UPDATE as of 23/03/2010 (sorry for the delay)

Hello all

I hope you are all well.

Sorry for the lack of updates, not really had too much time to play for this challenge as I have played in a few other tournaments which are separate to this challenge (mainly Full Tilt's Mini-FTOPS) - and alas no luck in them :(

Anyways, my balance at the end of that freeroll series on Pokerstars (the £2k and the £250 second chance) was at $51.37 ($44.47 and £4.56 as Pokerstars accounts can now be in multiple currencies) - Dated 07/03/210 (7th March 2010)

Since then I have only played one cash tournament with a buy-in of $2.20, which I did not cash (I played this in the middle of the night after a 'night out' - NOT A GOOD IDEA hehe) - Will try to cut that out from here on in.

So my bankroll was now at $49.05 ($42.27 + £4.56).

The real news now is that I have won a tournament (another freeroll). This tournament was held on Monday (22/03/2010) and was part of Poker Player's Grand Prix Series. Out of a field of 553, I came first for $150 (€111.15). As well as this prize money I have won a seat in a live final for later in the year with a prize pool of $10k with only 40 runners (but anything I win from that Grand Final will not count towards this challenge).

So my bankroll now stands at a pretty impressive $199.05.

Time to start grinding 2-3 cash tables with $10 buy-ins I think.

Again Thank You for the support.

Many thanks again XD :-) ^_^

New update (sorry for wait)

Hello all,

Sorry for the lack of updates, but have been rather busy with other things. First all - I have set up a facebook group http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=info&ref=ts&gid=288656797608, so please join and follow me on there as well, I will endeavour to keep both updated as much as possible.

My current balance stands at $40.34 (which is currently made up of 2 currencies on Pokerstars ($40.19 + £0.10)) and I have already brought into tonight's Everyone's a Winner (£1500 added) for £0.50.

This current bankroll was mainly topped up by a good run in the first F40 40FPPs $40k special tournaments that Pstars has been running all week, where I finished 218th out of 41083 for a very nice $17.60. There are 2 notes that must be made for specific tournament. Once again I had swapped with Scotch1903, so technically a small % of that win is his, but ALSO that this tournament buy-in (40 FPPs) was taken from points that I had accrued last year so maybe should not even be eligible for this challenge - any ideas?

Also last Sunday I played 3 of 40 man SNGs F40 ($1.10 buy-in) that they were running, and finished a disappointing 11th, 26th and 29th, so as of that morning my bankroll actually fell a bit.

It seems from my graph that I get a could 'win' every Sunday - so I hope that continues today, though I have tried a $1.10 satellite for the $250k ($11 buy-in) but crashed out of that as well.

Good luck all

Hopefully I can update more often next week.

Many Thanks

SonicMan555

'Big' cash achieved in the "Everyone's a Winner" Tournament

Hello all,

I have now reached a total of $23.71 after a deep finish in a 50c buy-in MTT last night (the "Everyone's a Winner" tournament on Pokerstars). There was a field of 3416 with $5k added which made a prize fund of $6708. I finished a very respectful 56th place for $11.40.

Generally played well throughout, though maybe didn't steal quite as much as I should have late on in the tournament. Big hand included this one where my KK failed to hold - http://www.pokerhand.org/?5163677

A big thank you for DavieA/ Scotch1903 who railed me in this tourney, as well as swapping 10% (so technically 90c of this roll is his at the moment, as he finished a 'lowly' 600 odd hehe)

On the same night I cashed the £250 freeroll for 26c after crashing out of the £2k with AK

I will try to update my challenge at least weekly (time permitting of course).

Best of luck all.

SonicMan555

SonicMan555 is BACK!

Hello all,

I am now back on the poker trail after a disappointing end to 2009.

I have decided this year to get back to basics and start playing for the fun of the game (yes it's a game NOT a sport), so I have decided to emulate the 2000 World Champion - Chris 'Jesus' Ferguson (http://www.chrisferguson.com/article-4) by building up a bankroll from $0.00 to a target of $1,000 by the end of the year.

I will be following these 'rules' to the letter:

• · I'll never buy into a cash game or a Sit & Go with more than 5 percent of my total bankroll (there is an exception for the lowest limits: I'm allowed to buy into any game with a buy-in of $2.50 or less).
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• · I won't buy into a multi-table tournament for more than 2 percent of my total bankroll and I'm allowed to buy into any multi-table tournament that costs $1.
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• · If at any time during a No-Limit or Pot-Limit cash-game session the money on the table represents more than 10 percent of my total bankroll, I must leave the game when the blinds reach me.

I have already began this challenge, and after 15 days, I have played 22 freerolls on Pokerstars (as part of their £2,000 Daily Giveaway Freerolls - exclusive to UK and IRE players) . The tournaments on Pokerstars consist of a £2,000 added tournament (with optional 50c rebuys and add-ons - where I only add-on if I have built up a stack during the rebuy period and I NEVER rebuy) and a £250 second chance freezeout freeroll.

Out of these tournaments I have cashed 7 times - three in the £2k and 4 in the £250.

My current total reads $12.55 with a best place finish of 47th out of 5204 for $8.39 (which after the add-on was a profit of $7.89).

As well as these freerolls tomorrow, I will be playing the Everyone's a Winner tournament (a 50c buy-in with $5k added) with the added benefit of an invitation to a $3,000 freeroll on the 15th February for every player who plays in tomorrow's tournament.

Wish me the best of luck everyone.

Good luck all!

SonicMan555

SonicMan's new blog

SonicMan joins the blogging world.