Stake Jeff

In the last few days, the real world seems to have reared it's ugly head. I haven't even played any online poker between Thursday to Saturday. Yes, I have a day job. And yes, trying to build a bankroll from near scratch while having so much time committed elsewhere is definitely a challenge. Luckily, online poker is so vast in terms of games being played, your next hand can be in a minute, hour, day, or week. It doesn't matter, just log in and go.

I did finally have a chance to try 888poker.com, and I actually had a reasonably enjoyable experience. Despite playing in a flash window (there is no Mac specific software) and a really annoying time buzzer, I did actually find that the players on their site seemed to take the game a little more seriously, which I find leads to a more advanced style of play. My major recommendation to players, particularly Mac users, would be to NOT multitask while playing, as I found multiple windows along with 888's flash based, maximized window can be quite tedious.

Still, with my $50 free bankroll from PokerStrategy.com, I was able to make a little over $2.00 from a two hour cash game. I'm happy enough with 888 to keep playing. And I've devised a bit of a plan.

For the better part of the last two months, I've been trying to get some progressive growth from my Full Tilt account. I had been following a rudimentary but effective Sit N Go strategy on Full Tilt, but in the last couple of weeks hit a wall. So, I did change the gears to try and shake things up and shake me out of whatever funk and bad luck spell I felt I had been in. I started playing the deep stack, $1.00 + $0.10 buy in, 90 player Sit and Go MTT. And I've managed some decent, short term success with my results.

Furthermore, as I am in the process of looking for potential backers, it's good to have some proof of my skills available for all interested. Officialpokerrankings.com is usually regarded as the standard for tracking online poker players. But this year they have chosen to disregard tournaments with fewer than 30 players. Like all those 1 seat Sit N Go's I had been playing.

As such, I am following this guideline for my short term online poker endeavours.

A minimum of one hour cash games on 888poker.com, in an effort to track and build some bankroll there. In addition, I will do my best to play the aforementioned $1.00 + $0.20 on Full Tilt daily to give a better spread of tournament results to potential backers.

Stay tuned for my overall progress, as I will document it on this site.

See you at the tables.