Empire Poker and Party Poker are basically just two skins for the same game. So when Empire sent me a 50% bonus code, I promptly transferred $100 of my Party bankroll over to Empire. So far I’m up $30 and I’ve played about 70 of the 250 raked hands required to get the bonus.

My combined bankroll is about $137, which is a result of the heavy losses I sustained on Monday and the minor gains from the rest of the week. I even won some money while playing Thursday evening from 6 to 7.

I’m looking forward to pushing past $200 this weekend. Yup, I’m just a small-time, low-limit grinder.