watched you play a lot and great to see a pro write a diary! I think that having a 15-20k profit is a VERY decent wage. People need to remember that is tax free, so if earning 20k net that is like a regular 30-35k job which is better than average 27 year old! PLUS........ that wage plus your doing a job you LOVE = priceless. Run well and look forward to reading the progres Posted by Nuggy962
Thank you Nuggy love that. Like I said in my 1st post im not a greedy person I really love what im doing so if I can make that happy days.
Hi Omm thank you for your post. It was just below £15k but I did have January off so I kind of got to my target and yes im still a Mummy's boy so I still live at home. Thank you again for your support really appreciate it.
Good luck and will read with interest. A few questions if I may? How do you go about playing 10 tables? Especially at 6 max where the decisions come thick and fast. I can manage 6 and that takes a lot of concentration as I try and watch how active players are and there betting patterns. I find if im not careful I start playing auto pilot (my hand only) and miss warning signs/bluff spots etc. And how do you keep your focus for hours at a time? Oh, and one more. Do you review your own play and whats a good way to do it? Posted by CraigSG1
Hi Craig thank you for your post. With playing up to 10 tables on Dym's I find it quite easy these days I have two nice big monitors so there's no overlapping all neatly layed out lol. I play super tight till the blinds get to 100/200 so my decisions are very easy till then but after then I just have to make nice quick decision's if I feel im not 100% playing at my best I will reduce my tables. When im playing the Main and mini I reduce my Dyms to about 4 so I can keep my eye on the tourneys abit better.
Good luck with this, have shared a few table s with you in MTT's and DYM's As someone mentioned earlier you take the good and the bad with equal grace, a massive plus in my book. Best of luck in 2015 Posted by HENDRIK62
Good luck with this Tim. You mentioned a while ago that you were thinking of starting a diary. Glad that you've managed to get round to it. You're coming across on the forum just as well as you do at the tables.
Never seen you moan or grumble yet.
A couple of questions
Did you work your way up to your present stakes online or go straight in at those levels?
I know you play live a fair bit. Any nice binks to brag about?
I'll definitely be at the mini. Hope we can catch up.
Firstly let me say congrats on 15k most people can only dream of this.
Reason I put what I did is that your first year or two pro is when you will make your most money.
After a couple of years you will get bored of it and get fed up of the swings and the stress that it brings. So you will play worse and hence earn less.
So imagine in 5 years time you are bored with it and your earning say half what you earn now. What are you going to do?
I went pro in 2009 and could never imagine being bored with poker but I am, I average about 15 hours a week these days and play badly for about 14 of them.
However, I made a ton of money first two years pro bought a few houses and so Im doing ok.
Good afternoon Timmyrara. The best of luck with this, hopefully see you on the £2.20 @2.20 deepstack tournament, when you have a spare afternoon. All the best. Rainman397
Firstly let me say congrats on 15k most people can only dream of this. Reason I put what I did is that your first year or two pro is when you will make your most money. After a couple of years you will get bored of it and get fed up of the swings and the stress that it brings. So you will play worse and hence earn less. So imagine in 5 years time you are bored with it and your earning say half what you earn now. What are you going to do? I went pro in 2009 and could never imagine being bored with poker but I am, I average about 15 hours a week these days and play badly for about 14 of them. However, I made a ton of money first two years pro bought a few houses and so Im doing ok. Posted by ajs4385
Thank u Again for your advice AJS really do appreciate. With all your points you mite be right I mite not earn the money I think I will and I mite fall out of love with the game and if that happens I will have to move on to the next chapter of my life. But im gonna work hard keep learning and give it 100% and I will se what happens.
Good luck with this Tim. You mentioned a while ago that you were thinking of starting a diary. Glad that you've managed to get round to it. You're coming across on the forum just as well as you do at the tables. Never seen you moan or grumble yet. A couple of questions Did you work your way up to your present stakes online or go straight in at those levels? I know you play live a fair bit. Any nice binks to brag about? I'll definitely be at the mini. Hope we can catch up. Good luck Posted by Jac35
Hi Jac yep I finally got round to doing it lol. Yeah I don't like to moan not a big fan of moaning at the software or players making loose calls and ranting in the chat box and blaming live dealers for me losing I just get on with it and move on to the next hand. I started being really good with bankroll management about the same time i started keeping diarys and slowing moving up the stakes after that. No my Hendon mob is pretty poor but to honest never really played any comps over £300 and last year maybe only made 5-8 trips live but i wanna put myself out there abit more this year. But yeah should be playing the Grand prix at DTD and the Ukpc Mini so yeah be cool to meet up.
best of luck timmy earning average 1.5k a month not bad pretty much what a normal guy would earn doing 40 hrs a week getting paid monthly thing is most guys hate there job and u love poker there is the difference u love what ya doing and earning a good salary keep up the good work Posted by IDONKCALLU
Thought you'd been at it longer Timmy, but you must have went full time around the same kinda time I did. Best of luck for 2015, I'll see you at UKPC no doubt, hopefully we'll have both won our ME seats but either way I'll play the mini.
Thought you'd been at it longer Timmy, but you must have went full time around the same kinda time I did. Best of luck for 2015, I'll see you at UKPC no doubt, hopefully we'll have both won our ME seats but either way I'll play the mini. Posted by Lambert180
Hi lambert thank you for your comments be cool to meet up at the UKPC. Good luck with your year.
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Like I said in my 1st post im not a greedy person I really love what im doing so if I can make that happy days.
Hi Omm thank you for your post. It was just below £15k but I did have January off so I kind of got to my target and yes im still a Mummy's boy so I still live at home.
Thank you again for your support really appreciate it.
I play super tight till the blinds get to 100/200 so my decisions are very easy till then but after then I just have to make nice quick decision's if I feel im not 100% playing at my best I will reduce my tables. When im playing the Main and mini I reduce my Dyms to about 4 so I can keep my eye on the tourneys abit better.
Reason I put what I did is that your first year or two pro is when you will make your most money.
After a couple of years you will get bored of it and get fed up of the swings and the stress that it brings. So you will play worse and hence earn less.
So imagine in 5 years time you are bored with it and your earning say half what you earn now. What are you going to do?
I went pro in 2009 and could never imagine being bored with poker but I am, I average about 15 hours a week these days and play badly for about 14 of them.
However, I made a ton of money first two years pro bought a few houses and so Im doing ok.
The best of luck with this, hopefully see you on the £2.20 @2.20 deepstack tournament, when you have a spare afternoon.
All the best.
Rainman397
With all your points you mite be right I mite not earn the money I think I will and I mite fall out of love with the game and if that happens I will have to move on to the next chapter of my life.
But im gonna work hard keep learning and give it 100% and I will se what happens.
I started being really good with bankroll management about the same time i started keeping diarys and slowing moving up the stakes after that.
No my Hendon mob is pretty poor but to honest never really played any comps over £300 and last year maybe only made 5-8 trips live but i wanna put myself out there abit more this year.
But yeah should be playing the Grand prix at DTD and the Ukpc Mini so yeah be cool to meet up.
Thank you for your support Brrrrr Rainman and Waller.
Where abouts your from Waller?
All the best sir.
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