Hey! Do I start with names or discussion of my poker career? Questions that go unanswered seems like a good way to begin. Unanswered until now...
I started my poker career the day after my 18th birthday, depositing on FTP and attaining the starting capital from Pokerstrategy. Since then I've hurtled around BSS, not particularly paying the due care to the SHC as I should have, exploring FL-hold'em and playing a MSS style on the 30BB cap tables. In the midst of this I also managed to win and lose around 12 stacks at NL5 rush in one weekend.
With FTP bust, I went to Pokerstars and everest poker playing the MSS. I've recently been wanting to learn the game of poker in more depth, and whilst PokerStrategy is great, I feel the MSS is a bit of a let down for silver members.
Away from the fundamentals of what I've been playing, I have spent the time over the past few months having hit the highs and lows of the game. I've now accepted that patience is a virtue of poker playing (not that I have a problem playing tight, more fundamentally my self management).
With this acceptance that no bankroll can be rushed (by someone of my skill level at least), I have adopted an approach that I should focus more on the game and study. With this in mind and the beginning of the course, I intend to:
- Focus more on study
- Focus more on the game
- Manage myself to acheive these two tasks
I'm currently a break-even player, but intend to be moving down to NL2 to play the BSS. With more study and focus, I hope to stop having sessions of half-heartedness and confusion, and more with dedication and commitment.
I also intend to keep a greater track of my hands played and profit to determine my true win rate and sample (not having any tracking software atm).