A brief introduction.

One night last week, we played a little forum Stud 8/b tournament on PokerStars. Since I'd cashed out all my online monies during the Great Poker Scare of '06, I didn't have the $5.50 for the buy-in. Fortunately...or unfortunately given how I fared...I had a benefactor on IRC that was willing to stake me the entry fee. After the $6 transfer and the subsequent donkfest that sent me to the rail, I had $0.54 remaining (I had .04 in there from before).

My secret sugar daddy told me not to concern myself with paying him back, but I refuse to be in any man's debt; and so, I've set out upon this quest: to turn my $0.54 into the full repayment amount of $6. I've also decided that this little journey should make for some interesting reading, so I'm going to blog about my specific plans and my progress here.

My plan was to start out on the lowest FL tables available on Stars: the 6-max .02/.04 "fast". Now, given the size of my bankroll, I had a choice to make: buy in to a single table with the full amount, or play 6 tables with .08 on each keeping the extra .06 behind in case I suffered a bad beat somewhere along the way. I opted to go with the single table option, since I should be much more efficient staring into the souls of only five opponents as opposed to thirty.

I've already been playing a couple of days, and I've been moderately successful, nearly tripling my starting stake. The swings are very high at these levels, and I can only hope to survive long enough to make it to a higher limit where people fold more. I haven't done any hand analysis or statistical tracking yet, but I'm making that my first priority. Perhaps a copy of PT might be in order.

Bankroll: $1.51
$$$ to Go: $4.49

This is excellent blogging and and honourable challenge. I wish you luck in your fine quest