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thanks for the offer scotty gonna wait til i get my new computer next week then think my web guy is gonna set it up so i can do my website and play as many tables as i like
thanks again
dtw
hi oz seems me form continues just came 1st in £2-20 deepy (tourney's i played for 1st 3 weeks) heads up with lucky 777 gg so ready for the 7pm 1st footy bet is in 4 out of 4 returned £90-41 need chelsea to win for more cash for my computer fund also inter for tv fourfold gl at the tables m8 maybe me you & jimbo could make the final table that would be awesome
cheers
michael
Cashed in another so now at £130
ul for the orford but well done for another cash m8 i came 90th in orford had a go in open (with me footy winnings ) lasted 25mins just about to have a go in velocity gl at the tables m8
dtw
well done to draig & ozzie08 for getting to final table in last nites 7pm deepy and cashing
now draig had been going through a bit of a downswing but in the last week he has turned it around and the belief is returning was told last nite while playing primo semi he had finished 4th so well done m8 am pleased for you
as for ozzie08 well mr consistent comes to mind this month alone he has made quite a few final tables keep it going m8 cause you are deffo an inspiration (well u have helped my game)
both of these guys have contributed to my diary but i think what started as me diary is really a diary for all players i have learnt loads this month and its a pleasure to be part of this community my next step will be to play a live game (as i have never played 1 b4 ) and meet some of the people that have helped my game through my 1st 3 months of poker
next week will be " how i got into poker "
Cheers mate! Must say last night was a great turnaround result for me, I think I could have gone a few better and won it or at least went heads up, but the cards didn't go my way on the inevitable all ins. I got the chips in ahead every single time except the last hand, which was my Q-10 v JJ but I felt myself pot commited. I even had AA busted!
I am still VERY pleased with the way I played.
Up to £190 now and the month is almost over, so from my original £50 that is £140 profit for the month, even with a horrific week in there where I dropped from £82 to £38. So coming back from £38 to £190 I am very pleased with.
I am going to London for a family do over the weekend, so will probably not play much after tonight until next week.
Well done to you as well on your getting through to the final was railing you on for the last couple of hands once the deepie finished.
hi all
well it seems like only yesterday i started playing on Sky Poker the time has flown by if you have been following my journey so far you will see my game has come on a long way this is due to the many many Teachers in this Community i have had along the way whom i thank very very much
some how i have managed to break even & am in profit in just 3 months below are my overall graph from 8/6/09 til 31/8/09
the graph above shows i got of to a good start mainly playing MTT Deepstack in June then i switched to STT DYM end of june beginning of July also through advice i was given i tried out all types of MTT for 10 weeks then i decided to put what i had learnt to the test in august
so far i have tried to build a basic foundation for my poker a bit like when you start a business so i wanted to invest in myself for 3 months each month i set myself a goal the first 2 months was to learn as much as i could (like Market Research) then on the 3rd month i would test my self below is my Graph for August
now its not been all plain sailing i have ups & downs
whenever i feel i am going on Tilt / Downswing i go straight back to basics which for me is a 30p/60p DYM i'll play these til i get rid of my negative play and i get my game back
the final graph below is my Overall ROI ( i hope this has been of help to people like myself)
for me my 1st 3 months have been a blast i treat my poker like a new business venture 100% pure fun am meeting loads of people in the community
my goal between now & xmas is to meet up at a live sky poker event with some of my teachers who have opened my eyes to a GREAT GAME CALLED POKER
dtw aka michael
I made the 1st month in profit, after a good night last night and 3rd in the deepie I am now up to £220 or so.
So far so good, minimum goal fro this month will be stay in profit and take it above the £300 mark.
Good stuff Draig too - nice result in the deepie. Mega!
Also all the people who help to make this thread such a good read.
" Never lose sight of the end goal, If "Desire" could be sold in bottles, the shelves would be empty"
glk benny
cheers m8 thanks for the feedback much appreciated
dtw
thanks dude hows your challenge going m8?
