Bankroll Building with Low Limit Cash Games

[-James M-]

Right, well although I've played poker for a while it's never been profitable for me so I'm looking to record my progress on here as I work to tidy up my game and start to build up a decent bankroll. My previous outings have focused on tournament play for 2 reasons: 1) Losses are limited to buy in, and 2) Potential to win big from very little. I had relatively successful attempts at building a bankroll with these, seeing my $40 become $60 was a standard return on a months work, however I found the time-to-reward ratio was terrible as I would make a decent cash around 1 in 8 tournys and even a win in the 90 man MTT's I played would only turn a $20 profit. This method of building bored me and inevitably I would blow my bankroll moving up levels when I wasn't ready or entering weekly $11 tournys on Stars and never cashing! Essay over, I'm now looking at building a bankroll up consistently from $40, playing $0.01/$0.02NLHE cash games with a starting stack of $1 and playing 6 tables at a time (about as much as I can manage for now). I'm hoping to take advantage of the VPP rewards and should reach Silverstar this month with only 2hours or so a day which shouldnt be hard. Any advice from regular cash players on improving your hourly rate? Once I can play more tables at a time I will do, but staying at 6 for now and focusing on the quality of my play. Any tips for earning VPP's on stars etc.

[-James M-]

Re: Bankroll Building with Low Limit Cash Games My first evening was very successful. 3.5 hour session, 1000 hands played, 22 VPP's earned, $9.50 profit for the session. Bankroll now at $49.50