Let's play Limit Hold'em [Team PokerStars Online]

Day 11 of Bankroll Challenge
Well... This was one of the most boring sessions ever. And I'm not talking about livestream, which was great and the chat was lively (even though we had some rigged vs not rigged discussion), talking only about the tables here. No maniacs, maybe one viewer and nothing special happened. I mean, I even forgot to do this update The highlight of the session was when I lost 4 big hands at the end when when Limit cat made an appearance But today should be fun! Starting my livestream at 17:30, right after Felix finishes with his. I'll also give away 4 tickets for Team Pro Online freeroll. So come and join me either on tables or just on Twitch

http://www.twitch.tv/coreysteel111

• Thursday, February 26 - 17:30 CET (11:30m ET)
• Saturday, February 28 - 11:00 CET (5am ET)
• Monday, March 2 - 12:00 CET (6am ET)

Start of Day 11 BR: $41,49
Profit: -$3,80
End of Day 11 BR: $37,69

Day 11 Graph

Part 1 of Day 11 videos

Day 12 of Bankroll Challenge
If Day 11 was boring, Day 12 definitely wasn't. It was fun at the tables and also fun in the twitch chat. We also did a giveaway, so that had something to do with it too I got quite unlucky in many spots and also made few suckouts. The latter prevailed so I recorded the biggest win so far -> $5,44. Limit cat also made an appearance, he even pressed on Refresh button in my HM2 and brought me luck this way ♦ Currently we are at the highest at $43,13 bankroll. We move up to 25c/50c when we hit $100. Still a long way to go
My next lifestream will be tomorrow (Saturday) at 11:00 CET (5am ET).

http://www.twitch.tv/coreysteel111

• Saturday, February 28 - 11:00 CET (5am ET)
• Monday, March 2 - 12:00 CET (6am ET)

Start of Day 12 BR: $37,69
Profit: $5,44
End of Day 12 BR: $43,13

Day 12 Graph

Part 1 of Day 12 videos

I just love Limit cat. Hes so snuggly and cute !!

Nice blog. I fallow it with interest and wish you luck in your goal to achieve $1000 micro stakes asap. I am trying the same thing on ipoker and it s going well but i am also mixing it with 1 dollar tournaments.

Hey EGcoldplay. Thanks, I appreciate it! Good luck to you too.

Day 13 of Bankroll Challenge
Wow, what a day this Day 13 was. It was frustrating to play but at least viewers had something to see. PokerHammer in the chat also said that this day is going to be unlucky for me, because of the number 13. And it really went horrible until the last 70 hands or so, when I finally started winnings hands. Almost made everything back at the end Almost. But hey, can't complain. Tomorrow I'll make a weekly update for Get Rich or Die Tryin' promo and at 12 o'clock I'll be already streaming my Day 14.

http://www.twitch.tv/coreysteel111

• Monday, March 2 - 12:00 CET (6am ET)
• Thursday, March 5th - 17:00 CET (11am ET)
• Saturday, March 7th - TBD

Start of Day 13 BR: $43,13
Profit: -$1,51
End of Day 13 BR: $41,62

Day 13 Graph

Part 1 of Day 13 videos

Hi Corey!!

I didn't know you are a Pokerstars member, big shark are in our site Much to learn of you

GL with the BR challenge

Week 4 of Bankroll Challenge

I already have countdown counter on for my livestream. It shows 7 minutes till start so I have 7 minutes to do this report here ♦ It was interesting week to say the least. One boring session, one really fun session and one pretty frustrating session. After 2519 hands we saw a profit of... 13c! :f_biggrin:I know, not even one BigBet, but profit nonetheless. I'll take it.

Week 4
Hands: 2519
Week 3 BR: $41,49
Week 4 BR: $41,62 (+0,3%)
Profit: $0,13

He Corey, nice (and for you a pity) to see that also the pro's are struggling. I am sure with the support of the viewers it will go up,soon!
btw, nice breakevengrind at the end of your sessions!

