Friday, 19 March 2010
Well, this is a big step. Since cashing in a PokerStars UK freeroll I've been on a bankroll building grind. I got lucky in some tournaments before hovering around the $24 mark.
However, a very successful spell on the double or nothing STTs got me to $40 before a heater at PLO2 (12-tabling and playing tighter than a duck's you know what yields great results against players who stack off 200BBs with top pair) and a $14 score in a 45-seat $1.10 tournament.So now I have $70. I'm moving strictly to the ring games now because 35 buy-Ins is enough for me.I'm sticking with PokerStars for now but once I hit enough for a NL10 bankroll I'll deposit at William Hill. I could then be clearing a 100% deposit bonus while earning.So after a chillaxing weekend in Bristol I'm beginning the NL2 grind at PokerStars. Of course, student loan and insurance claim (bike crash) are both imminent - that could see me make a $500 deposit at VictoryPoker; a cool 300% first deposit bonus and what looks like some savvy software.Before that though, let's get grinding. I reckon 8 tables of 6-max NL2 playing about 15/13/4. That reminds me, I need to buy Hold 'em Manager...
Intertops Poker and Juicy Stakes are each about to kick off a second three-stage online satellite tournament series promising to award winners with prize packages into the upcoming Velden stop of the European Poker Championship.
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Fans of the Oh Hell trick-taking game will soon be able to enjoy real-money competitions online after Hell Club announced that it will be launching its new Oh Hell Stackpot innovation from Sunday.
Tuesday is the deadline for all working Americans to have submitted their income tax returns to the federal government and Juicy Stakes and Intertops Poker are set to mark this annual occasion by holding a special freeroll competition featuring a $1,000 top prize.
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Win your way to the Caribbean in online satellites at Intertops and Juicy Stakes.
“We run a lot of higher stakes tournaments for our more hard-core players,” said Intertops’ poker manager. “But since our network is generally pretty soft, we created this series to give less competitive players a shot at winning.”
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