Hi Everyone!
I have been reading the threads on here for a while now and i thought i would make one myself to keep a track of my progress and hopefully one day, to look back on a journey of success.
A little bit about me - I'm a 30 year old from the UK. I got in to Poker about 13 years ago for a bit of fun. 1 year after first playing, on my 18th birthday, i got a job in a local casino as a Poker Dealer. I worked in the casino for about 3 years, during this time i also started playing poker more seriously and started to study the game. In 2016 i decided to quit my dealing job and try it out full time as a Live professional poker player. I did this for about 2 years with reasonable success. I played mostly 1/2 with some one off 2/5 and 5/10 when the games were extra juicy. Over the 2 years i was in about 75k profit. At the time this was very good money for me as i lived with my parents still and had minimal expenses. Sadly during this time i had a hell of a lot going on in my personal life , my mental health took a nosedive and a mix of the lifestyle of a poker player took its toll massively not having a structured life. I needed some change in my life and i stopped playing, not wanting to leave the house due to my issues.
Fast forward 7ish years and i had a successful early career in a completely different field ' A proper job '. Anyway long story short, i left my job about 6 months ago after a bit of a debacle. During these years i slowly got back in to Poker and using it as a side hustle. This brings us to where we are today.
I've set myself the challenge of moving away from the live felt on to the online scene and starting from the bottom and try make a living from this game once again. Now i could have started higher and i have the facilities to do so , but that wouldn't be much of a challenge. I've also not played online cash much before, and only played a few odd tournaments. Now i understand Live and Online are completely different in regards to skill level, which is why i want to start lower and work my way up.
I started at 10nl but in terms of this blog, it will be starting where we currently are, 25NL. I am playing the 9Max Ante Cash Games on GG. Now these games have big rake (10bb) but they are 200bb deep and i think there's so much more dead money here , rather than RnC or 6 max. I also currently am enrolled in the 'Killer Whale' promo where we are receiving 50% rakeback and hope to make the 400k points required by late April to Platinum Whale. There's also the GG care which we are receiving on average $30 a day from. I understand there is much better sites regarding lower Rake , but i really like the GG software and i think it's super soft. Now as you move up, the rake lowers, so the plan is to try move up quickly but still use a conservative approach.
I will post my 25NL graph to date below, but remember this is pre rake, as GG's Pokercraft doesn't include it, funnily enough
I will be investing in PT4 as it goes in to much deeper detail and can see results including the rake.
2024 GOALS
Play 1 million hands online
Reach 100NL and be a good winning player at these stakes.
Improve personal Fitness and Health
I'll be posting regular updates, hands and general ramblings regarding the challenge.
If anyone has any Questions, tips/advice , fire away.
LFG!