Confidence at an all time low so playing badly and clueless.

[Boba Fett]

This probably aint gonna be your usual pha but  please spend the time and effort because i want some opinions ty.

Last night I dropped down to play a £150 at Dtd. The last few weeks I have had some great fun in these comps as people tend to be a lot more relaxed and up for the craic. Having said that we have had a couple of slow rolls and some definate angle shooting going on by people who on investigation have zero hendonmob flags so I have issued a couple of yellow cards and bollockings. I am sat in seat 9 and never even noticed PeeJay sit down as I have been talking bollocks and laughing at Amjad getting a young valet to pack in half way through who first shift just because after 3 attempts she could not manage to make a hot cup of tea. Tbf she did say she was gonna pack in at the end of the shift anyway because it was not the job for her.

Havent read the thread but I hope its 11 pages of love for this line

[Tal]

This probably aint gonna be your usual pha but  please spend the time and effort because i want some opinions ty.

Last night I dropped down to play a £150 at Dtd. The last few weeks I have had some great fun in these comps as people tend to be a lot more relaxed and up for the craic. Having said that we have had a couple of slow rolls and some definate angle shooting going on by people who on investigation have zero hendonmob flags so I have issued a couple of yellow cards and bollockings. I am sat in seat 9 and never even noticed PeeJay sit down as I have been talking bollocks and laughing at Amjad getting a young valet to pack in half way through who first shift just because after 3 attempts she could not manage to make a hot cup of tea. Tbf she did say she was gonna pack in at the end of the shift anyway because it was not the job for her.

Havent read the thread but I hope its 11 pages of love for this line

Enjoy the ride, sir.

[EvilPie]

By the sound of it Jase you need to consider a more secure primary income stream and use poker as a hobby and potential source of a bink.

Have you ever considered asking for staking? You could maybe tag on to a long term backer for your tournaments and get a normal job to pay for the family's upkeep.

I've been staked myself now for a couple of years. Although I can afford to pay for myself it just suits me better to keep poker and real life separate. I have to give up 50% of any profits but that's a small price to pay for the knowledge that whatever happens at the tables it 100% won't affect whether or not I can pay my mortgage or shoot off on holiday when I feel like it.

It's also good to know that if I have a tough month financially in real life I haven't got to worry about which comps I can afford to play.

Keep it recreational and keep it fun i my opinion. Leave the stress of having to win to survive to the kidz with no responsibilities and MC.

[EvilPie]

On another note regarding your play in tournaments.

We were sat at a table together in the recent £500 at DTD and I was quite surprised by your lack of concentration.

You spent a lot of time chatting to a guy sat next to you giving him some very helpful tips on how to win at poker. You were even showing him how to go to DTD online to find everyone's names and then HM them to see if they've ever won anything.

Don't forget that improving every other player's EV puts a slight dent in yours. If you're there to make a living you've got to be brutal.

This all took you quite a while during which time you were missing a lot of action and a few good spots at the table. If you did happen to notice something you'd announce it to the table. You mentioned several times about my raising range being any 2 cards. It was a bit jokey but it still bought it to everyone's attention. All you achieved was to make me adjust a bit until everybody forgot and cost yourself a few potential good spots.

I also noticed that you seem to have your ipad on all the time and were always doing something on it. Again lacking concentration probably posting away on Blonde.

Players doing these sort of things are the ones who professionals have to rely on to make their living. They aren't maximising their EV so they make the pros EV a bit better.

I know most of this has already been covered but I just wanted to reiterate it so that you knew it had been noticed by other people.

Please don't take offence by this but sat 2 to your left I didn't consider you any kind of threat at all. I wouldn't have said that a year or 2 ago when your whole persona and table presence was very different.

Time to get serious again mate and get back to winning ways!!

Very best of luck!!

[tonytats]

 Keep it recreational and keep it fun i my opinion. Leave the stress of having to win to survive to the kidz with no responsibilities and MC.


