Milestone 2 (Oct 23, $87)
Actual bankroll: $166.20

I have continued to build my bankroll at a nice, steady rate. I am still playing the PokerStars 5.50 SNGs, at the same time multi-tabling on the 5.40 Double-or-Nothings. This works out nicely because I find myself winning at least 70-80% of the DoN matches without paying too much attention to them. This allows me to miss the money on a few of the SNGs without losing too much cash, and when I do hit one, I see a nice boost in my bankroll.

As I noted in my "Weekend update" post above, I got a huge boost from an MDM tourney, allowing me to move up to my current stakes. I expected a bit of a setback as I moved up, but it has actually been the exact opposite. In the three full days since that tourney upped my bankroll, I've managed to increase my 'roll another 33%.

I'm a little bit hesitant to place a lot of stock in my results at this point, though. I have given too many bad beats to be comfortable with how I'm playing, although to be fair, a large number of them have been while I was the big stack, shoving over smaller stacks. At the same time, I also was making the mistake early on of calling tight players' all-in shoves with hands that are likely ahead of a 3.40 player's range, but not a tight 5.50 player's range. After making a big note to myself -- "Don't call tight players all-in!!" -- I have been much better about this.

As far as my milestones go, I'm currently more than two weeks ahead of schedule. That is much better than I expected and I can be nothing but happy with my progress, but being so far ahead of my goal isn't exactly motivating. I would like to have something to keep me coming back to the tables, a new set of milestones that will really push me to keep improving and increasing my bankroll. For that reason, I am creating a new "best case scenario" goal, along with a new set of milestones, and I have detailed it in the second post of this thread.