From a generic Degree to a leading Poker Practitioner

[smashedagain]

Well played man. Great result and really pleasing to see.

[JGill_DTD]

Wiiii, sick work fella!

Day 3 chip leader came 7th last time, do better ffs!!!

wiiiiiiii...

[JGill_DTD]

tyty for all love <3

Obviously gutting to come 6th, since ft's like this don't happen every month unless you are Goulder or Deadman

Pretty annoying though, made a real schoolboy error on the ft opening with the ol 96os without realising wadey was so short. He didn't shove, but my play is inexcusable in that spot.
As well as that the bet with 55 on the riv like never gets through, so obv annoyed at this too.

Anyone who watched would notice that I really got nothing going on the FT. Got owned bvb when i 3bet 73os and he 4bets with 72, aswell as a sb vs button 3bet with  , the bb found a hand, with the ft summed up by jamming  called by AQ, gg.

Great weekend of poker, only really feel like it went wrong on the FT which is where you will always need things to work.

This time I need to ensure I spend money wisely, it's a good chunk of money which I sometimes underestimate due to having worked in Dusk Till Dawn, the casino with the biggest GTE's and 1st place payouts where a £30k+ bink starts to seem like the norm.

[JGill_DTD]

Decided to start blogging again. I'm such a part time individual but hoping to keep it up this time, at least until I find a job.

So many new things and opportunities have come way, as well as unbelievable run good.

Believe it or not I wanted to post in this before I found some decent wins to brag about, don't think there is ever a good time to get back into blogging without it looking like a self centered post, so will try to avoid that as much as possible.

[JGill_DTD]

The Job Hunt

I managed to graduate with a 2:2 from Marketing in July. Was really quite frustrated I didn't make a 2:1, but overall it was my 2nd year that let me down.

Working at DTD seemed to completely turn my mindset around, from being a really lazy student with little interest in the repeated topics shown by the same lecturers month by month, to realising that I could actually turn it into a job opportunity I love.

However by my final year it was too late for this. My dissertation just fell short of a 2:1 which I'm pretty frustrated with as I felt it was worth more, and being based on poker where there is little to no data available in the public domain it all felt very subjective, hence a middle of the road mark. I could be a little bias.

Since then I attempted to find work (and still do) with a poker environment, and even with the experience it feels like there is next to no work available. That's lead to me tearing my hair out that almost all graduate roles require a 2:1, regardless of experience. Although I've applied to probs 70 jobs within marketing (small sample size) I'm yet to come close to getting one, despite feeling like some are under me.

Obviously all these time delays lead to more free time for me, leading to more free time to poker which is perfect whilst on the right side of variance.

[JGill_DTD]

The Flag Hunt and the Online Playground

Don't think many of you know, but in the Summer I decided to join Team Blue Blood. At the time I was relatively unsure of whether it was the right move, but am honestly so glad I have done so.

All members seem to have a real desire to learn, with an open mind. I feel some of the online sickos within the team don't get the recognition they deserve. I've had huge amounts of help from Pat Brooks with the online side of things, which obviously help the live side of things. I've luckboxed a number of tourneys since both online and live, as well as binking the BB league meaning I get to play a £1k Grosvenor event, huge news as it will only be the 2nd £1k event I've ever played (1st was in UKIPT Galway, unreal experience).

Thought I would keep this going from now on regarding both online and live play, as well as whats happening with the job hunt.

[JGill_DTD]

Rollercoaster Tycoon
Don't think I've ever really wanted to play poker professionally due to being really quite afraid of the variance, and the fact I can't win at cash to save my life. As weird as it sounds I feel like I've been backed into the corner of having to have a real go at it, which if I was offered 4/5 years ago I would have snapped your arm off at the opportunity.

I'm not playing high online ($8 -$25 MTT's), but feel like reaaaally heavy swings will inevitably happen as I have sold my soul to PokerStars. Last month I had my best ever month as well as result online I've ever had (binked the Big $11) but find it difficult to find the line between profitability and luckboxing. I have friends who play similar stakes to me and would definitely rate their games above mine, and their downswings are ridic, at times going months without finding a winning day. I'm really unsure on the stability of grinding it on a day to day basis, and just how mentally tough you need to be (any advice?).

The life long dream, as I imagine it is with the majority of poker players is to end up winning the world and along the way finding a way to become an ambassador for a poker orientated company or brand. Either that or find work in a poker environment, one of the only areas I think I've ever shown any real enthusiasm to work in, or at least have the self belief to think it's an area in which I can succeed with flying colours. For the moment they remain pipedreams...

[Rexas]

YES gilly Welcome back to the blog

[JGill_DTD]

YES gilly Welcome back to the blog

tyty got a lot of reading to do to catch up with the other blogs.

Decided I'm going to play tomorrow in the Big Game, had a pretty poor online session tonight and I've been tilting an absolute chunk over Plusnet's customer service that was somehow incredible a year ago, but now horrific as it's gone up in size.

[pleno1]

I'm always lurking mate, enjoyed your recent upswings - long may it continue.

[welsh1980]

Keep it up Gilly .........please stay away from me

[JGill_DTD]

I'm always lurking mate, enjoyed your recent upswings - long may it continue.

Thanks Pleno, means alot

Presume you are playing today Ceri? Will see you later, don't go sticking it in my eye in dead pots please!

[JGill_DTD]

Sighhh busted the Big Game early. Had some rough table draws with the likes of Mitch, Jamie Rutherford, tomsom, Bingham and others.

It also doesn't help when you 3bet jam the button and the big blind finds KK

Means I'm able to grind for the night, but going just as badly. Sunday Funday gonna win it alll!

btw determined not to turn this into a day by day update of the online side of things. Will probs start posting more hands and things since I don't think I'm ever 100% sure about lines I take

[verndog158]

Sighhh busted the Big Game early. Had some rough table draws with the likes of Mitch, Jamie Rutherford, tomsom, Bingham and others.

It also doesn't help when you 3bet jam the button and the big blind finds KK

Means I'm able to grind for the night, but going just as badly. Sunday Funday gonna win it alll!

btw determined not to turn this into a day by day update of the online side of things. Will probs start posting more hands and things since I don't think I'm ever 100% sure about lines I take

you said hard table draw right?

[JGill_DTD]

Sighhh busted the Big Game early. Had some rough table draws with the likes of Mitch, Jamie Rutherford, tomsom, Bingham and others.

It also doesn't help when you 3bet jam the button and the big blind finds KK

Means I'm able to grind for the night, but going just as badly. Sunday Funday gonna win it alll!

btw determined not to turn this into a day by day update of the online side of things. Will probs start posting more hands and things since I don't think I'm ever 100% sure about lines I take

He hurt my ears with his constant ROFL'ing, that was painful enough

you said hard table draw right?