Poker Bankroll (or rather, the lack of it...)

For the past weeks, I've been saving some money to properly build a real bankroll. Ever since I've started playing, I've never had a separate bankroll and I know I had to build one if I was to play regularly. So I've avoided playing poker and was saving a little every payday. My plan was to save enough and deposit it online so I can play any time I wanted.

Saving enough money was taking forever so I took a chance and played at The Metro last night. And as the case for those playing without the necessary bankroll, I played scared. And I lost. Now my bankroll is back to zero. I have to save again and this time, not play until I have enough.

This is one of those times when I wish I had deeper pockets.

Happy Birthday

Happy birthday to Cass of Metro Card Club.

FPT10 - Trivia

Some things I found out about FPT10...

A 13 year old qualified for FPT10 through PokerStars. Of course he wasn't allowed to play. I'm not sure what happened to his seat. (This is hearsay and I wasn't able to verify if it was true)

On Day2b, there's a prop bet where a player will dance to Michael Jackson's "Beat It" if he loses a pot. (Heard from people from PokerManila)

That's all the trivia I found out. :)

I don't have anything to write about the tournament because I'm no longer in it. I have to settle for trivia.

FPT10 - Day1a

I busted out of the tournament.

The tournament was full of callers. There were an average of 4 people who saw the flop and it was always an unraised pot. Every so often there would be a pre-flop raiser but then around 4 people would still call. They were very passive. It's like they were all new; except they were not. I was doing fairly well because I played a little aggressively.

Until I got QJs (both clubs). I raised preflop in early position (I had above average chip stack). Around 3 people called behind me. Flop comes with 2 clubs and an Ace. I made a pot-sized bet to represent an Ace. 2 people folded, the last one called. Turn was a brick. I bet again, he called. River was still a brick. I didn't make my flush but then again, I was betting the Ace. I bet, he called with QQ.

I was betting on each level and I still can't represent an Ace. I admit that I tilted after that. I thought about leaving the table to smoke but I didn't want to miss any action. But I tightened up after that. I still played aggressively but with less hands.

Then I got AA in early position. I raised 4.5x BB and got 4 callers. Flop were middle to low cards, all hearts. I didn't have any hearts but I wanted to find out who had a heart. I raised more than the pot size and I got 1 caller. Now I found out who has a heart. Turn was not a heart. I overbet with all-in to make him fold. He called. He didn't have a heart, he actually had two. His flush was made on the flop. I was drawing dead. I left the card room disgusted.

FPT 10 - Prologue

I've intentionally blocked of this day as the day for me to prepare for the Filipino Poker Tour 10 - Metro Hi-5 tournament. I'm scheduled to do absolutely nothing and I've achieved that pretty easily. Actually, I used a little bit of time to get a haircut. I now have my mohawk on and I'm ready.

I'm mentally prepared. I've slept comfortably. I will last a whole day of playing poker. I've envisioned myself playing tomorrow until heads-up. This tournament is mine...

FPT10 Metro Hi-5 Pre-registration

I just signed up for Day1A of the FPT10 event. I was the second person to do so. Excited.

FPT on TV

They showed FPT4, the charity event. This is the one I was able to join but busted out early.

I personally didn't like it. I didn't see much action. Real poker action at least. It was a long drawn out commercial. And when they're not hyping up poker, it becomes a Tessa Prieto show because Tessa steals the spotlight from everyone on the table.

I understand where they're coming from because they want to promote poker in the Philippines but it's far from WPT, High Stakes Poker, or any other foreign poker shows.

I hope that next time there'll be more hands shown.