blonde poker forum

hi all I've been playing poker for a couple of years now only live cheap £16  tourneys at the local casino and in the last year am doing OK in profit about £200 i am now thinking of putting any future wins to  play bigger tournaments does anyone else on here do this if so what % of winnings also don't know whether to go straight for a big game or a few £100 thanks

Hi and welcome to blonde


A few more facts might help.


Are you a solely recreational player playing with "spare" cash? 

Do you treat poker cash as a seperate bankroll?


from these answers, people will be able to give better advice on how you "step up"

sigh i cant help

It's good that you're a winning player and obviously enjoy your poker but £200 profit playing £16 games really is a very small amount so I'd maybe wait until you have ammassed £2000 in winnings before taking shots at £100 tournaments.

Alternatively, if you really have your heart set on playing bigger ones, why not try cheap satellites for them?

Did you not read the title of the thread?

Yeah I assumed he meant good and above of which I obviously fall into the latter category

As tighty says it depends how you view your money.

Do you just use any extra cash in your bank account to play? If so then by all means play £100 games if you have the income.

If you consider it a seperate poker bankroll that has to fund itself then you need a lot more to be able to play higher buyin games. £200 is only just about rolled for £15 games.

hi all thanks for the replies i am a recreational player and keep my poker bankrole in a jar above the kitchen cupboard my address is £$%^&*&^^%% i would not use £300 of my hard earned cash from work to play poker but would use my winnings if you know what i mean . i don't like playing on line as it does not hold my attention and when i have played on line satellites the minute i sit down the door bell goes etc . also the money side is not a big problem apart from me being a tight git  but i am used to playing in cheap tournaments and do OK but if i step up a level also have to consider the standard of play etc etc but the main thing i wanted to know (from good players only) was do they have a set% of winnings they put to one side or just use it all to chase a big win

Have you read any poker theory?

I think the gist of what you're looking for comes under "bankroll management", but I can't really go into it more than that as I don't qualify as someone who is allowed to reply.

1 big spin up is the only way to do it!

Take all your money - lump it in to 1 tourney and run like god

poker is not a skill game its all luck. The best poker player on here is "stuart Hopkin" - ask him and he will tell you the same

GL with the spin up. If you choose to play the DTD 300 next week with your money - they do live reporting on this website and you could get famous!

Welcome to Blonde.

What kind of levels have you tried before?
Have you always been successful?

sigh, looks like we're in the same boat.


Id say gl 'eartoplay' but i can tell with his game, its not about luck.

hi no the first 3 or 4 weeks i played and got lucky that  got me hooked on the game and then a rubbish 6 months before slowly learning from my mistakes .but the last 18 months have all been good i have played a £40 tournament at a diffrent casino and soon realised what a big advantage it is to play at the same place where you know how 70% of the players play on the cheap nights

Need to meet this guy ! So funny

welcome to blonde.  Just out of interest, how do you define a 'good' player. 

Someone that says they are a good player ! X

hello there , why dont you try the super 50 at dtd ,its as it says £50 entry fee  with a starting stack of 10,000 chips ,on a 24 minute clock or is half hour im not sure , its the best value comp around by a mile , it will  give you the best ways to learn deep stack poker , i go there often from hull which is approx 100 miles away and takes me just over 2 hours , but its deffo worth it , the place is in a different league to any other poker club in the uk id go so far as to say its on a level with any in vegas too and ive been and played em all there , so get yourself there fella !!! good luck in whatever path you choose to go down !!!!!

Did you read thread title? ONLY GOOD PLAYERS NEED REPLY!! your from Hull m8 obv you should not be replying!

well I was gonna suggest a super 50 too but still waiting for the definition ;)

hi thanks for all the replies i define a good player as someone who is in profit,good at reading people,good at working the odds out ,knows when to fold em and knows when to hold em ,someone who See's those little twitches in peoples fingers when they want to raise and the glint in there eye when they hit a set,but most of all must have nice TITS
coolhand lew i will defo try the super 50 at dtd in a couple of weeks
i have played a few slightly bigger tournaments since my first post and have made it to final table in all but one .but just been off the money each time so will keep at it for a couple of months
ps bad players can also reply

whee I have two of the attributes of a good player!  ;yippee;

Pls define 'nice' tits

Pics please!

Which two?

Pretty sure they only count as one Claire.

(there's the gag by the way, in case any youngsters are watching)

amazing  i use the word tits and people start to notice the thread

Next time try 'hi all only tits need apply' then go for a cup of coffee and thread will be 5 pages long by the time you come back.

I'm probably not that good at poker but my writing skills are quite good if you require some assistance.

As Guy said, best wait for Stuart Hopkin to answer.  He's better than good.

hi had a small win last night only £120 but just enough to make me keep playing at the £40 or £50 level and am surprised that the level of play does not go up with the price of the entry fee
thanks for all the replies
PS I'm on 4 forums none of them poker related and there is always a MR DICKIE with comments that in no way help. my writing skills are from many problems that i had in my childhood and i am on here for poker and am sorry if it upsets you .will you charge me for your assistance and how many nights a week are you free

Hi Eartoplay

A couple of people asked me to come and comment on this thread as it is obviously me your directing your questions at.

Firstly I will explain why there is no difference in the level of play between a £10 comp, a £50 comp and a £300 comp.
There are two points you must remember, only a very small percentage of players have a basic understanding of the game, this means that most players just play badly and like to get claim there skill has got them a victory.
The truth of it is that the skill element of poker is officially 1.134%, therefore it makes little difference how good you are, or how well you understand the game.
Poker was set up by the government to raise funds for the illegal war in Iraq, basically it created a never ending circle of money moving around creating winners, but always eventually losers. All the time 5% of every prize pool is split 2.5% to the Taliban and 2.5% to the UK and US forces to maintain the continuation of the war.

I would suggest tiddlywink competitions as the are 100% above board and involve a lot more skill than poker.

I would also recommend playing the cash poker, I have yet to lose a buy in.

Hope the above helps.

Thx

Think Mr Dickie can help you too :) Only with the writing skills obviously as you obviously have this poker thing sussed.

Mr Earacheplay - I think someone with such levels of self confidence as you obviously have shouldn't be asking for help. You sound like exactly the kind of guy who wouldn't listen anyway.

i assume you are talking about tournaments, with 40-100 players in. in which case, you should really have 30-50buy ins of whatever level you wish to play at. If you the players you play are really bad and you play very tight solid poker then 20-25 may just be enough.

I.e. you need to have at the very least £800 (£40x20) in your poker bankroll in order to comfortably play £40 tournaments. I don't know if you know the reasons for why you need a lot of buyins to play tournaments, post back if you don't. Basically a £120 win shouldn't mean you jump up to £40 comps.

hi cambridgealex i know that £120 is only a drop in the ocean but in my first post it is more that i have been playing for a couple of years in the cheapest tournaments and am in profit so just wanted to know everyones ideas for jumping up a level or 1 big tournament i will keep playing the £40 or £50 as I'm still doing OK but most of the time final table but just of the money .only about 30 to 40 runners where i play
now the good players are here Stuart hopkin 1.134% skill ? so there is hope for me yet .and have gone down the tiddlywink road before and had very bad experiences and have the scars to prove it
 PS sorry for all the speeling mistokkes

spell check?

it was a jooke

the thread?

nope. the level jump.

followed by the thread