Hello, everyone. I'm looking to sell 30-50 percent of myself in the upcoming Monte Carlo £250k GTD on Friday, December 18 to Sunday, December 21 at Dusk Till Dawn, Nottingham.
I am primarily a cash player. I play mainly on iPoker, six-handed NLH with stakes ranging from $0.25/0.50 to $2/4. My normal game is 10-tabling $1/2 with max sit-down. I tend to play rather sporadically depending on work commitments, but recently I've been playing quite a few hours over the last couple of months. I played heads-up cash for a while and got up to $5/10, but had a bad run of luck, lost most of my heads-up profit, and returned to six-handed. I've broke even (excluding rake) over the last couple of months, but, overall, I am a winning cash player.
I rarely play tournaments. I think the only tournaments I've played this year were two $1,500 bracelet events at this year's WSOP. The reason for this is simply convenience and the high luck/variance factor involved. I am planning more live events though, because I enjoy them, they provide a refreshing change from online cash and offer me a chance to catch up with people I rarely see due to no longer covering live tournaments. I also think the side games are worthwhile. However, I'm only really going to play good structured events as I feel they best suit my game as a cash player as I believe I'll be able to play the streets better than most.
I don't tend to take too much notice of others' previous tournament experiences unless they have played a lot, as I don't think it's that relevant. I think playing and talking to people, reading their hand analysis, and learning how they fair in cash games over a large number of hands serves better relevance than knowing someone fluked a tournament once. As previously mentioned, my tournament experience is limited of late, although I have played several £1,000 plus events. My best performance was probably 19th of 433 at the 2008 GUKPT Vic. Again, I only played 10 events in 2008, but did make a final table at the first ever DTD Deepstack Festival in August, coming 8th in the £500 Main Event. I've taken a few unwise shots at big events, but I'm still around £10-15k up in tournaments.
My Hendon Mob can be found below, although it doesn't show my biggest cash which was £4,200 at a Walsall £300 event.
http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=47532I will be selling at spot rate including registration. The buy-in is £1,000+90, so 10 percent sells for £109.
I won't accept staking unless monies are received before the start of the event. I'm flexible on payments. Direct bank transfer is the most preferable, but I'll also take a PokerStars transfer or cash on the day of the event. I'd rather have few backers than lots of one percent investments, so the minimum stake is five percent
I'm going to play the DTD online satellites as I think they are good value. I played Monday but missed out by a few places due to a cooler. I did qualify for the £300 monthly though. If I qualify via a satellite, the staking will still stand. I'm assuming this isn't unethical.
Barring a sudden cash downswing, I'll probably play this event anyhow, but would prefer to risk less than the full buy-in due to variance. Despite my lack of recent tournament experience, I do think I have a decent edge in this event.
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