Sunday, May 29, 2005

My Bankroll in a nutshell

First, some background....

I have quickly discovered that I become disinterested in poker if I spend too much time playing any given game. After a week of playing strictly cash games it becomes next to impossible to find the motivation to play another session. I also enjoy playing MTT's and SNG tourney's, but quickly loose interest if I overdo it in any of them.

So, about a month ago I made an executive decision to mix up my play between cash games and NL tournament play (wow, what a novel idea). Granted, I am definitely running the risk of stunting my poker development by not focusing on one game...trying to improve in limit cash and NL tourney play at the same time is borderline crazy. The games are vastly different, and there's just too much to learn on the subjects for a pea-brain like me to digest. Just looking at the amount I still have to learn about limit play leaves me feeling like a starving coyote who just bagged an elephant. Yes, leave it to me to create the most retarded symolies ever.

In any case, I have decided this is a risk worth taking if it keeps me interested in playing. Thus I have thus divided my bank roll into 3 categories - one for each game type. I have selected one site for each category and deposited as follows:

CASH LHE: Party Poker - $1500
SNG's: Stars - $300
MTT's and HU: Paradise - $500


I will be using these sites primarily to play the game indicated. If I spot a good game somewhere else I will play it, but will continue to use the listed sites as the 'home base' for that BR category.

Additionally I have kept $600 on standby in neteller for misc bonus chases/reloads.

Now for a final disclaimer - I intend to spend most of my time playing cash limit games, and will focus most of my study on improving in that area. Any tourney play I do is mostly for fun, so I need to be careful and play within the tourney BR I have set for myself. So far I have found this easier said than done, so I may need to revisit my overall plan later.

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