Background Info

Hey guys, been toying with the idea of starting one of these for awhile. Following interesting pg+c's is one of my favorite parts of the forum and I think it helps motivation when you are accountable to others. My name is Tyler and I'm a 25 year old from CT and I've been playing poker professionally basically since I got out of college a couple years ago. I play mostly heads up and 6max cash at 2/4nlhe with the majority of my volume being online at bovada. I also play some live 5/10nl at Foxwoods/Borgata.

Here is a snapshot of some of my recent bovada results:



Poker Goals

- Play at least 25k hands per month at 2/4 on Bovada

- Get in 30-40 hours per month of 5/10nl live

- 6bb/100 at 2/4 over a 50k hand sample so I can begin to move into some higher stakes


Life Goals

- Gym 4-5 times per week (at first this will mostly just be cardio but I'll be getting back into lifting weights at some point as well)

- Basketball 1-2 times a week with friends

- Drop weight to 175 pounds by the end of 2014. I have done a good job of this so far. After having some mild back issues during college and too much drinking/eating bad food I let myself get up to 233 at my highest. I am just short of 6'1'' and currently weigh in at 192.

- Eat healthier!!!


I'll try to update this as often as possible. Thanks for following!

First! gl will be following. Nice OP

thanks for the proofread!

GL in both your poker career and quest for health OP!

Hi Tyman,

I remember you from the ACR thread. GL and hope you run it all up!

GL buddy

Whats TheTyman btw?

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lol, nvm I figured it out

Thanks!

Hey yeah I stopped chasing that stupid beast rake race awhile ago and stopped going in that thread. Gl to you too!

lol i actually really don't like using it but at this point I've been using it so long that it's easy to remember so I use it for a lotta stuff. The way it came about was just that my dad would call me The Tyman when I was a kid and back when I was setting up my first online email account (LOL dial up AOL) I tried to make it TheTyman. It was taken and I was 9 years old at the time. And so the legend states, that is how TheTyman9 was born.

I just started playing online poker in July on Bovada and Carbon. Still in the micro stakes sitting with a few hundred bucks as my BR.

Out of curiosity, did you invest a lot of money into your starting BR, or did you run it up playing poker?

Have you ever considered making some youtube commentary videos of you playing? Would be interesting to see some commentary from a winning but unknown player.

What do you think helped you most to evolve into a winning high stakes player both online and live?

Hope all that was helpful, gl!

What software do you use?

I deposited $200 a few months back mostly for fun and to play 6max to give me more experience with live short tables. I ran it up to $700 playing mostly $10NL and $25NL so I'm thinking about giving this a smidge more actual attention. So far I use no software...not even tracker software.

Biggest transition as I move up in stakes? I have a pretty exploitable/unbalanced value range which is fine live (I'm 2/5 & 5/10 when it runs), but noticed even at 50NL people are 3betting pretty wide, bluff raising flops w/air, etc. Alot of this is new to me.

Any favorite players when it comes to educational card runners vids?

Also any fears of collusion at the higher stakes?

Thanks and good luck.

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How would you describe the difference in the 5/10 FW vs Borgata? How about between 2/5 and 5/10 FW?

I usually play FL and mix on Bovada and Carbon, but I play FW 2/5 on the weekends when waiting for seat in the 20 or 40 (when it runs). Is the skill difference vast, or just the players' wallets?

GL on and off

I play the majority of my volume online so there are definitely better people to ask this question. In my experience the 5/10 is a bit better at borgata then at foxwoods. However almost all of my borgata play happens when there is a big tourney series there and the games are better for obvious reasons. With the foxwoods 5/10 to 2/5 comparison the differences are pretty much what you would expect. The 5/10 is almost always the highest game in the room and there is only 1-2 running so there is always a couple of the best players in the room in it. It's definitely a very beatable game though as evidenced by gangip's thread. The 2/5 at foxwoods is great because you get a lot of weak players and even if you are in a mediocre game there are usually 6-7 to switch to.

gl to you as well

GLGLGLGLGL

thanks man! probly see you at foxwoods tmrw or sat

GL mate!

Thanks you too!


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So I tried to start off this thread with a bang and ran deep in the 15k guaranteed nightly on Bovada the past two nights ($4kish up top). Unfortunately ended up finishing 16th (AKs to QQ) and 18th (99 to AJo). Saving the run good for the 100k guar

Everything overall been going well so far this month. I've played a lot of golf/played some basketball/and went to the gym all but 1 day. Poker results have been decent on the month so far as well.

Even after we had that whole conversation about how winning is better? Jeez.

You should have thrown in some inspirational videos

http://youtu.be/Y3S49LbkpKA

Thanks for the inputs. I play on bovada and was curious if you use iholdemindicator.

Sweet goals, knock em out!

Thanks man! Was nice to briefly meet you at the venetian this summer.

Hey man, just saw you started this. You posted in my thread and we both play midstakes so I thought I'd follow you. In my limited experience in having a PGC thread, like everything else its super easy to not want to do and to slack off with it, but I've found the accountability involved with just posting results/how you're doing in general is super +ev in that you're forced to look at yourself. Its been a very positive thing for me and hope it is for you too. Just my 2 cents.

GL at the tables!

I'm not sure about Tyman9 but I use it on Bovada. Even having a few basic stats is better then none at all imo. Just remember it won't work on the zoom tables as each hand is basically a new game. One down side is they sale Holdem Indicator for 79 Euros which means we pay over $100 for it! :/

Tyman9 I didn't realize you had a PG&C or that you were on Bovada

Good luck man I like your posts and will be following this for sure!

Thanks! Yeah the accountability thing is one of the benefits of a PGC for sure. Gl to you as well.