Posted: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:18 by mattgr77
Hi all
Allow me to introduce myself, as you probably guess from my username, my name is Matt and I come from England. I first got interested in poker about a year ago and was searching for a good site to play on.
Anyway, I signed up to PKR about 3 months ago with one goal – win as much as I can without ever making a single deposit so everything I win is profit.
Playing the 10c giveaways was a great education for me, there was no risk involved and I could learn where I was going wrong and where I was going right.
After getting past the maximum of $1 to still qualify for the 10c giveaways I then discovered the freerolls. This was (and still is) my favourite type of tourney. Many near misses then occurred with me just missing the cut off for a payout.
I then cracked the top 80 and came 37th out of 2135 players in a $5 Turbo Freeroll – only winning 2c but hey, it was a victory for me!
Many more freerolls came and went and I was slowly getting my bankroll up (to the dizzy heights of just short of $5!!).
It will be a long and slow journey, as I try to fit it round my personal life, but I hope to start playing higher stakes soon (high to me anyway) and increase my bankroll a little quicker.
Anyway I know a lot people might not enjoy reading a massive post so I’ll finish with my top 5 finishes in tournaments (based on position not winnings) and will keep this thread updated as and when I make more achievements.
Thanks for reading, see you at the tables.
17/10/2009 13:00:00 $5 Turbo Freeroll $0.00 $0.00 37 of 2135 $0.02
01/11/2009 10:00:00 $5 PLO Freeroll $0.00 $0.00 3 of 1017 $0.42
10/11/2009 06:05:00 $20 GTD Rebuy (6 seater) $0.20 $0.21 5 of 52 $2.94
14/11/2009 17:15:00 High Roller Stage 1 Speed Rebuy $0.80 $1.05 4 of 22 $2.65
15/11/2009 14:20:00 Masters Stage 1 Speed Rebuy $0.60 $1.68 6 of 24 Ticket to Stage 2