Hello Rancid, well done. Lol, we seem to meet each other on the tables alot recently. You stalking me? I suggest leave £200 or £300 in your account and withdraw the rest. Also remmember you BRM. Cash games it's a bit risky at a higher level. In the 25p and 50p I lost £50 in 1 hand few month ago and it's painfull. Especially 2day I lost alltogether £70 in the cash games and DYM . My BR was £155 yesterday. 2day it's £80. So im just going to grind DYM tables and few tourneys 2day to hopefully get it back.
First of all well done mate, have been enjoying reading ur progress.
basically its all about setting a new challenge really. Of course you can like one guy says withdraw most of it and then do the challenge all over again, if ur comfortable grinding away at these levels for the rest of eternity.
But I would suggest moving up now, u know u can beat the lower levels, so you can always drop back down if things dont work out at first.
gl mate, and look forward to seeing what u do next.
Thanks for all the comments people, irony, sarcasm and sincere posts are always welcome )
I have always wanted to work my way through the cash levels and stay at around NL20 (low stakes) just to get away from the rake at micro.
Problem is I have yet to beat NL10 on a regular basis.
I have had short term success but this may only be a bit of run good.
I don’t need to withdraw at the moment, so I could just carry on with playing a 1% BRM strategy. So I would be bouncing around NL10 & £11 MTT’s and taking shots. This may be the best way forward for me in this poker lark.
May close this thread and start another one, or just opt out as I am climbing up as it may turn into more of a BR status update as I will not be showing any hands for us to laugh at.
This may be a bit paranoid but I just don’t think it’s wise to be showing more equipped players how I will be playing at low stakes----------
I’ll watch the new Mad Dogs on Sky one tonight and see how I feel after-_-
*** FOR SALE *** A complete set of poker diaries from some of Sky's finest players (and Doh). Read every up and down with interest or just howl with laughter at some of the beats. COST - £923.00 ☺ Been following this thread a while Rancid, and I would honestly withdraw 50% and take a holiday/buy something you want. Well done by the way! Posted by MAXALLY
Thats not as daft as it sounds.
A book form Sky ( or forum members with any experience of that sort of thing ) with all the diaries and some of the blogs would make a gr8 book for learners. They could share the profits with the posters
EDIT _ Could have a comp for name of book and everyone who wanted to could chip in towrads costs - advertising etc
I,ve been in my local WH Smiths and Waterstones among other smaller bookshops and haven,t seen anything of any use in several visits. Also most of the decent books are from 1 persons perspective , rather than a grp of players
Well done matey, great to see a forum REG working up and achieving their goal .
My advice would be to keep going up to £1000 and then just skim off anything over that you make each week, this also gives you 50 BI's at NL20 which should be plenty to sit with 100bbs over say 2-3 tables, and also obviously give you 100 BI's at NL10.
On the NL10 just wondered if you keep detailed spreadsheets for each discipline to know where your most profit comes from so you know where best to play etc.
Well done matey, great to see a forum REG working up and achieving their goal . My advice would be to keep going up to £1000 and then just skim off anything over that you make each week, this also gives you 50 BI's at NL20 which should be plenty to sit with 100bbs over say 2-3 tables, and also obviously give you 100 BI's at NL10. On the NL10 just wondered if you keep detailed spreadsheets for each discipline to know where your most profit comes from so you know where best to play etc. Posted by Dudeskin8
Cheers,
Na only ss I have is for DYM's, no records of cash. Can work out what I have made in cash but that's across all levels I was thinking about this the other day and thought maybe I should start recording per cash level.
And yeah I am sure I read someone, may DOHHHHHHHHHHHHH mention £1000 and then skim off. But can't remember what levels he was talking about.
just read your 1st post for the 1st time, (don,t know why, but never got around to reading it b4.) i didn,t realise the situation of you trying to win back your first losses.
think you,ve done really really well, and it just goes to show what can b achieved if you put your mind to something and approach it in the correct manner.
good 4 you.
good luck(not that u need a great deal,it would seem) and sure you will only go from strength to strength from here, whichever route you decide to take!
I like to think this thread is a good example of a recreational player changing to a winning player by simply using correct BRM and looking to improve by simply putting the effort in and realising that you do need to improve if your losing long term.
Starting out with an £80 deposit in June 2011, using the 5% BRM strategy playing NL4 and once reaching £100 playing low level MTT’s, shows how anyone with an understanding of the game can also do this by simply playing ABC poker.
It also shows how variance and bad beats/outdraws can affect you and how wins or loses in the short term mean nothing to your long term profitability playing poker.
If anyone reads this and thinks, I can do that – then all is good.
Maybe this thread will motivate and encourage recreational or semi serious players to keep the faith through all the bad times they have had in poker.
I wish you all the best if you attempt to make good your loses.
I am about done with this thread.
If anyone wants to post here regarding playing micro limits and attempting to move there BR in the right direction then please post here and I will offer my advice for what it’s worth.
