Poor guy, if he wants to have a go why should people be negative?
Just jealousy. Barry said was a dream of his... He says paid of his debts..... So leave the guy alone and let him have a shot. Who is anyone here to question his earnings bla bla bla. I have a small roll of £700 - to me is exactly that - a role to play with. If goes up great if down then got entertainment for that money.
Poor guy, if he wants to have a go why should people be negative? Just jealousy. Barry said was a dream of his... He says paid of his debts..... So leave the guy alone and let him have a shot. Who is anyone here to question his earnings bla bla bla. I have a small roll of £700 - to me is exactly that - a role to play with. If goes up great if down then got entertainment for that money. Hope you do it! Got to chase them dreams. Posted by Nuggy962
Hello, I am Barry and this is my blog. First a little about myself.. I am 48 years old and the former CEO of a pickle jar manufacturer which unfortunately went into liquidation after packaging design reformation backfired rendering the company with an unsustainable deficit, but hey that's a story for another day haha. Poker has been my passion for many years now ever since Chris Moneymaker won the World Series of Poker main event back in 2003 I have always aspired to match this achievement. This blog will follow me through my journey to hopefully earn a buyin to play the WSOP Main Event, my dream for almost 12 years now. After paying off my various debts I have left myself with a reasonable £976.54 as my starting deposit with my end goal being £6412.50 ($10,000), the entry to this year’s WSOP Main Event! Giving myself a few weeks to achieve this goal I have confidence in my ability and can't wait to get started! I have previously played on this site but with little success at the cheaper games, (people don't know how to play and just go all in with nothi ng >:(.. this time around I will face a more competent opposition) I will begin my online journey playing cash game poker with £100 sitdown and if all goes well (hopefully!) I will quickly move towards the larger sit down tables and play with the best, haha When I finally achieve my dream (haha!) I will never forget my humble Sky Poker beginnings and hopefully all the support that allowed me to get there! --- Shuffle up and deal Posted by BarryGuns
Good luck Mr Guns...I presume you have plans to stow away on a plane/boat/train to actually get there in the first place?
Poor guy, if he wants to have a go why should people be negative? Just jealousy. Barry said was a dream of his... He says paid of his debts..... So leave the guy alone and let him have a shot. Who is anyone here to question his earnings bla bla bla. I have a small roll of £700 - to me is exactly that - a role to play with. If goes up great if down then got entertainment for that money. Hope you do it! Got to chase them dreams. Posted by Nuggy962
Sigh....
So giving someone advice that might save them from doing something stupid is being negative now? If I had only played a small amount of poker before at small stakes and was struggling to win at them and then posted on this forum explaining that I was going to try and turn a grand into X by starting with NL100 I would want someone to inform me about BRM. Of course I wouldn't mention BRM myself in the opening post - I'm not even going to know about it unless I'm told/read about it! Or lets take a more extreme example - suppose I was going to play NL1000 with my grand? Would people on this forum just wish me luck without letting me know I might want to rethink my decision?
OP only said he'd paid off his debts but he said he lost his business without mentioning having a new job or anything. If he's got a good job and is wanting to spin up £1k into a main event seat and isn't bothered about losing it then as I said in my previous post at the end - GL to him. The fact he got angry at losing over half his roll suggests he's bothered about losing the entire amount - in which case, my BRM advice is going to be useful for him to consider.
I am not usually an aggressive man but I got sucked out on with top pair and in a fit of rage I accidently stood on my pet cat called Muffin. As a result I had to take him to the vet which cost me another £60 for the day adding onto my poker losses. All is well though, Muffin forgives me and the vet said he may recover fully within a few days. Posted by BarryGuns
Brilliant. I wonder if as many cats as mice fall victim to poker-rage?
ps glad hope Muffin does actually recover!
pps Would BRM ever really apply to trying to get in to the WSOP ME? I mean, you need what, 100x BI for MTTs with a decent BRM strategy? So by that logic only $ millionaires should ever be taking their seat in the tourni (or taking cash alternative if they satellite in)? That said, fair play, I'd imagine playing £900-odd quid of sats is a better option than spinning up at NL400 cash!!
The pickle jar business is a tough one, no doubt about it. And you certainly don't become CEO in the cut-throat world of pickle-jar manufacturing by playing it safe.
Ignore those timid souls who would have you grind away at low stakes. Trust your instincts as they are what got you to where you are today (broke, with a poorly Muffin).
Hi all, again thanks for the support I really would like to reply to everyone but I just don't have the time. It is unfortunate that not everyone is as supportive as others but I will not take it to heart and have no far been able to not let it affect my mood.
Unfortunately I will be unable to play at all today as I have received some sad news, hopefully I can post further updates some time this week.
Unfortunately I will be unable to play at all today as I have received some sad news, hopefully I can post further updates some time this week. Posted by BarryGuns
Oh well sigh..... I've been very slack of late and I've not been updating my blog. I'm currently 2/3 the way through writing my latest piece, but ive now come across this little gem. How can I compete with lines like, " I'm not usually an aggressive man but I got sucked out on with top pair and in a fit of rage I accidentally stood on my pet cat called muffin".
