{"id":220,"date":"2008-02-01T10:16:17","date_gmt":"2008-02-01T15:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/general\/fortune-favours-the-brave.html"},"modified":"2019-11-01T11:21:42","modified_gmt":"2019-11-01T11:21:42","slug":"fortune-favours-the-brave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/fortune-favours-the-brave.html","title":{"rendered":"Fortune favours the brave"},"content":{"rendered":"

James “HullJimi” Greenwood finds buying in for the max instead of short stacking has improved his Bankroll Challenge performance. <\/strong><\/p>\n

I made a brave decision this week. Well, it turned out to be brave – but it could have ended in tears.<\/p>\n

I’d been buying in short, sticking rigidly to the 5% rule of this challenge. So with $50 I’d buy in short for $2.50. The problem with this was my big hands weren’t getting paid off as much as they should and I think other players played at me more. I can’t prove this, it’s just a feeling I had. I’d face lots of raises which put me all in and playing a TAG game meant that I could call in very few situations.<\/p>\n

But then I also thought that reading about this challenge had gotten stale – I was floundering around between $40 and $50 and not getting anywhere.<\/p>\n

So I decided to buy in with a full stack and if this went wrong, there was a real risk of this finishing the challenge for good!<\/p>\n

To cut a long story short, it went well and I’m now up at $73 from my original $25. I think three things happened:<\/p>\n

1. I hit some hands this week and being fully stacked meant I got paid off to the max.<\/p>\n

2. I was unable to be re-raised all in – and actually used that same tactic to my advantage!<\/p>\n

The next one is the big one, I think….<\/p>\n

3. The real risk of going busto concentrated the mind. I went from six-tabling back to four and was aware of the need for TAG poker.<\/p>\n

I’m on a mission now to get the roll up – I want to have enough to start playing some SNGs!<\/p>\n

I’ve asked this question on a few forums this week – does anyone use video coaching? If so, which one? Are any of them relevant for the micro limits? Let me know in the comments.<\/p>\n

Starting roll this week: $51.09
\nEnding roll this week: $73.38<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

James “HullJimi” Greenwood finds buying in for the max instead of short stacking has improved his Bankroll Challenge performance. I made a brave decision this week. Well, it turned out to be brave – but it could have ended in tears. I’d been buying in short, sticking rigidly to the 5% rule of this challenge.<\/p>\n

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