Freerolls and such
We went to the BH to play in the freeroll last night, as we usually do every Tuesday night. Nothing new to report - same play, same suckouts. Long story short - wasn't getting cards. Got pocket Js, raised preflop from BB, bet on 10-high flop, got reraised by the guy who never reraises unless he's got the nuts. Folded, and he showed me his pocket As. Played one other hand - pocket Ks. Blinds are getting up there. Raised big preflop, one caller. Another 10-high flop and I go all-in - get called by QTo. Rivered a Q, and I'm out.
Oh well. The BH has opened up their wireless router, so I sat and played some poker on Full Tilt while I was waiting. Not a good idea - all I had for dinner was a bowl of soup and I was feeling those 3 beers I had. I really don't think I was playing that badly, but I was down about $5 when the battery died. Oops. It was fine though... I got tired of waiting for Al to quit goofing off and let BigMike take him home. They were supposed to be bringing home some Wendy's food (jr. bacon cheeseburger!), so I played a little while waiting. I doubled up on two tables and finished up about $25. I was beat, called the guys to cancel my food order, and went to bed.
I know I'm a little superstitious, but it was when my bankroll was at this point last time that I had the nasty run of cards that wiped me out. I'm just being cautious, and I know I've learned more since that happened. I'm better at picking out tables where I can win and getting off the tables when things start to slide. I know I'm reading people better (anything was better than how I was doing) and I've starting calling (correctly!) in situations where I'd fold to scare bets.
It's all a good experiment in my progress. I've only got money on the one site, but I might try signing up for another one. Maybe Party (Bonus Code:Iggy)? I don't know if it's worth it to have two accounts when I don't spend that much time playing. Usually I only have time for an hour-long session here and there. Is it better to build bankrolls on two sites or keep focusing on the one?
Oh well. The BH has opened up their wireless router, so I sat and played some poker on Full Tilt while I was waiting. Not a good idea - all I had for dinner was a bowl of soup and I was feeling those 3 beers I had. I really don't think I was playing that badly, but I was down about $5 when the battery died. Oops. It was fine though... I got tired of waiting for Al to quit goofing off and let BigMike take him home. They were supposed to be bringing home some Wendy's food (jr. bacon cheeseburger!), so I played a little while waiting. I doubled up on two tables and finished up about $25. I was beat, called the guys to cancel my food order, and went to bed.
I know I'm a little superstitious, but it was when my bankroll was at this point last time that I had the nasty run of cards that wiped me out. I'm just being cautious, and I know I've learned more since that happened. I'm better at picking out tables where I can win and getting off the tables when things start to slide. I know I'm reading people better (anything was better than how I was doing) and I've starting calling (correctly!) in situations where I'd fold to scare bets.
It's all a good experiment in my progress. I've only got money on the one site, but I might try signing up for another one. Maybe Party (Bonus Code:Iggy)? I don't know if it's worth it to have two accounts when I don't spend that much time playing. Usually I only have time for an hour-long session here and there. Is it better to build bankrolls on two sites or keep focusing on the one?
posted by EvieMarie at 6:41 AM
6 Comments:
I know everyone is in love with Party because of the fishiness, but at the micro limits, the rake is awful high. If you do sign up with Party I would definitely look for a rakeback plan.
I've had good luck with Bodog - it's only a 20% bonus, but you should clear it in 1-2 days. (3 points per $1.) The players are VERY fishy. Three deposits so far and I've always cashed out at least twice what I put in.
I prefer building bankrolls on seven different sites for no reason at all.
Sites with money in the accounts: Party, Stars, UB, BET365, Interpoker, BoDog, Absolute, Noble, and Full Tilt
I need intervention.
To answer your question, separating the bankroll CAN prevent that night you decide it would be super-cool to play $10/$20 NL with Phil Ivey and lose. You'd have money on a different site that was protected from the spur-of-the-moment gamble at the higher tables.
Or, you can have money at one site (Stars) like me, wait, two now (thanks Pauly and Titan).
It's easy to keep track of that way.
If you've never had a Real Money account from Party, check out Instant Bankroll and sign up. The phone call to activate it is a bit of a pain, but it's a free $75, plus a $25 bonus after 500 hands. If you want to play there, might as well do it for free.
Joe - saw that on your blog. Was wondering if I felt like making the call. With the lower limits that I play, it probably is... and who am I to give up free money? :-)
I had money on Stars, then thanks to the Titan WPBT, I had a free $10 there for first deposit. Now I've run that up to around $70, and may pull it - the site does suck - but I still am making progress toward a bonus so we'll see.
I might do that thing on Party though, free money... I need more hours in the day. Or to start playing at work. Ha!
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