{"id":173,"date":"2007-11-15T04:42:50","date_gmt":"2007-11-15T09:42:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/general\/the-cloud-busts-in-partypoker-bankroll-challenge.html"},"modified":"2019-11-01T11:21:56","modified_gmt":"2019-11-01T11:21:56","slug":"the-cloud-busts-in-partypoker-bankroll-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/the-cloud-busts-in-partypoker-bankroll-challenge.html","title":{"rendered":"The Cloud busts in PartyPoker Bankroll Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Nick “The Cloud” Cantwell<\/strong><\/p>\n

Current bankroll: $0<\/font><\/p>\n

After a profitable first week I was full of hope and looking forward to pushing my bankroll upward some more \u2013 little did I know that three days later my bankroll would be busted.<\/p>\n

The week didn\u2019t get off to a great start, as I quickly found myself back to square one on $25, but the following day I managed to increase that back up to $32. However I didn\u2019t foresee what was coming on the third day \u2013 now known as Busto Day!<\/p>\n

Having $32 meant I was playing with six full buy-ins, which was a high-risk strategy but, in my opinion, playing with full buy-ins is the only way to play cash no-limit hold\u2019em. And here is the story of how each of those buy-ins disappeared.<\/p>\n

The day got off to a good start. I was holding 8-8, and called a small pre-flop raise, and then got the perfect flop \u2013 A-8-3. The original raiser bet the pot, so I am hoping he has an ace, so I come over the top with a re-raise, and he puts me all-in. I insta-call \u2013 and my hopes that he has an ace are realised \u2013 unfortunately he has two of the blighters.<\/p>\n

Down to $26 now.<\/em><\/p>\n

This time I hit an ace flush on the river in a multi-way pot, holding A-4 suited, when the flop is checked around and so is the turn. Unfortunately one of my opponents is slow-playing two pairs (very slow) and hits his full house when I hit my nut flush.<\/p>\n

$21<\/em>.<\/p>\n

A-A! Yes, a chance to get some back. There are three of us at a very aggressive table. I raise ten times the big blind (sounds a lot, but doesn’t seem to discourage any action at all) and have one caller. The flop is a very dangerous 10-J-Q (rainbow), and my opponent (big blind) bets half the pot \u2013 which to me is saying that he is on a draw, or he has hit a part of the flop. I go over the top all-in, thinking that if he is on a draw he will fold, but I am wrong, as he calls with king six and hits a nine on the turn. I\u2019m not happy now.<\/p>\n

$16<\/em><\/p>\n

Whilst all this is going on I am four-tabling, and almost instantly on another table I hit A-A again, and I raise ten times the big blind again and get one caller \u2013 and the flop has two queens on it. This is a toughie, and my opponent is the first to act, and he bets the pot – if I re-raise I am virtually pot-committed anyway, so I go all-in – my opponent is very loose, and I don’t believe he has the queen, seeing as there are only two left, and he has taken a stab at every pot – but he is holding K-Q.<\/p>\n

I am now down to $11 and the situation is critical.<\/em><\/p>\n

I am now playing no-risk poker, and am only playing one table \u2013 and see an 8-9-10 flop whilst holding J-Q \u2013 and this flop is getting a lot of action. I go over the top all-in, and have one caller, who is holding J-7 \u2013 a beaten straight. Unfortunately a queen on the river splits the pot \u2013 but this was the straw that broke the camel’s back.<\/p>\n

Down to $9.<\/em><\/p>\n

I have lost most of my bank in the previous 45 minutes, but my mind is now completely frazzled, and the $9 disappears a little too quickly.<\/p>\n

The fact that I was playing full bankrolls did leave me open to going bust, but it was a gamble I decided to take.<\/p>\n

So that ends my challenge, and I pass the mantel onto the next PartyPoker Bankroll Challenger.<\/p>\n

Good luck.<\/p>\n

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The Cloud: Busto!\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Nick “The Cloud” Cantwell Current bankroll: $0 After a profitable first week I was full of hope and looking forward to pushing my bankroll upward some more \u2013 little did I know that three days later my bankroll would be busted. The week didn\u2019t get off to a great start, as I quickly found<\/p>\n

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