New kid on the block

Matt237

Also - A big well done to teammates Larson and Waller who placed 1st and 4th respectively in the best of the best promotion and won UKPC packages. Fly that TPT flag high lads. See ya all for the turbos!

Matt237

Wow wow wow. That was very fine evening. I'll write tomorrow as i have an early morning outpatients appointment @ hospital.

£16.50 -> £750 + UKPC Semi seat.

LARSON7

very well done Matt, you'll be buzzing, great result:)

Chris_Mc

Nice one mate, was railing through the tv, was going too go back on but was in bed. Nice result!!!!

Matt237

Well. Dream evening for myself last night.

I was the last person on for the jackpot but I didn't really aim for it really. Couldnt get a double up in the mini despite jamming relatively wide, then got snapped by AA with my JJ and the guy turned quads. Finished 33rd for about £8 including HP. Main was a different story.

I played this near perfectly i think. I was 9bb with about 50 left and I was in a spot where I either treble up or bust, and decided, you know what, my cards could be live here and it will flop well so I went with it. Feasible i could be up against 2 x Ax , i could be crushed but it just felt like a good spot to make the call and gamble for a big spin up.

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
SparkyKeef	Small blind		1500.00	1500.00	31140.00
Matt237	Big blind		3000.00	4500.00	18206.27
	Your hole cards	J 9
twicetwo	Call		3000.00	7500.00	37755.00
BRAHER	Fold
londontaxi	All-in		22538.00	30038.00	0.00
longman912	Fold
SparkyKeef	Fold
Matt237	All-in		18206.27	48244.27	0.00
twicetwo	Call		19538.00	67782.27	18217.00
Matt237	Show	J 9
twicetwo	Show	Q Q
londontaxi	Show	A K
Flop
		7 5 5
Turn
		9
River
		4
Matt237	Win	Flush to the Jack	65118.81		65118.81
twicetwo	Win	Two Pairs, Queens and 5s	2663.46		20880.46

And then i got moved tables and this was 2 hands later...

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
Matt237	Small blind		1500.00	1500.00	65118.81
x	Big blind		3000.00	4500.00	53063.75
	Your hole cards	K 7
ertikins	Fold
high_tea	Fold
rivermunky	Fold
Deek10	Fold
Matt237	Raise		4500.00	9000.00	60618.81
x	Raise		9000.00	18000.00	44063.75
Matt237	Call		6000.00	24000.00	54618.81
Flop
		6 K 3
Matt237	Check
x	Bet		12000.00	36000.00	32063.75
Matt237	Call		12000.00	48000.00	42618.81
Turn
		6
Matt237	Check
x	Bet		24000.00	72000.00	8063.75
Matt237	All-in		42618.81	114618.81	0.00
x	All-in		8063.75	122682.56	0.00
Matt237	Unmatched bet		10555.06	112127.50	10555.06
Matt237	Show	K 7
x	Show	A 5
River
		6
Matt237	Win	Full House, 6s and Kings	112127.50		122682.56

So that's where I got my stack from. At this point I was 1/48 or so, so I was able to play my game comfortably. I was playing quite aggressive because that's where i'm comfortable. Once I was 1/30 I knew I had a chance at this. Slowly picked people off, lost the occasional pot but ran quite standard in the late stage. Towards the last 20 I got lucky in a couple of spots and unlucky in others. Still continued with my style of picking people off, I wasn't intending to play tight at all and settle for just a top 10, I wanted a top 3 finish. I only really had one person to worry about and that was Neil1970.
So we got to the final table and I was near enough joint chip lead with Neil, there was someone with 2 bigs and the others had 9-12. I was confident of making the final 2 atleast, but I thought I could easily take it down. Anyway one by one they were gone - 3 handed and this happened. When I lost this hand I knew he was going to win. Bit unlucky but what can you do?

