Playing HU poker with a small bankroll

vlerk · #11 11-18-2007, 09:08 PM

Thanks for everyone's advice! I will be playing the $11 turbo's for now until I have a decent bankroll (if it turns out I'm actually beating them). According to some BR managements threads I have read, I could start playing the $22's with a $500 roll. Would you say that's a wise thing to do or should only proven winners do this?

I would also like to post a small brag here (variance is a more correct term [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]). These are all the hands of my last 3 SNGs:

First SNG
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Hero (t1500)
BB (t1500)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
Hero raises to t60, BB calls t40.

Flop: (t120) 3[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets t100, BB raises to t200, Hero raises to t700, BB raises to t1440, Hero calls t740 (All-In).

Turn: (t3000) A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: (t3000) 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: t3000

Results in white below: 
BB has Ad 4d (one pair, aces).
Hero has 5c 6h (two pair, sixes and fives).
Outcome: Hero wins t3000. 

Second SNG
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Hero (t1500)
BB (t1500)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 6[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
Hero raises to t60, BB calls t40.

Flop: (t120) K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets t80, BB folds.

Final Pot: t120

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Hero (t1560)
Button (t1440)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 4[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
Button raises to t40, Hero calls t20.

Flop: (t80) A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets t60, Hero raises to t200, Button raises to t1400, Hero calls t1200.

Turn: (t2880) 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players)

River: (t2880) 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 players)

Final Pot: t2880

Results in white below: 
Hero has 4c As (full house, fours full of aces).
Button has Jc Js (two pair, jacks and fours).
Outcome: Hero wins t2880. 
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Third SNG
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Hero (t1500)
BB (t1500)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
Hero raises to t60, BB calls t40.

Flop: (t120) 6[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets t80, BB calls t80.

Turn: (t280) 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets t220, BB raises to t1360, Hero calls t1140 (All-In).

River: (t3000) 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: t3000

Results in white below: 
BB has Ad Jd (two pair, aces and eights).
Hero has 7c 5d (straight, nine high).
Outcome: Hero wins t3000.