Prose from a Poshboy

[skolsuper]

will you start playing 5/5 now? or gamre selectinbg hard at 1knl?

Game selecting whenever, will play 2/5 when it runs if the game is good. Only play 5/10 once in a while if the game is really good AND it's not too big because it's still a shot with my roll i reckon.

Just because you're rolled for a game doesn't mean you are ready for the swings. But you'll learn that on your own no doubt.

[dik9]

Alex, you are now comfortably rolled for a £1/2, make a living! Don't go balla and spunk the lot!

[cambridgealex]

Alex, you are now comfortably rolled for a £1/2, make a living! Don't go balla and spunk the lot!

Not going to!

[mondatoo]

Definitely should spunk off a little bit though, like 10% at least.

[dik9]

Pleased to hear bud, all about the grind

[pleno1]

i wasnt trolling btw, i think moving up and taking shots is fine if u give urself a stop loss, ur def pro enough to manage the swings imo

<3 hero obv.

[Woodsey]

Alex, you are now comfortably rolled for a £1/2, make a living! Don't go balla and spunk the lot!

Not going to!

Please do it and keep the thread interesting 

[kinboshi]

Obviously not all your winnings will go into your roll, and neither should it.

But you'll have more than enough for the 1/2, but I doubt you'd have enough for the 2/5, except to play it occasionally. Or do you disagree? What roll do you reckon you'd need for the 2/5 game?

[cambridgealex]

£30-40k

[smashedagain]

i dont want to piss on anyones parade here but Alex has won one years wage here after deductions. i dont think it is even possible for him to make a decent living in a £1/£2 game (which often sits with 4/5 mates all trying to eat off the same table and with some rakes the game is impossible for 4 people to break even from let alone make a wage)  especially when he has to live on his own and along comes wife kids and all the responsibility.

You need to be realistic in the fact that Alex was struggling before keith and james came along to back him in the £1/£2 game. i read that you were going on your own now which i thought was a joke but having just read Skolsuper's post i aint sure. i would now step upto £2/£5 but you have to do this with the financial security of being backed by those two. i know you will have given keith and James an excellent roi but surely staying under their wing has to be more sensible option.

my advice if you go on your own would be give a substantial amount 10k/15k to the parents to look after, enjoy a large chunk on holidays and being balla with  Hannah then add 10k to your poker roll. In 6 month time you will know if or not you are doing the right thing and can re evaluate.

good luck and dont follow Amy Winehouse

[Free_Rollin]

£30-40k

I think playing the £2/£5 off a £20k-£25k roll is fine. But it depends on your style a lot. If you're going to play LAG, your swings will obviously be higher. Game selection will be more important the higher you go. Sitting in a £1/£2 game, chances are you're going to be pretty comfortable in the majority of line ups. This probably won't be the case in every £2/£5+ game.

When I was playing a game that I wasn't rolled for last year, I'd be playing pretty tight. However in the £1/£2 games I was playing like a lunatic. Seemed to work pretty well.

[Free_Rollin]

will you start playing 5/5 now? or gamre selectinbg hard at 1knl?

Game selecting whenever, will play 2/5 when it runs if the game is good. Only play 5/10 once in a while if the game is really good AND it's not too big because it's still a shot with my roll i reckon.

Just because you're rolled for a game doesn't mean you are ready for the swings. But you'll learn that on your own no doubt.

And definitely this.

[jakally]

£30-40k

I think playing the £2/£5 off a £20k-£25k roll is fine. But it depends on your style a lot. If you're going to play LAG, your swings will obviously be higher. Game selection will be more important the higher you go. Sitting in a £1/£2 game, chances are you're going to be pretty comfortable in the majority of line ups. This probably won't be the case in every £2/£5+ game.

When I was playing a game that I wasn't rolled for last year, I'd be playing pretty tight. However in the £1/£2 games I was playing like a lunatic. Seemed to work pretty well.

To play £2/£5 (at DTD when it runs) anything less than a £1k buy in is shortstacking.
£20 - £25k is much too short for anything except taking shots.

[zerofive]

£30-40k

Is this assuming you'll be buying in for £1k a time?

Seems like £1/2 of your own back with shots at £2/5 and £5/5 or £5/10 is fine. I know a lot of people with a wealth of experience are saying "then along comes wife/kids etc." but given the natural progression of things, Alex is definitely smart enough to find his rhythm in medium stakes games before planning to wed and having a couple of poshlets.

[jakally]

Alex was struggling before keith and james came along to back him in the £1/£2 game. i read that you were going on your own now which i thought was a joke but having just read Skolsuper's post i aint sure. i would now step upto £2/£5 but you have to do this with the financial security of being backed by those two. i know you will have given keith and James an excellent roi but surely staying under their wing has to be more sensible option.

Don't like this advice much.

AFAIK Alex's profit at £1/£2 since being staked has been pretty good, and the main reason for being staked was being under-rolled.
The money he's been lumping over to Keith and James is much better in his pocket, and it's a no-brainer to start playing under his own dime.

The £2/£5 games run infrequently, and are, on average, tougher than the £1/£2 games.
Alex is right, playing sometimes, and game selecting is ok, but trying to make a living from them, particularly being staked, is not.