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
Matt237	Small blind		25000.00	25000.00	862088.92
onebet	Big blind		50000.00	75000.00	286664.72
	Your hole cards	K A
neil1970	All-in		477246.36	552246.36	0.00
Matt237	Call		452246.36	1004492.72	409842.56
onebet	Fold
Matt237	Show	K A
neil1970	Show	K 4
Flop
		2 5 6
Turn
		3
River
		10
neil1970	Win	Straight to the 6	1004492.72		1004492.72

Anyway I made sure I didn't bust before the other guy. Neil saved me here, although I think if he flats I still fold with ease.

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
neil1970	Small blind		25000.00	25000.00	979492.72
Matt237	Big blind		50000.00	75000.00	359842.56
	Your hole cards	10 A
onebet	All-in		286664.72	361664.72	0.00
neil1970	All-in		979492.72	1341157.44	0.00
Matt237	Fold
neil1970	Unmatched bet		717828.00	623329.44	717828.00
neil1970	Show	A A
onebet	Show	8 8
Flop
		K 2 J
Turn
		2
River
		7
neil1970	Win	Two Pairs, Aces and 2s	623329.44		1341157.44

Anyway 2nd hand into heads up was my exit. All standard really.

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
neil1970	Small blind		25000.00	25000.00	1341157.44
Matt237	Big blind		50000.00	75000.00	284842.56
	Your hole cards	2 A
neil1970	Raise		75000.00	150000.00	1266157.44
Matt237	All-in		284842.56	434842.56	0.00
neil1970	Call		234842.56	669685.12	1031314.88
neil1970	Show	6 9
Matt237	Show	2 A
Flop
		9 8 5
Turn
		J
River
		6
neil1970	Win	Two Pairs, 9s and 6s	669685.12		1701000.00

There's no doubt we both deserved to be the final 2 but hard to pick a winner really, we both took it by the grasp after money bubble and crushed. I was made up with 2nd place and an hour of my good play on the TV, but little gutted my AK couldnt hold/hit to knock him out in 3rd place, to give me a 7:1 HU lead. It was a fun night and a very profitable one.

So a 2nd in Turbo main for £742.77 and 33rd in mini for £8.32. Plus a free UKPC semi seat for winning the last longer competition.

Tonight be one of my last grinds before a break, may play tomorrow aswell dependent on how i'm feeling.

waller02

Great result mate wp!

68Trebor

 
Well played, think you have a real good future in poker with the way you have started life here on SkyPoker.
Next stop the sofa on Ch861.

hhyftrftdr

In Response to Re: New kid on the block:

  Well played, think you have a real good future in poker with the way you have started life here on SkyPoker. Next stop the sofa on Ch861.
Posted by 68Trebor

He has to wait 7 years for that to be possible

Nice result Mat, enjoy the money.

Matt237

Haha cheers for the comments guys.

I withdrew a decent chunk of winnings from last night, paid for season ticket renewal and disabled mans railcard, ready for footie next season. Also settled a few deposits i made whilst still learning the game, and it paid for all my away games i did last season, plus i left 250 of it on my sky account. Pretty pleased with that.

So i played tonight and it didn't go very well. Don't think i made too many errors, maybe one optimistic jam in the mini. I had J10 diamonds, flop came Q 2 8 with 2 diamonds, someone bet + raised in front, so i 3b jammed my big draw which was about 40bb. Anyway snapped by both players who turned over 22 and QQ respectively. Turn was a blank, river? A miracle 2! I had to laugh really, Not quite sure what his odds were on the river, must've been very very thin.

This is my last session for a while now. May opt to play monday DTDs and the turbos for the next 2 weeks but other than that it will be farewell until Thursday 19th June. May write about life things and any interesting things for discussion but as for playing poker i'm signing out. Run good everyone.

PS - Tomorrow night 11pm watch a Matt237 masterclass! Sorry i got excited when i was crushing on the TV.

Matt237

Longer revision sessions and relaxing watching some great TV has been a theme of my days recently.

Watched Leeds vs Leigh in the Challenge cup quarter final. Rhinos are 2nd in the super league and the best team in the UK, Leigh are top of the championship, and only part time. It is quite remarkable sometimes how professionals can struggle to beat part timers or amateurs, even on their own turf. The scoreline was level with 6 minutes to go. Just makes you realise what a fantastic event sports and games are. Half of the Leigh side had been to work before the game. And the effort they put it was fantastic, and obviously fell just short. Leeds weren't at their best but it was due to the pressure Leigh were applying.

