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I started playing 5cent/10cent cash elsewhere and $5.50 SnGs. Back then the SnG player pool was a lot bigger and the game wasn't solved to the degree it is now, plus Huds weren't so popular. On SkyPoker I started by playing the main TV events, down to my TV Tartness, fiver DYMs and 20nl. To summarise for you I was up and down for a while, blackjack used to be a huge leak but I closed that one, went back to school and had to spend a lot of my initially spun roll elsewhere, went on a down swing here about about 3 years ago which left me with around £60 in my roll, I swore I was never going to deposit again and spun that £60 into what I play with now.
It's been a fun ride.
Awesome to see how far you have come from £60 btw
The real problem with the system there was that after the not guilty verdict, the police basically declared the case closed. They'd already decided he did it, I wanted them to open it up again.
D the Elder's saying was sort of proven wrong on his saying much later, about 18 months ago I was given jury service and to my mind the prosecution's case was pretty weak, the barrister was just awful. I was starting to think he got the job on a typo and he'd original applied as a barista at Costa's. In my mind there was just about a case to answer but any plausible defence would put enough doubt in my mind to return a not guilty view. The defence only had one witness, the defendant. My word, it was like he wanted to go to jail, the story got twisted up and contradicted several times before even the bumbling prosecutor got a chance to have a go. We eventually returned a guilty verdict, I was the last one to go for it purely because I was weighing up in my mind if the prosecutor had done enough before even thinking about the defence case. We found out after that a second party in the event had already pleaded guilty and then heard our guy's previous and pending cases. Let's just say it made me even more sure we made the right call.
I wrote about this waaaaaay back in the diary, but after a slap in the face I decided to put it on two £22 DYMs and go from there. I got a small streak going then went to very low cash and low level MTTs. I managed to win the old Take on Tikay £11 MTT a couple of weeks in to give me a roll in the hundreds, set myself and target and treat, made the target meaning I'd let myself enter the Primo once, finished 4th and from there I had a 4 figure roll. At this point I practiced quite rigid BRM and that's allowed me to spin it to a decent chunk over the next two or three years up until this point.
I disagree with corporal punishment personally but much more willing to have a debate and a consider on this rather than capital punishment.
Totally agree the clear class divide in who gets pulled and who doesn't needs to be addressed but I'm not going to start on the MP expenses thing, my keypad would probably wear out.
Before anyone thinks I'm a sissy for being against the death penalty, for the very worst in our society I have zero problem with putting them in a deep hole in the ground and have no comforts save basic food and a small hole in the side for nature.
New puppy news.
So I bought the GF a puppy. She's been wanting one for years and I held off to the point I was sure she was ready and wouldn't change her mind after five minutes. As far as I am concerned a dog is for life.
It's been an interesting start to Shirley's life with us, mostly good, sometimes poop (literally). I will get to these eventually but right now I have a problem. We've got a puppy sleeping crate and tonight is her first night in it. The GF is in bed while I play poker in the office. Shirley has been crying now for 30 minutes. There was a five minute lull where I thought she'd finally gone to sleep but the crying has started again. I have to be strong and leave her in there but I can just feel myself cracking. Darn dogs, they get right into your heart.
And Shirley is still crying in the crate. I'm in furball turmoil here.
It's just like the first time I met you.
As for Grant, he wandered around the garden again all night. He's not happy. But he's not my cat so I don't feel too bad about it, he'll be alright.
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Btw, I had no idea your BR had went so low such a (relatively) short time ago. Your story has definitely re-inspired (I don't think that's even a word but I'm going with it) me to keep at it with my aims for my poker game/diary.
Not sure if this questions already been asked (i read 1st 3 pages and got impatient (just like my play))
How do you keep your mind focussed on the day job?
I have a responsible job but still find myself thinking about last nights play too much, or looking forward to the night ahead. And this is at low level stakes.
Obviously trying to stay focussed at teaching must be difficult when you know your a couple of clicks away from a few grand everynight.
Great diary BTW
Thanks Karim / 1281
This is probably the question I get asked the most but these days I have to answer it in two parts.
1) I am currently on a career break so not an active teacher. This was not a choice to 'go pro' or anything, I decided to do other things with my life. I have a few irons in the fire which, touch wood, will happen over the summer (they are nothing to do with poker). Sorry to be coy about it but I want to keep things in process on the down-low until they happen, I really don't want to jinx stuff.
2) Relating to when I was teaching, luckily it was one of those jobs which pretty much grabs you by the globes as soon as you walked through the gates. I didn't have time to ponder last night's play or HHs, it was full on. Going back many years prior to teaching I had an office job and yes, the the distraction was stronger. Sat in front of a PC I more than once created a BRM spreadsheet for myself rather than do whatever unimportant task was on my desk that day. It's just something to manage and overcome with experience. The late nights grinding away were never too much of a problem for me, in some twist of nature I can function on very little sleep. It's not a limitless supply of going nights on zero to 3 hours sleep, after a fortnight or so I need to do a catch up and I normally have a long weekend lie in.
Not today though, I'm off to Sunday League. Three games to avoid the drop for the mighty Giants. This one's gonna sting a little.
When you were planning those BRM spreadsheets, in your office job, what strategy did you come up with when u were trying to grow your BR?
All the best for your future plans, Derek.
These days I play Right back. When I was young and had a decent engine I was a defensive midfielder. I just don't have the legs for that any more.
As for growing BR, not too much strategy other than have plenty of bullets. When you try to grow it, really scour the tables and find that value. It's still out there, just harder to find these days. Also do constant hand reviews, really polish your game and plug those leagues. I can't emphasise enough how much this helps.
So I'm calling it a night before I just go off on some one. I'm getting that tetchy that a nice dark room and a bit of the original Resident Evil game downloaded is the plan for the night. It's still a great game, the graphics are completely aged and the control system is really awkward, but it still sucks you into that jumpy atmosphere better than most of the new stuff out there.
Then again even the intro video on that is annoying me. It's meant to be a directors cut but they've cut the scene where Chris does that crime of crimes and has a cigarette. They've replaced this with him shooting a lot of big guns. And it's an 18 game for crying out loud.
Sigh, like I say, feeling tetchy. Man I've just reread this post before posting, darn I sound like a moaning murtle. Good luck at the tables all.
Any more exciting dog related news?
No more exciting dog related things, since the in laws have left it's been pretty quiet. We're settling Shirley in nicely. Although the GF now wants me to go out tomorrow and buy a bottle of Pepsi for a photo op with the Hound.
A very defined number of you will get that reference.
Anyway, kind of went off your original point mate. The main problem is a lot of developers are trying to make movies and not games. Then again this is found in a lot of places. I watch Crimewatch, I swear most of those reconstructions are directed by sore Art College graduates who think Harvey Weinstein might be watching and this is their big break.
MTTs, today was one of those days to just shrug your shoulders and move on. Ran KK into AA four times for stacks, bricked the lot. Got AA in against KK once for stacks, lost. Many other spots as well.
I'm normally the first to have a pop at my own play but today, well, whatcha gonna do? Chalk it off, dust myself down and we go again tomorrow.