Skeg, I have no advice for you on how to make yourself into a poker pro.
I doubt you need me to tell you to ignore some of the stupid comments on this thread. People enjoy being smug and feeling morally superior and few actually care to consider the circumstances which have brought you to this point.
No advice at all? For example say once i have the money i will be rolled for a much higher stakes than i've ever played before, should i just dive straight in or take it slowly gradually getting the hang of it moving up the levels etc? After all i'll still only be 21 when i start this, i don't really need to make a living wage or anything until maybe a few years afterwards.
Don't know why everyone assumes i'm depressed or something lol, i'm not depressed just yet, my life is amazing there isn't a day that goes by when i'm not happy lol. I'll only become depressed if i do have to get a job or become independent in the future etc. Adult life just isn't for me i've known that since i was like 13. But right now the way it is at the minute my life is brilliant, and i'm happy as anything.
Skeg, I have no advice for you on how to make yourself into a poker pro. I doubt you need me to tell you to ignore some of the stupid comments on this thread. People enjoy being smug and feeling morally superior and few actually care to consider the circumstances which have brought you to this point. Posted by BorinLoner
Well said mate! was going to write something very similar, good luck at the tables treat every upswing the same as a downswing!
Seems like its a big boys club mocking a newbie quite often on this site at the moment
No advice at all? For example say once i have the money i will be rolled for a much higher stakes than i've ever played before, should i just dive straight in or take it slowly gradually getting the hang of it moving up the levels etc? After all i'll still only be 21 when i start this, i don't really need to make a living wage or anything until maybe a few years afterwards. Don't know why everyone assumes i'm depressed or something lol, i'm not depressed just yet, my life is amazing there isn't a day that goes by when i'm not happy lol. I'll only become depressed if i do have to get a job or become independent in the future etc. Adult life just isn't for me i've known that since i was like 13. But right now the way it is at the minute my life is brilliant, and i'm happy as anything. Posted by skeg01
You don't really need telling that diving straight in would be silly surely Skeg?
That's why I said use this year you have to try and bridge the gap between the stakes/volume you play now and the stakes/volume you want to play in the future.
Can def relate to the stuff you are saying in this thread btw, you've put off receiving the money not because you need a year to improve, but you cba to start working hard at poker just yet, so you leave it abit.
fwiw I actually believe that you are loving life right now.
Why accept the responsibility of receiving a 5k gift and have to work hard and commit to something when you can defer it and continue living a stress free chilled out life, knowing you have it to fall back on?
Maybe the stuff people are speculating about in this thread will come a few years down the line. Hopefully not.
I gave you some advice on my diary recently but yeah from a purely poker point of view if you really do wanna take it seriously then Dohhh has covered most of it.
Imo I would...
1) Find a different site to play cash on (that isn't ipoker).
2) Stop wasting your time on speed poker. From everything I've read over the months of you posting, it sounds like all you do is sit at speed poker just nut peddling vv strong hands which may be enough to win at very low stakes but even at low stakes your winrate won't be as good as it could be, and your winrate will only go down as you move up.
3) Work really hard on your game.
4) Put a ton of volume in.
5) Start keeping records again of your profit/loss.
6) Stop withdrawing and start moving up to 10/20NL and onwards when you're rolled to do so.
If you do all those things and you're actually good enough, then you should be rolled enough to play for a living off your own £££ within 12 months without even needing the £5k, especially as by the sounds of it you're not in a rush to move out so you're living costs will be far lower than most.
