10 Slow And Steady Ways To Gain Your 2009 WSOP Main Event Entry!

Increase Your Poker Bankroll Over The Next 12 Months So Much That You Have $10k to Spare

Since the vast majority of readers will not be attending this years World Series Main Event (even by many of the online WSOP Satellites listed here!!) we thought it was time to look forward one year – and suggest some ways in which to start accumulating that $10K entry fee one month at a time.

Whether you choose to spend your $10k on an entry fee or not the accumulation of this appears far more manageable when broken down into 12 monthly ‘chunks’ – that’s just $833.33c per month after all.

#1 Make A Monthly Plan To Move Up SNG Levels

The key to accumulating $10k Playing SNGs is that you’ll need some disciplined bankroll management as you improve. What we see from the chart below is that you start to move faster as time goes on – since multi-tabling becomes easier with time:

Of course, the above chart does not take into account the effect of bonuses or choosing the fishiest poker sites – if your bankroll is boosted early it could be entirely possible to move up fast enough to double the above figures.

#2 Get Yourself A Top Rakeback Deal

Rakeback is an incentive offered by poker sites for their high volume / high value players. Thistakes the form of a percentage of the tournament fee or cash game ‘rake’ that you play being returned to you. The amounts vary between 25% and 50%, with the more established rooms generally offering something in the 27% to 35% range (newer rooms who offer the biggest percentages often have low player volumes).

A couple of examples can quickly demonstrate how a high volume player’s rake can add up. This also shows the levels at which you would need to play to accumulate the $10k in time for the 2009 main event.

Rakeback Example 1 – SNG Grinder

• SNG Player Who Plays At The $20+2 level, grinding out an average of 50 games a day.
• Average Monthly Rake = 30 Days * 50 Games * $2 = $3000
• Top Rakeback Deal At 30% = $900
• 12 Months Later = $10800 in the bank

Rakeback Example 2 – Cash Game Player Who Enjoys Some MTTs

• 2 hours 4 tabling 6-max 50c / $1 No Limit Holdem per day + 10 MTTs Average $50 Level
• Monthly Rakeback from cash games with average 30% deal = $900
• Monthly Rakeback from MTT Play with 30% deal =  $60
• After 12 Months Total Earned = $11520

For those smaller volume players you may find that regular reload bonuses clear even faster at certain sites. If you are a high volume player looking for an industry leading rakeback deal then check out our sister site Rakeback-Planet for the best rakeback deals at leading poker sites.

#3 Come In At Least 8th Place In The PokerStars Sunday Million!

The largest weekly online poker tournament is the PokerStars Sunday Million. With 1000’s of entrants and satellites from just $3 every player at the worlds largest online poker site has the opportunity to enter.

On an average week the 8th place finisher wins between $11k and $14k – more than enough to secure your place in the 2009 WSOP! For those players who do not have the required $200+$16 entry fee check out our Online Poker Satellites section for tips on winning your seat via qualifiers.

#4 Become A Poker Affiliate!

If you have a blog or website (or the motivation to make one) then you should consider joining the many poker site affiliate schemes out there. The idea is that the poker sites will pay you a fee for sending them new players – either in the form of a one-off payment or a percentage of their profit from each player over time.

For example – send 100 players to a site which pays $100 a shot and you’ll have the $10k entry fee by the end of the year.

Not all poker affiliate schemes are reputable so be careful who you choose! The long established brands below act as consolidators – allowing you to promote various poker sites via a single sign-up.

• Poker Affiliate World (Largest Consolidated Poker Affiliate Program Containing All The Big Brands)
• Carbon Poker Affiliate Program
• Titan Poker Affiliate Program

#5 Learn To Play Omaha Poker

With 100’s of books and training resources there are a lot of decent Texas Holdem players around online. If you are a competent player looking for a great source of income then we suggest you check out Omaha. With 4 hole cards instead of 2 this game has many traps for the unwary. Just a little more knowledge and you’ll be parting the fish from their money all day every day!

Check out our sister site Omaha Poker Planet today.

#6 Stay On The Ball With Poker Bonus Offers

Poker bonuses are basically free money to those players disciplined and motivated enough to take some action to find them. Sign-up bonuses are the start, but the sites which offer regular reload bonuses are the really profitable ones. All you need to do is invest some time organizing your money management and you could be making $100’s, if not $1000’s every month.

SNG / MTT Players can check our Best SNG Bonus Comparison Charts here. Cash Game players can find information within our detailed room reviews in our best online poker tournament sites section.

#7 Become A Satellite Specialist

Online Poker Satellites require strategy adjustments that many of your opponents simply will not make. Understanding bubble dynamics for satellite qualifiers, as well as where the ‘dead money’ (and thus your profits) come from will enable the thinking poker player to make a living in these lucrative games.

Satellite specialists need to ensure that there is a mechanism to turn their satellite wins into cash. Both PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker allow you to do this – the former through 3rd party transfer specialists. Check out our dedicated Online Poker Satellites section for some great information on profitable satellite play.

#8 Focus On The Fish

This point may sound a little frivolous – but it is actually very serious. Some sites, especially the largest ones, have tables filled with profitable players. This means that the profits from the losers are being shared between the competent players. The single sentence below could easily net you $10k over the next year if you are prepared to act on it (or at the very least think it over!)

‘If you can beat the games at tables where several winning opponents are playing, you will be able to crush the games at some of the weaker poker sites.’

We see 1000’s of players who refuse to move from the sites considered ‘best’ by their forum peers – seeking out those fish is very profitable… so why not do it?

Check out our patented Fish-O-Meter for a light-hearted yet serious look at the Fishiest Online Poker Sites.

#9 Invest In The Latest Software Tools

There are 100’s of Poker Software Tools on the market, those which are permitted by the poker sites can give you a huge edge over the competition completely legitimately. These will cost anything from $50 to $100 – however, you need to look at this as an investment. Here is how to visualize your returns:

SNG Wiz, The best ICM tool available, imagine that the training and hand history analysis allows you to win 3 extra SNGs a week at the $10+$1 Level (not an unreasonable assumption in our opinion)… that’s $150 per week or $7800 a year in extra profit. Now think how much faster you could move up the levels with this bankroll boost early in your career – that $10k becomes more than attainable.

Tournament Shark shows you the win / loss stats for opponents while at the tables. Imagine that these helped you to reach just one more final table each month for the next year by getting a better ‘read’ on your opponent’s play. A serious profit boost!

Texas Calculatem is a real-time advisor for cash game players, it more or less cuts out errors from your game. Now imaging that this nets you just 1 more big blind per 100 hands while 4-tabling, that’s $4 an hour approx above your normal profit level – so 20 hours (1 week) later the tool has paid for itself… and after that the extra profits are all yours.

Check our dedicated area for summaries of the best online poker tools available.

#10 Bookmark SNG Planet Today (!)

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