Right, for sure confirmed to be playing this, one last sweep of my backers both old and new has produced some goods...now playing for a much more manageable 63%, so this is still a massive chunk of change but doesn't break my back if it goes wrong...just the kid with the dream that wants nothing more than it to come true! Bed for me...10 hours of probably the biggest day one ive ever played awaits

Nah it's a fair one. My argument for this way is I know I'm playing anyway and knowing that, with money being tight I'd get severely irritated blowing upwards of £50+ on sats, fail to qualify, then dump £400 into the event anyway

2.5% please need a sweat!

Haha i'm fairly sure i'm gonna get a size 12 boot up my arse if i turn this into a staking thread! This was more so that i could express the worry not to try and inadvertently ask for backers
That said, if you've got facebook i can sort it with you there

I felt ill looking at this picture BEFORE i even knew it was deuces wild....with that information....holy christ...

[Common Sense....A Failing Quality]

Common Sense....A Failing Quality

That pretty much defines my life...I preach common sense and detest stupidity in all of its forms. Yet practicing what I preach has become increasingly difficult over the years...Emotions take over, desire overrides normality...everything goes out of the window the second I care for, or have a passion for, anything in my life...This year and this moment are no exception.

I've spent weeks pushing to play the GPS this weekend...contacted countless backers both new and old, posted online more times than I care to mention and worked my budget pretty much as well as I can...To no avail. With two days to go until my preferred day one I'm sitting here with 14% locked up, all the loyal backers dead due to Christmas (nothing against it, totally understand) and no more coming out of the woodwork in a last ditch Lazarus attempt to save me from my own insanity or have the faith in me to carry out a task ive been all giddy for for months...

So what now?

Do I just give up on the idea of playing my first tour event of the year? Letting only the second backing venture of my life fail and easily the highest profile of them...To you guys that might not sound that bad but my backers are not poker players, they do not see things through our eyes...they don't see that events can occasionally not fire for events in or out of our control...all they see (and I have been told this from their own mouths) is a failed attempt and that is apparently a sign people have given up on me. Momentum is everything with these guys and while sure I push for things quite hard, as ive been told before if I didn't have the drive I do most wouldn't bother....I can't let that momentum slip. Especially when I could easily rectify the problem myself.

Do I throw myself into the arms of unknown people? And basically sell myself to people/potential backers who have never even met me? Past form is everything and I don't have a five figure sum knocking me over from as recently as a month ago...come to think of it I don't have a five figure result full stop. Plus can you imagine the response to the rough translation of "You don't know me but I think I'm good, can haz monies plz".....Yeah....No.

Or do I throw my entire weight behind this...Put the rest up myself, throw caution to the wind and take my one chance right at the start of the year...Sure my luck is going pretty damn well as of late, and sure (for me at least) I'm in the form of my life...but the past doesn't buy you an extra 2%...confidence alone does not make you win things...this game is a cruel mistress and she takes no prisoners, one mistake and you get spat into the bar with the rest of the failed hopers and dreamers....If it worked then I would have a godly amount of money at my disposal...Win? My life pretty much gets flipped upside down on the spot. Nothing would be the same next week as it is now...Lose? Well...£400 of a student's money when he has no source of income?....Sure I have the benefit of being able to not play scared...but I don't have the ability to not be crying by the end of it...

Pros, Cons, Advantages, Disadvantages, Good Side, Bad Side, Dreams, Reality.....



Fuck It. I'm going for it...

[It's not like I'm planning to nuke the entire lot on buyins]

Spin spin spinnnn!

Nah in complete fairness that loan will go to Uni materials and travel for the duration. But the loan is designed to make things more comfortable for you while you are there also. And this makes me more comfortable than anything else. It's not like I'm planning to nuke the entire lot on buyins, even if I wish I could/would/should xD

isn't it?

Damn you gilly. Damn you ye of little faith!

where do you live? with parents or in accomodation? dont you need your loan for food and everyday stuff?