Bit like an FA cup tie really. People say 'the magic of the FA cup is lost' nowadays, but they forget that the FA cup starts in August in preliminary rounds, and then the september-october qualifying rounds. Which reminds me, it's been 9 years since Leamington last made the first round of the FA cup, and even though I was 9, i still remember this day very well. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/4387914.stm

Events like these make me think how great poker is - how amateurs can compete with the pros and is slightly more of a level field on any day. In the longer run, the better players will always make more money but in 1 tournament anything can happen. 

Football - Not long to go to the Conference AGM and more controversy is happening. Hereford/Macclesfield/Salisbury are in danger. Conference could easily chuck them all out which means all the leagues would need restructuring. Hereford likely to be removed however, so we will be losing Chester, one of the away days i was really looking forward too. Which would mean Hayes+Yeading would get a reprieve in the standard below and someone would be shifted to our league. And for each club that goes under, the same would happen again as teams in the conference south would be reprieved of relegation because of earning more points than those that finished in the bottom 3 of the conference north. 

Along with all this is the match fixing scandal. 13 games are being investigated - 1 Womens premier league game, 2 Welsh premier games, 2 Conference premier games and the other 8 are conference north games. Thankfully Leamington were not involved in any of the games but in the games that have been flagged as fixed did actually have bizarre events occuring, so i could see some action being taken. 

Tonight will be watching the BGT final, alongside the evening session of the world cup of darts. Which will be concluded tomorrow. May have England on but i don't have much interest in international friendlies at all.

2nd exam is on monday which is an AS Physics resit - I got a C in this but i was under the weather during the week i took this exam and i was taken to A&E after finishing, had surgery and 2 weeks later i was back to myself. So school kindly offered to pay for resits of any exams i had during that week, if i opted to take them. Whilst a C is ok - it dragged my overall physics grade down to a C for AS, as it was a more weighted paper of the overall mark. So feel i should be getting an A or a B at least in this paper, only consists of basic quantum physics/basic mechanics, plus 2/5ths examined on a series of physics related articles which test on scientific applications.

liamboi11

gl with your exam on monday pal and just let you I do read your diary and all the others just don`t post on them often keep it up.

gl at tables when your back playing

Matt237

In Response to Re: New kid on the block:

gl with your exam on monday pal and just let you I do read your diary and all the others just don`t post on them often keep it up. gl at tables when your back playing
Posted by liamboi11

Cheers man. Yeah i'm the same, read everyones diaries but tend not to intrude unless with some advice/well done post etc or a small bit of banter ;-)

mrsduck

In Response to Life/Discussion:

2nd exam is on monday which is an AS Physics resit - I got a C in this but i was under the weather during the week i took this exam and i was taken to A&E after finishing, had surgery and 2 weeks later i was back to myself. So school kindly offered to pay for resits of any exams i had during that week, if i opted to take them. Whilst a C is ok - it dragged my overall physics grade down to a C for AS, as it was a more weighted paper of the overall mark. So feel i should be getting an A or a B at least in this paper, only consists of basic quantum physics/basic mechanics, plus 2/5ths examined on a series of physics related articles which test on scientific applications.
Posted by Matt237

I don't think I've ever heard only and basic together with quantum physics before!!!!
Very good luck love Ducky

Matt237

In Response to Re: Life/Discussion:

In Response to Life/Discussion : I don't think I've ever heard only and basic together with quantum physics before!!!! Very good luck love Ducky
Posted by mrsduck

Haha there's a first for everything :-) cheers ducky xx

Matt237

Been rather exhausted lately from work/revision/exams etc. Just thought i'd take a night off and just enjoy myself. £11. DTDs and Mega stack. Will make a proper post later when i've finished

ShaunyT

In Response to Life/Discussion:

2nd exam is on monday which is an AS Physics resit - I got a C in this but i was under the weather during the week i took this exam and i was taken to A&E after finishing, had surgery and 2 weeks later i was back to myself. So school kindly offered to pay for resits of any exams i had during that week, if i opted to take them. Whilst a C is ok - it dragged my overall physics grade down to a C for AS, as it was a more weighted paper of the overall mark. So feel i should be getting an A or a B at least in this paper, only consists of basic quantum physics/basic mechanics, plus 2/5ths examined on a series of physics related articles which test on scientific applications.
Posted by Matt237

Hey Matt237. Great results poker wise, you seem to be quite a player.

