The £5k roll is solely for poker.

My betting roll is all in with life roll.  I have made a nice tidy profit over the last 6 months and have been using that.  

Im not completely serious on the betting side, I start with £50 or £100 and try to roll it over to a bag, withdraw and start again.

Ive read the responses regarding the betting on the Arsenal game.  I just think even though Arsenal have 3rd place more or less locked up, they'll see tonight as a chance to make it concrete as the others aren't in play and will really go for it.

I cant see anything other than an Arsenal win (even with Wigans good run of late) and they may win by 3 or 4

Gonna head to the G tonight in Manc to play some 1/2 and hopfully put some serious hours in for the rest of the month

Not played for a while since the GUKPT in Manc.

Only played the UKIPT last week which i busted in the 3rd level set over set.

no problemo.

ive put on £500 tonight on Arsenal v Wigan

(-1) @ 13/20

My name is Ash (may post full name later)

Link to my Hendon Mob

Only the one entry

http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=226075

Confirmed

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Link to my Hendon Mob

Only the one entry

http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=226075

I was always a straight A student in school and came out with mainly A's and B's. 

Brilliant.

Sorry but i had to be the first to point it out! Gl with the diary.

Haha I know i realised it came out like that after i typed but couldnt be bothered changing it. think you know what i mean though!

Thanks!

I dont even know what i've written even makes sense!

Feel free to ask questions etc

A little bit about me

I was always a straight A student in school and came out with mainly A's and B's. 

It was when i went to college that I found poker and my days were spent in the canteen playing £1 games writing down who owed what to who as we were on camera. 

I played my first tournaments in Rileys snooker club and proceeded to play there for a good year, eventually becoming one of the better players through pure aggresive play.

I started university in Sep 2007 to study for a chemistry degree.  This is where poker took over my life and not in the good way.  I blew the best part of £15k in one year and by the end of the first year found myself in some deep trouble.

At uni, I played on stars and played 3/6 with one or two buy ins, building it up and losing it all again.  Had i known about BRM maybe i'd be doing this poker thing professionally.

The sickest thing i ever did was play in a freerool on stars, won a $11 tournament ticket. PLayed a $11 180 SNG and won roughly $550.  With that, i went straight onto the cash tables and proceeded to win just over $11,000 in the space of an hour simply by moving up stakes where i had one full buy in.  This came to a crashing halt when i sat on a 50/100 table i think and lost the lost with KK where i made a set and the other player made a flush. 

I took two years out from the game as i was degening out of control, got myself a job, quit uni and concentrated on paying back what I owed to numerous banks, credit card companies and friends.

Earning £1200 a month and having only £200 after paying my debts, i realised the value of money.

Two years ago, i enrolled back to university to study for a Maths degree, i now have 2 yyears remaining and hopefully will complete it.

I have started playing poker again semi seriously over the last 18 months and have my bankroll at approx £5000.  This is not my life roll and is completely seperate from everything.

The plan is to finish my degree, play pokers atleast 4 times a week and build a bankroll big enough to move up stakes and take it from there.

Having scrolled through the diaries for the past 6 months, I feel in the mood to make my own.

I have taken great inspiration from others who have posted, not leaving any details out and generally posting their honest thoughts and feelings.

No one on here will know me so a brief introduction.  

My name is Ash (may post full name later) and I live in Preston in the NW. I am 24 years old and currently work as a manager for an Accident Management company with poker on the side.

I think starting this diary will help me tremendously both through interaction with others on this forum and by me describing my feelings on a day to day basis (mostly involving pokers)

I have many degen stories which may come to light later on but I have moved on from there and now go about life in general with a level head (i think).  

i have a bankroll which is comfortable for 1/2, but have no intention whatsoever at the moment to grind for a living (hopefull y in the future).

I mainly play live cash either at any of the MAnchester casinos or private games.

I also have a streak of sports betting in me which maybe i should stop to concentrate fully on poker

Thanks for reading and hope to entertain all readers in the coming weeks and months!

I've gone for Arsenal (-1) @ 13/20 with Hills (£500)

They were the best price out off the bookies i use online

GL to all playing today

I played yesterday and a lot of bad play with some bad luck also ended my day within three hours running bottom set into top set

i know probly should have, two wonder goals from them cost me. still made a nice little earner though.

onto the usual single or doubles now

All 4 teams winning now!

sheff utd, city and rangers all winning so far

lost before it even started, two wonder goals from portsmouth, 94th minute goal gutting

anyway, put another selection on
Birmingham
Brentford
Sheff Utd
Rangers