DannyG13 - Revitalised

Originally posted by THESHade
Sup, how you doin? Quick cliffs?

Hihi shade!

Played ~400 STT's since moving to them end of Dec, a mix of $3.50's and $7's. Majority at 9 man, although last few days ive been playing the 6mans which do seem a lot softer. I'm just under BE overall $$ wise, but EV ROI seems to be encouraging so happy enough at this early stage.

Everybody loves a graph so here's STT's so far (mix of everything).

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The downward spike at ~330 is when I shot at $7's. Run-bad shots ftl ♦

@fusion, think I might play some tonight at the $1.50 to see how they are, I imagine they are pretty soft like. Thanks for input!

Srs moving of games ♦ U remind me of myself ... ♦ (now I am speakign like if I was 40 or smth ... ♦)
What about Uni? Any chacne u joined Yoga society?

Originally posted by THESHade
Srs moving of games ♦ U remind me of myself ... ♦ (now I am speakign like if I was 40 or smth ... ♦)
What about Uni? Any chacne u joined Yoga society?

How did you eventually find your niche, what you really wanted to play? Hit me with your wisdom ♦

Uni's.. meh. So sick of education but has to be done. Assignments coming at me thick and fast and my willpower is non-existant I like the last minute rush anyway, keeps me feeling alive.

Yoga is still just a pipe dream Have enough trouble dragging myself to lectures never mind extra-curricular activities; despite the obvious advantages.

Roll on the Summer.

Not sure if I did. I play SH but I love HU the most but I can`t play that professionally (let`s pretend I play SH professionally)
I assume that when u play something for some time u find it boring or unsatisfying later on no matter what. Everyone switches at least once even when they play something for a really long time. Some people switch sooner. Pros usually take logner to switch because they don`t want to lose their hourly and don`t want to learn a new game from scratch or adjust to a new format (which is obv way easier but then they ahve to build sample and adjsut to regs, pretty much like switching sites ♦)
So just play what you find interesting then when u don`t, play it for a while and then switch again ♦ No shame in that. We are hear to have fun and earn some extra buck alongside if we are lucky

Yeah all so true Shade, thanks. I think one of my biggest problems is expecting too much, too soon, when I should be thinking long term. If I stuck with a game type (ie STT's..), im so sure after a few months I could be well on the way to making a decent side income from them. It's just the first few stages that are a problem for me it seems, getting out of the micro stakes without getting disheartened, which inevitably seems to lead to a change of game type. People aren't wrong when they say patience is key; think of the long term!

After speaking to a friend on Skype who also plays STT's (hi sirilidion!), my main game for the time being is going to the Knockout Turbo 9man STT's. He's informed me they are a fair bit softer than the regular Turbo's, so will see how they compare for myself I think. Not rolled for shots at $7 anymore which sucks but im happy to chip away at the $3.50's for now.

You also need to change countries. A place where one night out is 2 months expenses somewhere else is fucked up imo....

Originally posted by EmanuelC16
You also need to change countries. A place where one night out is 2 months expenses somewhere else is fucked up imo....

Whilst that may be true, what can I do?! Hands are pretty much tied at the moment, largely due to university and my life finances being pretty bare. Night's out up in the North East aren't very expensive anyway, especially on student nights, and some things you just can't put a price on! ♦

Today was a beautiful day for poker. Despite being stupidly hungover this morning, I got a KFC down me this afternoon and have spent the night grinding whilst watching Entourage.

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That equates to 22.5BI at the $3.50 6man Turbo's (6 tabling 2 continuous sessions for those interested). I've always liked Friday the 13th, seeing as I was born on that day. Running great feels good! ♦

Off to bed now so I can work 8.5 hours tomorrow to earn a considerable amount less than I earnt playing micro stakes STT's tonight for 3.5 hours.

Be lucky.

nice spike on the sngs, hopefully you can continue the sucess!

Just gonna post a graph of my first 30 day period since switching to STT's, it's been a month today since the transition. Volume isn't great, but with Christmas and New year in this window as well as university assignments starting to come in, it's not surprising really.

In BI as it's a mix of $3.50 and $7, and is a combination of both 9man's and 6man. Although, the last ~110 are exclusively 6man's which is what I will be sticking with for the foreseeable future as they do seem considerably softer than the 9mans (running >EV certainly helps too but what ya gonna do?! ♦). Thanks for recommending I give them a whirl

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No poker since last update, been a wild last couple of days but plan on having some food now and getting a good few hours tonight.

Bit random, but does anyone use Netflix by any chance? I like to watch TV shows while playing, helps my concentration believe it or not and means my sessions can go on much longer. Thinking of buying Netflix (£6/month through xbox) as it seems to have a lot of good TV series on that I haven't watched, but can't find a full list of TV series anywhere. I know it's got Dexter, Breaking Bad and 24 which are all on my metaphorical list of shows to watch, so maybe that's enough to justify the very small price in itself. Anyone use it?

Good to see someone else playing 6max sngs sir! If you wanted to discuss something about them feel free to pm me here, im sure i can give you some advices.

Originally posted by Alficor1
Good to see someone else playing 6max sngs sir! If you wanted to discuss something about them feel free to pm me here, im sure i can give you some advices.

I'm sure I have you on Skype but you never seem to be online! But yeah, I just may hold you to that ♦

Solid 6 hours today spent... in the library. Got assignment's coming out my ears. This is what happens when you procrastinate ladies and gentlemen.

No more uni work for the night though, back to the library 9am sharp for another solid session. That means im going to spend a gooood few hours playing poker.

