Poker Jon
09-10-2004, 08:57 AM
Hi All,
This is my first post in the 'Theory' forum - I normally stick around in the small stakes and MTT forum's! Just looking for some worldly advice!
My Bios (I am British):
I have a full time job in recruitment and play poker as a hobby - although I play the hobby to win and not to piss away my money /images/graemlins/smile.gif
Anyway, I have been playing online poker for about a year now. I started with $50 and solely played NLHE Sit and Go's. Moved my Bankroll (BR) to about $300 and moved up in limits. I then added MTT's to the equation (always NL and PLHE - never LHE). My BR then went upto about $1500 and I have now incorporated NLHE cash games (and dropped Sit N Go's) into the equation and I am currently sitting at about $4k. I have also played 3 B&M low limit rebuy tournaments and I have won 2 of them (Invested £80 total for a return of £1200). This is not included in the above online BR.
At the moment I play a couple of evenings a week, one day at the weekend and I only ever play 1 or 2 tables (never 4+ like most). I browse this site daily and read a lot of the forum's with great interest. I have NEVER read a poker book (tsk tsk I know!) as I feel that reading these forums is JUST as good, if not better than reading a poker book (hell I may be wrong since I have never read a poker book and thus can not compare the forums to them!) I do not keep records of where, when, how I win and lose money /images/graemlins/blush.gif, but I do keep records of who I play against and how they play. /images/graemlins/grin.gif
My Problem:
I have now though, come to a cross roads in my 'poker' career! I feel I have come a long way in a year and feel that my play is improving all the time. I also believe that if I concentrated more upon poker I could make a hell of a lot more money than I currently do. However I do not think I could play poker for 12 hours a day 7 days a week and quit my job. I would get bored and frustrated very easily.
My Question:
Is anyone here in a similar boat to me?
Has anybody here been in a similar boat - if so then what have you done to improve your play?
Any recommendations as to where to go from here?
Does anyone here think that from my current Bios I have anywhere near the right skills to become a MORE successful player than I am already, if I were to studying the game at a deeper level (read books, keep track of when I win and lose money etc.)
Any advice, greatly appreciated.
Cheers,
Jon
This is my first post in the 'Theory' forum - I normally stick around in the small stakes and MTT forum's! Just looking for some worldly advice!
My Bios (I am British):
I have a full time job in recruitment and play poker as a hobby - although I play the hobby to win and not to piss away my money /images/graemlins/smile.gif
Anyway, I have been playing online poker for about a year now. I started with $50 and solely played NLHE Sit and Go's. Moved my Bankroll (BR) to about $300 and moved up in limits. I then added MTT's to the equation (always NL and PLHE - never LHE). My BR then went upto about $1500 and I have now incorporated NLHE cash games (and dropped Sit N Go's) into the equation and I am currently sitting at about $4k. I have also played 3 B&M low limit rebuy tournaments and I have won 2 of them (Invested £80 total for a return of £1200). This is not included in the above online BR.
At the moment I play a couple of evenings a week, one day at the weekend and I only ever play 1 or 2 tables (never 4+ like most). I browse this site daily and read a lot of the forum's with great interest. I have NEVER read a poker book (tsk tsk I know!) as I feel that reading these forums is JUST as good, if not better than reading a poker book (hell I may be wrong since I have never read a poker book and thus can not compare the forums to them!) I do not keep records of where, when, how I win and lose money /images/graemlins/blush.gif, but I do keep records of who I play against and how they play. /images/graemlins/grin.gif
My Problem:
I have now though, come to a cross roads in my 'poker' career! I feel I have come a long way in a year and feel that my play is improving all the time. I also believe that if I concentrated more upon poker I could make a hell of a lot more money than I currently do. However I do not think I could play poker for 12 hours a day 7 days a week and quit my job. I would get bored and frustrated very easily.
My Question:
Is anyone here in a similar boat to me?
Has anybody here been in a similar boat - if so then what have you done to improve your play?
Any recommendations as to where to go from here?
Does anyone here think that from my current Bios I have anywhere near the right skills to become a MORE successful player than I am already, if I were to studying the game at a deeper level (read books, keep track of when I win and lose money etc.)
Any advice, greatly appreciated.
Cheers,
Jon