Hey Sven.
Yeah I don't mind struggles at the tables. This is how poker is, I'm used to that, it's just not that attractive for viewers I think. That's what "bothers" me the most. Saying all that... Even though this looks like a struggle, I still have a winrate of 2BB/100, which is obv pretty good for Limit Hold'em. So... Looks like a struggle, feels like a struggle, but actually is not

Day 14 of Bankroll Challenge
I promise you guys, this is not a copy/paste of our previous session. This actually happened again ♦ Bad beats and losing for 90% of the session and then winning back everything in the last 100 hands or so.

On top of that I also got lucky in Mission Week promo. I cashed in two out of three all-in shootouts and got $5 out of it ($4 + $1). We had a live sweat in one of them but I got knocked out in the first round already. Bit more lucky in the next two and now I can add $5 to my bankroll. Before I started with these missions I said I will count these bonuses towards my challenge. I mean, I finished the missions playing micros anyway. Will fall under rakeback money

You finished the tournament in 1525th place. A USD 4.00 award has been credited to your Real Money account.
You finished the tournament in 7592nd place. A USD 1.00 award has been credited to your Real Money account.

Here's a plan for my next livestreams:
http://www.twitch.tv/coreysteel111

• Thursday, March 5th - 17:00 CET (11am ET)
• Saturday, March 7th - 11:00 CET (5am ET)
• Monday, March 9th - 12:00 CET (6am ET)

Start of Day 14 BR: $41,62
Profit: $1,35
Rakeback: $5
End of Day 14 BR: $47,97

Day 14 Graph

Part 1 of Day 14 videos

Hey guys,

If you intend to play in 9th Anniversary Sunday Million or in any of the satellites, PokerStars has a pretty nice promo for you with $11 registration fee.
If you want to participate you have to enter my PokerStars nickname "LukaSteel" as a Star Code. You can enter Star Codes under Tools/Star Code in the menu.

You will be debited $11 and in return you will receive three things:

• $11 ticket for super satellite with 1000 seats gtd for Sunday Million (ID: 1144797698).
• Ticket for LukaSteel All-In Shootout where you can get up to 10% of my action (ID: 1159723563).
• Last longer competition. Team Online member, who lasts the longest in this Sunday Million will have all his/hers qualifiers refunded $11.

Note, you can only enter this promo once.

I also recorded a video explaining this promo:

Nice promo
Than I have someone to rail about if I don’t get qualified for this tournament.

Day 15 of Bankroll Challenge
Yay, finally a day where we were doing fine through out the whole session basically. During previous livestreams tables were kinda nitty, but not yesterday. Tables were really good and I almost didn't need to do any table selection. With $5 in profit we are over $50 now and half way through the next limit, which would be 25c/50c. And currently standing at 312 VPPs, which means we'll need 6 more sessions to hit Silver Star VIP status. No hurry tho

There's a slight change in plan for my livestream tomorrow (Saturday). I'll start at 13:00.
http://www.twitch.tv/coreysteel111

• Saturday, March 7th - 13:00 CET (7am ET)
• Monday, March 9th - 12:00 CET (6am ET)

Start of Day 15 BR: $47,97
Profit: $4,97
End of Day 15 BR: $52,94

Day 15 Graph

Part 1 of Day 15 videos

And here's a bonus graph of the first 15 days + rakeback (+$32,94). Btw, I really don't like the colors in this HM2 update :/

Day 16 of Bankroll Challenge
Yes! We did it guys! I mean, I didn't hit $1000 bankroll, but I did have a really really good day at the tables. We had some guy named Kostja at the tables yesterday. He was from Russia. I could stop there with his description, but I'll also tell you that he was calling us down with everything. And when I say everything, I really mean everything. Trips Q? Call down. 9 high? Call down. The nut str8? ... Call down. For the entirety of the session he bet only 3 times or something like this. Of course I snap folded ♦ So you definitely should check out the videos, because it was a really fun session to play.

