How long did it take you to be able to play 8 tables of Zoom?

Do you tend to use Fast Fold on 2/3 tables more than the others?

I already had practice 24 tabling 6max normal games, so 8 tables of zoom was actually a bit easier than that I dunno how long it originally took me to get efficient at mass multitabling, maybe nearly a year cos i wasnt doing it full time at that point. I think my time would have been better spent on playing less tables and focusing on improving as a player tho.


I dont really know if i use fast fold on some tables more than others. I think its just random tbh.

So i think im going to take another day off the grind today. Currently i'm losing for the month and if things stay as they are then it will be my first losing month as a pro. I dont think ive handled this downswing well, playing quite badly at times due to frustration and not taking enough breaks. I play 8 tables of Zoom. Thats roughly 15 -1600 hands per hour and when things arent going my way over a long period of time it does start to effect the way i play significantly. I have a leak where i always play longer sessions when im losing and a tendancy to book winning sessions early, this has lead to me playing some huge losing sessions this month and no big winning ones = losing player obv.

play 6max imo.

Also 16/14/5 for FR isn't tight at all if anything its on the loose side.

What are your stats shipitholla?

Cliffs?

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hahahaahhaaha amazing

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

Thanks Mitch! I miss seeing you guys at DTD. Will try and visit soon.

You can see Mitch from space rofl xx

Titty itt!! Still grinding sky?

In ofc! missed page one as I was busy with Avengers!

Tyty!

Legooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Hey thanks! Congrats on the recent scores

GL mate, will be following.

Cheers Alex.

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

Thanks Mitch! I miss seeing you guys at DTD. Will try and visit soon.

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

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

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

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

Tyty!!

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

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.