Quote Originally Posted by sil693
i used to think getting to silverstar would be awesome.
then you get there and its like, WTF IS THIS SHIT!??!!?!?!?!
Yeah, it is a pretty arbitrary and probably pointless goal, but I like it because I could play break-even poker and still get it.

Okay, so two days in this is where I stand:

Bankroll----- $452

FPPs--- 101

I'm happy to be up one buy-in... but there are some leaks and I have only hit one big cooler so I'm sure more are coming.

I used to have (as of last night) the following leak:

I sit on the big blind breathlessly with KQs or something, standard LP raise to me by an unknown with a cute kid or a black lab as his picture probably, I call... the flop comes down A-4-7. I decide to donk into the guy, potsize and he calls. I'm like "Oh, but you don't understand, I have top pair or maybe even two pair or a set, man" and throw in another potsized bet on the turn which he calls. Now I'm like "screw you for slow playing your set" and check to him on the river brick and he checks too and he has 7-8 and takes down a $10 pot.

I think the leak is: I need to defend my blinds with reraises and also figure out who the calling stations are before I start two barrelling crap.

The nice thing about it is: this sort of hand shows me who the calling stations are and reinforces their tendency to play third pair or gutshots or whathaveyou and I can exploit them later (theoretically).

I'm going to play some tonight but might only play sparingly until the weekend to prove to my wife that I'm not addicted to poker (even though I am).

Oh, and Micro... about 25NL six max---- you may be right although I am limited because I only want to play two tables. I think I will edit my operation to include the following: If my bankroll falls below $300, I will drop down to 25NL unless I am crunched for time and almost at my goal.

Cheers.