......WHATA GRIND.....

20K HANDS

Alright so I should've updated this when I reached 10k hands, but I reached that pretty quickly so instead of just hitting my check marker I decided to go for 20k hands , I wasnt actually to pleased with how I played this month I was very spewy in spots but its a lesson for next month a wins a win and theres plenty of room to improve.

however this time I used another pokersite for a change being Fulltilt due to the hands per hour being faster, I have to admit I was recently doing well on there up quite alot quickly at 25nl ($200 on tilt) although I still played on PKR at times.


However like the idiot I am after I worked a night shit 9 till 6 in the morning I thought it would be a good idea at 7am till 9am to fire up a poker session........LOLZ

WARNING TO ALL: NEVER PLAY TIRED - EVER!

It cost me $100....I usually stop loss at 50 but...I was being an idiot lol
however the play style on other sites can be tougher alot more 3 betting/4 betting you just dont see on PKR.

Its not an ego thing playing on a mainstream site, its just longterm poker decission for me. To be playing with enough hands with a decent hud and having more tables to select from and to be confident I can support myself like this one maybe crazy dream to be a 'poker professional'. I gotta play with the better players for a while it sucks but I will have to learn until I get it right and then I will know if I can do this.

(AT PKR I CAN BEAT 25nl TO A PULP and will still play there for bread and butter if times get harder)

since the game selection at 50nl is vaster and the hands per hour are greater at fulltilt, and this also enables me for more professional coaching in the future which I'm considering.

however this is a poker decission longterm
PKR doesnt have a large poker population unfortuantley, but it does make up for this with the slew of bad players a 25nl and is profitable! At 50nl it seems like a bunch of regs and you get to the point where u know every one to well as they know you, not to knock it and it can sure be beaten, but since the competition is slightly better at 50nl most times I would like the option of table selecting hence adding in another poker site.

I have a big roll to tangle with these guys with and future grinding on pkr at the moment wouldnt really change how I see things even if I have like a massive roll
this roll will be my learning tution and if I need more back to pkr I will go! lol

iron on iron makes you a better player and all that. However when in need I will take the free money at the moment I'm fine, howver I did withdraw alot of this months winnings unfortuanltey but it was an emergency...which sucks bit it also paid partly for my roll at tilt.

FAST POKER NEWS

The Poker Hall Of Fame

It would be no suprise that every one was expecting Phil Ivey to be a very highly favoured hall of famer however it brought a storm of discussion in the poker community being the criteria of a hall of famer has to

*played for high stakes (tick)
*Consistently well (tick)
*Against acknoweledged top competition (tick)

however this is the one that caused problems
*Has stood the test of time (ummmmmm?)

how long is the test of time was the question
phil ivey is still a young player even though his achievements in the poker world has been mind exploding stuff, Phil Ivey himself said if he got elected as a hall of famer he would turn the award down!

....Ivey is so dam cool lol

but he got alot of respect for saying this from Doyle Brunson who said:
"Speaking of the Hall of Fame, my hat goes off to Phil Ivey who announced he wouldn’t accept the award if he was voted into the Hall. Phil said he didn’t want to be voted in until he was older than Chip Reese was when he was inducted as the youngest player ever. Chip was 43 and what a tribute to him from Phil. There is no doubt that Phil was the best player on this year’s list of nominees but that doesn’t mean he should go in yet. It also should show the committee they should have an age limit for the nominees."

Those who advocate an age requirement have been clamoring for a "Chip Reese Rule," which would require a nominee to be a minimum of 40 years old for induction
and is fully supported by Howard Lederer

when the results came in Ivey breathed a sigh of relief when the poker community elected Erik Seidel as the hall of famer.

in my opinion I really respect Ivey for this, hes still so young and to give him this award as well wouldnt give him much more to ahieve in the poker world, I wanna see how hes doing in the years ahead!


So I will be playing alot more fulltilt this month so the only way I can sumamrise my thoughts on this is this:



P.S : Still playign pkr just not as much as tilt this month unlesss I'm getting mud stomped lol


Good Luck at the tables.

