Just a thought to help you out. I have found using the responisble gaming feature on stars exteremely useful for BRM. It has made sure I stick to my plan. You can set it to whatever your needs are. As well use the tourney filter to hide all tourneys that you have restricted yourself from. As far as what next if you decided that the .10/360 is where your going to start whatever you decide I would suggest keeping it turbo as your decision making will be honed in for that. Once you have $220 in your roll the $2.20/180 is where I'd go at that point. The .25/90 is good practice for reg speed and would be a good idea to alternate days of play, turbo's one day. reg speed the next. Once your br is $440 start mixing $3.30 and $4.40 mtt's. I have found the $1.10 and $2.20 mtt's to be a waste as the fields are extremely large and full of donks even after clearing through 1/2 the field. I find the play after clearing 1/2 the field in the $3.30 and $4.40 to be much better (not as many pushing/calling all in cause they don't want to play anymore). Good Luck!

Try to shift your focus to the $0.25 90 man as soon as possible if your bankroll is $20-$40. They are really nice and can boost your roll relatively quick if you multitable them. If you consistently finish deep, the $1.40 KO 90 man should prove to be really easy with a bankroll of $80-$160. The structure on those is even slower (4,5 hours to finish), but the the bounties essentially turn them into a freeroll for a $25 score. Multitabling is key: try to to play as much tables as you can, it will protect you from tilt, decreases variance and helps you to stay focused on the right plays. 

They fill up really quickly so I usually start with six tables continually until I'm ITM at four. Build a big stack and focus on keeping it! No need to play it like a turbo, postflop play should give you a huge edge here. Plus you're also playing rakefree, which makes a big difference when you put in volume.

Good luck!

Edit: I agree to avoid the $1.10 MTT's at this point.

So wanted to make an update.  I am at 231 games of  Rush OD MTT  The first 20 or so  I played were $4.40 but after that started playing $1.  I am at 80% total ROI for overall and @ 130% ROI for the $1  OD RUSH MTT.  I would just post the $1 but im not a subscriber to sharkscope so cant do advanced can only search SitNGos.    Since my last post I have made   4 more final tables for 1 7th, 2 8th's, and a first.  My ITM is 9-10%.   I am learning so much from playing these its insane.  The only thing is you are almost always shortstacked in these.  Even if you jump up to 70-100bb early by the time your itm your lucky to have 40-50bb .   In these 40bb is really like 25-30bb in a normal MTT so I have definitly had to adjust.   I still think I might be 3betshoving to tight.   I ram some numbers in pokerstove because i have been seeing ALOT of crzy shit.  calling all in with gapped suited connectors early…22-55  just insanity.  So I think that I need to open up my 3bet shove range to AT+,KJ+, maybe even QTs+?  Idk bout pairs because they will call with random 2 overs so much I think maybe I should stick to 77+?

Its very hard for me to call all in.   I think I may be folding to much when I raise, someone overshoves then another shoves over that.  But the crazy thing is that its not uncommon for one to roll over KT, and another A8s or something….its nuts lol.   Anyways.   I am still working on a correct 3bet %.

However I definitly play these HARD and FAST.  Right fromt he getgo you start with 50bb and in 3 min you got about 30-35 another 3 min and you got 20-25bb so IU just start out 3betshoving and it seems to be working pretty well.

Let me know what you guys think.

Phoenix

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wow great post! i have got ur same issue with brm… now i have 350$ on ftp and pretty much sticking to 3.30$ 90mans there… going up pretty nicely and usually multitabling (4-6 tbls). also find krul's post useful, it reflects a lot of thoughts i had…

anyway gl with ur plan!

phil

Thx guys for the support!!  I really appreciate it.   I am really trying to learn and do well.   I make it a point to learn something new every tourney I play.  If something doesn't stand out during that tourney I go back and review my hands until I find something new to learn.    Also, now that I have a more cushy bankroll I am  starting to 4 table these.  Its INSANE!!! lol 4 rush tables is pretty intense but FUN.  Since its basicly push/fold from the get go in these unless you build a 50+bb stack its doable.  But ya, I am really happy and feel I am really making progress.  I continue to take shots as I know once I get a bankroll to allow me to play the low stake gurantees everyday then my poker carreer is going to take the next leap forward.   However, I dont worry to much as I know I am gaining mass experience every time I play one of the $1 OD Rush and I am sure I will always play these OD Rush tourneys as variance busters for along time.  I will love it when I can graduate to the $4 then $10 ext..  They are great tourneys to pad your bankroll. 

pce

Phoenix

Also my Full tilt name is    same as my TPE name     Phoenix390   incase anyone wants to check my OPR or sharkscope.

pce

phoenix

Way to go Phoenix. Volume is key!

