Originally posted by EmanuelC16
Originally posted by albionpro
because i've been seeing this girl i like hardly ever play poker so ended my stake and withdraw all my monies across different sites.This is also why I never play poker anymore
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Originally posted by DannyG13
Originally posted by EmanuelC16
Originally posted by albionpro
because i've been seeing this girl i like hardly ever play poker so ended my stake and withdraw all my monies across different sites.This is also why I never play poker anymore
How many times do we have to do this..
OK, this has to be posted here now..
http://elitedaily.com/life/the-20-mistakes-you-dont-want-to-make-in-your-20s/
Would this be the right time to use the famous quote "in the poker game of life, women are the rake". ♦
Haha very funny guys ♦ luckily for me my rake is quite low atm 
And don't facepalm me about starting on £0 
So on stars i played the 235fpp satties and on ftp brought sng tickets, after that was all said and done i finished up with a very solid $54.56.
That is now wizzing its was thru teh internetz onto sky poker where im going to spin it up.
Lets hope I can build on this solid start, screw the haterz 
Current: £35.26 leggoooooo
[x] Has girlfriend
[x] Has job
[x] Still finds time to play poker
No commitment Tom...
Originally posted by Wriggers
[x] Has girlfriend
[x] Has job
[x] Still finds time to play poker
[x] Runs hotNo commitment Tom...
Completed your post.
Originally posted by EmanuelC16
Originally posted by Wriggers
[x] Has girlfriend
[x] Has job
[x] Still finds time to play poker
[x] Runs hotter than the sunNo commitment Tom...
Completed your post.
Completed YOUR post.
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Holy Sh*ttt, I can't believe how different pokerstrategy is now, I don't blog for like 18months and everything has changed!!! Although pokerstrategy isn't the only thing that has changed an awful lot over the last 18months or so! I've had to re-read the last few pages just to see what kind of crap I was blogging about back in 2013. O how it was a long time ago haha.
Anyway, I'll get right to it. From like August through to November I was dating the aforementioned girl but things went sideways pretty quickly and by the end of Nov13 I was really down in the dumps, felt like the whole world was against me and all that 
But I believed in my self that if I stayed focused on myself I would turn it all around. In December 2013, I got a new job, it was crap pay, crap hours, crap everything but I realised if I ever want to get anywhere I'm going to have to put in some hard graft and this is where it would all start! Pretty much thats what I did for the next 9 months, did crazy shifts like midnight - 4pm, 5 days a week or work 6pm to 6am on sundays. It was insane, up and down the country, all over the place! But I got my head down and worked my butt off and in July 2014 I got my first reward for all the hard work, I got promoted into a supervisor role. It mean't the same crappy hours, if not longer but abit more money. Some people I worked with wern't happy with the situations we were all in but I was happy knowing I was working super god damn hard and I wouldn't be in this crappy job for much longer if I carried on working as hard as I did.
As some of you know that followed this blog from the very beginning I did a degree in Accounting and Finance, well sometime after I got my promotion I was looking to carry on moving up, and in the summer of 2014 I was asked to apply for a position at the company's head office in London. Which I did and in September 2014 I was offered a position to work within the finance team which although meant moving away from home, I still jumped at the opportunity! This is the role I am in now and happier than I have ever been before, I've gone from being the lowest of the low to now overseeing and having a rather large input into a £10million+ annual revenue stream in less than a year.
Sometimes people don't stop and look back and actually congratulate themselves on the hard work they have put in but I did that a little over Christmas because I knew that I had worked harder than I have ever done before, just to get back to a position I should have been in if I had worked hard all through uni etc. Anyway, because I'm now working 9-5 (according to my contract) but realistically its more like 8am to 7pm during month end's and annual budgets 
it means I have alot more time to do the things I enjoy. Now because I am away from home it means I don't see my friends as much but really its been a blessing in disguise and it allows me to focus on more important things like keeping fit and health and also developing additional revenue streams.
Initially the plan was to look to get into trading forex possibly but I don't have the starting capital or the knowledge to even attempt to do that so that idea is on hold for now and a plan to return to poker was put in place. I started playing again right after Christmas with nothing other than a few free £1 spins from Genting in there casino games, I spun that up to like £10 or so then I insta-shipped it over to stars which is still like my spiritual home for online poker! I cant imagine playing anywhere else.
