Yes Lambert i was an idiot earlier and ended up playing hu and hit and run! I aggree rancid i am not yet at a level were i can beat cash over the long run. So here is my plan for today playing £11 and £16.50 dyms if there are enough games running at £16.50. Will play on the live master cash tables tonight as long as its nothing over 50nl to get my hands analysed. I will then be playing in the open with 3 dym tables running at the same time.
You made this hard for yourself by using the word pro in your thread title. Before poker, what did you intend to do? What qualifications do you have? I hope you didn't turn down uni/college to do this. If it was 'go pro or apply to Mcdonalds' then you've picked the right option imo. If it was 'go pro or go to college and give yourself a chance of a proper career', then it's a huge mistake. Once you've got your qualifications/training/coaching badges, you've got a real freeroll with becoming a poker pro. Nobody can take those qualifications off you. You might miss out on a couple of years work experience, but at least you've got the certificates to fall back on. If you never planned on uni/college for whatever reason, well in 2 years Tesco will still be looking for shelf stackers, don't worry, might as well try poker. The real crime would be if you've chosen poker over education. There would be no need to even make that decision as you have so much time to play anyway. Go get some Alevels, and you'll still be able to play 6 hours a day if you still want to. Posted by DOHHHHHHH
Ok so today did not go quite according to plan. Started off well by being about 60 up in dyms in the afternoon. I then decided to try some 50 nl cash to see how it went only finding myself 250 down. I then lost the satelite for the £33 bounty hunter but entered the tournament anyway didnt get any real hands and went out quite early. I then won the satelite into the £110 bounty hunter and doubled up to 8000 chips in the 4th hand with a set over set on the flop. I then lost a couple of big pots and i suppose i went on tilt and really dissapointed with myself thinking about it. I accidently registered to a £55 dym instead of an £11 which i lost. I then went and played some 50 nl and ended up on 1 table of 100 nl for a bit. I will not be playing cash in future as i reliase there are many more regs on the cash tables who will have an edge over me although in saying that i managed to win back my losses from earlier on in the day. I will call it an experiment were i have learned to stick to dyms. Have a few things to do in the afternoon so probly wont get playing again until tomorrow evening. Profit today: £6.55 Bankroll: £2710.28 C4P: 2520 (£30.24) Posted by bearlyther
Ermmmm, where exactly did you get £6 profit from then???
Thought I might throw my hat into the ring. As it sounds like you're young enough to win £3000 at least once more in your lifetime, I don't see losing the roll as much of an issue. I think if you intend to become a pro you probably need to go broke at least once to know how it feels and know that you never want to do it again. I've gone broke once and that turned me into a bankroll nit.
If however the £3000 would make a big difference to your current living circumstances (I've worded this quite badly), then I would bank it and try spinning up another £50. You have the confidence to do that having done it before and I believe confidence gives you a a bit of an edge in this game.
Thought I might throw my hat into the ring. As it sounds like you're young enough to win £3000 at least once more in your lifetime, I don't see losing the roll as much of an issue. I think if you intend to become a pro you probably need to go broke at least once to know how it feels and know that you never want to do it again. I've gone broke once and that turned me into a bankroll nit. If however the £3000 would make a big difference to your current living circumstances (I've worded this quite badly), then I would bank it and try spinning up another £50. You have the confidence to do that having done it before and I believe confidence gives you a a bit of an edge in this game. Whatever you decide, gl with it. Will Posted by Wilhelm
I certainly know what it feels like to go broke mate happened me twice on ongame won a big tournament for like 1800 then started playing stupid games. Then i grinded a 40 dollar bankroll into like 2 k on double or nothings same idea as double your money then i started playing 108 don and went broke. So i know what it feels like to go broke and im determined to succeed this time.
Very interesting thread, with good advice, if you stay honest and open this could be one of the best learning curves you achieve in poker.
Your cash strategy is surprising me, (I'm not suggesting it is wrong), I just caught a glimpse of you on a cash table and noted that you again applied the hit and run strategy.
Do you think playing single tables of cash and following a hit and run tactic is sustainable for a pro in the long run?
Is it a pre-determined tactic, or is it more of a case of lack of confidence, where you get ahead and then fear you will lose at cash if you stick around for long?
Yea mate the reason why i dont play the mini is because the chances of winning both are very slim indeed and its hard to get motivated for me to play in the mini
Yea mate the reason why i dont play the mini is because the chances of winning both are very slim indeed and its hard to get motivated for me to play in the mini Posted by bearlyther
Yea mate the reason why i dont play the mini is because the chances of winning both are very slim indeed and its hard to get motivatedfor me to play in the mini
the chances of winning 1 is slim but at least you have 2 chances if you play the mini and the main. And its cheap plenty to get motivated for with that. £3 to win £300 i like that roi better than dym's
So i played in the £110 bounty hunter tonight after qualifiing through the satelite. Didnt go well lost 800 chips in the second hand when i had ak and got reraised on the river and decided to fold. Then was playing against someone who played every hand with any 2 cards and i payed him off with top pair probly a bad call but was hard to fold as he was playing every hand. Decided to play a bit of cash from 11-12 with the happy hour running just for a change of scenery from the dyms. Back on the grind on the dyms tomorrow. Profit today: £112.92 Bankroll: 2703.73 C4P: 1799 (£17.99) Posted by bearlyther
Said hand posted above - your play is full of bluster - a bit like your posts imo. I checked HH and I played 5 of last 20 hands not counting 2 hands which were folded to my bb. The five hands included AA and AK and although 5/20 may be slightly above average it is hardly "... played every hand with any 2..." Your diary is similar to Adrian Mole's - fiction.
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Ermmmm, where exactly did you get £6 profit from then???
If however the £3000 would make a big difference to your current living circumstances (I've worded this quite badly), then I would bank it and try spinning up another £50. You have the confidence to do that having done it before and I believe confidence gives you a a bit of an edge in this game.
Whatever you decide, gl with it.
Will
Make your profits first, then you can start experimenting/learning new facets of the game.
Very interesting thread, with good advice, if you stay honest and open this could be one of the best learning curves you achieve in poker.
Your cash strategy is surprising me, (I'm not suggesting it is wrong), I just caught a glimpse of you on a cash table and noted that you again applied the hit and run strategy.
Do you think playing single tables of cash and following a hit and run tactic is sustainable for a pro in the long run?
Is it a pre-determined tactic, or is it more of a case of lack of confidence, where you get ahead and then fear you will lose at cash if you stick around for long?
Good Luck at the tables, except when I'm there!
To play for a living these days I think you need to be playing at least 8 tables, especially if you are only playing small stakes like nl50.
But good luck.
You say that playing the main events are a central part of your plan.
With the main and min jackpot now at £6,500, what's the thinking behind swerving the mini events?
Surely as part of your multi table grind, you could find room and justification to have a crack at the jackpot?
Your diary is similar to Adrian Mole's - fiction.