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31  Poker Forums / Diaries and Blogs / Re: The Wild Rollercoaster - Just A Kid With A Lifelong Dream on: February 05, 2014, 12:38:02 AM
You can tell from your posts that you have a great passion for the game, but with deadlines approaching etc, the best thing to do would be to take a break from poker.

The game will still be here whenever you come back to it, it isn't going anywhere.

Your university degree is worth so much more than grinding a few tournaments, even if it doesn't feel like it now.

Don't drop the course, you will regret it.

Good Luck!

Nah i'll never drop the degree, as much as i sit here saying it it'd take something rather impressive for me to bother doing that. And when the deadlines come up (and ive spoken to the tutors and put a plan in place for workloads) then naturally everything takes a break. But during my downtime i always have and always want to dedicate myself to this game, you are right, i have a passion. I love it to pieces...I won't deny i don't work as hard as some on here but believe me had i the money/spare time then i'd throw my life behind it. Before uni that's what i did...hense why my best years are behind me :\

I won't drop it. But i don't want to sacrifice anything on the way IF i can help it.
32  Poker Forums / Diaries and Blogs / Re: The Wild Rollercoaster - Just A Kid With A Lifelong Dream on: February 05, 2014, 12:16:27 AM
Decided to do an update seeing as i want to keep this as active as possible. University is slowly but surely falling apart, sometime this week i reckon im going to pull one of the tutors aside because deadlines are creeping and it needs to be sorted. I know it's a commitment issue as ive been in education for 18 years, university for four and america, this degree, the tutors and a few other things are taking their toll on me...at the point where if someone offered me a half decent job id drop in a heartbeat...sad but true. Hence why it needs fixing.

On the poker front ive been playing online a bit, few smallish cashes, nothing of any note to report really. I could put some hands up but unlike the GPS there's none i see as cause for debate, again i might if i re-read them (which ive started to do two days after the tournament so im not "in the moment thinking". Any advice on if i should do it after 1? 3?) Live ive been doing my bollocks in since the final table...not because of events but because of liferoll. Unfortunatley i can't seperate the money because, honestly, i have no ability to stop myself. If i had a £3k bankroll and was struggling to get the train to uni 1. The family would kill me, 2. I'd probably kill me. Just ugh.

I'd love the chance to source buyins longterm, even if i had to start ULTRA LOW...but alas. I'll keep plugging away! Not much gonna stop me!
33  Poker Forums / Diaries and Blogs / Re: From a generic Degree to a leading Poker Practitioner on: February 01, 2014, 01:45:35 PM
Some kind of witchcraft going on here I swear....
34  Poker Forums / Diaries and Blogs / Re: The Wild Rollercoaster - Just A Kid With A Lifelong Dream on: February 01, 2014, 03:41:19 AM
Plans For January

Seeing as this is the quietest month of the year with regards to everything, I think it best to start slow, trying to push to do things in a month that is typically the worst for backers/friends/family/me sounds a little retarded. Hopefully i'll do this each month and go from there, the plans laid out will get more detailed in the coming months once i have a gauge for how much im actually capable of.

Live Events For 01/14
£440 Genting Poker Series Nottingham - 10/01 (57.65%)
£80 XXL Giant 17/01 (51.50%)
£80 XXL Giant 24/01 (98.43%, 4/255)
£80 XXL Giant 31/01 (6.48%)


Online Events For 01/14
Play 50 Tournaments (1/50)

University 01/14
Finish Leadership & Employability Coursework
Start Forex Trading Dissertation

League Of Legends 01/14
Learn One More ADC And One More Jungle Champion (Learnt Four Total)
50 LP In Bronze 1 (Still Bronze 5)

Other Tasks 01/14
Apply For The University Gym - Find What Level We Are At

First month works well in half the areas....and disastrously in others...Happy im playing live to the level i want to be but the online (as the last two pages go to show) is abysmal...uni is worrying me because its fast looking to be falling apart, not through lack of knowledge but after 18 years ive simply had enough...not to mention other stuff surrounding it. League seems to be on a hiatus as the bronze V scrubs are driving me insane...playing the placement on tilt was always gonna end badly! And the gym thing seems to have fallen...but ive got my dad sorting things on that front so i expect it to be better going forward.
35  Poker Forums / Diaries and Blogs / Re: The Wild Rollercoaster - Just A Kid With A Lifelong Dream on: February 01, 2014, 03:34:57 AM
I do love the ability of hindsight...When i wrote that...as I write most blogs (That's the point imo) it was one of those "been thinking for a while, suddenly depressed...to the blog!"...As much as it pains me I agree with all of you. There are the odd little bits i would correct/question but they merely serve to wave my dick about, which is not something i want to do as 98% of what's been written I simply have no arguments against and, as much as it may not look it on the surface...I appreciate more than you will ever realise. Rexas has the best one with transferring the "money doesnt matter" mentality...after re-reading what ive typed previously it does look very contradictory (Look? it is...) to say i would play for nothing live but when it "effectively" is nothing online i simply cant be arsed....I know why, it's all about distractions, live i don't have them where as online i all kinds of do...suppose once distractions come into it the money begins to matter (wont try and find an excuse...it simply shouldn't be an excuse, hands up to that one)...Anyone got specific advice on reducing distractions while playing online? If not ruling them out altogether?

