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TIME TO GET SERIOUS!
Hi lads and lasses of the forum
I am a losing poker player,this is because I lack concentration, play above my bankroll or maybe just because i am not very good...I try to use serious bankroll management but i always tilt off or play to high etc etc and i have been thinking about what to do about this as i get bored easily ,to try and play properly and i have decided to set myself a challenge....
I am depositing £50 and that will be the last money i deposit on sky poker,if i donk it off and tilt then that's my lot.I do not wish to lose and i actually do think i am good enough not to so that is the challenge, i would love your input into the sort of games u all think i should play to maximise profit and value!!!!!!
getting married next year and really think it is time to get serious as there are other things i should be spending money on
after all sport hurts go hard or go home!!!!!
I am a losing poker player,this is because I lack concentration, play above my bankroll or maybe just because i am not very good...I try to use serious bankroll management but i always tilt off or play to high etc etc and i have been thinking about what to do about this as i get bored easily ,to try and play properly and i have decided to set myself a challenge....
I am depositing £50 and that will be the last money i deposit on sky poker,if i donk it off and tilt then that's my lot.I do not wish to lose and i actually do think i am good enough not to so that is the challenge, i would love your input into the sort of games u all think i should play to maximise profit and value!!!!!!
getting married next year and really think it is time to get serious as there are other things i should be spending money on
after all sport hurts go hard or go home!!!!!
Comments
I turned 20 into 2k+ on micros but am about 400 squid down this year... It's defo doable but shoving with tp-ck at micros will not get you buntage!!!
If you are serious about this challenge then 2pr+ is your min shove range in micros... flopped trips are like 72 at this level so be very aware!!!
All the best JD, I'll root for you all the way!!
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trips thx lover but i should of been specific in my opening post,i wanted advise more on the sort of games and levels to play and not actual in game strategy!!!!
but i do value any advise anyone wants to give
Also if trippyboss can turn 20 quid into 2k, then anything is possible, i mean anything!!
greg i am in a team..team jesusdog
right to the nl4 i go i ho i ho..
i eneded up with a roll of £51.19 which is of course a profit.i have to learn to except this as good and not say,oh its only 1.19 may aswell gamble a bit.profit is profit but as im starting to fall asleep during hands it is time to go..will update this thread if not just for my own amusement
If you have a £50 roll, you should never be going higher than 2p/4p until you're up to about the £200 mark. I'd say if you can grind it up to there, you're well capable of taking at shot at 4p/8p.
I know from personal experience how frustrating it is playing at limits so small, because you feel like you're spending a huge amount of time playing and you're only getting tiny wins back for it. Something that helped me was simply judging my game on whether I ended up winning or losing in a session rather than how much I made or lost. As long as I ended up a winner, I didn't care whether I won a penny or a hundred pounds.
Just play tight, solid poker and stick to good bankroll management. Your game will improve and the profits will follow.
That was last year... it's all very well donking off a fiverhuuner now and then but to be pisspotpoor at donkfest is not the way it should be......
flapwitdonkfishfinbumbaclarttosserbink FTFW!!!!!!!!
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You really should have at least £80 to play 4nl imo, I would deposit 100 to play it if I were you, so that a bad run wont halve your bankroll and it prob makes it less likely you tilt
Learn to play good ABC tag poker, put in volume, stop playing if you are tilted and dont play higher until you are rolled and it should be possible to make some money. Even if you are good though avoiding tilt and moments where you spew away a buy in are key to being profitable
I have always enjoyed your posts, respected your opinions, when others [+myself], have maybe misunderstood them!! So it would be a shame if that £50 gets blown & we lose you from the forum!!
You have received some good advice above, [Dohhhh stuff excellent],
from which i hope you take heed, and succeed, [see am poet too]!!
I have been in similar ship to you, in that ma focus is ouside Poker, [I do wish you well in your forth-coming marriage], am poker-newish relatively, but found the challenge, exhilarating, after succeeding in sport & business!
From your OP I recognise, some impatience[maybe], that i too have suffered from, where after some small success's in pub poker & here on sky in ma early days, all good work [& money] was wasted playing well above a sensible level for me!! I do not regret it, as heads up with Dan & Lolu etc, Expensive Rollers before being ready & DYM's v Ben, 1267 etc have been a great learning curve!!LOL
Hey, You have to pay for good training,[mentoring]!!
Sorry that last paragraph seemed to go bit MEMEME!! BUT!! The point!!.....
Only YOU can find where best to be profitable, but, if you can get some frustration out of the 'chase' & some real enjoyment back into your poker, am sure this would be a more fruitful experiance!!
Again referring to others , I will back up the advice given, and say THE BEST VALUE, WITH WIDE SPECTRUM OF SKILLS ON SHOW....Are the DTD series on mondays!! £1, £2, & £2 for a tourney series, where the chips MEAN SOMETHING TO PEOPLE!!
These I feel have no doubt improved ma enjoyment, and made me appreciate the full range of skills that should be used in Deep stack poker
Namely, patience, use of position, bet sizing, aggresion at rite times, gear changing, notes & reads on players!!
BIT LONG-WINDED BUT HOPE HAVE HEPLED, GL MATE!!
ps. Have full respect for Team Jesusdog, BUT if it helped as a trial maybe, WHY NOT....Play for the Hitsquad, one week, see how you feel, you'd be surprised what a little encouragement from a cyber-poker-friend can do for YOU!! Let me know, ALL are welcome to The Squad
GL, May your marriage plans go well !!
Dave Hitman Harvey
cheers pal thanks for taking so long to post,im off to play a bit more NL4 now so will post my results and as far as the team stuff goes,if i was not in team JD then i would 100% want to go into the hit sqaud!!!
Also reduces donk moves and tilt...
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I just played 3hrs 20 mins at NL4 & finished 6p down! (was playing DTD as well)
As stated earlier good practice poker (despite the odd all-in caller pre A4o - happened to me tonight - why do they always hit?? - AREA 51 here we come!) is the DTD on a Monday. This attracts a lot of regs - most of which play either a lot at that level or higher - and its only a fiver.50
I also suffer from the dreaded impatience & find playing less times a week works for me. Might not work for u though as will be under the thumb soon, so enjoy while u can!
GL
thanks to rover for the huge PM i am grinding now but will def read when i can give it the attention it deserves!!
as for the guys who are tipping me to play DTD,thanks but i cant play as have college on monday night until 930 so woudl miss all the tourneys..
back to the grinding £3.50 ish up so far...slowly slowly catchy monkey,or whatever the saying is
KK BUST TWICE IN 5 MINS BY J5 AND THEN A9 WELCOME TO NL4 JD
i am studying electrical installation!!!!
anyway enough of that rubbish back to the poker, hows your night going