michael
hi draig am glad u have turned things around and showing a profit and i'm sure you will hit this months target if you keep the faith in your play and your discipline m8
turpin
cheers for that m8 off to a good start came 2nd in £2-20 deepy last nite lucky was unlucky finished 4th just outside cash game lasted around 3 hours good fun
michael
hiya benny
had a go at satalite yesterday for a £1 and have qualified for tonites 5-00 also came 2nd in a deepy last nite so am off to a good start for this month really appreciate your input to the diary m8 cheers
michael
cheers m8 glad you like the reads from everyone
michael
hi pam
thanks for your nice comments pam but this post wouldn't even be here if it wasn't for you m8 3 months ago you & bigsteve42 tought me deepstack i got into it and learnt loads from you both then i spread me wings a bit around all types of poker & now back to deepy's so if it weren't for you taking the time to show me the ropes this thread wouldn't be here
so many many thanks for being a m8
michael
hi all
Had been thinking about playing Cash Tables at the start of the month then i watched Saturdays show with Rich & Tikay & here's what happened
Rich & Tikay were chatting about what Cash Tables to play and how they both choose there tables Rich generally picks a seat thats available as do I and probally most people do i thought thats what you did so Tikay looks in shock and goes on to explain how he selects his tables so i grab me notebook ears at the ready this is what i learnt enjoy
1. check your bankroll - what can you afford to lose / how much to take to tables when learning
2. firstly be more selective - have a look around the tables first /watch a few tables see how they are playing /
3. bankroll - pick a blind level you will be comfortable at / don't run b4 you can walk
4. opponents - check who you are playing against / know when too leave a table
so armed with some new knowledge (tikay's) off i went to cash tables sat & sun nite
on sat went to a 2/4 blind table took £3 to it first thing i saw was a mad table thought outta here and left had a look through 4/8 blind tables a lot of them were full so watched a couple then watched one called Nantes thought this would suit me joined wait list 10 mins later was in the game brought £5 to table managed to grind upto £7-50 & left with £2-50 up next went to calais table watched for a bit then brought £5 to table was here quite a while finally left & was £7-44 up then called it a nite
sun had a sess at calais was up and down left £2 up in afternoon played a few tourney's then after back to cash tables had a look around as i now do (thank god) joined a table at nantes struggled a bit here (think i still had bad vibes from bad beats in tourney's earlier) left £5-86 down so went looking for another table watched lyon thought yes took me £5 to the table within 20mins up £2-50 then people started leaving so left £3-53 up & thought gotta find another table b4 i call it a nite after a fair bit of looking i found it Marseille spent about an hour here was getting late when i left the table i was £10-79 up
it has taken 1 Rich & Tikay Show and a couple of days putting into practice what i learnt to find a level i am comfortable at for cash tables which i think won't put to much strain on my bankroll this month
my challenge to myself is to see if i can make an average profit for september on cash tables
many many thanks to Rich & Tikay
michael
However i do play occasionally, more for a break from tourney's ..
I think the most important thing is to take your breaks, don't play tired, and keep doing what your doing !!
glk m8
benny
hi benny cheers for your advice very much appreciated have decided to take my time with cash tables one thing i have noticed is the difference between playing cash & MTT tables for next 3 months i will be using parts of the advice i get and slowly bring it into my game huck nall (roy) has already PM me some sound advice which i will deffo be checking out
ps are you gonna be in Manchester for APAT team event
many thanks m8 i shall be sticking to that way of playing for next 3 months that way i can work out what my average profit/loss is per month / week / day & hour by xmas i hope to have a good idea of where i am at just in time for APAT team event 27th/28th dec (have already checked out accomadation availability)
ps am still thinking about that call you made will mull it over tomorrow
cheers
michael
hi all after my fun 7 weeks i decided to find out if i'm any good or not below is stats for aug all MTT apart from 16 STT there is no cash table here as have only played 17 tables so my forecasts won't apply til next quarter (1st dec) also seeing as i've had an amazing 12 days i will be posting the story this week enjoy
you will notice i've changed title & dropped dtw the reason is i feel that this is no longer my diary it belongs to us all i have been given loads by this community so now its time to give something back so feel free to join in
michael
this is just a quick stats summary from 1st Aug - 31st Aug for MTT starting B-R £50
PLAYED 201
OUTLAY £306.60
RETURN £522.60
P/L £216.00 up
please note this includes 2nd in Velocity £228 so while it helped my B-R i treat it as a Bonus as my Foundation is based on averages(always has been all my life so far)
About 3-4 years ago I played mtts on a UK site and also moderated a poker forum. It was called the 1808gang and we had some very good players in what was an invitation only membership. At the time I was playing very well and hitting the prizemoney 1 in 2.4 mtts played. Some young players used to railbird me and some other successful 1808 members. The young players came onto the forum asking a lot of questions regarding mtt strategies and posting hand histories for members comments. These young guys were really keen and they improved rapidly. Soon they had invitations to join the ''gang'' and were regular contributers to the strategy forums.
Four years later one of them is a top high stakes cash player, one has a WSOP final table placing to his name (6th) and the other was last year ranked No1 in the online mtt world rankings. Those three young guns were Sexygee, Badpab and Moorman. Now I need to ask them questions!
Keep asking the questions it can ony be good.