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Topic: There and Back Again: A Punter's Tale by Matthew Harris (Read 147348 times)
Rexas
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Re: From Drinking to Binking (Diaries of a Pub Poker Player riding his one time)
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Managed to secure a near double up to just under 30k
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I disrepectfully agree with Matt
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Re: From Drinking to Binking (Diaries of a Pub Poker Player riding his one time)
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Quote from: Rexas on August 17, 2013, 01:19:35 PM
Staking
Following my exit from the GPS Southend, an event which I have been looking forward to and pretty desperate to run deep in since it was announced, I decided to comfort-buy a car wash. This gave me a little time to do some thinking about what the event meant to me, and I ended up coming to a few conclusions about staking. Since there have been a lot of questions/threads on this topic lately, I'll share my thoughts on here.
In total, I sold 50% of my action for the GPS. I'm not properly rolled for this event, so financially, selling this much action made sense. I will never sell more than 50% of myself for an event. This is my cut off point, if I'm that under-rolled for an event then I simply won't play it. For me at least, a huge part of the learning curve for this game is grinding the shit out of it so you can afford to move up the stakes. This is why I didn't play the Monte Carlo this year, for example.
I've seen it written that being staked takes away some of the pressure. This, I massively disagree with. Frankly, it feels fantastic that people are confident enough in my ability as a player to put up there own money to allow me to play, essentially betting on me to succeed in the tournament. It's a very humbling feeling. When I then turn up to play, I want to affirm their belief in me. I enjoy going up to people after I've cashed and paying them their share, because it justify's their gamble not only to them, but to me as well. When I lose a big pot, I don't sit there and punt it in at the first opportunity, I do the very best I can to fight with the stack I've got left. Noone likes busting, but it feels a little worse to then have to tell the team about it, and this really is added motivation to think and play well.
In answer to those questioning why I'm not selling at a mark up, it's not because I don't believe my "edge" in the tournament is worth it. If I didn't believe I was good enough to win, then I wouldn't be playing. I do believe, however, that I'm not yet proven enough to sell at a mark up. I think it's much more sensible for me to keep selling at face value for the time being, until I rack up a few more results. I also think too many people expect too much from their backers, and I'd kinda like to start out giving everyone willing to buy pieces of me the best deal possible.
As such, I will be playing the side event today, and freerolling the GPS team in said event. First place should be somewhere in the region of 8k. Gl me!
Read this first sentence and thought you'd actually bought a car wash business, breaking bad style. Now that would make for an interesting read
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Re: From Drinking to Binking (Diaries of a Pub Poker Player riding his one time)
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Going back after the second break with 23k going to 300/600/50 #grinditout
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Re: From Drinking to Binking (Diaries of a Pub Poker Player riding his one time)
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We have doubled with QQ to AK to a little over 50k
going into the last level of 800/1600/200 soon, average 41k.
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Just got two outed by a genius, lost half my stack. Things are not looking good right now, pretty card dead and our brief stint of safety did not last long.
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Well, going into the last 10 minutes of day one we pick up KK, and naturally bust vs QQ. Bricked three attempts at two day tournaments, I think that's a first. Ridiculously frustrating few days, feel like I've played well and just been raped by the deck. Week in Italy now, then back to Nottingham in time for the 300 d/s. Hopefully we remember how to cooler people by then.
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Only 6 more posts and you will be eligible to put up a staking thread.
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Quote from: RED-DOG on August 18, 2013, 07:03:33 PM
Only 6 more posts and you will be eligible to put up a staking thread.
Probably won't ask for staking after the stress at Sarfend
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So, Southend didn't go so well, off to Italy to drown my sorrows/get a tan/go on probably my last family holiday. C ya
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haah please have a week away, get some sort of tan, wont be too hard as u resemble casper at the moment, then shave the beard off. will look hilarious!
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ignore verndog he's a fool
'he had a deep run in EPT Barnsley'
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Back from italy, about to make the drive home to Loughborough. Write up of the holiday is pending, cliffs include some penis shaped pasta, an actual cliff, and a surprise appearance from Mr. Fred Wise!
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Quote from: Rexas on August 27, 2013, 11:59:20 AM
Back from italy, about to make the drive home to Loughborough. Write up of the holiday is pending, cliffs include some penis shaped pasta, an actual cliff, and a surprise appearance from Mr. Fred Wise!
Erm... what!?
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I can't bear the suspense
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this is the most boring blog in the world
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Quote from: Rexas on August 18, 2013, 01:06:49 AM
Just got two outed by a genius
Done your updates for this weekend. Don't have to thank me.
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