Ok, I've played 13 .25ers so far. I've won 2 and placed 2nd once since the last update. I had the guy dominated in the 2nd place finish, but the guy had alligator blood.
Original Bankroll: $250.00
Current Bankroll: $257.56
I have an ROI of 586% during the 13 games played so far.
Rail # Session ID Buy-In Cash Out Net Profit
1 171241688 $0.25 $1.41 $1.16
2 171245972 $0.25 $0.00 $-0.25
3 171256924 $0.25 $0.00 $-0.25
4 171259545 $0.25 $0.00 $-0.25
5 171281222 $0.25 $3.49 $3.24
6 171282830 $0.25 $0.00 $-0.25
7 171286664 $0.25 $0.00 $-0.25
8 171305689 $0.25 $0.00 $-0.25
9 171297670 $0.25 $0.00 $-0.25
10 171311581 $0.25 $0.00 $-0.25
11 171312086 $0.25 $0.00 $-0.25
12 171324265 $0.25 $2.42 $2.17
13 171325465 $0.25 $3.49 $3.24
Totals: $3.25 $10.81 $7.56
Once my cash out total hits $250, the profits are guaranteed.
Tinkerfell booked the cruise today! We'll be on the Ante Up poker cruise.
Friday, June 12, 2009
1k update
I played my first 4 games for my 1k challenge. I took 4th in the first one, for a cash of 1.41, and lost the other 3.
Starting Bankroll: 250.00
Current Bankroll: 250.41
Starting Bankroll: 250.00
Current Bankroll: 250.41
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Get A Stake happenings
Ok, there's a lot about to kick off for me at GAS.
My King (or Queen) of the Mountain stakes are progressing. I've had one person make it to the top, but he elected not to play the $107 Triple or Nothing. I've had a few people stop playing for various reasons. So far, only 1 person has gone busto.
Thunder Dome, a 2 horse competition, is still taking applications. I will be staking 2 people to $250 for 2 days. The person who makes more money will get a cut of the 2nd place horse's winnings.
To be fair, I also offered Tiny Dome. I will stake 3 people to $25 each. They will be playing this Saturday and Sunday. The person who does best will get all of the profits from the other 2 horses. I've already picked 2 horses, Pointledge and Pokerriffic. I will pick the 3rd horse on Thursday. There are 3 applications so far that have a chance.
I've also lost my mind. I've put up a stock sale for $250. A stock sale is also known as a BAP (Buy a Piece). This is where you raise money to play certain tournaments or cash games (short version).
My stock sale is to raise the money to play 1000 .25 Sit and Go tournaments. I bought half the shares myself, so I'm really only raising $125. Snuffy pointed out that I could do this with $10 and just roll with the profits. I agree, but the point of this is to force me to play the 1000 games. I'm just going to escrow the investor's money.
I am taking side bets, up to $100 in total on the outcome of this challenge.
Tonight is AIPS on Poker Stars. This month's AIPS is an $11 deep stack 8 game mix tournament. (2-7 triple draw, Limit Hold'em, Limit Omaha Hi/Lo, Razz, Stud, Stud Hi/Lo, No Limit Hold'em, Pot Limit Omaha). The structure is really good, but I don't know if I'll have time to play.
I still have 9 of my 10 Daily Dollar tournaments to play for Ed, and I need to make time to finish them.
Z
My King (or Queen) of the Mountain stakes are progressing. I've had one person make it to the top, but he elected not to play the $107 Triple or Nothing. I've had a few people stop playing for various reasons. So far, only 1 person has gone busto.
Thunder Dome, a 2 horse competition, is still taking applications. I will be staking 2 people to $250 for 2 days. The person who makes more money will get a cut of the 2nd place horse's winnings.
To be fair, I also offered Tiny Dome. I will stake 3 people to $25 each. They will be playing this Saturday and Sunday. The person who does best will get all of the profits from the other 2 horses. I've already picked 2 horses, Pointledge and Pokerriffic. I will pick the 3rd horse on Thursday. There are 3 applications so far that have a chance.
I've also lost my mind. I've put up a stock sale for $250. A stock sale is also known as a BAP (Buy a Piece). This is where you raise money to play certain tournaments or cash games (short version).
My stock sale is to raise the money to play 1000 .25 Sit and Go tournaments. I bought half the shares myself, so I'm really only raising $125. Snuffy pointed out that I could do this with $10 and just roll with the profits. I agree, but the point of this is to force me to play the 1000 games. I'm just going to escrow the investor's money.
I am taking side bets, up to $100 in total on the outcome of this challenge.
