In Response to Re: Making a Full Time Wage From Poker - PokerNoon's Journal : Agree with what you are saying Ivan, i just get the "feeling" that Noony wants to "mix it" with the big boys and the super tactical plays a bit too soon. It sounds like the lower stakes bore him, but the fact remains that he needs to seriously know what he is doing if he is to play at the levels he craves, else he will be that drunk guy in the casino surrounded by solid players that he described earlier in the thread.
Hear what you're saying but respectfully disagree.
If you want to improve, you have to play with better players at levels that challenge you. I'm not saying I'm going to jump into the highest stakes - will probably start with 25/50 and see how I get on.
If I'm trying really hard to figure out why people are beating me, and change my game appropriately, then I will improve fast. Totally different to the drunk guy getting his willy out all the time and throwing his chips everywhere. He's not trying to improve, he just wants a gamble. His only method of winning a pot is 'I'll try to bully you off it, and if you stick with me, I'll hope to hit a good hand'.
Speaking of DYMs, I do find them quite boring - I'm going to stick with the cash route and the occasional MTT for now.
Speaking of MTTs, I made final table of a £22 BH this afternoon, which I was fairly pleased with. Made a stupid mistake on the very first hand of the FT and lost nearly half my chips. From then on I was the shorty, and never recovered. But until that point, I feel I barely put a foot/hand wrong. I was pleased mostly with my improved patience this time - it took at least half an hour until I got any sort of hand, then when I played it I was able to take all someone's chips, a nice bounty and never looked back.
Next goal is to actually win one of these things. Have to say that the most enjoyable form of the game for me is MTTs by far.
Consistently profitable on cash tables now - tonight I made £60 in an hour played 2 20nl tables. I did run nicely, but I felt like I was extracting value from my good hands pretty well.
MTTs improving - on Friday I entered a £11 BH. Was in the top 5 for a lot of the contest and took 5 heads. Went from 2nd to finishing 69th in the space of about 5 hands. Bit disappointed when I was thinking I had a chance of a tasty cash, but never mind. Still took £25 from that tourney, so a profit nonetheless.
Also won the £2.20 'rainman deepstack' last week, which was pleasing.
So all in all, I'm not making the £50 a day, but I'm getting there.
dyms are boring but a good way to lose ya bankroll they dnt make my heart beat faster or get a rush from the game only way i get a lil bit excited about playing dyms is if i play like 8 tables at a time but then the site crashes and I quit the site again Posted by IDONKCALLU
I used to work in IT as a Business Analyst/Test Manager and left a rather cushy job to trade horse racing markets full time on Betfair (when I say full time, about 3 hours a day).
Id be interested to know more about this, how successful have you been, do you feel there is still value in learning this?
Would it be a worthwhile pursuit for someone wishing to diversify from poker back the other way?
A friendly reminder from Sky on this thread - those looking offer advice/tutoring services for themselves or 3rd party sites isn't permitted. Please bear this mind as anyone found in breach will have their accounts closed. Thanks, Dave Posted by Sky_Dave
Can you expalin this a bit more please.
Do you mean a sky player can't coach other players?
Or is the restriction limited to videos of live sky play, such as used in most training sites?
I used to work in IT as a Business Analyst/Test Manager and left a rather cushy job to trade horse racing markets full time on Betfair (when I say full time, about 3 hours a day). Id be interested to know more about this, how successful have you been, do you feel there is still value in learning this? Would it be a worthwhile pursuit for someone wishing to diversify from poker back the other way? Posted by Kazuko
I have a friend who does this for his full time income, he also runs a website and training courses. PM me for details if interested.
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