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Lambo goes Pro - Blog by Lambert180

Tikay10Tikay10 Member, Administrator, Moderator Posts: 172,924
edited September 2013 in Poker Chat

This is well worth a read.

It is a little out of date - my bad, apologies - but it remains relevant.

The blog is HERE
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  • yoyoyoyo Member Posts: 642
    edited September 2013
    great stuff
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  • Lambert180Lambert180 Member Posts: 12,197
    edited September 2013
    Cheers Tikay and Julian

    If anyone has any questions, feel free to ask on here or in my diary.
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  • LARSON7LARSON7 Member Posts: 4,495
    edited September 2013
    Hey Paul

    Good luck having a go at poker, stay focussed and u'll do it.
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  • THEROCK573THEROCK573 Member Posts: 2,550
    edited September 2013
    good luck lambert.
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  • jdsallstarjdsallstar Member Posts: 1,675
    edited September 2013
    Best of luck Paul!!
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  • Lambert180Lambert180 Member Posts: 12,197
    edited September 2013
    Cheers guys.

    Think I'm gonna do another blog probably early January so I can do a little end of year summary and how my first few months have gone etc.
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  • BorinLonerBorinLoner Member Posts: 3,863
    edited September 2013
    My initial reaction is that it's madness to announce this sort of thing to the world. lol

    Anyway, what sort of times are you playing? Are you looking to play mostly in the evenings and weekends?

    I'm sure after so much time on this forum you're perfectly aware of the pitfalls. Good luck with it.
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  • Lambert180Lambert180 Member Posts: 12,197
    edited September 2013
    Meh, I'm an open kinda guy BL lol. If I didn't specifically write a blog about it I'd have only mentioned it in my diary anyway, and it seemed like a big enough thing to warrant a blog.

    As I mentioned in the blog, I'm aiming to do around 40 hr per week, I do alot of it at night but it's just not possible to do it all at weekend/night. Obviously this is a bit of trial run and if it all goes bosoms up, then so be it.

    With that in mind, I'm being realistic and sticking to a schedule that is suitable for family life and if I can't make a suitable living from it that way, then I wont do it... I've no intention of working 80 hr weeks or never been able to go out with my girlfriend and the kids cos I've gotta grind non stop to survive.

    So as it is, I've been making sure I play at least either Friday or Saturday night every week and when I play them days it'll generally be 8pm - 2am ish. Otherwise I play most nights 8pm - midnight and some morning sessions which are generally 10am - 2pm ish. I'm usually playing between 9 and 12 tables depending on how many I can get going (I'm playing 20/30/40NL) etc but recently have been playing a few MTTs alongside my cash tables so don't like to play more than 9 cash tables if I got MTTs going too.

    Cheers for the good luck.... could do with some as you know from the downswing thread lol.
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  • a00rocka00rock Member Posts: 832
    edited September 2013
    Good luck Paul, will you just be playing on sky or on other sites as well? no need to be specific if so.
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  • LOL_RAISELOL_RAISE Member Posts: 2,188
    edited September 2013
    i highly suggest not 12 tabling nl20/30, it may increase your short term hourly but will definately make your long term goals of moving up and being a reg at nl50/100/200 take alot longer
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  • ctbnctbn Member Posts: 376
    edited September 2013
    good luck paul

    i hope emmas not going PRO as well,, lol
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  • Lambert180Lambert180 Member Posts: 12,197
    edited September 2013
    In Response to Re: Lambo goes Pro - Blog by Lambert180:
    Good luck Paul, will you just be playing on sky or on other sites as well? no need to be specific if so.
    Posted by a00rock
    I've been playing MTTs on a different site and I played a cash session on that same site this morning too. My free trial of PT4 hasn't long run out so thinking about just buying it (think it's only about £40 to cover any games I'll be playing in the near future) and then playing some more over there.

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  • Lambert180Lambert180 Member Posts: 12,197
    edited September 2013
    In Response to Re: Lambo goes Pro - Blog by Lambert180:
    i highly suggest not 12 tabling nl20/30, it may increase your short term hourly but will definately make your long term goals of moving up and being a reg at nl50/100/200 take alot longer
    Posted by LOL_RAISE
    Cheers for the advice.

