Jul 18 2007
Quest for the SilverStar
I’m not a high roller, in fact the levels I play poker at are very small. My online bankroll has never really gone up over $400, and my biggest live win was £400.
Since the levels I play at, (usually $16 Turbo SNG’s, although considering the bankroll it really should be smaller buy-ins), don’t give me a great deal of FPP/VPP’s it takes a while to get anywhere near the next VIP level on PokerStars. This month, I decided that I was going to play as much as I could, and get myself up from the basic VIP level, to SilverStar status.
It’s not a hugely daunting task, but one that can be difficult if your not playing well, or watching players catch one or two outers against you with a frequency that is becoming painful. I won’t go on about that because no-one wants to hear about bad beats.
Another issue I have in getting to the SilverStar VIP Level, is that I really don’t play online for extended periods, or with the frequency that is required to gather 1500VPP’s in a month. I’ve tried to change that this month, by playing as frequently as possible, multi-tableing, and having a cash table running while I’m playing my usual SNG’s.
In doing this, I’ve managed to get a third of the way in just over a week, and I haven’t completely destroyed my bankroll doing it. Now it’s still not the healthiest bankroll I’ve ever seen, but I’m cashing about 50% of the time which is keeping it stable.
I’m not sure if I’m going to be able to get the rest of the VPP’s I need this month, but I am determined to make it in the next few months if I don’t.
One thing that puzzles me though, is the fact that I’m so concerned about it. It’s not as if there are any monetary advantages to reaching SilverStar, in fact there’s not even an amount of skill involved. If your bankroll is large enough, you could bleed it away and still reach that level without any effort.
I’m going to have to think about why this has become such a big deal for me recently, it’s a strange one. Until I figure it out though, I’m going to continue to try to reach that 1.5k VPP mark and become a PokerStars SilverStar.
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