Parents until I've got a stable job, then moving in with the girlfriend. It does pay for everyday stuff, I just live like a true student...on scratch. Which means alot of it is spare money.

Spin spin spinnnn!

Nah in complete fairness that loan will go to Uni materials and travel for the duration. But the loan is designed to make things more comfortable for you while you are there also. And this makes me more comfortable than anything else. It's not like I'm planning to nuke the entire lot on buyins, even if I wish I could/would/should xD

What kind of percentages will u have in these live events?!

Do you have a long term deal or sell one event at a time?!

If long term, how did this come about - always intrigued by this, but understand if you cannot give answers.

Good Luck!

For these specific ones, unlike most normal ones, i will have between 80-100% of myself. My student loan is soon so i will utilize that as much as i can.
However knowing what you was referring to, my usual events are between 15-25% of myself, if im above 40% its a shock

I sell one event at a time for the most part, with the occasional festival package thrown in where possible. I would give just about anything for a long term deal but alas i haven't had the luck to be in the right place at the right time. Give it chance though

The few long terms i used to have have usually been as a result of a large win and they've gone to back me for a while following that, or close friends who have gone under the logic "i wouldn't forgive myself if i gave up and that was the one you binked on"

Again, if i got a long term one it would be a dream come true, but we shall see

[Plans For January]

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
£80 XXL Giant 17/01
£80 XXL Giant 24/01
£80 XXL Giant 31/01

Online Events For 01/14
Play 50 Tournaments

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
50 LP In Bronze 1

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

ice shade, would you dress up extravgantly for online final tables? or online day ?

I know some people do this on Football Manager for cup finals

Suit up for the FA cup final? Mate ive seen his housemates do it with him!

And no, if anything i'd likely just be in my boxers...

I don't even play mid stakes

Still wouldn't mind being a penny behind you

[Just a mid stakes/low stake grinder who is a constant winner.]

Your comment about coaching, how much research has gone into this? If you get a decent about one reference I can assure you that very quickly they will begin to plug leaks for you. They don't cost the earth, especially if you buy a block of sessions.

Agree. By god I don't mean a guy who crushes Hi level MTT's, Just a mid stakes/low stake grinder who is a constant winner.

i have a feeling Gilly is trying to suggest something here...

Wouldn't put myself in the constant winner category just yet

Call

Bear in mind a white 20 something tourament player that shipped one event has almost no chance of getting a sponsorship deal. I mean look at Alex, Deadman or Rastafish. These guys have gotten a ton of exposure and no deals are coming their way (afaik).

What do you do when you study for the 2 hours? That sounds like a lot but maybe it isn't if your just watching videos or listening to podcasts.

Nah totally understand that, I make no bones about the fact they'd deserve it more than me. However, and this may be cause for being flamed but personal opinion here...One thing that sites/companies look for is someone who is engaging, media friendly and someone who can warm to the cameras...now im not saying the aforementioned names do not have those qualities, some of them do in abundance...but there is a big difference between being sponsorship materials, and TRYING to be sponsorship material.

My argument would be that in poker as with anything else. You've got to be a lot better to be gifted professional contracts, but if you jump up and down trying to get noticed, sure you polarize people, but you become more noticeable, and it only takes one to have that punt.

If anyone getting sponsorship for warm, friendly , good player , loud , good looking , best Chinese player in the world and etc , I deserved the sponsorship ! Lol

I was doing brilliant until the spec sheet said Chinese, damnit! Guess it's all yours then ;-)

Not posted/played for a while because I've been grinding the back end off my Xbox One (let me know if you have one, will get you added as I have very few friends on there).

Played yesterday and the  before, turned a small loss for both sessions. Managed to lose 3 20/80s for pots of 100k+, pretty frustrating as it could have ended up as a larrrrge profit.

Really quite interested (in a non-sadistic way) in seeing how my mentality changes when I start to run terrible over a long period of time (two months+) as it is obviously inevitable in the world of MTT's where I play 15 a day max.

Too many people around you to end up going on life tilt, you'd be fine