Oh, so close (the return of the poker thread)

[KrazyHorse]

What's your bankroll like, guy?

My rule of thumb is that for SNGs I'd like to have at least 20X the size of the buyin

For 50$ I'd like to be up above 1000$ bankroll when I start playing...

[KrazyHorse]

At around 600 right now. Need to do some more work at 20 and 30 before I start playing for real again.

[KrazyHorse]

When I get back to that level I'm also going to start playing the US daily again (every day that I have time to do so).

[Guynemer]

I'm at about $800 currently.

[Makeo]

I'm at $900. Built from $100. Mostly Bonuswhoreing

[KrazyHorse]

. just got knocked out of a 30$ tournament

3 hands in a row (blinds not that big relative to stacks):

I have KK, somebody has A8. We go in preflop. He rivers an ace
I have AK , somebody has AJ. Same deal. He flops a jack
I have 99 (starting to get shortstacked here) somebody has 44. All in preflop again. Guess who catches a 4?

3-1, 3-1, 4-1

1 in 80 I catch those three beats in a row

[KrazyHorse]

Good god that table sucked

[Gibsie]

what's bonus whoring?

[Makeo]

poker sites offer % bonus's to either deposit or redeposit on their site. After you play a certain amount of hands (usually) the bonus is released. So for instance the bonus could be 20% up to a max $100. Deposit $500, play your hands and get $100 as a bonus.

[Gibsie]

Ahh
You have to play a tonneof raked hands though, I am discovering. The site I'm going to sign up to after a bit more practise gaming will be betfredpoker.com who offer a 100% bonus, although I'm not sure how big the pot has to be for it to count as a raked hand.

I'm finding it very hard not to post, "HAHA, PIZZ0WNED, *****ES!" every time I win a particularly good hand.

[Gibsie]

This is fun stuff! I just won my first "big" stellar hand! Aces over 9's, I went all in on the turn ($1.85, only a small table), three other people came in with me, and now I have more than what I started with! One of the guys who came in with me only had a high card. Haha, crazy bluffer!