Hopefully I answered most of that with my introductory thread in the PKR forum;
I generally go by Rick, Freddie to some and Keeks to few. I'm fine with either of the three in appropriate surroundings.
My poker experience is fairly limited but quickly expanding.. I started playing locally in a PokerTree league, yet having missed most of the first season, it was pretty uneventful. I had an advantage in learning a fair bit about how the guys were playing though and during the second season I either ran good, or obviously did enough reading of poker forums and actually absorbed some info from the hours I spent watching YouTube vids of HSP, WSOP Main Events and various strategy videos. I won 4 weeks on the trot scooping between £60-100 each night from a meager £5 buy-in and I think I've become somewhat hooked since.
For my 21st, I was treated to a trip to Vegas with my brother. Although it's obviously the home of poker players and degenerates alike, we spent a lot of time in various bars and such.. I'd be lying if I said we didn't spend more time either at the roulette wheels or on the tables - mainly in the Stratosphere. Buying into my first live, structured, dealer-dealt $60 tournament, I chopped first for somewhere in the region of $640. I knocked my brother out in third too so I still hold bragging rights. Vegas is genuinely an unforgettable experience and an absolute must for anyone that enjoys their poker far more than they should.
Why the blog?
Predominately because I need to teach myself serious BRM (bankroll management for the non-poker players that have stumbled across this). I started on PKR with a deposit of around the $75 mark playing a mix of 10NL and occasionally 25NL as I can't stand playing the lower limits. I probably deserved to bust my roll, but fortunately my tournament game had improved ten-fold and I managed some solid results across July, August and early September. Notably binking the HMS for $624 and another three final tables; most of the tournaments I'd lotto'd entry into.
Yet with Reading 2011 to pay for I made a somewhat huge withdrawal, and continued to play above my limits. It wasn't long before I bust a roll and had to redeposit £75. It's a sick feeling having to deposit after having won $2,500 in a month, but maybe it was a blessing in disguise. Bankroll management isn't to be dismissed, and that's what this challenge entails.
So, with a roll of a mere $50, I'll be grinding out 4NL (moistly full-ring) until I'm comfortably sitting on 20BI's for 10NL. Still a fairly high-risk strategy, but I'd like to believe it's realistic and certainly achievable. Unfortunately, it also means it limits me posting graphs / HH's until I manage enough to purchase HEM (Hold'Em Manager), so watch this space.
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