Plan on mixing in the $7's again today. My last shot didn't go to well (positive EV-ROI if that means anything!), but that was at 9man and im playing 6man now sooo, wish me luck ♦

I know I shouldn't really check results so much but just played a short 13 STT session, and my ROI matches my EV-ROI exactly at 35.3%. When does that ever happen?! ♦

STT Skype Study Group

Hey guys, what up?

This is a decision/post I didn't think i'd ever make, but after a lot of deliberation ive decided im gonna take a break from the pokers.

Since going back to uni after the new year, it's dawned on me just how much uni work ive gotta do in the next ~3 months. In the past i've always been the guy at school, college, and my first year at uni that would get by with well above average marks without putting hardly any effort in. This has to change now. If I want that first next year I have to put the work in now.

My focus at the moment is very much split between uni and poker. As a result, neither are getting the attention they need in order to succeed at the level I want. I've spent the last couple of weeks since going back to uni procrastinating and using poker as an excuse to put off my uni work, all the while feeling guilty about the fact I should be cracking out an assignment rather than playing SnG's. Because of this, both are suffering.

You know, im only playing the daft $3.50-$7 level. Since the turn of the year, I have invested ~30 hours of time playing, and my ROI is a measly 0.5% (fair bit below EV but still). What's the point? In order for me to move up the limits I need to be able to spend hours a day not only grinding, but studying and reviewing games which I haven't done either of in weeks. If I was playing midstakes and making some decent money there's no way i'd take a break, but the reality is im not and I need to get my priorities in order.

But this is far from the end, believe me! I fucking love this game and in a couple of months time I will have all my assignments finished and ill be back to dedicate myself to this beautiful game (maybe until I start my final year at uni, but that's still like ~6 months. Plenty of time to crush midstakes!). As far as I know I only have 2 exams in April this year, both on the same subject (Integrated Marketing Communications for anyone that's interested), so they won't take a whole lot of revision.

When I return, im pretty sure ill be back playing NL though. Hopefully by then, Full Tilt will have returned and ill have a cushty ~$1k roll to play with, assuming I leave my Stars roll in tact to add to my ~$500 locked up on Tilt. Either way, Stars are likely to have introduced their 'fast pace ring game', so assuming that's introduced or Rush is back, that's what im likely to come back to playing.

In the meantime, I'll definitely still be around on here and on Skype so you're not getting rid of me completely. ♦ Will probably also still have the odd MTT night when ive got the next day off or something, there's no way I can stop playing this game completely for months.

Probably looking at around March-early April when ive finally got all assignments/presentations/etc out the way, so that's probably around the time ill be back on the tables.

Look at me all responsible, gotta make it last though.

Take it easy, and someone is more than welcome to borrow my run good while im not using it. ♦

Lol funny because I am bit similar except in that I fucked up like really bad, just played poker and went out - uni didn't even come into equation (although I also had like problems with my course - like i didn't enjoy the course and stuff). However I also was that person who could get like A's by doing a few hours the day before, but doesn't quite cut it at 2nd year degrees (esp maths in my case ♦) I am changing course now and next year I am going to make sure i fuck up.

But anyway yeah you are making the change now, so make sure you keep to it and get that first

If I was playing midstakes and making some decent money there's no way i'd take a break, but the reality is im not and I need to get my priorities in order.

See I had sort of this attitude last year, and from what I can tell you want to get your degree etc. Taking this attitude really leads to not getting a degree at all and just dropping out, so its not really as simple as just printing money for a while (you may let yourself believe this) - its more about if you want to get a good degree or not.

You have given yourself the near perfect timeframe to get yoself sorted out imo (i left myself like 3 weeks lol) and I'm sure you'll get the marks you want if you put some work in! GL

Wp sir.

I realised too late last year, it was about the end of February in my 3rd year before I realised the amount of work I had to put in and by then it was too late to salvage a good degree mark. Something I will probably regret for a while so well played on realising sooner

Thanks for the post amp, definitely some good points. Getting this degree is definitely number 1 on my priorities list and it's not even close. In all honesty I don't have that many assignments to do in the next 3 months or whatever, it's just the assignments I have got are pretty big and ill be pretty disappointed if I don't get over 70%+. Plenty of time for poker in the Summer right?! I get like April-September off, and the first few months back are always pretty slow

With regards to the midstakes comment, what I mean is i'd be much more inclined to keep playing if I was seeing some sort of financial gain from it, whereas at the moment im not.

You're going on to do accounting aren't you? (or something related, sure I saw it in your blog ♦). I know I few people who do that course as majority of lessons are taught in the same Business School as me within the uni. For what it's worth they seem to be enjoying it, or at least don't complain that they hate it so it can't be too bad ♦ Good luck with it!

EDIT- And thanks too Alex. Next few months are obviously gonna be pretty boring (ill try make up for it with some messy nights out ), but poker's taught me to think long term and this is definitely for the best.

Originally posted by DannyG13
Thanks for the post amp, definitely some good points. Getting this degree is definitely number 1 on my priorities list and it's not even close. In all honesty I don't have that many assignments to do in the next 3 months or whatever, it's just the assignments I have got are pretty big and ill be pretty disappointed if I don't get over 70%+. Plenty of time for poker in the Summer right?! I get............!

Yeah like I said I was just making bunch of assumptions (mainly from what i was like lol)

Yer I think I am gna do it - tbh it was the only job (I still don't want to get a job after uni) I could see myself going into afterwards. Should get to also take some like business/business law modules which actually interest me quite a lot.

But anyway best of luck, and yea just get ur grind on in summer. That's def what I'm going to start doing when I go back and just like play a little during termtime (that is keyword - little :f_biggrin:)