Unfortunately I am not British, only live in London. Though I plan to apply for British citizenship in a couple of month


1. It only produced an appetite in that I did not enjoy my job and so appreciate that I can now do something I do enjoy.

2. Not sure if anything is really hard, just people get better. Maybe overadjusting was my biggest problem, i.e. thinking that everyone is out to get me an playing back way too much.

I just moved up when it felt right and when I felt like I was way ahead of the competition at the stakes I was playing. I had to take to attempts to move up from 100 to 200. Also failed to mix in 400+ FR while playing 200 FR and only managed to move up after I switched to 6max 200.

3. I mean I might get bored but then like you said I know that the grass is not greener on the other side. Playing poker has so many advantages compared to a normal job (besides the fact that I find it a lot of fun now). How old are you? Do you play poker full time or have a normal job?

4. No road map tbh. I would obviously like to play nosebleeds but I realise that I am not nearly good enough for that (for now) and it is not a must have. If I can make ~$40k a month on average I would be really happy as that is half a million dollar tax free. Don't see any point risking it all for the "glory" of playing anyone at nosebleeds. Once I end the b/e period I will certainly add in some good Nl5k and hopefully will bumhunt even higher stakes by the end of the year.

Also playing at the GUKPT London, EPT London and a few at the WSOP. Will sell some action, but not sure on the mark-up yet.

Month is still being a bit of bitch, only made it back into the plus (+$1.2k atm) today after a really good day. What is really funny though is that I am still crushing at NL600 + 1k like last month. Here is the result there only:



Which is actually pretty sick imo (obv small sample but similar to what I had last month too). Now this is the result at NL2k unfortunately:



Think I made some really poor plays at NL2k specifically and have suffered of calling down way too light this month. Lost in particular tons to the most famous recreational player (rhyming with snout) at NL2k. Think at least half of my losses overall at NL2k could have been avoided if I had played my A+ game in some marginal spots.

Will post some hands tomorrow if there are some request

lols... i did a presumption on the Brit front...whoops. Hope the application sails through fine btw!!

Thanks for answering dude, very insightful answers. So true about the grass being greener, it always is no matter what the folk in the road is!! Im early 30s but don't plan to work a day past 40!! Not for anyone else anyway... I put in like 80hrs a month at the felt (£50nl online and 1/2 live) buts that's after full time employment. I too hate my job but kinda embrace the hate as a grind is always good for inner strength imo!!!

Keep us updated man, I'll be staying tuned in to thread!!!

Thanks, last time I did not get it because I had a speeding convinction believe it or not. Though that is now spent so hopefully shouldn't be a problem. Tbh I doing it more for the lolz as I already have a German passport which is equally good.

Hey, as a student in Economics who plays poker part-time (@ your tables ), could you talk a bit about the differences and advantages/disadvantages of working in IB compared to poker ?

I'm assuming you can make a lot of money in trading and stuff like that but how much are we talking about really ? Everyone says it's a lot less than before and it doesn't look like it's going to get better in the future, but what kind of salary range could someone expect after 5-6 years in IB (say trading for example).

I'm going to have to make a decision in about a year whether I want to get a job or play poker professionally. I'm leaving towards poker but I know that it will be hard to change my mind after a few years of poker, so I want to make sure I make an informed decision.

Thanks for the thread, GL and cya at the tables.

Could not resist and had to post this hand from earlier today vs reg as it made me chuckle. In case you wondered I was indeed bluffing the river, thought I could get villain to fold some Tx that he decided c/r flop with (obv I was wrong). So villain was right to put me on bluff I guess....

I will tell you if you tell me who you are at my tables (PM me if you don't want to out yourself on 2+2)

value bluffed!

Are you calling flop because you think you're good, or to get him to fold better on later streets`?

I call flop as I don't believe him Plus some backdoors

Yeah, it's always great to suckout TT when you hit runner runner diamond

how much table selection goes into ur game? do u ever sit tables with just regs or only when theres a fish at the table?

at mid/high stakes, games only run when theres a fish dont they?

glgl beast!

wow xela i didnt know you were 38, could have sworn someone said you were 20 before. very impressive results so far man, good job.

we have very similar goals. gonna follow this thread for sure

How come you decide to 3b a hand like 89s (as opposed to flatting). Do you have any flatting range in this spot?

This can't be real... you call off the river here and are good? Wtf?

all draws missed too

I don't usually play on tables full of regs unless it is against some selected few I think I have a big edge against and the tables are bad. Though I do play on tables with regs only if there are still seats available for fish to sit (i.e. I table start if I have not hit my table limit yet).

Up to 600 tables usually don't run unless there is a fish seated usually. At 1knl and higher a lot of tables run without fish as everyone thinks they are a baller and they have an edge vs other regs. Plus obv the rake plays less of a role and small skill advantages can be turned into profit.

Ha, you must have confused me with Mayo :-)

Yeah, I can flat, fold or 3b 98s in that spot. It is a good hand to 3b bluff with vs someone who flats a lot of 3b OOP like this reg.

I did not call anything OTR. I think you must have misread the hand.

Ah, right.. I did. You value bet (?) And got called by worse somehow. Sick life.

Which part of my post did you read?

I was obv just skimming and saw that disgusting HH. His line makes no sense to me.

lol.

^Stealing my word.

Nice valuebet on the river IMO, bit thin, but old age seems to make you a wiser person than I.

Obv meant overambitious and not that nasty thing I typed above

Unsub myself for idiocy. My apologies.

Wot a beast!