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What a couple of months on sky all the hard work has paid of a long journey
Lil background been playing poker since 2001
when i was 20 being young and naive at the time money didnt mean that much to me worked alot and saved my money
i did have a 20 k roll at 1 point in my life then blew it all away on poker n roulletes etc well i wasnt bad at poker bk then just things happen in life
like my ex who i was with for 4 years didnt help me mentally deal with things i used to play 2/4 on a certain site for a living bk then
this is when i was happy with my life used to make my money but things happen in my life that spiralled out of control and lost my head i had a 2 year spell where i just blew all my money wasnt focusing etc playing when drunk playing when i let my emotions from real life get involved
which is never good should always play with a clear head n when focused i could go on about my life n bore u but i wont
my dad became ill which was a big wake up call for me hes still ill and other people in family has sadly passed away life can be a beep at times i have grown up in the last few years i was silly when younger mixing with wrong people etc
but now i know how much family means and money i love poker it gets me away from the reality of life and im in my lil bubble i am very comeptitive thats why i love poker i used to be a very good pool player so thats where i get my competitive side from
poker journey has had its bad times and good times people think i brag all the time might come across like that but if u have a win why not shout about it n tell people i have had some bad times like i said i lost 20 k when i was younger but i was young n silly back then now all the hard work watching poker alot waqtching training videos all paid of tbh i dnt think i play that much different now from back then worked on a few things and has paid of
deposited £50 1st week from october and now have over 2k i have been very disciplined in these 2 months have suprised myself how discpilined i have been i usually take shots etc playing 100 nl but i have no job and poker is my income paying rent food etc so i have to be a bit of a nit now
well heres a lil bit about my background of my life i would go into more detail about my dad but upsets me when i chat about him love him loads
from steve run good at the tables
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Nice read fella. You should reread this when you get on edge or start throwing cash away. Try to stand back and reassess what you're doing more. I'm jealous of your poker success. I'm about break even after a year but i put a lot of effort into study and feel at times like i'm not getting just reward for it. TBH, i'm not sure if i'm cut out for the game. I hate gambling and don't myself but see poker as requiring more skill. I don't multi to level the variance more as i see less enjoyment in that. Maybe a T and a dym at the same time. A small profit would be acceptable to me and respect from other players. I wonder whether poker attracts certain types of personalities and weeds them out callously by putting losses on them.
I'll probably buy in to a SPT( maybe Dublin and take my girlfriend for a few days away before and afterwards) and get to meet players i've 'chatted' with on the site and facebook with THS. The DTD is good fun too and the programmes can be enjoyable too but if it came to large losses then i'd pack it in if the enjoyment didn't outmatch the financial outlay. I wonder if some players just can't do that because of their personality. It's the buzz of the occasional win that keeps them going. Are there good poker players who don't like other forms of gambling? What do you think?
PS My aim is to give you a good hammering at the tables one day Steve, so beware!!!
Doesn't matter how good you are, sometimes thing don't go your way -
+ you don't have the BR to suffer high swings at nl50 tbh
good luck - ps. I love a good brag thread )
In the last 5 years I have gone through contracting a serious illness, divorce, redundancy and almost losing my house after getting fired from a job earlier this year.
If the truth be known, I am a nightmare on the poker table always getting narky when I get done by the two outer but there are a million and one reasons for this.
But now I am trying to rebuild my life, my ex employer rescinded my dismissal after I took professional advice and they realised it would be bad publicity for them(if you get what I mean). I also got a new job at the same time , really good firm in the city one of the colleagues is a spurs fan but you cant have everything!
The next stage is to get my housing situation sorted and meet a new woman, preferably a gooner poker chic
As for the poker, I have on three occasions turned less than £50 quid into more than £1000. My A game makes money, my B and C games loses it (mainly because of monkey tilt). My aim is to sort this out, get more disciplined and try to cut out the chat (apart from with one player who deserves it!). I wont be playing much but just as important as winning is enjoying the game.
Its always interesting to hear peoples stories so this is myne, you find out soo much more about people in these sorts of threads. GL IDCU up the gunners!