That's a pretty far shot. You ever played hot 11 or 16.5? Those are a bit early. Maybe though 1 or 2 sats. There are a few good ones with value. Or is it started yet?

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I decided to give it a whirl, c. $20k up top. 11/1669 atm.

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Busted lol, AKs vs AKo vs 99.

Just the Bigger $11 remaining.

Weekly update!

Good week volume wise but definitely had better results! My shot at £1/2 obviously didn't work out this time and I haven't been killing £1/1 like I need to be. I've stopped my PLO challenge to give myself a bit of downtime when I'm not working or grinding live.

Overall update - Last weeks figures in parentheses:

Live bankroll: £1759 (£2245)

Life roll savings: £0

Live Sessions:
6/10 - +£158 2hrs 51mins (£1/1)
7/10 - -£120 1hr 56 mins (£1/1)
8/10 - +£225 2hrs 23 mins (£1/1)
9/10 - -£160 3hrs 38mins (£1/1)
10/10 - -£400 5hrs 16mins (£1/2)
11/10 - +£70 5hrs 10mins (£1/1)

Stakes: +£173 15hrs 58 mins (£1/1)
-£400 5hrs 16mins (£1/2
Total: +£227 21hrs 14 mins

Points towards loyalty freeroll: 30 (30 total this loyalty period)

Plan for the week
Going to smash the £1/1 games this week, build the roll back up, hopefully in time for another £1/2 shot this weekend. In terms of volume I'll hopefully play every day this week, build up another 40 loyalty points towards the freeroll. To give you guys an idea of the schedule I keep during the week:

6am - Wake up, read 2p2, post in this thread if needed, read book.
7am - Shower
7:30am - Go to work
8am-7pm - Work
7:30-10pm - Play at the Vic
10:30pm - Home, eat, spend time with GF (yay)
12pm - Sleep

I've been reading a fair bit recently and I try to keep it poker centric. I'm going to post a few snapshot reviews here and if anyone wants to know anymore please do ask and I'll give more detailed thoughts on the books. These are the two I read last week.

1) Molly's Game - Molly Bloom



Entertaining if somewhat self-indulgent at times. Interesting to get a look into what was going on inside the so called Hollywood Home Game and how it started but I'm not sure how accurate it is. I would imagine this is a lot more glossy than it really was. Worth picking up and reading but it probably won't be to everyones taste.

2) Straight Flush - Ben Mezrick



I followed the UB/AP scandals relatively closely and was disappointed at how they were referenced in this book. It was certainly entertaining and I enjoyed hearing more about the backgrounds of those involved. This was obviously not a 'tell all' book and it paints the owners in a very good light but I found it entertaining and it is worth a read.

Non-poker book:

My Sisters Grave - Robert Dugoni



Good book. I won't go into too much detail but it essentially follows a sister's quest to find out what really happened when her sister disappeared 20 years ago. It stays within the realms of possibility and has some interesting twists along the way. I wouldn't give it 5 stars but it kept me engaged until the end and will probably pick up some more books by the same author.

Iv been thinking for a while about making the swap over from mainly online poker to live and was wondering if you could give any good pointers. What's the main difference between online and live, bankroll management etc. Continuing to love your thread, find it very interesting. Keep the grind up pal

This is a really great thread, thanks

1) The live game is softer
2) Variance seems bigger in so much that you can get almost nothing playable for hours and that can lead to a lot of boredom
3) Maintaining focus can be difficult for online players
4) You can spot an online player within a couple of seconds, headphones, 3x opens, personality of a dial tone lol
5) As this isn't my only form of income I use 20 buyins and take shots with what I have over that. I will probably use more and more buyins as I go up in stakes.

There is a lot more as it is very different. If you have any specific questions please do let me know.

Thanks for the encouragement!

Thanks!

Havent played any live for few month but online is going ok, shipped few 4-10k scores last few months,learning and grinding whenever i find time. Wanted to play ukipt ME, but they started like wednesday and my holiday is finished at work already.

Ditto, hopefully this time next year I'm devoting more time to poker and can jump in more of the festival!

