Decent. Ship it my dude.

glgl mate!

Nice work. GL!

Thanks guys!

Unfortunately we didn't last too long. We got an early double, albeit not without a big sweat but then busted 3b shoving 88 and getting snapped by KQs for 23bb. Would have put us in a good spot to make a run but no complaints!

Poker is going to take a bit of a back seat until November with exams but might think about the main event on Sunday.



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unlucky in the timbey mate. get on with that work grind - im back next week too!

Hey guys, I'm meeting some guys from the Pokerstars Discord this evening for a Drinking Cash Game casino crawl around central London. Should be a laugh, could be a car crash.

DM me if you're interested

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Haven't posted in a really long time but keen to start posting regularly again. So much has changed over the last year; I've recently got married, left my job and moved into a new apartment in London. Hopefully I will have some interesting content to write about, I'm back playing more live poker again and have some fun travels coming up. I might put up some stuff from the last 12 months as they've been an absolute blast.

I'm trying to move on from my degenerate drinking poker sessions and have been playing sober for the last couple of weeks and the results have been awesome, probably the best run I've had. I always felt people played worse against me when I was drunk as they thought I was an idiot but I was just justifying my behaviour. I still intend on having drunk 1/1 sessions with friends but I am just treating it as entertainment and keeping it separate from my actual poker.

Also hoping to catch up with some old poker friends in London who I haven't seen much of over the last year. Anyone based in London who wants to play some poker and grab a beer let me know!

Congratulations!

FYP.

Let's kick off with some results for the last couple of weeks. Volume hasn't been huge but it's been great being back on the tables. Had a decent score in the £275 monthly 8max at the Vic, 3/118, otherwise I've just been grinding out the cash.



Since coming back to the tables with a clear head I've found that my game has been a lot better, I feel like I'm playing as well as I ever have (this isn't particularly good I know) and I'm enjoying it too. I've found that I don't really have any poker related goals anymore. I've been as guilty as anyone in setting lofty, unrealistic goals over the years but now I'm just playing for the fun of it. I think I want to try and move up and see what level I can make it to, but purely because I enjoy the competition, not because I want to make more money. Like everything I do, I play poker because I enjoy the challenge and competition, the more difficult something is, the more pleasure I take from doing well at it. I'm not sure where my level is at the moment but I'm looking forward to finding out.

One thing I've noticed a lot at the tables recently is the amount of people asking why I'm sober now, why I'm not drinking etc. I have definitely given a very polarised view of myself in live poker until now. I've only played poker when I'm having a few drinks, having fun and often out with friends. I'm sure most people I play with think I'm some kind of degenerate gambler with a drinking problem but I'm enjoying bringing the focus and drive from other areas of my life into poker now. Hopefully my reputation as a degenerate who can't play will stick around as I'm sure it's doing me a favour. I've just spent the last 10 years luring people into a false sense of security, time to reap the benefits.

tl;dr I'm old, settled and boring now - lock up your bankrolls, I'm coming for them

Good solid run of wins there, and a nice cherry on the cake! Awesome score! Congrats!
You playing the 25/25 comp this weekend? Looks like its going to be another massive prize pool.
Gl at the tables, I am pretty sure I played with you when you were drunk once at The Vic, you were funny, didn't cross the line, respectful and inclusive of other players at the table, and tricky to play against!

Thanks a lot, I know I'm definitely sun running so keeping my feet on the ground. I'm not in the 25/25 this weekend, the Ski and Snowboard show is on and my wife and I are hosting a halloween party at a club tonight. I'm definitely primarily a cash player but if I can get the times to work I'll jump in some of the smaller events.

I hope we did play together! If so, that means a lot, thank you. I like to think that I'm generally a happy guy, I would never want to make anyone feel uncomfortable at the table and I genuinely enjoy meeting the people I play against.

How do you find 1/1 and 1/2 games compare at the Vic? I've only ever played the 1/1 there a few years ago but it was pretty nitty.

Good to see the thread back and you're on a heater. Congratulations on getting married too!

Thanks, it's good to be back and writing again here.

I've been away for a while but 1/2 plays a lot bigger from what I remember. I don't think the standard is massively different, few more people who know what they're doing. 1/3 and 2/5 I think are tougher but I'm not really an expert. I'll work hard and fight my way up and let you know.

Sounds good. I'm moving down to London at some point over the next few months but haven't been to the Vic since 2015 as it's not in as good a location as Empire/Hippo.

Good luck with the move, give me a shout when you're down here if you want to grab a beer or play some poker.

I like the Vic personally but enjoy the Hippo too, never been a huge fan of the Empire but if the game is good I'll play in a ditch

Sounds good, not sure when I'll arrive as it depends when I can get a job but hopefully it'll be by January.

I'm not a huge fan of the hippo as I don't really like heights and half the seats in the room look over the drop to the main casino floor haha. The Vic's tiny cards was also a pet peeve of mine but I hear they've replaced them now.

