LC: One year ago (Stolen from STT Forum)

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Irieguy posted This thread about where hwas a year ago and how he's progressed, it's a really interesting read, and i'd like to see what you guys here have to say.

for me:

One year ago

- I was sharing a bankroll with one of my friends, and our combined roll was a couple hundred. And we restocked multiple times.

- I had never cashed in the 25 or so tournamnets i played.

- Thought the $30 Turbo SNG's were a hugeeeeeeeeeeee splurge.

- Huge rush about winning a $20 SNG. Impressed friends telling them how i won A HUNDRED dollars. (Which i would blow then playing a $100 SnG)

- played lots of micro-limit tables, broke even.


Since

- Became a 2bb/100 winner at 2/4-5/10

- On my own w/ my bankroll

- Bought into tournaments w/ a buyin bigger than last years bankroll

- Played like 1200 MTT's.

- Played at EPT Dublin and cashed.

- Started posting on 2+2, made a bunch of friends. met Apathy at EPT dublin.

- That's about it.
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Mine is pretty boring, but i'm sure someo fyou guys have some interesting ones.

[whiskeytown]

I'm hoping to have a thread like this on my one year mark after booze where I can see how my game has gone up...

looks good - awesome even.

RB

[A_Junglen]

One Year Ago

I was proud of grinding it out at $5.50 STT's on PokerStars and turning a small profit

I thought Play Poker Like the Pro's was the know all to end all

If I was feelin a lil crazy I'd play 2 tables at once

I was a losing player online (slowly)

Now..

Turned 18 (whoops)

I won 2 MTT's and cashed over 6k in tournaments.

Bought a 2001FP, and Inspiron 6000 to 8 table.

Became a winning 22 - 8 tabler on PP

Made my first casino visit and profited

Make a bigger effort to improve my game everyday

[ansky451]

One Year Ago:

Built myself a 4 figure bankroll before I was 18.

Played very few multis, mostly a wierd mix of sit and gos and some cash games.

Very disorganized, didn't own pokertracker, or keep any stats for that matter.


Now:

Buy in direct to all big weekend tournaments

Until my massive downswing these last 2 months, had a +100% ROI on tournaments (over 300 tournaments) over the summer.

Moving gradually back into more cash games- but still playing tournaments when I have the time.

Busted out of 2 straight tournaments w/ 72. And no not the misclick one either, I legitamately busted out of a party 150, and a party 100 with 72.

Losing 4 digits in a day no longer bothers me (is this a good thing?)

[A_PLUS]

One Year Ago.....

I had recently discovered the value of aggressive play and thought MTTs were easy, I couldn't miss and had a 10K month playing only 5-10 MTTs a week.

I was buying family members ridiculous gifts for no reason (Ipod, tread-mill, etc). I paid for a trip to Napa with the G/F, and got myself an ipod and new laptop.

I played 50$ through 200$ max NL, and the occasional SNG. I thought party SNGs were for suckers.

I thought there was a chance I would quit work to play poker at some time in the future.


Now.............

I only play a few MTTs a month, and havent made a final table in months. I spend my poker time playing 1-2 and 2-4 6-max, 3-6 full-ring (thanks to CSC), and 20-50$ SNGs on party.

My G/F is now my fiance, no more lavish gifts, but poker helped pay for the ring, and will help as I support us for her last semester of nursing school.

I have come to realize that poker is hard work in many ways. Other than the occasional MTT-savant, earning a living playing poker is a boring job. I have no longer dream of giving up my job for poker. I treat tournament poker as a fun hobby (hopefully profitable). I treat limit and SNG play as a way to make extra money. Don't get me wrong, I dont dislike it in any way, just not something I would do for free.

oh yeah, and I dont drink when I play any more, which eliminates the possibility of blowing 1000$ playing 100-200$ SNGs when I couldnt read the cards.

[billyjex]

One year ago I was running good a Party 2/4 and quit my $7 an hour college job. I had won a $20 multi on pokerroom as well and had a $1500 bankroll.

A year later I have beaten every limit up to 10/20 fixed, 2/4 NL and keep advancing. Tournaments, I have been successful but feel I am a much better cash game player than tournament player. I just don't have the patience/discipline sometimes.

I played in the WSOP main event after playing poker for less than a year, but got my ass handed to me. Thanks Tommy Vu.

[yabastid]

I was thinking of making this same post these last couple of days- so, thanks.

I started playing poker almost exactly a year ago and I was a hellacious donk. I knew nothing of position, pot odds, blind stealing, implied odds, resteals, situations>cards, bubble play, identifying draw heavy boards, putting opponents on ranges, etc. I saw my two cards and that was it. When I first started playing (cash games no less) I thought it was appropriate to call PF with pretty much any 2 because "you never know what could happen on the flop." I thought aces were just another pair and would often just call with them. I thought it best to be be deceptive checking my set or flopped straight to river hoping to spring a big "trap" and didn't understand how I could possibly lose to a bigger set/straight or to a flush/fullhouse (what free cards? [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]). I was "dead money" as one player at a table called me- I was given winning hands as a function of clicking "call" but never manufactured a winning hand. So one day I found TPFAP and then 2+2 on March 5, '05. MLG was kind enough to guide me along in the early days, often taking time to answer what were, no doubt, trivially easy posts (Thank you, MLG, for all your patience, sir!). I had invested just under 3K before finding 2+2. Today in my 3 accounts (UB, Party and Stars) I total just about 9.8K. I play almost entirely SnG's and MTT's and I am very risk averse. I have a wife, a new born son, a full time job, and own an apartment in NYC (oh, how I wish I was 22 again!) so any tourney with a buyin higher than $22 stresses me out a bit. I do plan on stepping it up after the New Year. I still suck at poker, but not with the same voracity as before. I'm still a donk, but sometimes I can find a bigger donk than me at the table. I still loose a lot, but I can go back and usually understand how.

These boards are why I now show a profit for the year and I thank all of you for that.

1 year ago I was pushing all-in with KJo at the play money SNGs on Party, and playing $3 poker with my friends. Last August when I stumbled upon this site I decided to read HOH and TOP.

About 2 months ago, I deposited $100 on Stars to play various micro ring games, SNGs, and MTTs. When I got to $150 (a HUGE rush), I cashed out my initial $100 and, thinking I was great, proceeded to lose the $50 in 2 days.

I did more reading, and redeposited the $100 to stars 2 weeks ago. I have since doubled my BR playing $6.50 SNGs, and .25/.50 full ring. Thanks to a friend I met on 2+2, I am starting to learn .50/1 6max, while still playing SNGs and a few low buy-in MTTs.

[Punker]

One year ago:

I was playing mostly 10-20 short handed with occassional tournament and sit&go forays and one WPT satellite win to play in Aruba. I had set a goal to play the WSOP main event and didn't have any particularly focused goals beyond that and "making some extra money".

Since: I focused much more heavily on tournaments, winning a WSOP satellite, the Party Super Monday, the Party Super Tuesday, and buying in direct to a WPT event (Aruba again). I sat in a live tourney with my first WSOP ME event champ (Scotty). My ring game play went all to hell, but I have played as high as 100-200, with extended forays into 15-30 and 30-60.

I didn't even know what texas was until 6 months ago so I prolly shouldn't post here [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img] but it is interesting read for sure.