Diary on the $4.50 180 man sngs

[ashj22]

hi i have decided to start a poker diary. first i will start by introducing myself i am Ashley Jenkin age 24 and i live in cornwall i first got into poker by playing small home games and watching it on tv from about 5 years back then i seen an advertisement one day on tv about online poker so i decided to try it out i started at pkr where for the first 500 games i was a break even player now im 2400 games in with an avg stake of $4 and im up $4,000 in profit with an 88% roi which i think is pretty good.

something a bit different to my normal. what i plan on doing is grinding up a bankroll on stars at the $4.50 180 man sng's (non turbos) so as these are non turbos im thinking 100 buy ins is more than enough, just a few questions if anyone wouldnt mind giving feedback on.

1.what downswing can i expect at the $4.50 180 man sngs (non turbos)
2.how many buy ins do u think i will need
3.what roi do you think is attainable over the long run

ok thanks so im not going to go crazy on the volume to start off with. i will be posting hands and hoping to discuss strategy...............gl at the tables.

[NEWY]

Only 1 man u need to speak to thats MC (epitomised on stars) check out his graph then listen v carefully to what he has to say if he posts which I sure he will. Gud luck hope u get where u want to be.

[ashj22]

first session now starting just going to go with 4 tables at a time to start with, hopefully i get some interesting spots to post or bink one of em!

[ashj22]

@newy ok i will look out for him.

[ashj22]

just looked at mc's (epitomised) sick graph and nearly 68k games jeeeeeeeez! nice work hopefully i get to that level some day.

[DaveShoelace]

Only 1 man u need to speak to thats MC (epitomised on stars) check out his graph then listen v carefully to what he has to say if he posts which I sure he will. Gud luck hope u get where u want to be.

^^^^^^^^^ This. James is one of the nicest guys in poker, I'll send him an email to say hello.

Also check out this staking thread from Mondatoo, who is also a reg in those games

http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=55978.0

[ashj22]

i cant believe these take so long to fill, guess i picked the wrong time to play lol. i thought there wasnt a wrong time on stars beacause theres so many players.

[Rod]

i cant believe these take so long to fill, guess i picked the wrong time to play lol. i thought there wasnt a wrong time on stars beacause theres so many players.

They will only run about 1 every 45 mins at the moment, they are never quick really not at all like the turbos but evenings and weekends do fill up more quickly. glglgl

[ashj22]

ok thanks rod,just now in my first waited an age lol.

[vegaslover]

Might be worth trying either the smaller stakes turbo 180s or if you really don't like turbos the 90 manners as well.
As Rod stated and you experienced the non turbo 180s just don't run frequently enough

[ashj22]

got a 2nd up and running...............nice double up straight away.

PokerStars Hand #95737391384: Tournament #705545854, $4.10+$0.40 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2013/03/18 11:17:54 WET [2013/03/18 7:17:54 ET]
Table '705545854 8' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: powerpokerBR (1750 in chips)
Seat 2: viacheslav.b (1420 in chips)
Seat 3: Andryxa89 (1430 in chips)
Seat 4: kubachelten (1376 in chips)
Seat 5: uwitzjulijul (1480 in chips)
Seat 6: andrei5024 (1374 in chips)
Seat 7: ashj22 (1480 in chips)
Seat 8: Cypriote16 (1750 in chips)
Seat 9: Moni201 (1440 in chips)
ashj22: posts small blind 10
Cypriote16: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to ashj22 [ ]
Moni201: folds
powerpokerBR: folds
viacheslav.b: folds
Andryxa89: folds
kubachelten: raises 20 to 40
uwitzjulijul: calls 40
andrei5024: folds
ashj22: calls 30
Cypriote16: folds
*** FLOP *** [ ]
ashj22: checks
kubachelten: checks
uwitzjulijul: bets 100
ashj22: calls 100
kubachelten: folds
*** TURN *** [ ] []
ashj22: checks
uwitzjulijul: bets 300
ashj22: calls 300
*** RIVER *** [ ] []
ashj22: checks
uwitzjulijul: bets 1040 and is all-in
ashj22: calls 1040 and is all-in
*** SHOW DOWN ***
uwitzjulijul: shows [ ] (high card Queen)
ashj22: shows [ ] (a pair of Jacks)
ashj22 collected 3020 from pot
uwitzjulijul finished the tournament in 167th place
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3020 | Rake 0
Board [ ]
Seat 1: powerpokerBR folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: viacheslav.b folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: Andryxa89 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: kubachelten folded on the Flop
Seat 5: uwitzjulijul showed [ ] and lost with high card Queen
Seat 6: andrei5024 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: ashj22 (small blind) showed [ ] and won (3020) with a pair of Jacks
Seat 8: Cypriote16 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: Moni201 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

gave him the rope and he used it to hang himself.

[ashj22]

quick update while im in the break i had 4 running

no.1 1h 11 mins in 61/64
no.2 45 mins in 38/104
no.3 busted ran qq into kk will post hand later to hopefully get feedback on it
no.4 1 min 74/179

[ashj22]

come on you beauty!!!!!!!!!! doubled up in no.1 and trebled up in no.2!

[ashj22]

pffffff busted no.1 and no.4 but in no.2 im 1/64

[ashj22]

right on 2nd break just the 1 left from the 4 i played im 3/44