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Old 01-24-2005, 03:35 PM
Snowslide Snowslide is offline
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Default Newbie ready to learn!

Hello everyone! I might as well introduce myself, as I will probably be posting here often!
My name is Mike (Snowslide online) and I have been interested in poker since ...... you guessed it, I saw Rounders way back when it was in theaters, but always put learning/playing poker on my todo list. Well, last October I turned 25, and as part of my constant pursuit of narrowing my hobbies down to one hobby to focus on, I decided to give poker a go for a few months.

Forward to today.
So, I have been playing for about 3 months (birthday is at the end of Oct.), and have spent just shy of 2k (cdn) on online poker, playing at poker stars. A small price to pay for finding something that I will most likely do for the rest of my life! I am 100% convinced that poker is "my thing", and am ready to commit myself to it.
So, I am taking a month (give or take) off from playing online poker, to work on understanding the fundementals.
I have started playing in a weekly home game also, which I will continue to do, as I am up a few hundred, and enjoying the fact that I can get paid (well) to socialize with my friends!
So, I just wanted someone to look over my basic 'game plan', and maybe make some comments or suggestions. Please and thank you.

I have the following books:
WLLH
SSHE
TOP
HEPFAP
TPFAP
S/S 1
and 3 xmas gift poker books, not really theory or stratagy based.
I have read only WLLH cover to cover, TOP about 50%, as the other ones were over my head. SSHE is on order, and should be here today or tomorrow.

For the next month or so, I will be re-reading WLLH and reading SSHE a couple of times as well. I will save the other books for a while.

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Poker Goals for the next while:

a. to learn, and understand all the concepts in WLLH and SSHE.

b. to, as consistantly as possible, start building a bankroll (as opposed to gambling away my winnings), with full intention of down the road earning more playing poker than my current job. I do understand that this may take years and years, and may never actually happen, but I do want to take it as far as possible.

c. to help learn financial discipline.

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My Checklist of things to work on before I return to the (online) tables.

A. To understand all theory and stratagy in WLLH and SSHE.
B. To become accustomed to working in, and with poker tracker. (Paid for already)
C. To develop a system for moving up/down limits, when to walk away from tables, and controlling bankroll ect.
D. To get a better understanding of bonuses, as I think they will help me to focus on specific goals while starting out.

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Thats all I can think of for now. Am I missing anything that anyone thinks is important for new players?

I guess I should mention that 95% of my expirience has been online NLHE, but will be of course focusing on limit for the next while, eventually moving towards NL tournements, I think, as I really like the complexity of NL, and the mental aspect of it. I think I have what it takes to become a winning player, as I have won a fair bit, only to eventually lose it being stupid, or stoned, or tired.
The theme for the next while is DISCIPLINE!

Anyway, thanks for reading this lenghty post, as I wanted to just give some background info!

Also, I am on several forums and my avatar is no problem what so ever, as they are pretty laid back, but this is my first avatar that could offend someone, and I really want to make the best use out of 2+2 that I can, so if anyone doesn't like it, let me know, and I might change it! Actually, I will change it from time to time anyway, like I do on my other boards. I usually stick to one for a month or so.

Anyway, comments, questions and feedback are welcomed and encouraged!
BTW, I did do a search but didn't really turn anything up.

Thanks in advance,
*mike*
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