world just how you can progress/or not? Nonetheless that would make for an interesting read and one which every reader could quickly empathise with.

Call me misguided or just plane stupid but that's exactly what I'm doing on my blog  ;technophobe; Not entirely the same challenge as described by Alex but definately inspired by it. My challenge, 200 x $10 SNG & 20% ROI by end September, seriously lightweight stuff compared to Tank & Dale's exploits but a challenge for me. Prety much what Alex describes for the 1st step.

http://weblomaniac.blogspot.com/2007/09/september-challenge.html  (http://weblomaniac.blogspot.com/2007/09/september-challenge.html)

Having said that, the way things are going I reserve the right to stop writing, change my name and leave the country under a cloud if I have many more days like the last couple.

I thought exactly the same to be honest. Its all very good saying play $10 stts until you reach $600 and then ladder up but in reality for the average part time/recreational player it would probably take much longer than 2 months...if at all!!!

As has been pointed out many times only 5/15% of poker players make a profit so realistically you could only expect the "better" players to achieve these goals and presumable they win enough $$ that they would not need to be playing with a $200 bankroll unless it was a personnel challenge like Weblomaniac.

After I read the article I thought "This guy hasnt struggled with a $200 bankroll in a long time".

Saying all that I did find the article interesting and informative and might just give it a go ;-)

Can it be read online anywhere?

Half way through reading it last night when I fell asleep, only read the STT part so far will re-read the whole article tomorrow and let you know what I think..

Let's hope for Alex' sake you can come up with a more glowing endorsement than that!

(I haven't seen it so don't have a view, just amused by the comment...)

Read it earlier at work,

Agree with you Chip, good bankroll management is the key and just being happy to grind out some small wins to start with.

Nice article Alex, read your previous article on Cash games too. Was a good read  :)up

Lol, it was late, nothing to do with the article in question..

I tried to make it more of a spin up method that a part-time recreational could try 2/3 times before getting the required streak/experience to make it. I recognise that its very hard to achieve this kind of ROI but combined with becoming a student of poker i thought it could serve as a useful framework. Give it a go and let me know how tricky it was for you.

lol ty m8.



In about a month after the mag issue has expired.



Keep the updates up im v interested.




Cheers for feedback guys, much appreciated. And thanks for those of you who thought it was ok, lol Brummieboy, im deffo gonna slowroll u @ BB5 :)

I'll read it in about a month then (I'm very cheap)

I read it, it was shit

You are entitled to your opinion. Thanks for your contructive analysis.

 rotflmfao

calm down, i didn't read it, i was mucking about

I read it too and it was shit, most of what alex says is shit, in fact everything about him is shit.


only joking son, will buy you a coke at luton on sunday if you're going and will read and let you know. Not that you would care what a donkey like me thinks.

Regards


Vinny

I read it and lost all my money can I get a refund?






Is it available online or is that not allowed?

 i read it on the plane over yesterday , i'll give it a go and let you know how i get on , i won $190 the other night in an omaha tournament so i'll us that to see if i can run it up to $600 in 2 months.

 i'll let you know how i get on. cheers.

 ps. 1000th post , woohoo  ;karabiner;

Good luck and congratz on the milestone

 what site would you recommend for this challenge ?

 i play on Ladbrokes a lot but there not enough action , i'm sitting here at 8.30 am and cant get a $10 sit n go .

 tbh i'm fed up with Ladbrokes and was thinking about going back to PartyPoker or Pokerstars again.

 any recommendations ??

Pokertstars is where the traffic is, but also some of the hardest games... Personnally I think Crypto is about the softest I use, although the problem is the same there, no daytime traffic...

Do you want someone to read it to you?

I'm going for it on Party, tables fill quickly but I'm having a torrid time, lol donkaments!

I'm trying this with Pokerstars.

But I did start this when I read the article, and so far I've managed to fit in 5 $10 STT's.

