{"id":200,"date":"2004-03-23T02:17:57","date_gmt":"2004-03-23T10:17:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.studioglyphic.com\/blog\/?p=200"},"modified":"2008-11-20T01:19:29","modified_gmt":"2008-11-20T09:19:29","slug":"spring-break-poker-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.studioglyphic.com\/blog\/2004\/03\/23\/spring-break-poker-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring Break: Poker Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

After taking advantage of a PokerStars<\/a> deposit bonus of a measley 15% back in February, I basically ran through my bank, leaving me with a dollar or so. It’s enough to play at the nickel or penny tables, but seriously, that’s a freaking waste of time. I’ll go back from time to time for the freeroll or frequent player point tourneys to get some NL practice in, but I don’t think I’ll be doing much more than that.<\/p>\n

Ten days ago I bought in for $50 at PartyPoker<\/a>. Party rocks. If you play well, you’ll catch lots of wins against the fish. 6 days later I had doubled up and cashed out my initial $50. Nice. Nothing better than playing with Other People’s Money.<\/p>\n

A couple days ago I switched over to the 1\/2 tables from the .50\/1 tables. It’s more expensive, but provided I play well enough to minimize my losses and win enough medium and big pots, I tend to come out on top. I’ve gotten some great hands: Royal Flush, four Kings (twice), Aces full of eights, etc. Gotten some good winning flops, too.<\/p>\n

Today I started with $122 in the bank. I ended the day with $155 (low – $100, high – $175). I cashed out $50 to Neteller (by accident) and another $50 to my bank account. I’d prefer to have $100 in my bank on Party, but I can wait for a promotion to give me a little extra. Actually, a friend of mine was watching me play earlier and liked what he saw. He may put in some real money and get me a referral bonus.<\/p>\n

But even with all this money floating around, I’m still down $150 since June. $250 of all money I’ve spent was wasted on PokerStars, so that’s not too bad. Now that school’s back in session and I’m hip-deep in work, I think I’ll cut back on my play a bit. Hopefully I can keep up this run when I do play and get into the black overall. I have some poker purchases I want to make with my poker money: Books, software, etc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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