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Help Please!!!
There I've said it! I need help! My therapist will be proud, that's my wife by the way. First, I must apologize for my antisocial behavior, although I've been playing sky poker really hard for 6 months now and apart from playing at in SPT at Luton, I've never taken time out to get involved in the commuity. That said, now to the selfish part. Help Please!!! Background - I've been playing Poker for about 4 years, I started playing in a league at the local pub and I have had some success and still play every Monday night, however mainly for the social side, certainly not for the money. I read a few books in the early days, my favourite and most informative was Harrington on Holdem. I watch all of the poker tourny's that are televisedand I rate peolple like Daniel Negreanu and Roberto Romanelli, mainly because they are skilled in getting information from their opponants. (Note to self - read Daniel's book.) My stlye, and I'm sure I'm not giving too much away! Is loose aggressive, although I do try to mix my game up abit as we usually run into the same players. Someone said to me the other day, "Thats the first time in 20 hands that you haven't raised from the button!" and as luck would have it, and much to his disgust, the only time he had AA. I used to play on the large US sites and I did have a really big win, coming 2nd out of about 3500 runners. Since playing at Sky I've also had some success and as a result I do have a healthy bankroll however, I'm strugling to move out of my comfort zone and buy into the bigger tourny's, I don't normally go higher than £110 -£120 buy in. I think part of the reason is due to the fact that I feel like I've run into a wall. What I mean is, over the past 4 weeks my backroll has stagnated. "Oh dear"I hear you cry, I know, at least it's not going backwards. But, I feel I need to move my game on to the next level. Without mentioning any names, mainly in fear of missing oneone out. I see the same people in front of me on a regular basis. I'm starting to think that I need to go back to the books or change my game somehow. Anyhow "Help Please" I will read everyone's advise and thank them for their input. Thx Rick (AKA NoFinAce - pronounce that however you like lol)
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How big is your roll? Should be over 2K to play £100 buy in tourneys. You obv can take a shot or 2 with less, but I wouldnt do that when you are not happy with your game
MTTs have huge variance, you are going to have times when nothing seems to run your way.
I'm not sure what kind of advice you are looking for. Just work hard at your game, if you are not winning(actually even if you are winning) look back at your hands and see why that is. You could easily be running bad, its also possible you have some leaks or are playing on autopilot too much
GL
grind it out prob just variance gl
Id love to play a fun pub league, please PM me if you can with details of your pub and ill love to come along if possible..
Cheers and gl on the tables
Greg
Greg think we should organise a trip to brighton casino 1 friday or saturday night if your up for it? my mate told me they do a £10 rebuy on friday which is ok. let me know ill prob talk on ms n if it eventually gets fixed to arrange it
One thing thats youve mentioned and im talking out of my own experainces and i suspect a mod will delete this. I played the 3600 runner tournys aswell and ive got a good record of running deep in them too. You seem to be similar. On the US sites did you play full ring or 6 max? This can have a huge differance tbh. I struggle on 6 max and thats why i dont play on sky for more than enjoyment now,
this is maybe something you could look at?
i think you should focus on your game and let the roll take care of itself.
This is because you can play perfectly and lose - or play like an idiot and get lucky. However, over time, we expect playing well will work out profitably where is in time, if u keep playing like an idiot you will lose.
So, just analyse whether you are playing well, or whether you are making silly mistakes, being too tight, too aggressive etc
Variance will have too big a factor in MTT to make uselful analysis based on your roll fluctutations
I have a few in mind for you....but I'll let you make that decision
the ultimate rubdown he's terrible :P
I always played full ring B4 i came to sky, and now I prefer 6 max and thats all I play.(online-of course) Having said that, I do believe my style has changed, and definately the cards I play out of pos. The other thing I like about Sky are the smaller fields and playing the same players on a regular basis. (Oh, and no Russians!! lol) but this maybe a part of the problem. Just perhaps I need to mix it up a bit. Thx rick n Response to Re: Help Please!!!:
I have shared tables with you but im not going to tell you or other people wat i think of you play lol take that as good or bad