    Yeah I have felt like my game has regressed a little since playing more tables (and it's p*ssed me off)... it might be partly in my head cos I'm in the middle of a -40BI downswing but I'm sure I'm not playing as well as I can. As you say it is increasing my hourly atm but it's not good for my long term improvement and I dont wanna another stale rakeback grinder who never improves their game.
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  • BorinLonerBorinLoner Member Posts: 3,863
    edited September 2013
    In Response to Re: Lambo goes Pro - Blog by Lambert180:
    Meh, I'm an open kinda guy BL lol. If I didn't specifically write a blog about it I'd have only mentioned it in my diary anyway, and it seemed like a big enough thing to warrant a blog. As I mentioned in the blog, I'm aiming to do around 40 hr per week, I do alot of it at night but it's just not possible to do it all at weekend/night. Obviously this is a bit of trial run and if it all goes bosoms up, then so be it. With that in mind, I'm being realistic and sticking to a schedule that is suitable for family life and if I can't make a suitable living from it that way, then I wont do it... I've no intention of working 80 hr weeks or never been able to go out with my girlfriend and the kids cos I've gotta grind non stop to survive. So as it is, I've been making sure I play at least either Friday or Saturday night every week and when I play them days it'll generally be 8pm - 2am ish. Otherwise I play most nights 8pm - midnight and some morning sessions which are generally 10am - 2pm ish. I'm usually playing between 9 and 12 tables depending on how many I can get going (I'm playing 20/30/40NL) etc but recently have been playing a few MTTs alongside my cash tables so don't like to play more than 9 cash tables if I got MTTs going too. Cheers for the good luck.... could do with some as you know from the downswing thread lol.
    Posted by Lambert180
    I doubt I'll be able to offer you much useful help or advice. I'll make an extra effort to be ultra-critical of any posts you make in the clinic, though. Just because I'm so nice. ;)

    In all seriousness, I'll try to stimulate extra debate on your threads, if I possibly can. I know you take part in review and sweat sessions with other regs, and I'm sure they're very helpful. Don't slack on any of them. Taking an hour away from the tables to get involved with them is probably more +EV than playing... Unless you're listening to Greghogg, obv.
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  • TPTP123TPTP123 Member Posts: 492
    edited September 2013
    In Response to Re: Lambo goes Pro - Blog by Lambert180:
    In Response to Re: Lambo goes Pro - Blog by Lambert180 : Cheers for the advice. Yeah I have felt like my game has regressed a little since playing more tables (and it's p*ssed me off)... it might be partly in my head cos I'm in the middle of a -40BI downswing but I'm sure I'm not playing as well as I can. As you say it is increasing my hourly atm but it's not good for my long term improvement and I dont wanna another stale rakeback grinder who never improves their game.
    Posted by Lambert180
    Mass tabling is fine imo and the way to stay aligned to the other pros playing the game.  TBH just nitroll <30nl and the key to not getting owned at 50nl is doing your homework on the regs and having a legit well planned out />3bet strategy v regs
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  • LnarinOOLnarinOO Member Posts: 545
    edited September 2013
    best of luck and i hope it really works out for you - i think u should be mass tabling whats comfortable for you at 20/30nl u can obvs beat the level and are comfortable there so no probs playin  as many as u can - when u take shots, then is the time to adjust and lessen the amount of tables imo - i dont think ur winrate would be much less atall if u comfortably beat a certain level :) GLGLGL
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  • Lambert180Lambert180 Member Posts: 12,197
    edited September 2013
    Sigh guys, nothing more annoying than two really food players that I respect giving completely opposite pieces of advice lol.
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  • TPTP123TPTP123 Member Posts: 492
    edited September 2013
    In Response to Re: Lambo goes Pro - Blog by Lambert180:
    Sigh guys, nothing more annoying than two really food players that I respect giving completely opposite pieces of advice lol.
    So you wanna be a poker pro, eh? 

    lol... get used to this feelin!!
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  • Die_hardDie_hard Member Posts: 338
    edited September 2013
    GL, hope it works out for you :)
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  • DUNMIDOSHDUNMIDOSH Member Posts: 1,473
    edited September 2013
    You have a plan, self belief, a bankroll, positive attitude and support from the missus.
    How can you fail?
    Good luck on your adventure!!!

    Have you scheduled any live games? or will you be online exclusive?
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