Since then I've been 2 tabling nl2 zoom and I've done quite well with a plan to move up to nl5 zoom in February, I don't think over the course of this blog I will go into great deal about poker because I don't want to jinx myself, but i'll outline some key points below which will be my goals for this month and the months ahead.
CLIFFS:
- Did Hate Life
- Now Loves Life > has a RL job and is super happy about it!
- Plays Poker Again > For fun!
GOALS for the remainder of JANUARY 2015:
Increase my poker knowledge by discussing more hands, general theory and reading about new concepts
sample some nl5 zoom, make notes on what I think the key differences are between nl2 and nl5
improve my 2.5mile(4km) run time and look to increase the distance without the need to slow my pace
get to the gym more to go swimming
I hope everyone at pokerstrategy is well and the poker gods are treating you well, I'll try to catch up with some of my favourite blogs in the next few days and I'm sure I will come across some new ones that will be just as good!
PS: Melanie Iglesias is still hotter than hawtttttt!!!!!:
Warm welcome back to blogging! 
It was interesting to read what have happened to you since the last post. May the poker gods also treat you well! 
Originally posted by jbpatzer
Wp
Thanks JB, its been a while! I hope all is well with you. I must catch up with your blog, I did try last night but there is so much thats gone on that I fear I may never catch up
Originally posted by NutzAreOk
Warm welcome back to blogging!It was interesting to read what have happened to you since the last post. May the poker gods also treat you well!
Thanks Nutz!!
One thing I have enjoyed since posting last night was re-reading my Asia trip report (link: https://forums.pokerstrategy.com/forum/thread.php?postid=1313943#post1313943 - link if anyone wants to read it that is new to my blog
The spoiler is for all my old followers that only came to this thread for the threadsavers....Spoiler
... enjoy. I know I did!!!
Originally posted by albionpro
Originally posted by jbpatzer
WpThanks JB, its been a while! I hope all is well with you. I must catch up with your blog, I did try last night but there is so much thats gone on that I fear I may never catch up
To cut a long story short, I stopped playing much poker and started writing poker software instead.
https://forums.pokerstrategy.com/forum/thread.php?threadid=324733
Saved you some reading.
Originally posted by jbpatzer
Originally posted by albionpro
Originally posted by jbpatzer
WpThanks JB, its been a while! I hope all is well with you. I must catch up with your blog, I did try last night but there is so much thats gone on that I fear I may never catch up
To cut a long story short, I stopped playing much poker and started writing poker software instead.
https://forums.pokerstrategy.com/forum/thread.php?threadid=324733
Saved you some reading.
Thanks JB, shame you stopped playing but the poker software looks cool, most of what I read went way over my head though. I don't have time to read it all in depth unfortunately!
Anyway, poker is going well, just taking my time still working on my game, here is a recap of my goals I made;
GOALS for the remainder of JANUARY 2015:
So 2 for 4, not the worst but not great either, I've spent a decent amount of time studying and making notes on my hands and opponents. I believe my hand reading skills are improving and are alot better than previously. Unfortunately I didn't get chance to put in any nl5 zoom volume because I played some regular nl2 tables to get some hands in there. I actually prefer the regular tables and I probably play a little better because I can use a HUD and it is making my decision making a little more optimal. Plus the fishes are looser and like to see more flops which is good. So maybe I will play more regular tables from now on.
On the fitness front I have improved my 2.5mile time by over 2minutes so I am pleased with that! I've been running twice a week but this means that I haven't been going to the gym or swimming. Mainly because running is free and I don't want to pay alot of money for gym membership, it seems way over priced down here in south London so I will happily run round dodging cars, bicycles and buses as I go
GOALS for February 2015:
Some pretty straight forward goals there, 1 and 2 build on last month but 3 is all about personal development at work, I'm slowly looking to take on more work without increasing the time I spend at work by working slightly faster and reducing the amount of procrastination I do at work. Ideally I'd like to do some budgeting reports of some kind so I will ask my boss about the possibility of this!
That's all for now had a fun day in London exploring now it's time to focus and play some poker
GL at the tables and long live Melanie Iglesias!!!!