Brilliant thanks mate. I know a fairly local casino plays 50p/50p stakes with a max buy in of £50, which although is nothing to a lot of players I'm only a student and having a few multiple BI of this level would actually be a fairly big amount. You have to start somewhere, aye?

Can't think of any more questions that id like to know but I'm sure you'll be glad to hear if I think of any ill be sure to post here lol.

Please do, when I first started I had £200 and bought in for £100! Didn't really know what I was doing but that was my first foray into live poker.

WOW. We'll see!

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I've moved to London 2 year's ago. And cameback to online poker 2 months ago and to live poker yesterday.

GL mate cu @ the tables

How many 1/1 tables in vic to choose from? During the night and weekend time?

Just playing with you, I was born out of the online generation as well so it's more of a reflection of myself when I started.

I'd say 3-5 table evenings and weekends at £1/1. Glad to hear you came back to poker, probably see you at the tables!

Didn't have a great evening last night, lost a couple of hands and the downswing is picking up some pace.

1) First hand of the night against a middle aged recreational player.

UTG limps, 2 callers, MP raises to £4, CO flats, I flat in the small blind with JTo, UTG flats and so does the one of the original callers.

Flop: JT8hh

I lead out for £10 and get raised by UTG to £25. It folds around to me and I ship in for £100 and he calls.



2) Hands vs aggressive player who was on £1/2 PLO list but decided to stay on our table.

I open 86dd from MP to £5 and he 3bets on the button to £15, I call as we are £200 deep. Flop comes A87r, I check and he checks behind. At this point I'm putting him on KK-TT, some aces (although I think he bets these sometimes as well) and a small percentage of random bluffs.

Turn comes a 5 completing the rainbow. I lead out for £20 with second pair and an open ended straight draw. He minraises me and I feel I have the equity to call and take his stack if I hit and get away from it if I miss.

River comes a second 5, I check and he bets around £60 pot.



Also lost an AIPF flip (AK vs QQ) vs a mid stack and lost the minimum with AJ on a AK9T7 board vs QJ who flatted my open pre and tried to trap me.

I've got some negative momentum at the moment. I can't really string some winning sessions together and my bankroll is hurting. There is a real chance I could go busto which would be incredibly frustrating. I feel (hope) I beat these games and I want to make progress. I'm tightening up a little preflop to try and reduce the variance and eliminating and frustration play while still looking for opportunities to get my money in good.

I have a cricket dinner tonight so I'm not sure I'm going to be able to get a session in but I hope I can. I'm loving my poker at the moment and I want to get this slide stopped as soon as possible and work on getting the bankroll in a more healthy position. I might wait a while until my next £1/2 shot as this downswing has reminded me how fragile my bankroll really is and how fast it can get depleted!

Best of luck at the tables!

Obligatory meeting picture:

For someone tightening up pre, or at least attempting to, some of those pre flop holdings leave a lot to be desired

I guess I have to agree with you, I was think about that on the tube this morning. I still don't hate pre on either of them though. Getting great odds on the JT hand and 86s has the potential to flop well against his three betting range that deep.

Need to do better.

The problem with this is that you've just said you put him on KK-TT, Ax or some air, but you're betting second pair (but below his possible pairs) and a straight draw on the turn for value, yet you're essentially bluffing because virtually anything that calls you is ahead, so that thinking is flawed. Also, by betting the turn you've just bloated the pot by £80 in an extremely marginal spot...

Thanks for the advice, as well as having second pair I felt I could represent an ace here, getting him to fold TT-KK or any bluffs he had. Maybe he won't lay it down or I have to bet bigger?

Two best mates from work have just quit in the space of a week. Not the best news! Will cure with alcohol tonight...

Nice blog champ.

I have a few questions

How many hands are you getting in per hour on average?
Do you find it to be a major grind working all day and grinding at night?

Not sure about hands per hour, I'll try keep track on evening and I'll let you know.

Regarding finding it a grind, massively so. Way I see it though is that I'm investing in my future, I really want to be successful and I'm prepared to burn the candle at both ends to achieve it.