End of month 1 £100 challenge

My plan in January was to play some Sit n Go’s and freeroll games where I could. On top of this I have a year long plan of a champions game that I am playing in on Nasty Duck. I also had a small stake on VC Poker and $50 on PKR. Outside of the starting stake we are free to enter as many freeroll games as we want on as many sites as we wanted to. The only rule is to not deposit more than the starting £100. We can choose to move this £100 about though if we wanted to. So Here is how I have done site by site.

VC Poker
I’ve only got a couple of £’s on here and really only intended to play low stakes poker when I wanted to de stress. However I have been busy playing in freeroll games where I can and have not had the need to de stress on here.

PKR
Again I have been busy playing on other sites and only had a little go on cash tables on here, but came off even and have not had the need or time to go back to the site. Which is a shame as PKR are now running points based tournaments similar to that of PokerStars. Maybe in the coming months I will play a bit more on here as it can be easy money and is a fun site to play on.

PokerStars
I did intend to try and rake through a bonus on here and make some easy money that way. However I have been too busy playing on other sites and have not had the chance to rake through or play the number of games that I wanted to. I played a few small MTT’s and didn’t cash and also played a few double up SnG’s (Sit n Go’s) and managed to get up to $58. Nothing massive, but I didn’t play that many. Also you really have to win 2 out of 3 double up games to actually make a profit. If you only win 50% of the double or nothing games your bank roll will reduce by the table rake.

Nasty Duck Poker
I have mainly been playing on here as there are a number of regular games that I can cash in easy enough and also there is the year long Champions game. There are 2 champions games a week at a cost of €3 a week. Now my original stake of 20€ isn’t going to last too long, as in total if I play every game I would need 156€. However Nasty Duck run the 20:00CET happy hour. Each day at this time there are a number of freeroll games and bounty games that I have been able to cash in. I’m currently up to €40 at the end of the month so a nice double up after a few cashes and wins in freeroll games on here. The only cash I have had to spend are on the champions league games. Sign up to day at www.nastyduck.co.uk and check in at 7pm UK time for the happy hour games.

32Red
Now I only have a few £’s left to deposit on a site if I need to, so I didn’t want to just throw it on to any old site. I do still have the £10 left to deposit on a site if I need to. However I have not yet had to deposit this money on any sites.
Earlier this week I was reading in Poker Player magazine how Chris Ferguson (aka Jesus) managed to turn $0 in to $10k in just 18 months. He did this by playing in freeroll games on www.fulltilt.com and then when he won a few games upping the level that he played. I decided to look round an see what freeroll games other sites offer. I was invited to a $5k freeroll NL Hold’em on 32Red. I signed up, but also signed up to a Omaha freeroll at the same time. As it happens, I totally dropped out of the NL Hold’em game, but I managed to cash £2.20 in the Omaha game out of over 5000 players. So this has helped my bankroll increase a little bit. I will be using this site similar to that of VC Poker if and when I need to. Also freeroll games are busy, but can be fun.

Sky Poker
Now I like to look around and see what other sites are out there and have a bit of fun. I was invited to a £500 freeroll game on Sky Poker and managed to cash £5. So similar to 32Red and VC Poker I will use this site to play low stakes when I need to as I don’t want to use my Nasty Duck money to play regular games and I am hoping to freeroll my way to the top of the championship game. Which I currently stand top of the league by a few points woot woot.

Overall I am up £28.10 in a month, which is not bad for a few mini games of poker. My Plan for February is to carry on with the games on Nasty duck and maybe play a few tournament games on PKR.