It's irrelevant if it's true or not, it's pure entertainment. I've been raised and re-raised in one hit!!!
Hello, I am Barry and this is my blog. First a little about myself.. I am 48 years old and the former CEO of a pickle jar manufacturer which unfortunately went into liquidation after packaging design reformation backfired rendering the company with an unsustainable deficit, but hey that's a story for another day haha. Poker has been my passion for many years now ever since Chris Moneymaker won the World Series of Poker main event back in 2003 I have always aspired to match this achievement. This blog will follow me through my journey to hopefully earn a buyin to play the WSOP Main Event, my dream for almost 12 years now. After paying off my various debts I have left myself with a reasonable £976.54 as my starting deposit with my end goal being £6412.50 ($10,000), the entry to this year’s WSOP Main Event! Giving myself a few weeks to achieve this goal I have confidence in my ability and can't wait to get started! I have previously played on this site but with little success at the cheaper games, (people don't know how to play and just go all in with nothi ng />:(.. this time around I will face a more competent opposition) I will begin my online journey playing cash game poker with £100 sitdown and if all goes well (hopefully!) I will quickly move towards the larger sit down tables and play with the best, haha When I finally achieve my dream (haha!) I will never forget my humble Sky Poker beginnings and hopefully all the support that allowed me to get there! --- Shuffle up and deal Posted by BarryGuns
Greetings Barry, and welcome to the Sky Poker community
First of all, what an amazing dream to be aspiring to. I wish you all the very best with that, and hope that one day you can be sitting at the final table at the World Series of the Poker with the likes of Phil Ivey and Jamie Gold and other true greats! If ur gonna dream u may as well dream big right? haha
I thought I'd share a story from my life so as maybe to inspire you a little more. I'm a student at the moment and money comes and goes, but I never seem to have much of it. I joined the Uni poker society in the hopes of becoming better and meeting some new lads, and it was there that I met my personal idol and role model: Cillian Beragan. I watched in awe as he would take down first place in tournament after tournament. He, like me, started from humble beginnings, and it was this very year that he finally had a deep run and came FIRST in the UK student poker championships!! It was the buyin was £35 and for first place he got an incredible £6190 GBP!!! HE has enough money to fulfil your dream of playing in the main event, and we all expect him to be catching the first plane out to vegas this summer hahaha
Heres to hoping that one day we can maybe all be as good as Cillian. In the mean time make sure you play solid and remember to fold AK because it's an over-rated hand lol am i right aahahah xD
All the best, Barry
P.S. I'd recommend changing your screen name to something that doesn't have your first name in it because that's quite personal information; maybe something like 'BorryGuns or BerryGuns' or something else
Hi Barry great news on completing the challenge, you were always a formidable opponent at the tables, that hero call with 5 high was one of the bravest things I've ever seen at an online poker table, it was unfortunate the villain had quads.
Good luck in Vegas!
Also just a quick quirky kinda fun silly question for you aha - when you were in trouble during your time as a pickle man, did you ever just turn to your colleages and go ... 'we're in quite a pickle here lads' and then all chuckle to yourselves?
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ps glad hope Muffin does actually recover!
pps Would BRM ever really apply to trying to get in to the WSOP ME? I mean, you need what, 100x BI for MTTs with a decent BRM strategy? So by that logic only $ millionaires should ever be taking their seat in the tourni (or taking cash alternative if they satellite in)? That said, fair play, I'd imagine playing £900-odd quid of sats is a better option than spinning up at NL400 cash!!
Greetings Barry, and welcome to the Sky Poker community
First of all, what an amazing dream to be aspiring to. I wish you all the very best with that, and hope that one day you can be sitting at the final table at the World Series of the Poker with the likes of Phil Ivey and Jamie Gold and other true greats! If ur gonna dream u may as well dream big right? haha
I thought I'd share a story from my life so as maybe to inspire you a little more. I'm a student at the moment and money comes and goes, but I never seem to have much of it. I joined the Uni poker society in the hopes of becoming better and meeting some new lads, and it was there that I met my personal idol and role model: Cillian Beragan. I watched in awe as he would take down first place in tournament after tournament. He, like me, started from humble beginnings, and it was this very year that he finally had a deep run and came FIRST in the UK student poker championships!! It was the buyin was £35 and for first place he got an incredible £6190 GBP!!! HE has enough money to fulfil your dream of playing in the main event, and we all expect him to be catching the first plane out to vegas this summer hahaha
Heres to hoping that one day we can maybe all be as good as Cillian. In the mean time make sure you play solid and remember to fold AK because it's an over-rated hand lol am i right aahahah xD
All the best, Barry
P.S. I'd recommend changing your screen name to something that doesn't have your first name in it because that's quite personal information; maybe something like 'BorryGuns or BerryGuns' or something else
GOOD LUCK!
Well done.
The Main Event doesn't start until July 5th. You're gonna have to kill quite a lot of time out there Barry
gl out there!