Non poker question. What are you studying to be? I love physics, did a bit of it in engineering sciences as part of my engineering course at uni. I often think about going back to do a proper science qualification.

Matt237

In Response to Re: Life/Discussion:

In Response to Life/Discussion : Hey Matt237. Great results poker wise, you seem to be quite a player. Non poker question. What are you studying to be? I love physics, did a bit of it in engineering sciences as part of my engineering course at uni. I often think about going back to do a proper science qualification.
Posted by ShaunyT

Cheers man! Funnily enough i was going to post about this tonight, but in short

Maths/Physics/Home Economics at A2, got AS's in Biology and IT

On to do pure maths at Uni starting september/october. 

68Trebor

 Which Uni you hoping to go to.
Remember Physics 'A' level at AGS with Mr Sawyer, most boring teacher in the history of boring teachers, probs not there now.

Matt237

In Response to Re: New kid on the block:

 Which Uni you hoping to go to. Remember Physics 'A' level at AGS with Mr Sawyer, most boring teacher in the history of boring teachers, probs not there now.
Posted by 68Trebor

He's an exam invigilator now.

Matt237

Early start for 9am exam.

Well it was supposed to be. Turns out the insert for my physics exam was not instantly available, plus there were some typos in the paper we had to go through and correct. I'm guessing well into the 100,000s of students taking that exam, how can exam boards come up with typos? Seriously? Sat around for 50 minutes in a really stuffy room doing nothing, wasn't nice.

Exam went pretty smooth. 100 marks, 60 or some on Mechanics/Physics related calculations and rest on waves and basic quantum physics including photons and kinetic energy relationships to energy levels (again, Mechanics). 2 hours, 3 sections and 100 marks is a bit of a weirdly structured exam but found it quite straightforward really. Came out very happy. 2 down 6 more to go.

UCAS allowed me 3 choices for my provisional uni line up due to my health background from past 3 years limiting me to education time. Gone with -

Uni of Birmingham

Coventry University

Wolverhampton University

Birmingham probably stands out to most, but Coventry being the best modern University, and has a fantastic course/opportunities looks like my favourite so far. Wolverhampton is a university specialising for the deaf. I love all 3 but Coventry likely my first choice. We'll see come results day (Dont think results are an issue for any of my 3 offers)

Physics Wednesday. Mechanics U1 Thursday. Weekend. :-)

Matt237

Right - Poker. I decided just to relax for a night and enjoy a bit of poker. £11 for the DTDs and Mega stack - Cant go much wrong for a nights entertainment. But tonight i encountered a serious cold deck. Not a moan really, I absolutely love it. You love it when you crush people in coolers, Also need to learn to take them when you are the recieving end. I just laugh and move on, good old game this. People will say 'you brought it onto yourself by pre flop play' For me it's all fine

DTD1 -

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
shorrock09	Small blind		40.00	40.00	8615.00
thebling	Big blind		80.00	120.00	3535.00
	Your hole cards	8 J
Matt237	Raise		160.00	280.00	7010.00
TonyStix	Fold
3barrels	Fold
hathechewe	Fold
shorrock09	Call		120.00	400.00	8495.00
thebling	Raise		240.00	640.00	3295.00
Matt237	Call		160.00	800.00	6850.00
shorrock09	Call		160.00	960.00	8335.00
Flop
		8 7 8
shorrock09	Check
thebling	Bet		240.00	1200.00	3055.00
Matt237	Raise		780.00	1980.00	6070.00
shorrock09	All-in		8335.00	10315.00	0.00
thebling	Fold
Matt237	All-in		6070.00	16385.00	0.00
shorrock09	Unmatched bet		1485.00	14900.00	1485.00
shorrock09	Show	Q 8
Matt237	Show	8 J
Turn
		K
River
		6
shorrock09	Win	Three 8s	14900.00		16385.00