Tonight is AIPS on Poker Stars. This month's AIPS is an $11 deep stack 8 game mix tournament. (2-7 triple draw, Limit Hold'em, Limit Omaha Hi/Lo, Razz, Stud, Stud Hi/Lo, No Limit Hold'em, Pot Limit Omaha). The structure is really good, but I don't know if I'll have time to play.
I still have 9 of my 10 Daily Dollar tournaments to play for Ed, and I need to make time to finish them.
Z
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Roller Derby
Tinkerfell, Megan, Heidi and I went to watch Roller Derby last night. In the national league, our Duke City team beat Dallas by a wide margin. Talked to some of the players after the game and they said Dallas never stopped hitting hard.
In the New Mexico league, D.I.A. (Derby Intelligence Agency) went up against the Santa Fe Derby Disco Rollers. Both teams were undefeated, and the winner would be guaranteed a shot in the championship in September. We decided to root for DIA and they ended up winning. A lot of the players from the Duke City team were on both of these teams.
Muffin was one of the top jammers last night, and Megan and Heidi had a chance to talk to her in between the games.
One of the Dallas players got LAID OUT. We saw her later and think she either tore a rotator cuff or dislocated her shoulder from the way they had her slinged up. When she went down, all the players and refs took a knee and the arena was quiet. It took some of the drunks a while to realize that they were the only ones talking.
During the second game, we moved forward to much better seats. Megan and Heidi got in free and the tickets were $12 each for Tink and me, not a bad price.
St Louis is coming to town in 2 weeks, so we might go back.
D-I-A D-I-A D-I-A!
In the New Mexico league, D.I.A. (Derby Intelligence Agency) went up against the Santa Fe Derby Disco Rollers. Both teams were undefeated, and the winner would be guaranteed a shot in the championship in September. We decided to root for DIA and they ended up winning. A lot of the players from the Duke City team were on both of these teams.
Muffin was one of the top jammers last night, and Megan and Heidi had a chance to talk to her in between the games.
One of the Dallas players got LAID OUT. We saw her later and think she either tore a rotator cuff or dislocated her shoulder from the way they had her slinged up. When she went down, all the players and refs took a knee and the arena was quiet. It took some of the drunks a while to realize that they were the only ones talking.
During the second game, we moved forward to much better seats. Megan and Heidi got in free and the tickets were $12 each for Tink and me, not a bad price.
St Louis is coming to town in 2 weeks, so we might go back.
D-I-A D-I-A D-I-A!
Friday, June 5, 2009
A nice Friday
Got our passport applications in, and I applied for a replacement social security card. Mine is 35 years old, and showing its age.
I took $50 in to the casino to play 2-6 spread limit hold'em, with a 1/2 kill. For those non poker players in the audience, this means the minimum bet or raise is $2 at any time, and the maximum is $6 at any time. The kill means that if someone wins 2 hands in a row, the game switches to $2 to $9 spread limit, and the person that won the 2 hands in a row has an effective super blind of $3.
Anyway, I had a few nice hands and things went well. I left with $167 after tips. I probably could have stayed and milked the table, but sometimes you just need to leave on an up swing.
Tinkerfell texted me while I was playing and told me that we could go to the New Mexico Wildcats Arena Football game for free. One of her coworkers has a relative who's husband plays. We bought some shirts and the girls got every cheerleader's autograph and a lot of the players. Our team was 1-9 before tonight and now they are 1-10. It was a blast. If you haven't gone to an arena football game and get the chance, go. This wasn't the AFL, it was semi-pro. There were about 500 people or so there.
Tomorrow we're going to Putt Putt and a bit more.
Have fun.
Z
I took $50 in to the casino to play 2-6 spread limit hold'em, with a 1/2 kill. For those non poker players in the audience, this means the minimum bet or raise is $2 at any time, and the maximum is $6 at any time. The kill means that if someone wins 2 hands in a row, the game switches to $2 to $9 spread limit, and the person that won the 2 hands in a row has an effective super blind of $3.
Anyway, I had a few nice hands and things went well. I left with $167 after tips. I probably could have stayed and milked the table, but sometimes you just need to leave on an up swing.
Tinkerfell texted me while I was playing and told me that we could go to the New Mexico Wildcats Arena Football game for free. One of her coworkers has a relative who's husband plays. We bought some shirts and the girls got every cheerleader's autograph and a lot of the players. Our team was 1-9 before tonight and now they are 1-10. It was a blast. If you haven't gone to an arena football game and get the chance, go. This wasn't the AFL, it was semi-pro. There were about 500 people or so there.
Tomorrow we're going to Putt Putt and a bit more.
