The journey of an online grinder trying to make it!

[shipitonetime]

Ive been toying with the idea of starting a blog for a while now, and have finally decided to give it a go. I hope it is fairly interesting and i've put it on Blonde because its my fav forum and know a decent amount of people on here. Heres a bit about my poker history so far...

My name is Lewis Higham and i've been playing poker as my sole income since May 2012. I first started playing poker in 2008 and was instantly hooked, playing at the pub every week to start with and not long after i started playing casually online on betfair. One day a few months after i started i managed to spin up $50 into $15k over a few days with terrible bankroll management, playing as high as $25/$50. lol. I then lost nearly all of it back in 1 day. Fun times!

I was convinced i could make loads of money, didnt want to stay in my £20k per year job and quit early 2009. I learnt the hard way about Bankroll management and variance. After a tough start i managed to make a decent living playing low stakes live games and on PKR. I still wasnt very good and after a downswing live and bad money management in early 2010 i decided to get a job as a freelance poker dealer. I did this full time for 2 years while trying to play in my spare time with very meh results. I honestly believe if i had put all my time into playing then rather than working i would be a lot better off right now.

I made the decision to quit working and start playing full time again, mostly because i just had enough of it and wanted to give playing another shot rather than i was actually crushing the games. Honestly at the time i was all over the place and wasnt even sure if i wanted to play cash or mtts as my main game. In June i chose to grind the zoom cash games, 50nl/100nl on stars and have been doing so until now. I've done ok, moving up to 200nl with very nitty BRM, but dont think i've reached my potential/still make a tonne of mistakes and havent had much success in live cash/mtts which i would like to change.

I want to use this blog to keep me motivated and give updates on my progress/goals etc. I'm currently going through my worst downswing ever so im taking a couple days off to get my head straight/ play a bit of live pokers. I'll try and respond to any q's itt when i can and do my best to give reg updates.

I attached a couple of graphs, one from my old PKR days and another from stars since ive been playing for a living.

[pleno1]

first.

[Bully87]

Pure pokerz diary. Good luck and get out of the rut!!

[pleno1]

Have really good vibes abut Lewis, think he has the potential to be one of the biggest winners in the zoom/stars mid stakes games as puts a lot of time into it.

Always happy to give advice, but wuld rather not discuss regs/200nl zoom in too much detail itt as there are always a lot of eyes watching

Subbed though, glglglgl

[ShipItHollaBallaaa]

Hi mate, I'm new here but noticed we have pretty similar names(ship it) so I wish you the very best of luck. You seem to have won a lot of moneys already though so not too much luck as you need to keep some around for the little fishies like me.

Will be nice to follow a new blog seeing as all the other ones are v long now and been going a long time.

[shipitonetime]

Have really good vibes abut Lewis, think he has the potential to be one of the biggest winners in the zoom/stars mid stakes games as puts a lot of time into it.

Always happy to give advice, but wuld rather not discuss regs/200nl zoom in too much detail itt as there are always a lot of eyes watching

Subbed though, glglglgl

Thanks Pleno thats really nice of you to say. I'll try and not discuss too much strat itt

[shipitonetime]

Pure pokerz diary. Good luck and get out of the rut!!

Tyty!!

[shipitonetime]

Hi mate, I'm new here but noticed we have pretty similar names(ship it) so I wish you the very best of luck. You seem to have won a lot of moneys already though so not too much luck as you need to keep some around for the little fishies like me.

Will be nice to follow a new blog seeing as all the other ones are v long now and been going a long time.

Haha thanks. Didnt take me long to take a blonde virginity. :p

[redsimon]

Good to see a new diary.

What stakes do you play live cash/mtts?

Why do you think you aren't as successful live compared to Zoom/online cash?

Good luck!

[smashedagain]

Good luck with this

[shipitonetime]

Good to see a new diary.

What stakes do you play live cash/mtts?

Why do you think you aren't as successful live compared to Zoom/online cash?

Good luck!

I have played mostly 1/2 live cash but some 2/5 recently with decent success. Although i find playing live for 5/6 hours more tiring than 5 hours of online. And im playing 1500 hands an hour online!

I've played a couple of UKIPT,GPS, DTD events in the last year with no success whatsoever .  Obv its a very small sample and its something i would love to achieve in. I want to play some big events this year so hopefully i will be able to tick that goal at the end of the yr.

I think its more that i just havent played enough live, im quite lazy and am a huge life nit. I dont like all the expenses that come with it and this always ends up with me just staying at home and playing online. But as i said i want to change this and play more. Need a bit more balance!

Thanks

[shipitonetime]

Good luck with this

Thanks Jason. heres my hendon mob just for you. http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=150841

Sorry about the picture and the results i will do better i promise

[Mitch]

All the best with this Lewis, should be interesting! Glgl.

[ShipItHollaBallaaa]

Hmm ye you do seem a bit rubbish live(from your hendon mob)
Should probably stick to online

[cambridgealex]

GL mate, will be following.