the dream of a novice players journey to becoming a pro player

Wednesday 9 January 2008

taking a break

well the inevetible has happened.I will have to take a break from poker.Losing at poker is effecting my life too much.I will start again in 4weaks time,with a bankroll of $750.I will return to play $50nlh.My target will be to get $2k before moving to $100nl.At $2k i will divide my bankroll into 2 parts.I will imediately transfer $500 into sportsbook account.This will be for my tournaments.Not a great deal,but i get in the money about 1 in 4/5 tornys i enter,where theres 150-250 runners.Any torny wins will be transfered into the sportsbook account.I will use this as a separate bankroll with the ultimate goal of winning a £20k plus torny.
Saving up the money will hopefully instill some value for that money.I will require some patience and hopefully return with a vengence.
The following budgetery measwures will be taken to build up bankroll.

  1. reduce ciggies from 25 to 15,and smoke more roll ups-saves about £25 per weak
  2. reduce takeaway meals -saves about £20 per weak
  3. stop using rentboys -undisclosed

Any punks wanna leave comments,it will be good motivation

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Keep working at your game. Study, study, study. always review your sessions and review your larger pot hands. Determine if you played the hand optimally and if not, try not to repeat that mistake again. This is the way to improve.

You took on good step in starting a blog, this will help you tremendously, as other players can leave feedback on hands you post. I am higher on forums then books for learning the game. However, do yourself a favor and buy and read Harrington on Hold 'Em, all three volumes. They are worth their weight in gold. They are realy for tournaments, but many of the basic concepts apply very well to cash games too. It helped me a lot when I read them.

I also suggest with a $750 bankroll that you play $25NL. You should really have between 20 and 25 maximum buy ins for each level, more BIs the higher you get. Being overrolled to a degree is a good thing, as it is much more difficult to go broke. At $1,000 take a shot at $50NL, but I suggest $25NL to start.

Good luck!