Getting Started

Hello and welcome to the first entry in my blog. My concept is simple; start from absolutely zero and turn it into $10,000 playing poker. My nickname on this blog and some of the sites I play is resonantfreq, although I do play under other names on some sites.

If you are reading this first entry, the first thing you should know is that I have already started. I started on December 9, 2007. The initial phases of the run were documented on www.stoxpoker.com, under the FORUMs section, in the GENERAL tab, under the thread called "My Bankroll Building Thread."

On January 9, 2008, while still on Stoxpoker, I moved the documentation to the MEMBER'S BLOG section, where I blogged until January 31st.

Let me say that Stoxpoker is an incredible site, I am a member, I will continue to be a member, I love the site and all that it is about. However, my blog was not getting any exposure. That is why I have decided to move it here.

On December 9, 2007 I started with absolutely nothing - I had actually started playing freerolls a couple days earlier, but this was the first day I started writing about it. Later that same day I received a $7.70 no deposit bonus from Poker770. In the time since then I have ranged from nearly losing it all (on Day 6) to having well over $300 in my account (late January).

As January closed, I had about $150 in my account as I moved funds from PokerStars (which I like immensely) to Eurolinx (in order to chase a bonus). My month of Dec/Jan (which I consider my first month, since in the beginning I played few hands due to limited bankroll and the holidays) was neither good nor bad. I ran just over 3.5 PTBBs / 100 on about 56K hands. As January closed I find myself in the middle of a (now) 25K sideways run. My win rate is just fine, but certainly not extraordinary considering the stakes I played.

I usually write about:

a) The frustrations I have dealing with the twists and turns of fortune
b) My day
c) The Kelly Criterion, which is my method of managing my $
d) Fun poker topics (in general) in a creative-writing format (usually poking fun at myself)

I am going to repost a couple of my favorite things that I have written over the last month in the next couple of blog entries to get everyone up to speed on what it is like to be a resonantfreq. Additionally, tomorrow (Feb 4) will be my first day blogging here about my actual day.

Personally, I am a computer scientist living in Barcelona. I will be moving back to Denver this summer, and if I cannot accomplish my goals, then I will have to go back to work in the real world, a prospect that scares the s*** out of me.

One last thing, my goal is really $40K. But it seems a bit much to aim for. Except however, that is exactly what I am aiming for. So if this or the next couple of blog entries pique your interest, you can check out my past history on stoxpoker to come fully up to speed.

'freq out.