Staking

So as I build my bankroll, I am trying of other ways to make the BR grow besides just poker winnings. At the Indian Reservation Casino I have the free slot machine play and the casino points that helps with close to $100/week in help.

On the internet I have rakeback (talk about it in future post) and now staking. Basically staking is when a willing investor puts out the money for a player to play a tournament or hours in a cash game. There is this site called partimepoker.com that helps facilitate these functions. Now being that I am new to the scene, I would have a hard time getting staked. I need to insert myself into this community. I discovered that the best way to do this is to stake other people. So I have set aside $40 and will invest in two people to play 10 $2.25 SNG's and 1 $3.30 MTT KO Tourney. I accepted applications and picked the top two with the best ROI stats. I don't think this goes very well with my BR requirements, however, I think this may be worth the risk if I can get staked in the future.

At the casino today I had a tough day. I started the morning playing in a $35 tourney that really ended up being a $60 tourney with the 2 $10 add-ons and the $5 bonus chips. Not only is this beyond my BR, but when I got knocked out early with pocket Queens to A9 losing an all-in bet by the villain that was called to me when the 2nd 9 showed up on the turn, but it destroyed my momentum and hurt me mentally. I ended up being stuck $115 during late evening. I eventually stayed for 12 hours getting my money back plus $14.

Full Tilt Beginning Balance - $187.71



$2.25 NL Holdem HU - 2 players



I was pretty much dominated the whole game. I never got the player to come in when I was strong and he was always there when I was pushing with the weak stuff. With 500 of my 1500 chips left, my laptop turns off because I forgot to plug the damn thing back into the adapter. I log back in and I was done.



$5.50 Omaha Hi/Low PL HU - 2 players



I slowly chipped away at my opponent and finally got him to start pushing with junk when he was short stacked and I busted him to win. Prize is $10.

$6.50 Omaha Hi/Low PL Matrix SNG - 9 players

I ended up 6th and 7th in two tourney and took 1st in the other two. I also finished 2nd in total points for a total prize of $14.04.

I am tired and going to call it a short day today.

Full Tilt Ending Balance - $197.80