I need to sort out the motivation...cause it clearly exists everywhere else, why not here?

36  Poker Forums / Diaries and Blogs / Re: Vegas & The Aftermath - Diary on: January 31, 2014, 01:53:21 PM
That's the problem with kids today; they think they invented abuse.

They invented a form of it which the older generation find irritating.
As much as I don't agree with my generations take on it. I would imagine when you lot were young (huehuehue) that your "elders" thought much the same thing.
37  Poker Forums / Diaries and Blogs / Re: Vegas & The Aftermath - Diary on: January 31, 2014, 01:50:28 PM

So, after sonour mentioned Vicky, I wanted to find something, a wonderful article Miss Coren had written a while back. google it is, then.

And I stumbled across something that made me realise how much things have changed. 

The thread I'm going to link too has no dissenters, & the Mods at 2+2 saw no need to Moderate it, apparently.

Is this how we behave these days? Is this normal? Do people really mean these things? Would they say it to their face?

I can honestly say, that thread was a slap in the face to me. I can barely believe such horrible people exist, & how much society has changed in so short a time.. 

Perhaps it is "humour", & I'm missing the point. Yes, no?
 
Note, for example, the Post by "sjiiex" on Page 1 of the thread.

WARNING - this may cause offence.

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/54/poker-beats-brags-variance/i-wana-bang-vicky-coren-1098233/



This made me laugh FAR more than it probably should have....gotta love dem yanks xD

Ha!

That's the thing, you see, we all see these things in a different way.

To me, it was utterly vile, as were those who contributed, to others, quite normal people, regular guys, it's very funny.

I think I spend too much time thinking about these things, maybe I need to get out more. Or less.

Funny ? I'm speechless. Well actually no I'm not. This isn't intended as personal against anybody but what kind of person would find that funny ?
It's not an age thing Tikay, it's a matter of upbringing or as my old headmaster used to say breeding. I can here him mutter it now ' no breeding, Lisa, no breeding '
Their  parents have a lot to answer for. Where did it all go wrong Tikay?

Totally disagree with this, I've been brought up effectively with an iron fist, and in my public life can behave as I'm expected to basically at all times...

Still doesn't mean I can't laugh my head off at stuff I probably shouldn't though.
38  Poker Forums / Diaries and Blogs / Re: Vegas & The Aftermath - Diary on: January 31, 2014, 01:48:06 PM

So, after sonour mentioned Vicky, I wanted to find something, a wonderful article Miss Coren had written a while back. google it is, then.

And I stumbled across something that made me realise how much things have changed. 

The thread I'm going to link too has no dissenters, & the Mods at 2+2 saw no need to Moderate it, apparently.

Is this how we behave these days? Is this normal? Do people really mean these things? Would they say it to their face?

I can honestly say, that thread was a slap in the face to me. I can barely believe such horrible people exist, & how much society has changed in so short a time.. 

Perhaps it is "humour", & I'm missing the point. Yes, no?
 
Note, for example, the Post by "sjiiex" on Page 1 of the thread.

WARNING - this may cause offence.

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/54/poker-beats-brags-variance/i-wana-bang-vicky-coren-1098233/



It is not humour and you are not missing the point. You only have to watch programmes like Jeremy Kyle to realise how some people live and behave.
They wouldn't say it to her face and if they did she would soon put them in their place.
I don't know what more to say, it really is sickening. I'm just glad we don't get any of that sort of rubbish on Blonde.

Well there we have it.

Consecutive replies say "that made me laugh" & "it really is sickening".

I suppose there is room for all views.

We do sometimes have blondes saying they'd like us to be more like 2+2, & I've no idea how to reply. I do know I'd rather the place closed than let it go down that route, but I also know that the Membership as a whole are of a much younger generation, who expect different things.

"that sort of rubbish on blonde"? It may well happen, but not whilst I'm here.

On a brighter note, I think I'm going to play my first Live Poker in about 6 months next week, & toodle up to the Vic to play the GUKPT Omaha jhobbie. With real people, face to face. 

