An Update

So it's been a couple weeks. I've been playing a lot but really just spinning my wheels I guess. It was suggested to me to use the DONs (double or nothing) as a bankroll building tool. After a couple hundred of those, I'm pretty much burnt out on the idea. It really doesn't pay much for the amount of time you have to invest. Mind you, I could be way off on this. Maybe I just haven't put enough effort into it or maybe I'm just not playing well enough. I did come up with another explanation tonight but that may also be way off. Here goes anyway:

What if I expect more than what is possible to achieve at the levels I play?

Think about this for a minute. Everyone of the professional instructors that teach this game say that all you have to do is play ABC poker at the micro level. Do that and you'll have no problems. Well, let's put a couple things together shall we. Most people that play this game are hobbyists. In other words, it's a past time they use to forget about their real life or just something to do for fun. Many of these people are now joining these training sites and becoming better players. That's really not a huge number but enough to make a difference in the micro games. To build a decent enough bankroll to move up, you really need to dominate at the micro levels. Hence the problem. If the players are getting better and better, how do you build a bankroll in a reasonable amount of time? Good question.

I thought I'd give an update as to what the plan is to date. I had gotten away from the original project. I have decided to pick up that torch and continue on with it. The little change in it is that I shall play 500 games at each level of the turbos to figure out an accurate ROI. From there we can tweak a few things and come up with a new plan. I'll also continue playing the $4.40 180 man games at PokerStars so I can keep up with my MTT training. Here are my current BR numbers for both sites:

Cake= $604.05
PS= $285.31

I'll give a better set of accurate game/itm/roi numbers in my next post. To start being realistic about the goals of this hobby, I must find good hard numbers to base the approach on and then we can have some fun. Sometimes being a little over critical can have it's drawbacks but in the end it shall lead down the good path. I hope all is going well with everyone and good luck at the tables!!!