All the best and run golden
My last update
DYM – ran like a one legged giraffe last night, couldn’t win
Cash – up and down – ended up £7 in profit
Profit is always better than a lose, however small
Current roll 20/1/2012 £930 C4P 1611
Ps. If I drop below I will have to return, let’s all hope this doesn’t happen )
Err, when did you last play ABC poker? Excellent thread and great tosee you are now in profit. I am sure that this will have motivated and inspired many micro players. Posted by pomfrittes
Most of my profit in cash & MTT’s comes from playing very straight forward tight ABC hold em
The majority of money I lost was not playing ABC and playing versus tight Regs playing ABC
In Response to Re: *******Rancid and his Roll (Diary of a losing recreational player making good)************ : Most of my profit in cash & MTT’s comes from playing very straight forward tight ABC hold em The majority of money I lost was not playing ABC and playing versus tight Regs playing ABC These are facts Posted by rancid
Am I the only person who sees this sentence and reads it in a Spanish Accent?
bumps..... someone asked me to link this so I thought I would bump it...
Memories....
First Diary I started on here and a challenge I had with myself is now 2 years past.
Have I acheived it, well yes....playing low limit cash nl20-nl50 and binking the odd MTT so you could say two years persistant learning has paid off.
Is this just a brag..well yes.... but it's a true indication that you can start as a loosing player and with enough determination you can get to where you want to be.
Just had a browse through this, wasn't really involved in the forum at the time so i only know you as a nl20+ player taking down the rebuy every other day lol interesting to see your journey and a good read.
Comments
basically its all about setting a new challenge really. Of course you can like one guy says withdraw most of it and then do the challenge all over again, if ur comfortable grinding away at these levels for the rest of eternity.
But I would suggest moving up now, u know u can beat the lower levels, so you can always drop back down if things dont work out at first.
gl mate, and look forward to seeing what u do next.
Thanks for all the comments people, irony, sarcasm and sincere posts are always welcome )
I have always wanted to work my way through the cash levels and stay at around NL20 (low stakes) just to get away from the rake at micro.
Problem is I have yet to beat NL10 on a regular basis.
I have had short term success but this may only be a bit of run good.
I don’t need to withdraw at the moment, so I could just carry on with playing a 1% BRM strategy. So I would be bouncing around NL10 & £11 MTT’s and taking shots. This may be the best way forward for me in this poker lark.
May close this thread and start another one, or just opt out as I am climbing up as it may turn into more of a BR status update as I will not be showing any hands for us to laugh at.
This may be a bit paranoid but I just don’t think it’s wise to be showing more equipped players how I will be playing at low stakes----------
I’ll watch the new Mad Dogs on Sky one tonight and see how I feel after-_-
As always any advice would be so nice
A book form Sky ( or forum members with any experience of that sort of thing ) with all the diaries and some of the blogs would make a gr8 book for learners. They could share the profits with the posters
EDIT _ Could have a comp for name of book and everyone who wanted to could chip in towrads costs - advertising etc
I,ve been in my local WH Smiths and Waterstones among other smaller bookshops and haven,t seen anything of any use in several visits. Also most of the decent books are from 1 persons perspective , rather than a grp of players
Very well done getting your cash back : )
Na only ss I have is for DYM's, no records of cash.
Can work out what I have made in cash but that's across all levels
I was thinking about this the other day and thought maybe I should start recording per cash level.
And yeah I am sure I read someone, may DOHHHHHHHHHHHHH mention £1000 and then skim off.
But can't remember what levels he was talking about.
Good advice
Thanks
why change a winning formula?
I'd get to 1000 then take a bit out to treat yourself.
for the 1st time,
(don,t know why, but never got around
to reading it b4.)
i didn,t realise the situation of you
trying to win back your first losses.
think you,ve done really really well,
and it just goes to show what can b achieved
if you put your mind to something
and approach it in the correct manner.
good 4 you.
good luck(not that u need a great deal,it would seem)
and sure you will only go from strength to strength from here,
whichever route you decide to take!
best wishes rancid,
devon
Cheers,
I like to think this thread is a good example of a recreational player changing to a winning player by simply using correct BRM and looking to improve by simply putting the effort in and realising that you do need to improve if your losing long term.
Starting out with an £80 deposit in June 2011, using the 5% BRM strategy playing NL4 and once reaching £100 playing low level MTT’s, shows how anyone with an understanding of the game can also do this by simply playing ABC poker.
It also shows how variance and bad beats/outdraws can affect you and how wins or loses in the short term mean nothing to your long term profitability playing poker.
If anyone reads this and thinks, I can do that – then all is good.
Maybe this thread will motivate and encourage recreational or semi serious players to keep the faith through all the bad times they have had in poker.
I wish you all the best if you attempt to make good your loses.
I am about done with this thread.
If anyone wants to post here regarding playing micro limits and attempting to move there BR in the right direction then please post here and I will offer my advice for what it’s worth.
All the best and run golden
My last update
DYM – ran like a one legged giraffe last night, couldn’t win
Cash – up and down – ended up £7 in profit
Profit is always better than a lose, however small
Current roll 20/1/2012
£930
C4P 1611
Ps. If I drop below I will have to return, let’s all hope this doesn’t happen )
Most of my profit in cash & MTT’s comes from playing very straight forward tight ABC hold em
The majority of money I lost was not playing ABC and playing versus tight Regs playing ABC
These are facts
Memories....
First Diary I started on here and a challenge I had with myself is now 2 years past.
Have I acheived it, well yes....playing low limit cash nl20-nl50 and binking the odd MTT so you could say two years persistant learning has paid off.
Is this just a brag..well yes.... but it's a true indication that you can start as a loosing player and with enough determination you can get to where you want to be.
So if your just starting out, keep going.
run golden