I've actually played more poker Online in the last few months than ever before, I did a little Challenge, which I absolutely loved, & enjoyed every minute of. Just small-ball, turning £200 into £1,000, which I achieved, momentarily. Currently, I'm turning £1,000 into £200 it seems, judging by this week's sessions.

All good really.

It's this very section I agree with the most. Blonde is more for older, wiser and less juvenile poker player....sure 2+2 are largely my generation (trust me, I'm not proud of it) but I appreciate the debates and topics on here FAR MORE than a bunch of puberty ridden morons who love to berate everyone with less skill than them in a global dick waving contest....it's sad really.

And agree with the contrast, differing opinions on comedy are what makes it great.
39  Poker Forums / Diaries and Blogs / Re: Vegas & The Aftermath - Diary on: January 31, 2014, 01:23:41 PM

So, after sonour mentioned Vicky, I wanted to find something, a wonderful article Miss Coren had written a while back. google it is, then.

And I stumbled across something that made me realise how much things have changed. 

The thread I'm going to link too has no dissenters, & the Mods at 2+2 saw no need to Moderate it, apparently.

Is this how we behave these days? Is this normal? Do people really mean these things? Would they say it to their face?

I can honestly say, that thread was a slap in the face to me. I can barely believe such horrible people exist, & how much society has changed in so short a time.. 

Perhaps it is "humour", & I'm missing the point. Yes, no?
 
Note, for example, the Post by "sjiiex" on Page 1 of the thread.

WARNING - this may cause offence.

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/54/poker-beats-brags-variance/i-wana-bang-vicky-coren-1098233/



This made me laugh FAR more than it probably should have....gotta love dem yanks xD
40  Poker Forums / Diaries and Blogs / Re: The Wild Rollercoaster - Just A Kid With A Lifelong Dream on: January 31, 2014, 01:07:00 PM
Must Be A Heater....But How To Keep Warm?

I'm going to take a guess that I'm on some sort of roll, deep runs all over the place, a five event average of over 70% for the first time in years, over a grand up on the year, seven winning days with three winning days in a row...you'd wonder why I'm as broke as I am sometimes!

But it is making me wonder....there's momentum now, sure it's not a lot and at no point am I going to claim that because of a good streak like this I'm clearly amazing and should be playing all the deep stacks. I mean I'm still making mistakes, if only small ones....that said I think to not take advantage of this good fortune would be to let it go to waste...

The question I'm now asking myself however is what to do going forward...I clearly want to press this opportunity to possibly build a respectable bankroll, plus the fact I'm having so many deep runs is starting to turn heads...I've got options, but some are far more appealing than others...

Firstly, and I'm nipping this in the bud now. I don't want to play online. I'm aware the people that frequent this blog will throw their hands up stating that they clearly can't help me then. But the simple fact is I enjoy live more, my play style suits live more, I get more out of my game playing live and currently I the money I have left after life expenses and stuff means if I did go and play online I'd have a schedule that'd last about five days...and I'll cover two responses off right now

1. Play smaller events - no, I literally do not have the motivation to play through five thousand man retard crapshoots where all I'm going to do is get sucked out on by garbage because "it's a $2 comp and they don't care" or make an ultra deep run worth barely fifty quid.

2. Find the motivation - tried, failed, multiple times over many years. Not about to put my first realistic bankroll in 7 months online just to sit there three hours in and go "cool, I cashed twice for a fiver...fuck my life"

Now I want to make clear now that if this bankroll grows in size, to the point where an online bankroll looks to be worth it then I will most definitely make the switch. But I simply don't see $300 as enough motivation. And at the end of the day it's all about motivation. That's why I'm doing so well at the moment, I love live, I'm doing well at it, and its rewarding me.

But with regards to live....do I stick to £25's? Or do I start moving to £50's/£100's with the intention of selling more...I've always been notorious for going into events with next to no % and I'm not adversed to doing that again...do I only play bigger when the guarantees are stupid (and field sizes with it) or do I gradually move up? Or do I just throw caution to the wind and find someone willing to take a swing?

Need to work these out relatively soon...this gravy train may not have too many more stops to go...or does it?
41  Poker Forums / Diaries and Blogs / Re: The Wild Rollercoaster - Just A Kid With A Lifelong Dream on: January 28, 2014, 04:49:33 PM
When Dreaming Becomes Too Much

Watching these last few weeks unfold has been one filled with alot of joy, tainted with disappointment...and knowing over the next few weeks it's only going to get worse :-( It is true what ive been told before...my emotions, on the whole, swing wildly with the wind...pretty much if it changes direction im not too far behind it.

