new member . . . . . hi!

hi there, i've just joined sps and just thought i'd say hi to everyone. i was directed here by someone in the chatbox @ stars, it turns out a random pic i took from google images for my stars avatar is actually the logo for this site lol. anyway i guess im here mostly to learn, atm i am playing mainly the 4.40 180's with small success at 500-600 games played in the last month or so but im starting to feel my game slipping away so i need to do somthing about that. i guess i'll be seeing you all in the strat section soon lol


HI!

Welcome!blimey your up early for a poker player You can find lots of articals that could help you on the main site. Do you play any other sites?, how long have you been playing?

Hi and welcome.

Good luck at the tables.

Tell us a little about yourself.

geminis wrote: Welcome!blimey your up early for a poker player You can find lots of articals that could help you on the main site. Do you play any other sites?, how long have you been playing?

Early? 7am till 2am after last nights win, then work at 8am today....Hardcore me tha knows duck :-)

geminis wrote: Welcome!blimey your up early for a poker player You can find lots of articals that could help you on the main site. Do you play any other sites?, how long have you been playing?

up early? i didn't go 'down' lol i pretty much sleep during the day and play overnight (or play day and night!) the op was just after i got knocked out of a donkament on stars - got it all in on the turn w/ 2pair called by pair and flush draw....those dam hearts! woulda been 2nd in chips out of 17 but i busto in 18th place gg me.

hmmm the sites i play @ ....
stars: x ris x
tilt: c_brwn
ub: roll_deep

have played many more but these are the sites i've stuck to. i've been playing for about 3-4 years now and feel that in the last few months my games at its peak but theres plenty more where that came from!

danowski69 wrote:Hi and welcome.

Good luck at the tables.

Tell us a little about yourself.

well, im 23, unemployed( i worked at tesco for FIVE YEARS until a few montha ago i was like F this im outta here lol) im living with my mum and step dad and am grinding the 180's so i can rent a house with me girlfriend but i seem to have been slipping the last few days which isnt good. <thats actually one of the reasons im here, i feel im going to take a nice 3hr coaching session with one of the site mentors. all i want out of life is to be able to play mtt's for a living and have a nice house so i can start a family and have loads of pets lol.

can sombody tell me the username of the sites owner/mods so i can ask which coach would be better suited to up my 180 game? thanks all feeling welcomed allready

hi mate, its me who you met on stars the other night.

welcome to the site.

there are quite a few good players on here that will gladly help analyse certain hands, just post em and you will get good honest answers of how u played the hand.

i thought you played quite well the other day, maybe ur confidence has took a hit and you are worrying about nothing. you over played a couple of hands,,,, but we are all guilty of that

advice on playing full time.......its very tough to earn enough money playing poker full time and pay the bills,less than 5% of poker players actually make a regular profit.... you need at least a 5 figure bankroll before you can comfortably do what you are planning. for the time being i would stick to the $4.40/180's if you are making a profit at them. when you have enough built up move up to the $11 180's or 90's.....if things go bad move back down. bankroll management is very important, esp if u plan to pay bills out of your bankroll too. try and find a part time job to cover your living expenses until you feel you've built up enough of a bankroll and improved your game to a standard ready to play for a living. but i warn you in advance, its a rollercoaster ride, so many up's and downs

as far as mtt's go, its far more difficult to make a living from these than it was 3-5 years ago, esp on pokerstars....great site but terrible payout structures...for arguements sake i have played 60 mtt's on stars in the last 4 days i have made the money 15 times which is quite high and i'm losing..basically coz i'm getting raped as soon as i hit the cash lol.......on stars the money is too top heavy for the big field small buy ins and pittence for most other cashes, i rely on trying to break even(ish) until my next win, which i class as my profit.

another good bit of advice if you were planning on playing full time, is find a site that gives you rake back...rakeback can make the diffence of a profit or a loss over a given time period.

i will pm you some more advice on rakeback.

a couple hours mentoring on here could well make the diffence for you if you feel you need it, wildrick looks after the low buy in mentoring, i sent him a message the other day but the poof hasnt replied YES YOU RICK.

hope this helps

geordieneil

ps danowski is a sound bloke but dont listen to his pha advice lol...hi dan

hehe hi Sir Ris-a-lot, and to the site!

Do you use any hand tracking / stats software? eg Hold'em manager, pokertracker, etc

Do you play any of the "european" sites? Microgaming, ongame, ipoker, etc

I've sharkscoped your stars alias, nice stats, there's a few points I'd look at, so I'll send you a pm in a mo

geordieneil wrote:hi mate, its me who you met on stars the other night.

welcome to the site.

there are quite a few good players on here that will gladly help analyse certain hands, just post em and you will get good honest answers of how u played the hand.

i thought you played quite well the other day, maybe ur confidence has took a hit and you are worrying about nothing. you over played a couple of hands,,,, but we are all guilty of that

advice on playing full time.......its very tough to earn enough money playing poker full time and pay the bills,less than 5% of poker players actually make a regular profit.... you need at least a 5 figure bankroll before you can comfortably do what you are planning. for the time being i would stick to the $4.40/180's if you are making a profit at them. when you have enough built up move up to the $11 180's or 90's.....if things go bad move back down. bankroll management is very important, esp if u plan to pay bills out of your bankroll too. try and find a part time job to cover your living expenses until you feel you've built up enough of a bankroll and improved your game to a standard ready to play for a living. but i warn you in advance, its a rollercoaster ride, so many up's and downs

as far as mtt's go, its far more difficult to make a living from these than it was 3-5 years ago, esp on pokerstars....great site but terrible payout structures...for arguements sake i have played 60 mtt's on stars in the last 4 days i have made the money 15 times which is quite high and i'm losing..basically coz i'm getting raped as soon as i hit the cash lol.......on stars the money is too top heavy for the big field small buy ins and pittence for most other cashes, i rely on trying to break even(ish) until my next win, which i class as my profit.

another good bit of advice if you were planning on playing full time, is find a site that gives you rake back...rakeback can make the diffence of a profit or a loss over a given time period.

i will pm you some more advice on rakeback.

a couple hours mentoring on here could well make the diffence for you if you feel you need it, wildrick looks after the low buy in mentoring, i sent him a message the other day but the poof hasnt replied YES YOU RICK.

hope this helps

geordieneil

ps danowski is a sound bloke but dont listen to his pha advice lol...hi dan

Pha advice? whats that?

I am sound, but as Geordie says dont listen to me, im too new to poker (A yr now) and dont play for the same reasons as most people (to make a nice living) i play for fun and have taken the advice given by these guys seriously as THEY know what they are talking about, so listen and use it wisely.

However if u want a serious debate on anything else ill get the wife to answer it for ya lol

Oh and hi Neil :-) lol

welcome to a fellow 3rd eye in the forhead suffolk player