Have fun.
Z
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Getastake.com Noob Blog
I started a question thread at www.getastake.com (GAS) when I first started using the site. I asked every question I could think of. Mike was kind enough to answer all of my questions. Some of these may seem silly, but I wanted to include every question a NOOB might have.
There is a lot of information to process for newbies. I was unfamiliar with staking, much less specific rules for this site, and I'm sure I'm not alone.
I put my application for staking up, and was approved. This process is in place to ensure that you are trustworthy. You can be a lousy poker player and still be accepted. What matters is whether or not you have a "clean" past.
I applied for my first stake. It was an offer from Admin to run 4 x .25 Sit and Gos (SNGs). Admin staked me and I received a private message (PM) from StakeManager asking me to verify that Admin shipped me $1.00 via Poker Stars.
I clicked the button stating that I had and a Rail thread was started for me. A rail thread is where you post your results. Different stakes will have different requirements. Some stakes require first hand, swing hands (where your stack is affected by 20% or more) and bust hands. Others might just require bust hands.
I played my 4 SNGs and made a profit. I finished the stake with a bankroll of 2.42. The rail thread keeps track of your bankroll, so everything is automatic. I closed the rail, using the button at the very bottom of my rail thread.
I received another email from StakeManager. It told me to send Admin 1.71 (His original 1.00 plus 50% of the profits, 0.71). It also told me to send 0.04 to GAS for their 5% cut. I made 0.67 without putting up a dime of my own money.
Obviously, this was on a micro scale, but the math is simple moving up. Had it been a $10 stake, I would have made $6.70.
A couple of questions that may come up: What is makeup and what is stakeback?
Makeup: You don't return all of a backer's initial investment, due to losses. If you run another stake for them, that money is taken out of your final bankroll before profits are figured.
Stakeback: The backer's funds are returned before determining what the profits are. The percentages are then run from the remaining money. This is a standard practice.
Sometimes a stake will be offered with no makeup. In that case, the horse assumes no risk.
I'm going to stop this here for now, it will need editing.
There is a lot of information to process for newbies. I was unfamiliar with staking, much less specific rules for this site, and I'm sure I'm not alone.
I put my application for staking up, and was approved. This process is in place to ensure that you are trustworthy. You can be a lousy poker player and still be accepted. What matters is whether or not you have a "clean" past.
I applied for my first stake. It was an offer from Admin to run 4 x .25 Sit and Gos (SNGs). Admin staked me and I received a private message (PM) from StakeManager asking me to verify that Admin shipped me $1.00 via Poker Stars.
I clicked the button stating that I had and a Rail thread was started for me. A rail thread is where you post your results. Different stakes will have different requirements. Some stakes require first hand, swing hands (where your stack is affected by 20% or more) and bust hands. Others might just require bust hands.
I played my 4 SNGs and made a profit. I finished the stake with a bankroll of 2.42. The rail thread keeps track of your bankroll, so everything is automatic. I closed the rail, using the button at the very bottom of my rail thread.
I received another email from StakeManager. It told me to send Admin 1.71 (His original 1.00 plus 50% of the profits, 0.71). It also told me to send 0.04 to GAS for their 5% cut. I made 0.67 without putting up a dime of my own money.
Obviously, this was on a micro scale, but the math is simple moving up. Had it been a $10 stake, I would have made $6.70.
A couple of questions that may come up: What is makeup and what is stakeback?
Makeup: You don't return all of a backer's initial investment, due to losses. If you run another stake for them, that money is taken out of your final bankroll before profits are figured.
Stakeback: The backer's funds are returned before determining what the profits are. The percentages are then run from the remaining money. This is a standard practice.
Sometimes a stake will be offered with no makeup. In that case, the horse assumes no risk.
I'm going to stop this here for now, it will need editing.
Bad Zorag, no donuts!
Ok, I've put off a lot of stuff I meant to do here. I need to put links up, but here are some:
www.anteupmagazine.com
www.pokersoup.tv
www.getastake.com
www.escapepod.org
www.pseudopod.org
www.podcastle.org
I bombed out of the King of the Mountain Challenge. I was playing when I shouldn't have been. I have another 210 FPPs that I will use to start this again, later.
I've got a post to work on for GAS, so that should be up tonight.
www.anteupmagazine.com
www.pokersoup.tv
www.getastake.com
www.escapepod.org
www.pseudopod.org
www.podcastle.org
I bombed out of the King of the Mountain Challenge. I was playing when I shouldn't have been. I have another 210 FPPs that I will use to start this again, later.
I've got a post to work on for GAS, so that should be up tonight.
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