Tomorrow I'll do Week 6 report of Get Rich or Die Tryin' promo and then I'll start my stream at 12:00.
http://www.twitch.tv/coreysteel111

• Monday, March 9th - 12:00 CET (7am ET)
• Wednesday, March 11th - 12:00 CET (7am ET)

Start of Day 16 BR: $52,94
Profit: $14,91
End of Day 15 BR: $67,85

Day 16 Graph

Part 1 of Day 16 videos

♠_thumbsup: Keep up the good work.

thx karisek, I appreciate it.

btw guys. You know that feeling when you get not one, but two straight flushes in one day (session)? And one being against quads

87s
http://www.boomplayer.com/poker-hands/Boom/13365317_1ADDD13581

J7s
http://www.boomplayer.com/poker-hands/Boom/13366393_1A977E0343

Week 5 of Bankroll Challenge

Week 5 was really good for my bankroll challenge. I did three livestreams as usual and won in all of them. Played 2417 hands and won $21,23 at the tables plus got $5 rakeback, which I included in the graph below. My bankroll is at $67,85 right now and I will move up to 25c/50c when I hit $100. Man... It seems so close, but I know there are still several days left until that.

Week 5
Hands: 2417
Week 4 BR: $41,62
Profit: $21,23
Rakeback: $5
Total: $26,23
Week 5 BR: $67,85 (+63%)

Day 17 of Bankroll Challenge
Haha, what a day! I don't think I ran this bad in 2015 even on my regular limits. I was up 25BB and then I start losing all the hands that I played and lost about 100BB altogether. At that point I would quit my session if I weren't livestreaming, but of course I had to continue... for my viewers ♦ And after half an hour... We were in profit lol. Limit cat also made an appearance, so maybe that was the magic ingredient.

Tomorrow 2nd livestream of the week, this time on Wednesday
http://www.twitch.tv/coreysteel111

• Wednesday, March 11th - 12:00 CET (7am ET)
• Saturday, March 14th - 12:00 CET (7am ET)
• Monday, March 16th - 12:00 CET (7am ET)

Start of Day 17 BR: $67,85
Profit: $2,07
End of Day 17 BR: $69,92

Day 17 Graph

Part 1 of Day 17 videos

Great blog.... I´m watching your videos from the very start... It is a inspiration to me... Helps me when my sessions are not so good.

Hey jmunger. Nice to hear that.
Watching previous session is obv good, but definitely try to catch one of my livestreams. First one will be today at 17:00 CET (in two hours)

Day 18 of Bankroll Challenge
What to say about Day 18... Nothing spectacular happened really. Was running pretty good throughout the whole session, it stopped a bit at the end, but still recorded a really good session. We are at $78,85. I can already smell 25c/50c, what about you guys?
Was thinking of doing a shot at higher limit already, but I think it's a bit too soon. I intend to play 25c/50c with only 200BB, which is small enough anyway. The first shot that I can actually make is at around $200 for $1/$2. I'll post again my BRM, if someone forgot how it goes.

• $20 -> $0,05/$0,10
• $40 -> $0,10/$0,20
• $100 -> $0,25/$0,50
• $250 -> $0,50/$1,00
• $600 -> $1/$2

I had to cancel my livestream on Wednesday because of PokerStars server restart. instead I did one on Thursday afternoon. Well... I think that's the worst time to start livestreaming to be honest. Jason, Poker Staples and Felix are streaming at the same time and they get 90% of the viewership. I think I'll stay with my usual 12:00 CET Next one already tomorrow (Saturday). There's also MicroMillions this month and I'll play both of Fixed Limit Hold'em events and let's hope I can stream them too. Will let you know.

http://www.twitch.tv/coreysteel111

• Saturday, March 14th - 12:00 CET (7am ET)
• Monday, March 16th - 12:00 CET (7am ET)
• Wednesday, March 18th - 12:00 CET (7am ET)

Start of Day 18 BR: $69,92
Profit: $8,93
End of Day 18 BR: $78,85

Day 18 Graph

Part 1 of Day 18 videos