I like this post lots of sense here ,also stay off line ,you can't beat someone when the dealers behind a curtain !
Personally I run real bad on line I've almost packed it up ,just play live twice a week now n really enjoying it and showing a profit .
It feels like the whole worlds against you when you are running bad ,but it isn't there's lots of love/ advice for you on here ,hunker down keep the losses small ,it will come back

[smashedagain]

Cheers for all the advice guys, lots to take in and learn from have tried 3 or 4 times to put a post together then just deleted it. I remember all the games you've mentioned and people I have talked to. Might be time to bring back the hoodies and beats. Will put together a better post tomorrow. So pleased the thread has generated some really decent posts from some of the best in the business.

[kinboshi]

Cheers for all the advice guys, lots to take in and learn from have tried 3 or 4 times to put a post together then just deleted it. I remember all the games you've mentioned and people I have talked to. Might be time to bring back the hoodies and beats. Will put together a better post tomorrow. So pleased the thread has generated some really decent posts from some of the best in the business.

Sigh, thread was going so well...

[Woodsey]

Yah, ditch the hoodies you're too old for them, especially the shiny chav ones you used to wear 

[titaniumbean]

Yah, ditch the hoodies you're too old for them, especially the shiny chav ones you used to wear 

weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

oh no he diduuuuunt

[Woodsey]

Yah, ditch the hoodies you're too old for them, especially the shiny chav ones you used to wear 

weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

oh no he diduuuuunt

And as for you and your hats   

[titaniumbean]

Yah, ditch the hoodies you're too old for them, especially the shiny chav ones you used to wear 

weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

oh no he diduuuuunt

And as for you and your hats   

get it right, 'hat'.


IS IT!?

[robyong]

I fold JJ after the call from Roger but I also don't limp with it in the first place.

Best advice: buy a player a beer who has achieved consistent live MTT results over last 12 months. eg Chris Brammer. The advice you can get off these successful players will be invaluable.

[action man]

Really cant stress how tough it is to win online. It's all well and good if you're Pleno with more enthusiasm than a jack russel on pills or a natural sicko like some people, but it's really really hard.

Middy (who I think we can all agree is one of the best online tourney players in the UK) has played tens of thousands of online tournaments, he has notes on nearly every reg, he discusses hands with the best every day and he LOVEs (and I mean LOVES) playing online poker tournaments...he told me recently he thought his ROI in average stuff online was between 20 and 40% - if a player of his calibre can only make $30 playing the big $109 every day then thats testament to how tough online poker is.

Cash games are the same, these days I'm struggling to keep my head in the game cos I'm only playing half the time, a yr or two ago I used to drop in and out and never find myself in trouble, nowadays I take 2 weeks break and I'm feeling like iv never played the game before.

You like the dealers choice games yh? Play live DC, the games usually play shallower (£2/£2 with £50 buyin, or £2/£5 with £100 buyin - there is a game in Leeds £2/£5 £200 buyin that runs weekly) so you dont need to outlay huge and you like, enjoy the games, know all the players well. You can travel out 4 nights a week, make £200 a night on av £800 a week £3200 a month £40k a year no tax, plenty of shoes for Mrs Herbie and punt the spare change at live tourneys so that Hebert Mob page can stay sharp.

You might need to just sharpen up, sit shallower and really focus on the games a little bit whilst you get back into it, but i think you could prolly get to that level comfortably.

Ticks all the boxes, get yourself to live DC games - if you wanna talk about any of the games (except padooki im fkn woeful at that) then hit me up I love talking abut these games as they not widely played I only have Stu B but he makes me feel silly cos he's so much better than me

Stay away from online tourneys imo.

yeh he loves it missing a tuesday!!

[SuuPRlim]

Mate he's gone back to silsden this ones not on me! im sat in a casino playing live poker as we spk like a propa pro :-)

[pokerfan]

I fold JJ after the call from Roger but I also don't limp with it in the first place.

Best advice: buy a player a beer who has achieved consistent live MTT results over last 12 months. eg Chris Brammer. The advice you can get off these successful players will be invaluable.

^Turn up at Triggs with a Dominoes and rail him for a night.