$1 to $1000 on Poker Stars

Was out in Vegas last week for my wife’s birthday, so I didn’t get to play too much poker but was able to play some tournaments.  I played 4 tournaments and placed in 3 of them:

1st out of 24 ($70 buyin at Caesars)
2nd out of 44 ($70 buyin at Caesars)
3rd out of 41 ($60 buyin at Planet Hollywood)
DNP ($120 buyin at Caesars)

The play out there is generally awful, with a few good players mixed in randomly.  Caesars has the best structure for the under $100 buyin tournaments and I heard that the Venetian has really good structure for over $100 tournaments, but I didn’t have a chance to play there (even though I saw their poker room and it is really nice).  I can’t wait to go back, maybe later this year.

Made a little progress at home on the challenge, here is a summary:

+$9.71 0.01/0.02 NL
+$0.62 0.02/0.05 NL
+$4.95 0.25/0.50 L
-$3.60 $1 18-SNG:  DNP: 3
+$2.20 $1 45-SNG:  5th:  1, 6th:  1, DNP: 2
+$3.10 $1 45-TSNG:  4th:  1, 5th:  2, DNP: 6
-$15.45 $1.50 18-TSNG:  2nd:  1, 4th:  1, DNP: 13

Overall Summary:

Starting BR: $1.51
Current BR: $104.60

+$39.31 0.01/0.02 NL
+$7.30 0.02/0.04 L
+$43.64 0.02/0.05 NL
+$4.94 0.04/0.08 SHL
+$13.13 0.05/0.10 L
+$6.80 0.10/0.20 L
-$10.83 0.10/0.20 SHL
+$27.93 0.25/0.50 L
+$2.15 0.25/0.50 SHL

+$11.70 $1 SNG (25% ROI): 1st: 7 , 2nd: 4 , 3rd: 9 , DNP: 19
-$4.60 $2 HU SNG (-16% ROI): 1st: 6, 2nd: 7
+$12.00 $3 TSNG (5% ROI): 1st: 9, 2nd: 10, 3rd: 7, DNP: 49
-$80.90 $6 TSNG (-25% ROI): 1st: 4, 2nd: 4, 3rd: 6, DNP: 35

+$3.00 $1 18-SNG (23% ROI): 1st: 1, 2nd: 1, 3rd: 1, DNP: 8
+$20.60 $1 45-SNG (143% ROI): 1st: 2, 5th: 1, 6th: 1, DNP: 8
+$6.80 $1 45-TSNG (28% ROI): 2nd: 1, 4th: 1, 5th: 4, DNP: 16
-$5.00 $1.50 18-TSNG (-11% ROI): 1st: 2, 2nd: 2, 4th: 1, DNP: 21

+$3.99 $0.50 MTT (114% ROI): Placed: 4 (+$1.08, +$1.80, +$1.55, +$1.06), DNP: 3
+$1.13 $1 MTT (6% ROI): Placed: 3 (+$2.26, +$10.31, +$2.86), DNP: 13