DTD2

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
Matt237	Small blind		150.00	150.00	9457.50
greggo1410	Big blind		300.00	450.00	18440.00
	Your hole cards	9 Q
loops447	Fold
omm	Raise		600.00	1050.00	8752.50
KEITH1960	Call		600.00	1650.00	4030.00
Matt237	Call		450.00	2100.00	9007.50
greggo1410	Fold
Flop
		9 9 3
Matt237	Check
omm	Bet		1050.00	3150.00	7702.50
KEITH1960	All-in		4030.00	7180.00	0.00
Matt237	All-in		9007.50	16187.50	0.00
omm	All-in		7702.50	23890.00	0.00
Matt237	Unmatched bet		255.00	23635.00	255.00
Matt237	Show	9 Q
omm	Show	3 3
KEITH1960	Show	A 9
Turn
		2
River
		10
omm	Win	Full House, 3s and 9s	23635.00		23635.00

DTD3

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
edd56	Small blind		50.00	50.00	4225.00
angie6108	Big blind		100.00	150.00	4525.00
	Your hole cards	8 8
pdavo100	Fold
Matt237	Raise		200.00	350.00	2010.00
nick501	Fold
STARRY	Fold
edd56	Call		150.00	500.00	4075.00
angie6108	Call		100.00	600.00	4425.00
Flop
		6 3  7
edd56	Check
angie6108	Check
Matt237	Bet		300.00	900.00	1710.00
edd56	Fold
angie6108	Call		300.00	1200.00	4125.00
Turn
		2
angie6108	Check
Matt237	All-in		1710.00	2910.00	0.00
angie6108	Call		1710.00	4620.00	2415.00
angie6108	Show	9 6
Matt237	Show	8 8
River
		6
angie6108	Win	Three 6s	4620.00		7035.00

Mega exit was a bit of a disaster. I made a big squeeze with JJ - called in 2 spots, flop came 9 high with 2 hearts, lad donk jammed so i went with Jacks, got called behind me aswell, I was ahead of 9 3 and 6 6. Turn was a 9 and river was a 6 to give the 6s a boat. Ah well.

That hand is in the clinic with a Q regarding Squeeze size, any good MTT regs feel free to take a look please.

May pop on for the turbos but unlikely.

VespaPX

Enjoyed sharing a table with you in DTD2 last night Matt
Was fun watching you and Greggo going at it in a few hands.
Cheers
Mick

Matt237

Exam tomorrow and thursday, may drop a post in or 2, but big day in the conference today as Hereford were expelled and therefore we lost Chester from our division, and Lowestoft were shifted to our league.

Enjoyed sharing a table with you in DTD2 last night Matt Was fun watching you and Greggo going at it in a few hands. Cheers Mick
Posted by VespaPX

Cheers man was v good fun that game.

Matt237

2 contrasting exams.

Wednesday - Physics A2 paper (Unit 4 of whole A level but first A2 unit)

An absolute B**** of a paper. Teacher of 30 years also described it as one of the hardest he's ever seen. Didn't faze me too much, still think i did quite well and understood it all. Just means hopefully the grade boundaries are low for this paper. Didn't come out with the greatest of confidence but hopefully done ok.

Thursday - Maths Mechanics AS paper 

Easy. Would like to think i can get full marks here. Would certainly make my life easier for an A, especially an A* but think thats slightly out of reach. Only issue i may have here was actually overcomplicating the answers because the questions were really basic. Mechanics 2 is a much more difficult advancement on Mechanics 1, meaning the workings out are different and we learn newer methods, so hopefully my methods shouldn't be too much of an issue and i can still achieve atleast 90/95 UMS out of 100.

