SkilfulPoker

Hmm ok guys.. change of plan there's litterally no action, at the 5 mans and no one playing the headsup's either, So will head over to 4nl with a chip and a chair!

Hey @nightshopper thanks for the input! My goal was to deposit 100 euros a month and play with this, and eventually profit, I'm in no rush :) If I deposit 100 euros over 10 months that is 1k , so essentially a 1k bankroll spread over 10 months. I'll make an effort to make my bankroll last if it plummets very low, like it has, but next month I'll be depositing another 100 euros, so fear not my friend, the challenge is still alive! This is the first time I'm playing since I last updated, I've been super busy, - so current bankroll is still €8.49 , well €8.50 now thanks to my GBP balance going up against euro. Anyhow... just about to fire up some 5man 1 euros, will report back here shortly how they went!

:wow: Next challenge when play, will be to rebuild this as slowly as a mouse chasing a bit of chesse in space 🤣

hmmm..... 1st) lost - played poorly. 2nd) won 3rd) won 4th) lost - not pay attention misclick blah 5th) lost 6th) lost 7th) lost YAY lol. Bankroll 48.49 moving over to 5man's because they used to be softer than melted cheese lets see if they still are :) Plan.. Play 10 5 man 10 euros... or bust! 1.) 2.) 3.) 4.) 5.) 6.) 7.) 8.) 9.) 10.)

What up poker crushers... Today I am going to embark on a challenge: The challenge is to 1) Earn 6 buyins at 10 euro HUSNG. 2) Then take those 6buyins (=2 buyins at 25 euro HUSNG) and turn them into 5 buyins profit at 25 euro HUSNG. Then the challenge round 1 is complete. If complete challenge round 1, repeated challenge again for a second time. If complete both challenges then will be in profit by 250 euros minus however many buyins we spent at 10 euro HUSNG. Bankroll currently 79.91 If this fails and we bust... then no more poker until next month! So it's a tricky one... but let's see how we get on.... back after the first round of the challenge is complete! (because we refuse to bust! 🆒 ) Current stats before start: ------------------------------------------- Crush it in 2021 Stats: Invested: 25 euros P/L: 25 euros (loss) MTT's Played: 1 MTT's Won: 0

@Merenitsu @Boby I lost my very long reply twice, so hope you dont mind I decided to reply in voice note third time 🤣 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1p6XkrHO2_xhFH0yYFn0R-fjOPCT8N9hZ/view?usp=sharing

Thanks nightshopper, appreciate you taking the time to read my blog. Sorry it took me a while to reply, but I wanted to write a bit of a detailed reply. I look forward to checking your blog out shortly! Yes I one tabled it nightshopper, I was going to play some 5 man mtts, but someone was talking to me before I could register, and then when I did register it was about 10 minutes in and I won a big stack fairly quickly. I was trying to get some info about players on table by watching and before too long was getting kind of deep so thought i'd focus on it. I prefer to play 1 table of say a 10 or 25 game than 4 of 4 euros for instance 😃 Mental game was always a problem for me. For years and years and years! I even have a signed copy of Jared Tendler's Mental Game of Poker he sent me, where I won a competition years ago to receive an hour of his coaching, and i had that coaching. I was still a huge tilter! I seemed to tilt over almost anything, start the session cool and end up tilting either the same night or always within a few days... and moving up in limits usually, then going busto. They say poker exposes your true character and I think this is true. I always used to think 'this time' I would do better and try hard and still ended up degenning my bankroll somehow as I could never detach myself from the bankroll balance in the cashier... About 12 months ago I gave up alcohol for about 40 days over 2019/2020 Christmas period and felt much better in myself. But ended up going back to it later in the year. Well last year I finally broke free from alcohol, and have been free of it for nearly 3 months. In the process I've undone a lot of conditioned thinking about alcohol. I've also saved some money for first time practically ever (not much) but some, I used to just spend any money almost as soon as I got it no matter how much I got. I think knowing I can now save money and if I lose the amount I've deposited it doesn't impact me that greatly, makes a huge difference. I always told myself the money didn't matter anyway when I was depositing as I could earn some back in the future with work. But at a deeper level I guess it did. So that's kind of a long winded answer to your question, basically for me at least, it seems the problem wasn't my tilt at the table, but that tilt at the table (and how I spewed my bankroll if It got depleted that much) was just a symptom of life issues / character flaws that needed sorting out! Talking about this has made me realise this is kinda a huge added victory on top of getting addiction free the last 3 months. If we ever get out of lockdown :Rofl: I'd like to try to see some of the world playing live poker, and I think I might be able to do that now. I've played some live before and enjoyed it. Anyway back to your own game, if I had to try to boil down some honest advice that worked for me it would be : -Get addiction free (this took me about 2 months) from alcohol mainly. Kind of personal to me this one, but maybe there is something else in your life that's asking for attention? -Save money month to month for a few months, and feel comfortable you have you all your needs met for a while. -Only deposit a small amount of what I had saved so it didn't matter too much if I won or lost. Hope some of that rambled answer helps in some small way? I had a very slight urge to fire up a few 5mans (as I mentioned I was going to play some before I posted yesterday) after the MTT, but then quickly realised what I really wanted to do was win the buyin back I had just 'lost'... so I didn't even bother opening them, being aware to realise that was great. Instead I watched that movie I linked above. It's really great, and talks about a drug and alcohol addicted ex wrestler (Jake the Snake) getting addiction free and basically turning his life around (with a whole tonne of help from someone called Diamond Dallas Page!) Cheers! and good luck at the tables!

