My Zero to Hero Thread

[tturne01]

good luck man, you are doing well!!!

[eqgh5uea]

Up to $15.00 USD!!!

Won a $3.50 USD then accepted a rematch by mistake so I just gave up!

Edit: In actuality, my bankroll is $9.00-esque but I won a $3.50 USD match and accepted a rematch by mistake then I misclicked and bet 990 on a bluff and he called. T'was stupid, so I won't count it as a loss.

User Name: IlmariRuth
Bankroll: $9.91 USD/16.63 FPP
Poker Room: PokerStars

P.S. My heart wasn't in it at all. I got him down to 800 chips then I just didn't have the drive to finish her/him. Lesson learned.

[lilturkgirl]

got a subscriber

keep up the good work!

[robinmed]

good luck, don't use all your bankroll, you can lose it, easy

[eqgh5uea]

Got back over the $10.00 mark again.

On Monday I get paid so I'm gonna "top off" my bankroll with an extra $25.00 USD via a prepaid card.

I've "mastered" the $1.50 and $3.50 HU Sn'Gs, so I'm gonna try my luck with $7.00 ones for a bit. Hopefully I can stay alive long enough for my other paycheque to 'top off' again. Gonna keep doing this until I have at least $200.00 in there. The $15.00 players are really good and offer my a good challenge so that will be my buy-in for this year.

[eqgh5uea]

This is a big step to routinely deposit enough to get to a big lot, believing I can stay alive or, possibly win money. I agree that $15.00 buy-ins aren't my budget if we're talking about MTT, however I intend to be a HU specialist.

Thanks every1 for congratulating me on my run and giving me encouragement!!! Ship those funds!!!

P.S. Misclicking or being overzealous in general isn't a admirable quality in poker so I now realize that the rematch WAS a loss.

Won the $3.50 USD this way:

*********** # 26 **************
PokerStars Hand #91557076667: Tournament #665886735, €3.29+€0.21 EUR Hold'em No Limit - Match Round I, Level II (15/30) - 2012/12/30 14:47:46 ET
Table '665886735 1' 2-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: demon7400 (1714 in chips)
Seat 2: IlmariRuth (1286 in chips)
IlmariRuth: posts small blind 15
demon7400: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to IlmariRuth [Ad Kc]
IlmariRuth: calls 15
demon7400: raises 45 to 75
IlmariRuth: raises 1211 to 1286 and is all-in
demon7400: calls 1211
*** FLOP *** [Jd 7d Qd]
*** TURN *** [Jd 7d Qd] [Tc]
*** RIVER *** [Jd 7d Qd Tc] [Ac]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
demon7400: shows [Qc Qh] (three of a kind, Queens)
IlmariRuth: shows [Ad Kc] (a straight, Ten to Ace)
IlmariRuth collected 2572 from pot

No matter what unless they have 0 chips left, they're not beat (36 hands later):

*********** # 62 **************
PokerStars Hand #91557640677: Tournament #665886735, €3.29+€0.21 EUR Hold'em No Limit - Match Round I, Level III (20/40) - 2012/12/30 14:57:33 ET
Table '665886735 1' 2-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: demon7400 (308 in chips)
Seat 2: IlmariRuth (2692 in chips)
IlmariRuth: posts small blind 20
demon7400: posts big blind 40
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to IlmariRuth [Qc Qh]
IlmariRuth: calls 20
demon7400: checks
*** FLOP *** [8c 3c Jd]
demon7400: checks
IlmariRuth: bets 40
demon7400: raises 228 to 268 and is all-in
IlmariRuth: calls 228
*** TURN *** [8c 3c Jd] [5c]
*** RIVER *** [8c 3c Jd 5c] [Ks]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
demon7400: shows [Jc Td] (a pair of Jacks)
IlmariRuth: shows [Qc Qh] (a pair of Queens)
IlmariRuth collected 616 from pot
demon7400 finished the tournament in 2nd place
IlmariRuth wins the tournament and receives €6.58 - congratulations!

[xStaxxed]

I try the same with carbon. Good Luck.

me too :P

[eqgh5uea]

Took a break to finish my nightly homework. Topped off my bankroll by $15.00 USD today with a prepaid credit card; was running low in funds since I lost a couple of key HU matches. Won $1.50 USD from the PO freeroll but lost it in another HU match---didn't play ANY 2 cards and lost with aq.

User Name: IlmariRuth
Bankroll: $9.35 USD/11.53 FPP + $15.00 USD (deposited)
Poker Room: PokerStars

Will move up in stakes and start playing one $3.50 HU match a day (if I can). If anything, the weekend will be the time to advocate my bankroll. Without abberation, I wish you all luck in the future!!!

[Hey833]

Don't use all your bankroll, you can lose it !

[eqgh5uea]

User Name: IlmariRuth
Bankroll: $34.93 USD/16.76 FPP
Poker Room: PokerStars

Lost a couple blinds-based tournements coz I ran card dead at the ending stages, so I figured I'd up the stakes and play a 'no blinds increases' for $15.00 USD and I won!!!

Couple of crazy hands:

Seat 1: bojana55 (2605 in chips)
Seat 2: IlmariRuth (1395 in chips)
IlmariRuth: posts small blind 5
bojana55: posts big blind 10
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to IlmariRuth [Qd Js]
IlmariRuth: calls 5
bojana55: checks
*** FLOP *** [Ad Kh 8d]
bojana55: checks
IlmariRuth: checks
*** TURN *** [Ad Kh 8d] [Tc]
bojana55: bets 30
IlmariRuth: raises 30 to 60
bojana55: raises 80 to 140
IlmariRuth: raises 80 to 220
bojana55: raises 2375 to 2595 and is all-in
IlmariRuth: calls 1165 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (1210) returned to bojana55
*** RIVER *** [Ad Kh 8d Tc] [7h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
bojana55: shows [Th Ks] (two pair, Kings and Tens)
IlmariRuth: shows [Qd Js] (a straight, Ten to Ace)
IlmariRuth collected 2790 from pot

The winner:

No Limit Texas Hold'em Hand, 5.00/10.00, IlmariRuth | BOOM! Hand Replayer