I might take a bit longer than a couple of months to spin $200 into $600

Best of luck guys.

hell no, i'm not listening to that shit

lol  Bolt   

I will read it when it comes online Boss, they don't have that magazine in my local newsagents, only in Glasgow 

lol. overkill.

I'll draw you a pretty graph you can look at bolt..

I'm not analyzing that shit

One may perhaps assent to reformulating the configuation of the sentences so that they are more bounteous to your personal tastes.

..and illustrate it with some topless nineteen year old girls

I'm not cracking one off over that shit

I'll get Andy McNab to write the forward, and include a phone in quizz question at the end where the prize is a Nintendo Wii.

Ive already read a: "how to turn $200 into $7500 bankroll" arcticle

stumped again, ill give up.

have you read my article in poker numpties monthly in how to turn a $5000 bankroll into $200........ a cracking read.

it works for me every time.

I am a big follower of that article as well 

Any idea when this comes online?

ty

This one ?

Which one?   :D    ( has the link been deleted?  )     :-( 

Can someone just scan it and post it?

Or type it in (for practise in using the home keys)

sigh, i'm quite busy today but i'll do it.

"first you need to get $200, there are a couple of ways of doing this but i find the most effective way is waiting for someone to withdraw there cash from a cash machine and grab it, you probably wont even need to hit him but if he pisses you off you can crack him in the mouth if you've had a bad day. so you've got a bit of start up money but you've got bigger plans and need a gun, your pals selling one and because it was used in an offlicence robberry its yours for knockdown Price of $500, so thats ok, phase two, we spend $10 on a toy gun, $20 on a mask and the rest on crackcocaine, after taking that we run into a betting shop at the end of the day smashing the gaf up demanding money, no one else is in there and the guy behind the counter  hands over $2000, result were on our way but we're feeling lucky and on our way out get a bit involved on the roulette machine and put$700 back in, shiiiiiiiiiiiiiit!!! but we've still got the dough for the proper gun and some other stuff we need so were doing ok. we go and see our mate who's selling the gun and get in for a knockdown price of $400, hes a drugdealer and has just picked up now although this isn't part of my initial plan i use my initiative to rob him for his drugs with the gun hes just sold me, result!!!! knock that lot out for about 2k and were well on our way!!!! i dont know exactly how much we've built up to cos I'm out me nut on supertennents but i think we've we're over half way"  part 2 to come.........

 :kiss: cheers

anybody able to send me a link to this article!  much appreciated!

Me 2  ,  Thanks

Woohoo ;yippee;

I've finally completed phase 1 of Alex's Bankroll Boosting challenge.

It took me a little longer than the perscribed 1-2 months, 2 months 21 days to be precise and a total of 316 SNGs but I've finally done it.

The stats:

Played: 316 (mixture of $5 & $10 - 10man SNG on Party Poker predominantly)
ITM: 41%
ROI: 15%
Profit: $415.40

Hours taken: 163
Hourly rate: $2.48

OK, so Tank, Dale or some of the other maniac's around here could probably pulled off the same result over a weekend but I'm chuffed to bits. I'm about to start on phase 2 and attempt to spin my $600 up to $1,200 at the $20 tables.

Here Goes... light the blue touch paper and stand back while I donk it all off  ;boltpp;

Check out my blog if you want to read all the gory details. There's a link to it in my signature at the bottom of this post.

Congrats, just read through your blog and it certainly sound like you have earnt your success. An roi of 15% is pretty damn good given that you were playing the $5+1 sng's on party which are a total rip off.

Congrats Weblomaniac, keep informing us of how you get on. Would be great to have a success story. 15% roi in a 20% raked game is a cracking achievement. Keep up the good work.

Well done indeed and..5 +1???!!!!??? 20% juice?..that's a disgrace.

Weblo, I know you said you mixed $5 & $10 tables, but lets say for example all the tables were $5 +$1 juice, if u played these on any site with $0.50 juice you would a minimum of $150+ better off, just a thought for you...

Alex Martin writing bankroll articles? Whatever next! ;)

well done mate 

Does anyone have a link?   I had a look but couldn't find the article,   ty