Building a bankroll - 81 games ROI 28.6%

[tomahawk1984]

It's been a very long time since I posted on here and probably a little longer since I played online poker. I've been considering jumping back into it. Before it was a way of earning a little extra cash at university (I mean little!) but now I'm a proper grown up and although extra cash would be nice I'm going to try doing the one thing I could never do at uni - build a bankroll. Every time I got a little momentum I'd have to withdraw to pay for something else. I've deposited $100 on 888 and I'm going to start with the $5.50 6 man SNGs that pay the top 3 ($15 for 1st, $9 for 2nd and $6 for 3rd. I intend to be in this for the long haul so any movement up the levels will be conservative. Historically I've found finising ITM to be fairly straightforward - it's converting 3rd place into 2nd place that I struggle with. I won't be playing at set times or a certain number of hours per week. I study alongside my job so playing time will vary depending on when I have exams. First session is on the way so I'll post up results afterwards.

[tomahawk1984]

Re: Building a bankroll A nice start. Played 12 games, cashed in 8 of them and bankroll is currently $118. My play was pretty solid, can't remember donking away any big pots. Potentially a little active early on. Spotted a couple of players early on that looked very tight and used that to my advantage when the blinds got relatively large. Highlight of the session was getting AA all in preflop on the 2nd hand against two players, both of whom had QQ, to triple up. Caught a couple of beats on the button but that was balanced out by beating JJ with AJ all in preflop. [TABLE=width: 250]

[TR] [TD] Games played [/TD] [TD]

12

[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] ITM [/TD] [TD]

66.7%

[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] ROI [/TD] [TD]

27.3%

[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] Bankroll [/TD] [TD]

$118.00

[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]

Finish

[/TD] [TD]

%

[/TD] [TD]

Number

[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]

1st

[/TD] [TD]

33%

[/TD] [TD]

4

[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]

2nd

[/TD] [TD]

0%

[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]

3rd

[/TD] [TD]

33%

[/TD] [TD]

4

[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]

4th

[/TD] [TD]

25%

[/TD] [TD]

3

[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]

5th

[/TD] [TD]

8%

[/TD] [TD]

1

[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]

6th

[/TD] [TD]

0%

[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TR]

[/TABLE] Had a bit more of a think and I'm going to play at least 1,000 games at this level. I'll play a session for as long as I feel fresh but I'll quit whenever I'm ever 4 buyins down in a session and then not play for the rest of that day. Knowing when to quit has been a real issue in the past.