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Yeah I'll definitely be showing my face at the SPT. We can't get a babysitter for the Saturday night so I can't play the main, but I'll be there on Friday playing the side event (and maybe some cash) and I'll be there for Saturday afternoon.
Nice cash the other night hopefully u run good next week at the SPT. I see u managed to get a rolex (very nice) those DYM are paying off.
Jamie
Cheers
Paul
September and beyond.
After a bit of a shaky start to the month, the bankroll is starting to advance in the right direction. I'm happy with my DYM results so far this month. By tonight, I'll have reached 2000 poker points, well on track for Priority. However, in Poker, I've always held a firm belief of quality over quantity. My learning capacity playing 12-14 DYM tables is next to nothing. You learn to play on auto-pilot, and ultimately don't think about the different ways you can play the hand VS different opponents. Why should you, it's just a SNG. No actually it's worse, it's a DYM.
I've always been a SNG player. Yes, you are so often limited to <15bb stack sizes and faced with either folding or shoving, but at the end of the day, it's what's worked for me. I never held the self-discipline, bankroll or focus to play the cash games I wanted to. Last month that all changed. I played a few thousand hands of £50nl and it was nothing short of a breakthrough for me. I dropped the number of tables I was playing and did everything I could to truly focus.What does any of that matter anyway, isn't poker just a simple game? You get dealt two cards, and at best your actions are limited to check, bet, fold or raise.
Average players can look at their cards, and have a general sense for their hand strength in relation to the board. Good poker players can weigh up, and ultimately make decisions based on stack sizes, opponents, board texture and table image in a second. Great players, can sift through the cloudiness of their brain, right through to their subconscious, and find a play that not only exploits their opponents, but destroys them.
http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showpost.php?p=5659428&postcount=1
They say that everything starts with one idea. Already, I possess an idea for the goals I have in mind for 2013. Right now, I have a long way before I can seriously put those goals into notion. But I know that if I put the effort in, work on my self-discipline and gain better a better understanding for the 'simple' game we play, I can make a mark. http://www.pokerhandreplays.com/view.php/id/4538860 (My river bluff shove)
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In other news.
(Soundtrack please: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21OH0wlkfbc)
The SPT FINAL in Nottingham is just days away. I'm lucky enough to not only be residing in the beautiful city for 3 nights, but playing the main event. Already it's gaining publicity from many major poker news sites.http://uk.pokernews.com/news/2012/09/75-000-guaranteed-sky-poker-tour-grand-final-is-this-weeken-9082.htm
Bring it on.
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patwalshh
Enjoyed the post again
GL @ the weekend your representing all the DYM's so run good
Lee
Ah, it's gona look even worse when we go2the gym together!
I've played ZERO online poker this month & I'm going out 4my cuz's bday2nite - longest break I've had from poker 4@least a year - so I'm totally revved up for this tournie now - bring it on Sky peeps!
I've read your diary and been impressed with your writing skill and poker ability. You seem to have a clear insight on your life at the moment but may i just make two points. One the casino playing two noobs seemed very seedy imo. No offence but taking money off people by acting naive isn't so great imo. You obviously have great skill. Why not play poker on a level playing field....it would be a sweeter win. Also, yes i know you're young, relatively, but the "****** above average girls" comment is a gratuitous comment that shows a lack of respect for the female sex and though some may find it funny and say so, i just thought that it wasn't in keeping with how you come across usually.
I'm no prude Pat and i hope you don't take offence but i hope you do consider your actions. you are young and we all need to reconsider our actions at times. Only in this way can we grow with a mature, balanced outlook on life.
This isn't an angry, "i'm outraged" post. It's only meant to flag up that, to my mind, these comments and actions didn't show you in your best light IMO. All the best in your studies and Gl at the tables.
Hi Pat,
Just a quick note to say it was grand to meet you "in real life" at the SPT. You are so young!
It's awkward to say these things without being rude, or seeming to be offensive or aggressive, but you've pitched that perfectly, Proffie.
Great comeback, Pat, respect to you for that.
What a refreshing change to see this sort of stuff well-debated & discussed.
I think the nut worst response I ever see on poker forums is "joke", which always makes me assume (books by covers, yes, I know it is wrong), that the author is wearing his baseball cap backwards.
I saw your repy and im so pleased that you didn't take offence. Pleased to see Tikay's thoughts too as i've a lot of respect for him. I'm glad you see where i was coming from. it was just an observation fella.
Wow that watch. my mum bought my a seiko which had a blue face like that and metallic strap too. My son has it now and loves it. Probably 10% worth of your watch but more valuable to me as mum is gone and memories are golden. Hope your memories are golden .....All the best.
When the going gets tough.......
if i thought i had any chance myself i might have given it a go,but just playing the £3's as i am atm,i've basically got no chance despite what some others might think and say.
it is imo a badly thought out promotion that once again favours the 'big boys' and does very little if anything for us 'little fish' who once again miss out.
ps,
"sorry i have used your thread m8 to express my opinions,but i think that it needed saying somewhere!!!"
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dev