Hi all.


I've been mainly lurking for a few years now with the occasional contribution to different forums. For most of that time I have played limit hold'em ring and no limit sng's and tournaments. At one time I started playing O8. I was not successful with this and reverted to hold'em.


I am a recreational player and have no ambition to make poker my main income source, but I would love to start turning a real profit. Over the years I would guess I am marginally ahead due to one 4 figure prize in a tournament. That paid for a new kitchen.


I would guess that I am quite a lot older than the majority of FTR members at 56. My current job gives me some periods of downtime when I can play and read up. I aim to get more “professional” in attitude to the game.


I have (whoops, had) $49.21 in an account with Lucky Ace (Linked to Pacific Poker) which I have left mainly dormant since I bought in for $50 as part of a package.


The Plan


Play exclusively Pot Limit Omaha on Lucky Ace at the minimum buy in available until I have at least 30 buy ins at the for the next level. If volatility proves to be high I may revise this upwards. If I go down to 20 buy ins at a level, move down. Currently there is only one table available at 1c/2c. If I can't get on this table I will buy in short at the next level 3c/6c where they spread as many tables as needed.


Below 5c/10c only 9 seaters are spread, above that I can play 6 max.


Play sit n gos if the buy in is less than 5% of my bankroll. I can carry on playing sngs as long as I keep winning over a rolling 10. If I lose, no more sngs until I have increased my roll back up at least the amount lost at sngs + 2 buy ins. There is very little sng activity on this site at PLO.


Play tournaments if the buy in is less than 2% of my bankroll. This won't happen often as Pacific don't spread many Omaha tourneys at times convenient for me.


Spend roughly 1/3 of my playing time on this site.


The Levels


1c/2c max buy in $2.00 – starting with $49.21


3c/6c max buy in $6.00 – roll $180
play with $2 while below 30 buy ins


5c/10c max buy in $10.00 – roll $300


12c/25c max buy in $25 – roll $750


25c/50c max buy in $50 – roll $1500
If I ever make it to here, I will review how I spend my poker time


First Session


This was a bit of a disaster. I got a seat on the 1c/2c table. I am down to $44.78 having initially gone over $51 . I will post a few hands when I have the time, but it was probably a combination of bad beat and bad play. Perhaps I should try exclusively playing or exclusively typing.


By the way, I play under the name zpddooda at Lucky Ace.