Hey everybody, as I'm sure some of you have read nibbles started a blog about how he is starting with $5 and is trying to grind that up into something more useable. Coincidentally, I'm doing the same thing only im starting out with $10. I am playing 2nl until I get my BR up to $150 then move up to 5nl. I am using a 30 BI strategy with a 5 BI stop/loss. Its a little on the conservative side, but better safe than sorry IMO. I am also sprinkling in some .10 ($50 added) tourneys and some HU and $1 SnGs until my BR gets higher.

Started out last Thursday (11/13/08) with $10. By Friday I had already doubled my 'roll. Unfortunately, since then I have had it up to $26 only to have it crashing down on Saturday night to $14. =( O well nothing I can do about getting KK vs. AA and QQ vs. KK, etc. I realize that it is part of the game and its something I am going to have to get used to.

Good thing is though, yesterday i started out bright and early ready to jump back on the horse and played a 2.2o HU SnG which I won. Boosted me up to $16 and throughout the rest of the day i SLOWLY (card dead lol) ground my back up to $21.84 which is where I stopped for the day.

I just hope that variance doesn't take over again and I can keep building that up to a solid foundation. Hopefully I have a run of good cards and can get up to $25-$30 by tonight. My goal is to make 3 BI's per day (I buy in for 100xBB so $2). I know generally people say to BI for the full amount, but I want to get used to playing with a 100xBB stack and because my 'roll is to small to be risking 1/4 of it on one table.

The goal of this blog is to basically chronicle my steps up the microstakes ladder and post hands that give me problems or hands that i find interesting. Ill try not to complain about bad beats too much, but they DO happen and sometimes I'm going to need to vent. Ill try to post daily or at least on the days I play. (I do go to college after all.)

Anyways, wish me luck and comment on anything you think I'm doing wrong or things you think i should know. Thanks for reading![/b]