{"id":180,"date":"2007-11-30T04:54:51","date_gmt":"2007-11-30T09:54:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/general\/james-moves-up-and-back-home-for-more-poker.html"},"modified":"2019-11-01T11:21:54","modified_gmt":"2019-11-01T11:21:54","slug":"james-moves-up-and-back-home-for-more-poker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/james-moves-up-and-back-home-for-more-poker.html","title":{"rendered":"James moves up – and back home for more poker"},"content":{"rendered":"

James “HullJimi” Greenwood<\/em> records a healthy second week in his PartyPoker Bankroll Challenge, which started with $25. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Week 2 Starting Bankroll: $30.47<\/p>\n

Hands Played (this week): 720<\/p>\n

Current Bankroll: $45.47<\/font><\/p>\n

Overall Profit: $20.20<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve played a bit this week but not as much as I\u2019d have liked as I\u2019m finally moving home after the summer floods in the UK. I live in Hull, one of the worst affected areas where 10,000 homes had to be abandoned due to water invading through the front door!<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been six months out of my home and I\u2019m so glad to be going back \u2013 it\u2019ll be nice to have a proper internet connection again having had to use my mobile phone as a modem recently. This means that multi tabling is a real no-no at the moment, hence the limited number of hands I\u2019m getting through.<\/p>\n

However, I did play a good few hands. And one in particular was a cracker. I sat down at a table with my massive $2 stack (I have to adhere to strict bankroll management rules) and managed to quadruple up when four people went all in (all had me covered) and I hit trip Aces, having held A-A. Nice!<\/p>\n

The other big hand was me having a nut flush with two all-in players in the pot \u2013 a nice treble up.<\/p>\n

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Looking to hit $100: James Greenwood<\/em><\/p>\n

I\u2019m still struggling with some of the play at the micro levels, however. In another hand, I again had A-A and I raise to 5 times the big blind. I raise again on a safe flop, another safe card on turn sees me raise again. Both of these raises were called. Turns out he had K-Q off suit and hit an unlikely straight on the river. He only had two overcards on the flop \u2013 what was he calling the flop bet for?!?! Argh!<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve also seen a flopped flush beaten by a full house on the turn, but that\u2019s not so much a bad beat, more like variance. Stuff like that happens, it\u2019s just when you\u2019re busting a gut to run some money up on a the PartyPoker Bankroll Challenge, beats like that really hurt.<\/p>\n

Anyway, I\u2019m homeward bound. And once I\u2019m in and settled, I think I might set myself a mini challenge of turning my $50(ish) into $100 in one week\u2026..should I sit down with a bigger starting roll or not? Any advice?<\/p>\n

Thanks for reading!<\/p>\n

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The PartyPoker Bankroll Challenge involves starting off with a $25 bankroll and seeing how high you can take it. But, and it’s a big but, you have to stick to sound bankroll management techniques – never sitting down with more than 5% of the roll for cash games and Sit & Go’s, and not more than 2% for multi-table tournaments.<\/p>\n

Stick to this and you should start to see your roll increasing – if you play a solid enough game! Furthermore, you’ll improve your game as you go along, particularly when you get to move up the buy-in levels.<\/p>\n

Give it a try – and drop us a line here at the blog to let us know how you are getting on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

James “HullJimi” Greenwood records a healthy second week in his PartyPoker Bankroll Challenge, which started with $25. Week 2 Starting Bankroll: $30.47 Hands Played (this week): 720 Current Bankroll: $45.47 Overall Profit: $20.20 I\u2019ve played a bit this week but not as much as I\u2019d have liked as I\u2019m finally moving home after the summer<\/p>\n

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