Bankroll update – **%$#@

I spent the first 2 ½ months of 2007 growing my bankroll slowly; up about $850 overall (play + bonuses) playing either $50NL or $100NL. What do I do this week on Paradise, start playing 200NL and lose a couple of hundred. So then I go on TILT and start playing on a $500NL table. Took a terrible allin beat. I had Pocket QQ and donkey had A7o, after nothing on the flop but 2 hearts I go allin and he calls. Needless to say he hit runner, runner hearts to make an A high flush. F-that, and I’m out. Had I won that pot I’d be in fantastic shape. BUT NO, I lose the $850 that took me all that time to make.

So now I’m forced to take another step back in limits and will have to grind out some profits & bonuses to get my bankroll respectable again.

This is a similar scenario to what happened in December at the $200NL tables. I just can’t seem to get over the hump with my bankroll to where I’d really be comfortable playing at higher levels. And the funny thing is that I think the players at the $500NL tables are worse than the $200NL players. I just can’t take the chance of losing another large amount or I’ll be playing $.05/.10 tables.