The deep run in the XXL was great, it feels nice to start the year off with a bang, keeping my cash>final table rate up was a bonus and finally cracking $20k in live earnings was a big achievement...going forward I look forward to the challenges ahead. Losing my wallet and half the winnings was a bitter pill to have to swallow...somewhere out there someone just got a late Christmas present but it still doesn't help the situation i now find myself back in...elated one day, devastated the next.

What's worse though is that ive had to sell chunks for the DTD Grand Prix (Something that had the wallet not gone missing would never have happened) But what upsets me the most is the inability to play the UKPC...Now i know what everyone is going to sit there and say with regards to "not rolled for it, low variance, don't take such big shots" yadda yadda yadda....that is who I am...I can't help but feel intensely disappointed when i had my heart set on playing the first ever British championships the moment it was announced...and in my own local as well...I would play for next to nothing just for the chance, and still give it all the love and dedication as if i had all 100% for myself. I know the XXL is, at the moment, a one off...I just wish we'd have got to 2nd...not even the win, im not greedy, but second would have been enough to have won the free seat, added £500 towards it and lived out a dream...I refuse to give up hope...and i would sell vast intense chunks to play this...we can only dream (Oh, and anyone who wants to say "if you dont have X invested you aren't dedicated enough" can basically stop reading now. Sorry, anyone with that mindset approaches this game with a mindset i simply do not understand nor appreciate. I don't need financial commitment to be dedicated, no matter what anyone else wants to believe)

Ugh. Here i was four days ago elated with the chance to make something of this....one drunken mistake and now im back down where i was....Suppose you can't miss what you never really had eh?
42  Poker Forums / Diaries and Blogs / Re: "The Downswings of Property and Poker" on: January 28, 2014, 12:52:15 AM
A bed for £175? is it made out of paper?
43  Poker Forums / Diaries and Blogs / Re: The Wild Rollercoaster - Just A Kid With A Lifelong Dream on: January 28, 2014, 12:09:12 AM
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Here is the heads up idea ive been toying with that i mentioned before...basically it toys off the idea of six divisions and a seven tournament final. Each match has the bankroll from the previous game, any loss tells you where to go and if there is any money leftover (after rounding down) it ends up becoming a kind of safety cash. At prescribed levels you are instructed to cash out a prize, naturally it drops you down but at the end of the day if you are good enough to get that high this will eliminate "run good runs"...you actually have to become good at HU to consider going deep at this. It finds out those high on the variance scale very quickly.

Now im not saying this is a good idea for those grinding (far from it) more something a bit gimicky that provides a bit of fun motivation to learn the game. You'll quickly find after a few hundred games what division you are hovering around and (by that very nature) what levels you should play it if you were to be taking it seriously and started grinding. I'd be very interested to see if someone could manage to weather the early variance and actually make it from bottom to top in this...if you did it without breaks or knockbacks it'd be 59 matches to get from $1.50 to nearly $26,500....that said one insane run and you could pull this off in a day or two...LOL or not xD
44  Poker Forums / Diaries and Blogs / Re: The Wild Rollercoaster - Just A Kid With A Lifelong Dream on: January 27, 2014, 12:13:51 PM
Long time lurker of this Blog! Wd on your score at DTD! Always really nice to boost your confidence with these type of scores. Sincerely hope you crush the life challenges as well. Good luck mate!

Thanks mate much appreciated Cheesy
45  Poker Forums / Diaries and Blogs / Re: The Wild Rollercoaster - Just A Kid With A Lifelong Dream on: January 27, 2014, 03:51:24 AM
If only it were that simple...

2014 pretty much could not have started off better really...after having spent 7 months without a decent score and 4 months without a cash at all...just managed to come 4/255 in the XXL giant :-) obviously disappointed to have not won it when six handed I had a monster chip lead and lost AK < J9 and JJ < AJ for what would have effectively been the entire tournament but that being said two happy backers and a nice £950 payday says January couldn't have started better :-D

Also majorly happy that for a change I've been going to Dusk Till Dawn recently with a whole new game approach, basically decided that fancy play syndrome was a pile of crap and that it needed to go...clearly worked! I'd played very well in the GPS and it showed but other comps I had a tendency to want to win everything every hand...having since sorted that out things have improved massively and I've been enjoying going. Having the mentality to enjoy myself rather than having to prove myself is nice :-) going forward I will defiantly be playing more XXL's and seeing if we can't try and get something going

Well....at least the poker is going well, real life sucks...managed literally the day after this win to get myself in a serious bind. Managed to lose my wallet in town last night....after having forgot to sort all of the money out :/ luckily I'd taken out all of the backing money the night before (always force myself to, it's proved worthwhile) but of the 70% that was mine I've managed to lose a decent chunk of it :-/

My own fault, life lesson learnt...but fuck me it stings...pokers going really well, I just wish everything else around it was....ah well, onward and upward!
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