Here is some great sites to try out:

• Learn poker at DragtheBar for 7 days free! click here
• PKR is a cool 3D poker site, also super soft! PKR Poker

Good to be back - So far so good!

So far so good

Its a new month and a new stake and I'm able to play 50nl again. The first day I played I was up $300 at 50nl and I'm up $150 at 25nl this month by mixing in the tables and trying to choose the juicer games. Over the solid regs
so in total this month I've already made $450.



In five days this was welcomed as you can imagine since I generally thought I would be down when moving back up the first week since I would have to adjust, but I didnt really have to do much of that. I think if you can truly crush 25nl games and I meen CRUSH It leaves you a very solid base for the 50nl game.

I've crammed in a alot of hands so far this month in just 5 days 3.3k hands and I'm working so thats pretty hard for me! Still a microscopic small sample size and nothing to really take away from my results so far this month. Lets see how I fair after 10k+ hands at the end of this month hopefully all is well.

Most sensible Idea I've ever had? - Probably

To be honest though I feel alot more cool headed when I play 25nl since if I have a loosing session its no biggy . And as for 50nl its no biggy..... in theory - but it really is lol.

So even though after the success I've already had at 50nl I'm still probably gunna play 25nl just more tables like 7+ tables of 25nl since I can reach the longterm with that and feel relaxed.

Where as if I played 50nl I really have to play 4 tables (MAX) and be focused on the shortterm if all goes bad I think its all about game selection. I will play 50nl constantly when I feel I have a strong edge over the competition but I think I will focus on more tables and higer volume of hands at a stake I have a high winrate and where varaince doesnt bother me as much.

My bankroll is so strong at 25nl its pretty laughable, and since reading the pokermindset and the psychological effects of poker and also reading 'Treat your poker like a buisness' by dusty schmidt he says 100 buyins at a givin stake is the best way to play poker.

I dont have 100 buyins at 25nl but I'm pretty dam comfortable to take losses were 50nl I'm not so much. I think 50 buyins at 50nl would be most optimal for constant play I'm not far off it at all which streangthens why I should play more volume at 25nl. Like I said though if I feel I can play a game of 50nl and have an edge I will, but I will be playing 25nl far more.

so what about a goal?

Well after reading The poker mindset I've kinda looked at setting goals as not to great since if I set a goal and dont reach it where does that leave me? and does this goal make me protective of my wins and losses?

For instance if I see a juicy 50nl game might I play scared? when I nearly reached my goal for the month? I might do subconsiousally when I should be thinking about the longterm expectation of playing that game. And for that reason I think the only goal I should be setting is the amount of hands I will play this month.

after I have reached the milestone hand mark I will review my month and tell you how it went. The most optimal goal in poker is to play well at all times no matter the outcome and to think of the longterm. How can I do that thinking about short term results? Its for that reason I'm no longer setting short term goals. It might be not as sexy as $ amounts made for the month but longterm its going to make me the most money.

If I play more hands the quicker I meet the longterm so thats the only goal I should have.

Hand Milestone this month - 10K hands - lets see how I manage it.

Fast Poker News

How does this man sleep?

...Gus hansen epic downswing or epic online donk? you decide.

Well I was pretty shocked to find that a famous poker pro such as Gus Hansen is actually down...

9 million!

yes all - YOU officially have made more money at online poker than Gus Hansen! You would have though after he lost say 3 million he would say okay my games not great and maybe I should move down? I'm really suprised by this obviously he has a very nice sponsorship deal with fulltilt but that surley cant pay that void of cash game neglegence he's shown. I actually love watching him live since his style is very exciting to watch but online it just isnt translating at all well, hopefully he can make an epic comeback, but this news to me seemed sickning to say the least.




Bad day on PKR?



Good Luck at the tables.

Here is some great sites to try out:

• Learn poker at DragtheBar for 7 days free! click here
• PKR is a cool 3D poker site, also super soft! PKR Poker