Life - Watched a cracker of a rugby league match tonight, far more entertaining than the first WC game (Shoot me down, I don't care). Try Leeds almost scored to win the game was out of this world, gutted the come back wasn't completed but Huddersfield were awesome and ended up winning 22-24. Great game. 

Brazil Croatia - Bits I saw it looked like the ref had a stinker. Croatia definitely an underrated side though. No shock result. Meh.

Poker - No play still telling myself not to get involved. Railed a few team mates that went well last night so well done to Rose who cashed main and a few others just missed out but played well. All the best to those going to Blackpool for the week-end, wish I could be there but obviously can't.

Week-end - Obviously will be watching England on Saturday. Spain - Holland tomorrow but will be watching the rugby league aswell. Probably rail some poker on Sunday night.

Exactly half way through my exams now. Only 6 more days to go. Day off tomorrow so extra weekend day, but back in the swing monday. Run good everyone.

Matt237

Been quite an enjoyable weekend. Although a lot of revision stress etc.

Really been enjoying this world cup - didn't think i would too much as international football for me is so boring. Watched all of the games on friday/saturday/today, with ARG v BOS kicking off as of this post being written.

Holland : AWESOME. A world class defence of Spain, torn apart by the dutch contingent of Robben, Van Persie and an exceptional Blind. I thought the dutch would cause an upset but can't say many people predicted 5-1. And it should have been more. Spain should have started De Gea over Casillas though.

Uruguay : Shocking. Beaten by a very average Costa Rica side. From an England perspective, we should really be beating these 2 sides if we approach the game in a similar manner to Italy. Disappointed that we never got anything from the game but happy with how we approached it in the attacking manner so hopefully we continue that way and we will cause Uruguay/C Rica more problems than we did to Italy. Need to sort that left side out - not sure whether the conditions affected them too much but i'd possibly start Shaw over Baines. Would keep the rest the same, but put Rooney more centrally behind Sturridge and Sterling out wide. 

Life - Been mainly revising. Had a very stressful session today, going through another maths past paper and finding one of the hardest questions probably ever seen on a Core 3 maths paper. So ended up spending the past hour talking to 3 different people about it and watching a youtube video from mathsdave. 

Exams - 4 done, 4 left. 1 Tomorrow Morning. (Monday) , 2 on Wednesday Afternoon and my final one on Thursday Morning.

Other stuff - Conference North line-up has now been confirmed .. 7 weeks to go, very excited. Fixtures released 3 weeks tomorrow.

AFC Fylde 

Barrow AFC

Boston United  

Brackley Town 

Bradford Park Avenue  

Chorley FC 

Colwyn Bay 

Gainsborough Trinity  

Gloucester City  

Guiseley AFC

Harrogate Town

Hednesford Town 

Hyde FC 

Leamington FC

Lowestoft Town

North Ferriby United 

Oxford City 

Solihull Moors  

Stalybridge Celtic 

Stockport County 

Tamworth 

Worcester City

Charity game - Now been fully organised. Wrote this story a few pages back - regarding a best mate of mine who went to down cancer. Any Birmingham City fans have probably come across this name, plus anyone from the Redditch/Stratford (Upon-Avon) area. https://www.facebook.com/events/760600837318625

Run well everyone, especially TPT in the DTDs tomorrow. One final push and i'll be back on Thursday. :-)

Matt237

Maths went better than i probably anticipated; thought the paper would be harder than what it was. Been struggling today from my hay fever - dog needed to be walked and because i like to go for a stroll round the field with girlfriend + her dogs, decided to go over there. Since then i've kicked off and spent the past hour on a revision break lay in bed sneezing my head off :-(. Plan to do a bit more work, watch Germany v Portugal and maybe do some railing of the DTDs and catch up with some team mates. 

Exams are coming to an end soon, need to figure out what to do with my roll and how much of it to use, after i have placed some bets for the forecoming season. Would like some advice from mid stakes MTTers if possible, will ask the question towards the end of the week. Also plan to set a challenge after deciding on my BR. 

Matt237

Pleased to say they have happened. Gone. No more. Last few have been a bit tricky but still went really smooth. Been a really tough and emotional few weeks for all the wrong reasons, and it's all gone! Over the moon!

