$0.01 NL Hold’em Hyper-Turbo Tournaments on Pokerstars are Addictive

A while back, I cashed out the majority of my bankroll at Pokerstars, leaving just a couple of dollars in the account. I’ve a big fan of building a poker bankroll from almost nothing to something substantial. I also enjoy reading the stories of other online poker players attempting the same. Although I do plan to start a new bankroll challenge as a part of this website, that’s not what this post is all about.

When I logged in to Pokerstars earlier to work on my WCOOP day 1 update, my balance was a measly $2.37. I decided to look around at different games to get some idea of what kinds of stakes I’ll be able to safely play with my (wimpy) bankroll.

That’s when I noticed $0.01 No Limit Texas Hold’em Hyper-Turbo Tournaments. They are 990 person, multi-table sit-n-gos that cost a penny and have no fee at all. That’s right, no juice on one cent Texas Hold’em poker tournaments!

Blinds starts at 25/50 and your starting stack is just 500 in chips. With the blinds going up every 3 minutes these things are all-in donkfests for sure. The other cool thing is they only last around an hour (if you make it to the end).

The top 40 places payout.

• 1^st $2.20
• 2^nd & 3^rd $1.10
• 4^th to 6^th $0.50
• 7^th to 10^th $0.25
• 11^th to 40^th $0.10

These are great if you what some crazy action, have a tight bankroll, or have poker A.D.D. and get bored easily.

On my lunch break today I played in 4 of these tournaments. I thought the first one was going to be handed to me after getting pocket aces the first two hands in a row! I went from 500 to 5000 in the first two hands. Those were my only big hands the rest of the tournament besides AQo one hand. I ended up going out right before the money on the first one.

The second and third ones I didn’t do much of anything, but in the fourth one I cashed. I seemed to pick my spots well and got lucky a couple of times. I went out 29th place winning $0.10. Now my bankroll is at (a still wimpy) $2.43.

With these tourneys, you HAVE to get extremely lucky to win. You either have to pick up some big hands earlier and double – triple – quadruple up, or get in there and gamble it up with everyone else and hope build a stack.

I don’t think there’s a definitive strategy for these $0.01 Hyper-Turbo poker tournaments, but I’m going to keep playing them and I’ll post my results and any tips I can give. If you get a chance, try them for yourself, they’re addictive!