No advice at all? For example say once i have the money i will be rolled for a much higher stakes than i've ever played before, should i just dive straight in or take it slowly gradually getting the hang of it moving up the levels etc? After all i'll still only be 21 when i start this, i don't really need to make a living wage or anything until maybe a few years afterwards. Don't know why everyone assumes i'm depressed or something lol, i'm not depressed just yet, my life is amazing there isn't a day that goes by when i'm not happy lol. I'll only become depressed if i do have to get a job or become independent in the future etc. Adult life just isn't for me i've known that since i was like 13. But right now the way it is at the minute my life is brilliant, and i'm happy as anything. Posted by skeg01
i didnt assume you were depressed, looks a good possiblilty from an outsider looking in thats all, go see a doctor anyway cos u might not know u have it, you may just have some sort of illness like chronic fatique syndrome if you cant be bothered to get out of bed til 4.00pm. i find it funny though that you say you will become depressed if you have to become independant and get a job in the future -"GET IN THE REAL WORLD KID "
I gave you some advice on my diary recently but yeah from a purely poker point of view if you really do wanna take it seriously then Dohhh has covered most of it. Imo I would... 1) Find a different site to play cash on (that isn't ipoker). 2) Stop wasting your time on speed poker. From everything I've read over the months of you posting, it sounds like all you do is sit at speed poker just nut peddling vv strong hands which may be enough to win at very low stakes but even at low stakes your winrate won't be as good as it could be, and your winrate will only go down as you move up. 3) Work really hard on your game. 4) Put a ton of volume in. 5) Start keeping records again of your profit/loss. 6) Stop withdrawing and start moving up to 10/20NL and onwards when you're rolled to do so. If you do all those things and you're actually good enough, then you should be rolled enough to play for a living off your own £££ within 12 months without even needing the £5k, especially as by the sounds of it you're not in a rush to move out so you're living costs will be far lower than most. Posted by Lambert180
1) I was thinking of moving back to pokerstars soon anyway, once my account has been re-instated (i have banned myself from like almost every poker site apart from titan ages ago when my blackjack habit was at its worst lol, but i'll have my accounts back soon)
2) I love speed poker though, i don't sit and wait for big hands or anything like that i play like i normally would on a normal cash table, but instead i play more hands per hour that's all. It took a while to get used to it obviously but it's normally the same people who play speed poker all the time so it's not too hard to make notes on players, understand the way they play etc as it would be on a normal table. (I normally 6table so it's about 1,000 hands per hour or so) - that experiment i done earlier was when i was a bit drunk so i haven't done it again even though i did win 50 quid from it lol.
3) Yeah i will continue to do that lol.
4) I'll try my best, some weeks i play over 60 hours and other weeks i only play for like 10 so maybe i will do a timetable or something along those lines so i can fit in a decent amount of hours per week.
5) Will do.
6) Good idea, i'll see what happens with my roll as i'm getting a bit sick of playing 5/10nl to be honest, it's just too easy haha.
Gonna bite my tongue in regards to the life stuff...
Poker wise, you seem far too naive (possibly due to age). Jump straight in to stakes you've never played? Speed poker? From what I remember you saying last time and this thread, I can't help but think you'd fritter away the 5k, unless you put in some serious studying hours.
Do the decent thing. Give your mum a break and don't accept the 5k. If you really are as passionate about poker as you say you are, you'll make it anyway.
Hello Doctor, I like lazing around all day and playing poker, and now my Mum wants to give me lots of money!---- sob, sob,--- please help me, I don't know what to do in this desperate situation--- sob-- sob ----- do I need prozac?----- I have tried to kick myself up the bum, but my leg won't twist into the right position--- should I take up yoga?--- please doctor, I only have a year left to do something, can you do a wanter transplant? I want to do something,but I don't want to want to do anything, please tell me what to want, if you want.
dont take this the wrong way but my advice to you would be to seriously go and see a doctor, if you have no urgency to do anything in life apart from play cards then i think you could be depresssed and it will only get worse if you dont seek help, best of luck!!! +1 to this talking from expereince u play poker coz ya happy in ya lil bubble without poker ya depressed but u get stuck in a routine of staying up late getting up late u dnt go out much u will lose freinds u dnt realise ya depressed because ya happy playing poker but it is a sign of depression Posted by IDONKCALLU
I'm still happy whenever i'm not playing poker you know lol, and i do go out almost every day just not during the day because most people i know are busy working/at college etc lol suppose quite a lot of people get ****** off because they have to work 60 hours a week on mimum wage doing a **** job while i get everything done for me, but i just laugh it off i can live my life the way i want to, most important thing about your own life is making sure you're happy, and that's what i'm doing.
You are lucky you have such a comfortable life, understandably people who have to work hard to get where they are and don't just get everything handed to them on a plate and 5k to just stick on a poker site can not relate to you in any way. It is frustrating reading some of the stuff you write but one day you wont have someone to cook all your meals, give you money when things are not going well, eventually you will have to struggle in some way and you will not have prepared yourself in anyway to deal with it and thats when your character will be tested. You definitely don't sound depressed if anything your probably incredibly happy/content with such an easy carefree way of life, 5k is alot of money that could give you all sorts of oppurtunities in life if sticking it on poker makes you happy so be it. Good luck crushing i could only dream of just having 5k handed to me to go and grind higher stakes, live the dream.