Definitely getting back to the tables soon, probably starting next week. Taking this weekend off everything to relax completely, head out on the booze and spend some non revision time with the girlfriend. :-)

Premier league fixtures were out on Wednesday, plan to do my annual few as a part time Man United fan so long as they don't clash with Leamington games. Usually dont but sometimes Villa v UTD is a 5,30 saturday evening game and thats no good! -

Man City (A) - 1st November 2014

Aston Villa (A) - 20th December 2014

Liverpool (A) - 21st March 2015

Bankroll:

Now for where do I want to go with this - Obviously I could carry on like I am right now but I have this huge lump of money sat on here when in reality I enjoy the £5 games more where I feel I can use an edge to make money. I play the Tuesday/Wednesday mains also. I like to play on 888 also and plan to play on an extra site too, but I will mainly be based around here. I ended my last session with a £4.5k BR and withdrew down to £500 until I decided on what to do. I built this BR up from my tournament tokens and £30 aside for non league bets, ended up starting out losing at poker obviously but recently got up poker profit of £980. The other money came from successful bets in the non league market. Obviously will keep some money aside on here for betting purposes. And about £2k of it is definitely being kept for life and treats and essentials :-)

If I was to resume here playing £5 games each night with the main satellites or turbo/rebuy main events, what sort of roll would I be looking at? I also try to improve my cash game aswell so I will sometimes have the odd cash session, and any DYMs i play will be at £5 games also. Other sites i will be looking at MTTs only.

Any sort of advice/pointers would be appreciated. Just need more experience I think, whilst I'm only young I hink I have a decent grasp of the game now. Plus I talk with multiple successful players on a daily basis aswell. I don't want to move up the stakes too quickly just because I can as I'm rolled for it. I've been told by a couple I have the ability to do this already but feel I need more experience and feel for the game.

Also struggling to come up with a challenge idea - Obviously the aim is to maintain winning status and increase earnings from poker, but a figure would be a bit of a dull challenge I think. I'm quite a unique bloke so i enjoy the different experiences/challenges in life. Again, any advice/pointers welcome.

Jac35

Providing you play well and make good decisions, then you should be enjoying the game and making money long term. I don't really understand the idea of challenging yourself to attain a certain profit. You might play very well but run badly. Would this dishearten you if you fell short of reaching your goal. 

You could also set an easily achievable goal, as some seem to do, there's little satisfaction to have from reaching that target.

If i were to challenge myself, it would be something like 'to enjoy myself and to be as good as I can be'

Matt237

In Response to Re: New kid on the block [I seek advice from the wise]:

Providing you play well and make good decisions, then you should be enjoying the game and making money long term. I don't really understand the idea of challenging yourself to attain a certain profit. You might play very well but run badly. Would this dishearten you if you fell short of reaching your goal.  You could also set an easily achievable goal, as some seem to do, there's little satisfaction to have from reaching that target. If i were to challenge myself, it would be something like 'to enjoy myself and to be as good as I can be'
Posted by Jac35

Agree with both of these yeah. I am one to enjoy everything I do so the play will probably continue until I start to find things boring.

Some aspects i'll want to improve are cash games/satellite areas, with hopefully the plan of attempting to get into next UKPC/SPT. But the whole challenge really is to enjoy myself and maintain winning tournament player status. Just the BRM challenge now, have tried to stick within my means but £5/few main events out of over £4k seems rather too tight lol.

You most certainly are the wise so thank you for your post.

Matt237

Fresh and ready to return to the poker scene tonight. Odd how it's been 2 weeks since i've played, and 20 days since my last proper session which was my deep turbo run. Look forward to returning for the DTDs and typical monday schedule. Here now with a fixed bankroll having made a lovely withdrawal. June has obviously been a non volume month having only 135 reward points but will turn out to be my best profitwise on sky poker :-). The real challenge begins today of continuing to improve my game, maintain winning status and just to enjoy it. 

Have an interesting story to share later regarding a police incident this morning. Run well everyone!