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ULTIMATE £8 CHALLENGE!!!!
Ok i stopped my last challenge because frankly sitting with 260 odd quid and playing £4nl doesnt do anything for me im sorry. ANYONE could open 12 tables and play like a robot and grind out cash and tbh if i was going to do that i would quit my job play decent levels and make a living at it and its not why i play poker. I play for fun for a thrill and that challenge was taking the fun out it for me. So ive came up with an edgy more fun challenge i think i would prefer and i would actulay need to use all my skill and knowledge to accomplish any sort of a result and i think if i acheive anything here its more inspiring to new players with not alot to deposit.
Ive chosen £8 as its 2 buyins to the lowest cash games plus its less than sky actualy give you free when you sign up.
to build up some extra cash i will play small cash and very low buyin sit and gos and dyms or tournys also seeking out any freerolls.
this goes against all advice people get in poker but i really do think people forget the excitment of playing on edge whereas its why i love the game.
i still dont have loads of time to dedicate to this but il do as much as i can if i go bust il take a month of learning out of the game and try again.
time to live upto the name
DrRunGood
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Well said mate, i do think some people do forget the fun of playing poker, but everyone finds different forms of enjoyment out of the game i suppose. GL with the challenge!!
anyway other night 10 mins before the site went down i played a bit of poker
16 Oct '12 at 23:47PokerMerton£0.36£0.00 16 Oct '12 at 23:47PokerLangport£1.20£0.00
so balance is £9.56
sat down at 2 4nl tables one for £3 and one for £3.20
started session off bad lost the £3 buy in when i ran my flush right into a fullhouse
so reloaded at the table for rest of my cash £3.36 as i felt it was a good table cant get too dishearted wit the hand as it was standard plus i played it wrong so had all my money in play i went into super concentrate mode and with the cards going well with me i went on a run by hitting a few big hands and getting paid off very light on others ran upto about £24 then started bleeding back so decided to quit ahead and go to bed
20 Oct '12 at 02:21PokerBriggate£2.00£0.00 20 Oct '12 at 02:21PokerWell Meadow£9.20£0.00
so balance is now £20.76 not bad session
to say the river was evil to me was an understatement in the cash games and with a few bad calls it was looking real bad then the mtt and dym let me bring in a winning session
21 Oct '12 at 03:18PokerDouble Your Money£1.75£0.00 21 Oct '12 at 01:18Poker£200 Guaranteed£19.50£0.00 21 Oct '12 at 00:47PokerBanham£-4.00£0.00 21 Oct '12 at 00:47PokerCawston£-4.00£0.00 21 Oct '12 at 00:46PokerDunster£-4.00£0.00 21 Oct '12 at 00:46PokerPall Mall£-1.72£0.00
Start balance £8
current balance £28.29
hope you enjoy the ride,& good luck.
agree with you to a point...
poker should be fun.
'ain't much fun losing money though.
as to 'grinding'
it's just a matter of 'self discipline' ain't that hard,and it does pay.
"just saying"
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dev
Good Luck Dr. you can do it
22 Oct '12 at 00:51Poker£200 Gtd (15 mins)£-5.50£0.00 21 Oct '12 at 23:55PokerDollar£26.05£0.00 21 Oct '12 at 23:55PokerHale Barnes£-0.03£0.00 21 Oct '12 at 23:41Poker£750 Bounty Hunter£-5.75£0.00
start balance £8
current balance £43.06
I then looked round other 50nl tables and found a table where i have good notes on the players but it also had 2 other players so after watching a few rounds i joined and it turned out a good move
i know people will say doing this so shallow in br is wrong and yea its correct advice but im not doing this blind or relying on extreme amounts of luck im doing my homework im watching tables seeing where the value is sitting with players ive played 1000s of hands with so i have very in depth notes.
22 Oct '12 at 02:12PokerKelty£111.66£111.66 22 Oct '12 at 01:25PokerCowdenbeath£5.31£0.00
starting balance £8
current balance £160.03
into 3 figures in 4 sessions (not quite wacko tho) had more fun doing it and felt ive pushed myself more to do it defo prefer it to the 12 table grind. Altho im not completely crazy or stupid now i have a br i can get smart obv if i continue risking 50 oercent of my br i will go bust so now i can play a number of £11 dyms pick up the c4p and play multi tables at 10 - 20nl and play the sats into the big tournys.
You said you wanted to inspire new players with not a lot to deposit....and now you are stopping cos you have proven your point..........
So basically your advice to these new players with not a lot to deposit is to play a few sessions of 4nl, get to around 50 quid then stick half their roll on a 50nl table???
I like your style!
btw.....I think you should crack on with your challenge and see how far you can go, will be a good read as most other threads involve strict BRM but yours will be a refreshing change
gl with whatever you decide to do anyway