Its widely accepted that poker is a game in decline. There is a high likelihood the money may dry up and it will be impossible for you to make a good living from the game for the rest of your life. I wouldn’t ignore that.
Taking steps now as a contingency for that (as well for if you aren’t good enough) may well be the best decision you ever make.
GL, i genuinely hope it all goes well because if not you will be goosed with no prospects and you may look back at this stage and regret your mentality.
In Response to Re: Got a year yet - help/advice needed. : I'm still happy whenever i'm not playing poker you know lol, and i do go out almost every day just not during the day because most people i know are busy working/at college etc lol suppose quite a lot of people get ****** off because they have to work 60 hours a week on mimum wage doing a **** job while i get everything done for me, but i just laugh it off i can live my life the way i want to, most important thing about your own life is making sure you're happy, and that's what i'm doing. Posted by skeg01
im not p***** off in the slightest about you having everything handed to you and not having to work for it, i just find it staggering that a lad of 20 years of age fails to understand that parents dont live for ever and that you will not live you're whole life being wet nursed. good luck finding a bird that will do all this for you!!!
I know my mum won't live forever lol but she will always be there for me there is no way in the world my mum would ever chuck me out or tell me to start being independent etc, thats why i said in the future i will be depressed unless i can make a living from poker of course. But to be honest my mum will probably outlive me, i'm shockingly unhealthy but i can't be bothered to do anything about that either lol.
And i don't want a girlfriend, don't want to get married and i definitely don't want kids. I'm not an angry person or anything, hardly ever get angry but kids just make me snap lol. And would anyone really want me having a kid the way i am? Thought not haha.
Anyway back to poker, should i get that poker tracker software the now or wait until i get the money? It looks good.
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I doubt you need me to tell you to ignore some of the stupid comments on this thread. People enjoy being smug and feeling morally superior and few actually care to consider the circumstances which have brought you to this point.
Don't know why everyone assumes i'm depressed or something lol, i'm not depressed just yet, my life is amazing there isn't a day that goes by when i'm not happy lol. I'll only become depressed if i do have to get a job or become independent in the future etc. Adult life just isn't for me i've known that since i was like 13. But right now the way it is at the minute my life is brilliant, and i'm happy as anything.
That's why I said use this year you have to try and bridge the gap between the stakes/volume you play now and the stakes/volume you want to play in the future.
Can def relate to the stuff you are saying in this thread btw, you've put off receiving the money not because you need a year to improve, but you cba to start working hard at poker just yet, so you leave it abit.
Done exactly the same :P
Why accept the responsibility of receiving a 5k gift and have to work hard and commit to something when you can defer it and continue living a stress free chilled out life, knowing you have it to fall back on?
Maybe the stuff people are speculating about in this thread will come a few years down the line. Hopefully not.
Think it should be kept as a poker thread though.
Use the £5000 to play the £2.20 @2.20 DEEPSTACKS, YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO PLAY 2272.72 GAMES.
All the best.
Rainman397
2) I love speed poker though, i don't sit and wait for big hands or anything like that i play like i normally would on a normal cash table, but instead i play more hands per hour that's all. It took a while to get used to it obviously but it's normally the same people who play speed poker all the time so it's not too hard to make notes on players, understand the way they play etc as it would be on a normal table. (I normally 6table so it's about 1,000 hands per hour or so) - that experiment i done earlier was when i was a bit drunk so i haven't done it again even though i did win 50 quid from it lol.
3) Yeah i will continue to do that lol.
4) I'll try my best, some weeks i play over 60 hours and other weeks i only play for like 10 so maybe i will do a timetable or something along those lines so i can fit in a decent amount of hours per week.
5) Will do.
6) Good idea, i'll see what happens with my roll as i'm getting a bit sick of playing 5/10nl to be honest, it's just too easy haha.
Its widely accepted that poker is a game in decline. There is a high likelihood the money may dry up and it will be impossible for you to make a good living from the game for the rest of your life. I wouldn’t ignore that.
Taking steps now as a contingency for that (as well for if you aren’t good enough) may well be the best decision you ever make.
GL, i genuinely hope it all goes well because if not you will be goosed with no prospects and you may look back at this stage and regret your mentality.
And i don't want a girlfriend, don't want to get married and i definitely don't want kids. I'm not an angry person or anything, hardly ever get angry but kids just make me snap lol. And would anyone really want me having a kid the way i am? Thought not haha.
Anyway back to poker, should i get that poker tracker software the now or wait until i get the money? It looks good.