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SR23's Road to Manchester? Mid-Oct to Mid-Nov Cash/Tournament Diary

SR23SR23 Member Posts: 1,228
Yup, another one of these. I've enjoyed writing diaries in the past and loved the interaction from readers PLUS I need focus PLUS I need to stop smoking again PLUS I'm not playing anywhere near enough and when I do play I don't play anywhere near good enough and so ... this. A diary. How modern.

The plan is to spin up my current bankroll into an amount that will allow me to play the SPT in Manchester next month. Not sure how much I'll need. £500-ish? Sounds about right. Bankroll currently sits at a whopping £194.33. This is because I withdraw near-daily to support by various recreational peccadilloes. Stupid recreational peccadilloes.

I'll be playing a mixture of cash and tournaments, will post lots of hands/spots and, if you can stomach it, will also talk about non-poker stuff too: tennis, trying to stop smoking, cold showers, not getting laid, eating loads and training to be a psychotherapist.

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    tillpolltillpoll Member Posts: 106
    looking forward to reading it
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    MAXALLYMAXALLY Member Posts: 17,528
    " Not sure how much I'll need. £500-ish?"

    2 seats per day = £880.00
    Accommodation (if not sleeping rough) = £250.00
    Beer tokens for two days = £200.00 (if drinking only water/coffee...take off £100.00)
    Cigarette allowance (for emergency stress situations..ie every break) = £50.00
    Strip club/hookers when eventually bust = £250.00

    You may need to re-evaluate your budget....or run like Forest on them tables beforehand.


    Oh, good luck with it all. Subbed.
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    Asho28Asho28 Member Posts: 770
    @SR23 - saw you mention this diary idea in the table chat yesterday, good to see that you're going ahead with it.

    Will be following with interest, best of luck bud.
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    Tikay10Tikay10 Member, Administrator, Moderator Posts: 160,618

    We need more detail on these;


    various recreational peccadilloes



    Not too much, mind.

    PS - great to see your diary back Steve.
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    SR23SR23 Member Posts: 1,228
    tillpoll said:

    looking forward to reading it

    Thanks, looking forward to writing it. (I think)
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    SR23SR23 Member Posts: 1,228
    MAXALLY said:

    " Not sure how much I'll need. £500-ish?"

    2 seats per day = £880.00
    Accommodation (if not sleeping rough) = £250.00
    Beer tokens for two days = £200.00 (if drinking only water/coffee...take off £100.00)
    Cigarette allowance (for emergency stress situations..ie every break) = £50.00
    Strip club/hookers when eventually bust = £250.00

    You may need to re-evaluate your budget....or run like Forest on them tables beforehand.


    Oh, good luck with it all. Subbed.

    Ha, cheers. Figures above ^ sort of check out. Let's see, shall we ...
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    SR23SR23 Member Posts: 1,228
    Asho28 said:

    @SR23 - saw you mention this diary idea in the table chat yesterday, good to see that you're going ahead with it.

    Will be following with interest, best of luck bud.

    Thanks man, nice chatting with you yesterday. glglgl
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    SR23SR23 Member Posts: 1,228
    Tikay10 said:


    We need more detail on these;


    various recreational peccadilloes



    Not too much, mind.

    PS - great to see your diary back Steve.

    Not sure what I could/should say about this/these. For now I think I'll just say that I like to go out and socialise, perhaps a bit too much, and I'm working on it.

    It's great to be back, thanks. Appreciate you hanging out here and gently nudging me into writing another one of these.
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    waller02waller02 Member Posts: 9,015
    You can't beat an @SR23 diary. Best of luck, hope you hit your target.
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    SR23SR23 Member Posts: 1,228
    waller02 said:

    You can't beat an @SR23 diary. Best of luck, hope you hit your target.

    Tytyty - and thanks, too, for the wicked streams man.
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    Jac35Jac35 Member Posts: 6,477
    Good luck Steve
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    SR23SR23 Member Posts: 1,228
    Thanks Paul. Will be meeting up in Manchester like we meet at every* SPT?

    *okay, one
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    SR23SR23 Member Posts: 1,228
    Played low stakes cash for 30 minutes yesterday and made £30 and 21 points. Can it always be like that, please? A pound a minute would suit me right now.

    Hardly played yesterday as I had homework - homework! - to do, intermediate tennis training to rofl around in, miles to walk, four Twirls to eat and @Duesenberg 's stream to watch. What a day.

    Planning on a bigger session tonight. Might play for 60 minutes and eat eight Twirls. Update to follow tomorrow with at least one interesting hand.

    Thanks for popping in, everyone.

    Starting roll: £194.33
    Roll: £224.08
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    coo1-umcoo1-um Member Posts: 2,924
    Good luck with this, no doubt you will crush it.
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    SidV79SidV79 Member Posts: 4,036
    Best of luck @SR23, will see you in Manchester
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    SR23SR23 Member Posts: 1,228
    ^ Very kind both of you, appreciate it. Had a busy start to this away from poker so far and will need to put in better hours than half an hour a day. Would love to make Manchester next month.
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    Tikay10Tikay10 Member, Administrator, Moderator Posts: 160,618
    edited October 2021
    More action, less Twirls please. Can't pay for train tickets to Manchester with Twirlie Wirlies.
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    pompeynicpompeynic Member Posts: 2,821
    Perhaps you wouldn’t have to walk so many miles if you didn’t eat so many Twirls.😂😂😂
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    SR23SR23 Member Posts: 1,228
    pompeynic said:

    Perhaps you wouldn’t have to walk so many miles if you didn’t eat so many Twirls.😂😂😂

    Or perhaps I wouldn't have to eat so many Twirls if I didn't walk so many miles?
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    SR23SR23 Member Posts: 1,228
    Tikay10 said:

    More action, less Twirls please. Can't pay for train tickets to Manchester with Twirlie Wirlies.

    Okay, action.

    Just had a bit of a grim session. Got it in for a £45 pot on an A478 board (in a 4b pot) with AK and, yup, villain has AA. That was at 20nl. Got it in pre in a £60 pot with KK against AK and the 234Q5 runout wasn't the greatest for me. That was at 30nl. Then lost boat versus boat. Then lost some other stuff.

    I know what you're thinking. You're thinking: why on earth is this person playing 30nl with a seven buy-in roll? Well, it's because I enjoy the thrill of it. If you're not playing with half your roll spread across a few tables at any one time, then you're not doing it right. I don't really mean that, but I almost do.

    Luckily I have tennis this evening to blow off some steam. Got completely eviscerated on Sunday during the tier 2 men's singles final of the Southbourne Tennis Club and lost 6-1; 6-0. If you're playing in the Southbourne Tennis Championships tier two final and your innards aren't strewn across the court, then you're not doing it right.

    Feel galvanised on both fronts, though and looking to improve. Here's to a better few weeks ahead.

    Starting roll: £194.33
    Roll: £178.85
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