In glgl

I'm reading 6bet me's PGC thread, I'm 30 pages in or so and I'm legitimately crying with laughter at times, some great great posts in there by OP and others. If you have a lot of spare time I really recommend giving it a read.

Had an awesome night out last night with friends for Halloween, I don't have any pictures at the moment but far too much alcohol was consumed and I have no recollection of going home. Last thing I remember was another magnum of Ciroc appearing around 2am, from how I felt this morning I'm betting I had some fun with it.

Played a session at the Vic this afternoon / evening. Very similar to my last session, I was pretty card dead but I didn't try to force anything, hovered between a £100 and £200 stack (I buy in for 200bb) until busting and deciding not to rebuy. My last hand was interesting but I'm pretty sure I misplayed it.

UTG raises to 3 with a stack of around 40, MP raises to 10, CO raises to 27 and I look down at AKss on the BTN. I'm sitting on about 140 and am covered by MP and CO.

I am thinking about what I want to do and consider all three options. CO has just busted the tournament and torched a buyin within 3 hands and just rebought, seemed a little frustrated but I didn't think he was super light or tilted. I'm actually more concerned with what MP is holding who three bet originally. I decide to call because UTG looks like he is itching to get the rest of his chips in and it will be an underraise, therefore I will be able to see the flop in position for £40-45 and the pot will be somewhere between £130-180, having £100 behind and able to get the money in if we see an ace or a king.

I'd love to hear any thoughts about what I should be doing here. I felt like I was unsure of the best thing to do, knowing that the UTG shove would be an underraise and that there could be no further raises was what led me to call.

MP tank folds and CO calls, 3 way to the flop with around £150 in the pot.



Called it an evening and booked a £200 loss but I've been really happy with how I've played over the last two sessions. Even though they have both been losing sessions I feel I've not tried to force the action and kept to my game plan. I know that there are going to be lots of losing sessions as I work at this, I just need to keep my confidence up. I know I have often started doubting whether I am a winning player in these games in the past. I think that I am a winner in the long term, I hope to prove it here and try and move up.

You're one of us now...

Next Steps

Bit of a life based post here so feel free to skip.

I returned to London from my honeymoon in late September with gainful employment. Since then I've spent a lot of time thinking about what I want to do next and what my long term goals are. I have been job hunting and had some success, I am in process with many different companies for roles such as Strategy, Equity Research, M&A Associate etc. Being immediately available means I am able to really commit to the job hunt and be in many more parallel processes without raising suspicion at work.

I've been keeping myself busy taking Russian classes, Python/Data Science classes and dealing with contractors who have been renovating a couple of properties. I have also been trying to play more live poker as I've posted, alongside studying on RIO and playing a little online. I'm really enjoying everything I'm working on at the moment (except for the renovations but they'll hopefully be completely finished by tomorrow) but I feel that without a core focus I'm just being a bit of a ne're-do-well.

I could get a job by the end of the week (financial/management accounting, maybe something outside of banking) but I really want to move into a career that I will want to work in long term. I'm 28 now so I don't feel I'm too old but it would be good to set off on a course that I'm confident (at least where I am now) will take me to a good place. My biggest fear is being stuck in a 9 to 5 job that offers no progression and no challenge.

Overall plan is to continue as I have for the last month or so, keep up the classes, keep up the job hunt and play as much poker as I can alongside it. If anything left field comes up in the meantime I'll definitely explore it, I'm not wedded to continuing in banking but it just seems like the best option at the moment.

We're in a similar boat I feel (or at least will be when I return to England in a few weeks time) except I'm lacking the professional qualifications you have.

Beyond knowing I want to do something in finance I'm struggling as there's such a massive range of roles that seem interesting and it's my first real career job I'm looking for so I'm kinda stumped as to which areas I want to prioritise in my search.

Kind of a derail (sorry) but I found the parallels interesting. I'm guessing accountancy isn't what you want to be doing long term?

I got the ACA because I felt it was a great safety net and a good use of 3 years. I will always be able to find a job with it and if I ever want to run my own business it will be a great asset.

I am not sure I want to pursue the financial reporting/accounting route, I'd like to leverage the skills I learned at the Big 4 and focus them either in an analytical role that looks to create value for investors, or in a strategy based role working with small businesses looking to grow or solve problems.

If I can help at all with job hunting etc do let me know. I worked in recruitment for two years so happy to proof read CVs, talk about options etc. I could be wrong (I often am) but finding a job that lets you pursue a qualification (e.g. ACA, CFA etc.) could be a good step. I changed from recruitment to accountancy primarily to obtain my ACA. It just so happened when I got there I loved the area I worked in (not audit!).

Imo, you want to be narrowing the field here rather than taking a flop 4-way. Imagine it's a fairly simple sim to run so hopefully someone here with a bit more expertise can plug the numbers in. Knowing the Vic 1/1, I'd jam and full expect to be called by AQ/AJs