Variance can be soul destroying and the players that are consistently winning are the players that handle it the best. You seem to take it well so keep grinding and the results will follow. Its so easy to move up a level and go for the 'big win' to compensate for a downswing when you should be doing exactly the opposite. Always take a deep breathe and think hard before you react to the variance.

GL man

Stinger3388

what did you ship for the $11 rebuy?

congrats man

Thx yall for the gr8 support and comments.

Stinger= It was only $278 for 4th. There was 230 entrants. 1st was $918

BennyMacca= It probably does have some effect…however I am not sure exactly how much. It’s probably a name that is easier to remember, but I love the name as its a term a buddy of mine and myself came up with (Don’t know of anyone else using this term..so if someone came ujp with it before me idk bout it) I think it describes the style of playing holdem ive adopted since joining this site very well. Unrelenting calculated Pure sheer aggression. IDK how it will effect my ROI…I am still young in poker and have only played 550 or so tourneys since I started really applying my self after joining this site in feb. It could possibly have a slight impact on my ROI…but Its worth it to me to rep that name as I am proud of the phrase and believe it represents me quite well. However, I love my home game nickname “The Phoenix” However, Phoenix is not a unique nickname and is widely used. I have never seen anyone mention CRUSHEQUITY…so the Originality of the name overcomes any adverse effects IMHO.

But ya…to say I am pleased is an understatement. I deposited a small ammount on Carbon jus to try a new site and got deep in my first midstakes tourney! How cool is that lol? and it seemed to be the best MTT site other then the BIG 4 that shut down US play. Carbon is alot like UB was a year or two ago I would say…Pretty small field sizes but constant mtts running. 2-3 micros an hour. Also they have some real cool bounty tourneys. Like there $10 bounty is $5 prize pool and $5 bounty for each you take out. They also have these “All in or Fold” Tourneys which are real cool and fun.

Carbon Poker is VERY soft…the midstakes players play very retarded in general…even people with 3 stars or an accolade will fold down to like 4-6bb or call fold with 8bb another thing I see alot is limping with Ak,Aq,KQ ext…Very weak tight passive play or weak loose passive. Another thing I find funny is every single table I have been at cash or tourney alike had 8-9 US players and only 1-2 forign players.

Anyways, I am making my goal to build a nice roll on Carbon Poker. Just wanted to say thx for the support and make a lil update.

Pce

Phoenix AKA CRUSHEQUITY

So I just went back and rechecked Carbons site to double check if Low and High stakes were posted and It turns out I was blind and overlooked it

Low=$19.99 or less

High=$20+

So $3r im sure def low and $5r more times then not gonna be low aswell.

This being said…imma sleep on this and have a decision early this week.  I dont want to say imma do it if im not 100% commited.   I jus dont have the BR to Mass grind $10-$15 FO safely and I dont see winning it w/o qutie a few of those int here.  I gotta work tomorow through tues anyways so idk.  Low stakes #1 for april was only 700ish points but im sure its gonna be way more with mass influx of us grinders taking over.

Either way, if I dont do it this month and just continue to build my roll to 5k+  I should have the necessary BR for June and will attempt it then.  i may still try for april and grind $5FO and under to just see what happens…idk.

Anyways, its late and im tired. 

pce

Sup TPE! doing a small update.  Today is a monumental day for me!!  I am making my first withdrawl from poker ever…  The first time I will be able to taste my rewards.  I havn't played in the last 2 weeks for various reasons, however my first tourney back, the sunday 100k guarunteed I got 32nd for $500 putting my BR @ $1378 so I withdrew $400 to test the waters on carbons withdrawl time.  I had AT mp w/ 17bb and agg bigstack UTG min raised so I shoved knowing hes folding most of time and BB woke up with AK and I lost the crippled race.  I would post the actual HH but Carbons HH is all weird…its in a different format then FT/PS  So dunno how to post it.  NOt down at all It was a gr8 tourney and I know $100 is beyond my role but just decided to say !@#$ it and give it a try lol.  Not something I will be doing on a weekly basis…However, it feels good to get deep in it.   So ya…first withdrawl and I will keep yall posted on how long it takes to get my check.

Pce

Phoenix