Hey guys finished 11/47 Top 8 paid 🤣 but... really pleased with my play. My chillness with other areas of my life seems to have moved into my poker game which I was kinda hoping it would! Emotional management at the tables has been a huge issue for me in the past but I had my best session emotionally today by a mile, and wasn't even trying to work on mental game so a big victory in that game none the less :) Going to watch The Resurrection of Jake The Snake now, so will give the 5man's a miss tonight. Crush it in 2021 Stats: Invested: 25 euros P/L: 25 euros (loss) MTT's Played: 1 MTT's Won: 0

Right, so I've decided.. I'm going to play... 800 Gargle Buster tonight. I literally can't remember the last time I cashed an MTT! So a cash would be pretty amazing 🤣 Just going to take the dog for a walk to get some fresh air before it starts, going to also play some 10 euro 5man's on the side. Will update again here with results after the session!

What up guys, I'm back for 2021, lots have changed for me the past few months, and finally I'm looking forward to getting back into some poker. I'm going to be playing a whole variety of different things and also trying to get involved with as many community events as I can. I seem to have a more chilled approach to everything really at the moment which is great. I'm also a week into a new diet (this is day 7) and just started a fitness program! My plans for poker are: Grind some 10nl.Grind some 10 euro HUSNG's.Grind some 10 euro 5man HUSNG's.Play some MTT's now and again.And... mix in some Unibet Open sat's so a bit of everything really. I'm starting this thread to keep me accountable. Before a session I'll post here and after I'll post the result. This should help with keeping my sessions focussed I hope! Haven't decided what I'm playing tonight but I'm going to invest up to €100 a month into this little initiative, and set a deposit limit to match. Hopefully I won't need anything past the first €100 but we'll see :) Once I've decided what I'm playing tonight I'll update back here before I start the session!

What up guys I'm back to play some poker. My deposit limit has partially reset so I can deposit £61 (pound) at the moment, will be able to deposit more around 21st. I'm going for a little Christmas challenge. I know this is not following reccomended bankroll management but it's a challenge - and poker isn't my income source, I'm doing this to have something enjoyable to do over the holiday period. Going to be playing mainly husng's starting at 10 euro limit with just 6.8 buyins (£61). Will play whatever else takes my fancy as long as it's within the current buy-in I'm at in my challenge. I'm starting at 10 euro buy in limit, and going to follow these rules to move up and down: Have guessed an ROI of 5% for 10,25,50 euros and 3% for 100 euros, but we'll see ;P Bankroll at start:

What up everyone. So after I posted the update at the interval... When Carter was 3-1 up...He went on to lose every frame and lost 6-3. I swear this can only happen to me lol would have returned just over £1k if he had won the match. Anyways.... There are some positives to take from this: - I have a £300 monthly deposit limit on my account, so couldn't place any more bets even if I wanted to. This is sensible I think and was in my mind when I re-deposited from earlier withdrawal to place this last bet - Overall since my original deposit for poker I am still up a little over £100. So still profited. Almost to tune of nearly double my original deposit, and thats in my bank account now. - I can't compete in rest of Christmas league as I cant deposit for another 3 weeks. But this is also a positive really. When I play I'll just want to play more than just the league so would have spent more time than just league games on the site and I have work on at the moment I need to finish to get paid. ✌️ If the one day league event takes place xmas eve I'll play in that - I'm 22 days off alcohol as of today Important to step back and look at bigger picture after losing money gambling / playing poker. Things really are still pretty good. Cheers all. Going to chart my efforts at live cash here next, providing UK is out of lockdown on DEC 3rd. Other than that will likely be around about Christmas week and be back for another go at conquering the world of online poker here

well that's not what we wanted... he lost every frame of the next 3... now he's behind 4-3... wing and a prayer :wow:

We're 3-1 up, first to 6 :) Unibet offering to cash out, but am going to let it run , good luck Ali Carter :)

Haha i used to not like carter then i kept backing his opponents and losing so decided to like lol. Got a eurosport month pass to watch... But cat got other ideas lol ...

Haha yes... Nov/Dec fly by... Although may be back, have decided to have a bet on snooker with 3/4 of the profit. If it comes in I'll be back at the tables. We got Ali Carter to beat O Sullivan match starts at 1pm. Funny thing part of my stake was sent for review and had to be approved. This hasn't happened before... I did have a betting win last month... Is this why? Bettors out there intetested to hear why, does unibet think I'm a pro better lol? Cant imagine so after the mug bets ive placed throughout the years, but a nice thought lol... Anyway there is no crowd due to social distancing at the event and although Carter in his own tweet earlier this year said that this favours Ronnie O'Sullivan when O sullivan was playing somebody else, I think that Carter has a reasonable chance and o sullivan usually plays to the crowd, as someone that always likes to back the outsider, decided to give this a go today. Also in 2018 they had a bit of a run in at world championship and I think Carter will be up for the match as s result Little bit of needle between Ali Carter and Ronnie O'Sullivan https://t.co/j5JWC9y9zq Good luck if you're involved on the site today in some way be that sports betting or poker!

Converted tokens to cash but didn't go too great. So think I'll call this thread a wrap for now! Pleased with the withdrawal that's the main thing!

Challange Phase 2: I have 600 Bonus points: 8 euros in hexapro tickets 2 euro in sng tickets 6 euro in cash ticket So will see what I can accomplish with those over coming days 🆒

Hey guys I played a total of 74 HUSNG 25's over the last 2 days. Won 32, lost 42. So lost 10 stacks at 25. Also lost 6 stacks at 25 Hexapro, really frustrating a recreational player doubles up through me on a 250 jackpot in the Hexapro's which would have been a decent recovery. In fact he doubled up twice second time A6s < Q2o. Didn't really enjoy the 25 HUSNG's... just lose lose the past couple of sessions often 8 consecutive which really frustrates me. Surprising I managed to get away with just losing 10 buyin's at the 25 HUSNGs. Also the traffic at the 25's is terrible, there are 6 in the pool, and 2 of those are regs. Anyway I'll stop bitching now lol. Since I started about 4 days ago I've turned 69 euros into 415 euros. I also managed to not play anything higher than 25's last couple of days, which might not sound like a lot, but it's huge for me especially considering how pissed off I was tonight with the games . Halfway through my session today I meditated for half hour (yeah I really did lol) - this is all that saved me from degenning my balance out of sheer frustration i think. So yeah.. as you can likely imagine... I've decided to call it a day with this part of the challenge, and withdraw my winnings. I think this is the first challenge I've started here where I've set out to play poker, just played poker, and ended up in profit 🤣 Thanks for following! So £310 profit :cash: i did stop the challenge early... but I did build a bankroll I guess and I did get away when I was getting frustrated :) But am not over just yet. I'm going to start again with the rake back I earned (all rake back was just from start of this challenge as I hadn't played for months before that)

Hey CuteRaven! Have just started reading blogs here as recently got back and enjoy reading yours also, good luck at the tables! Yes I do have some plans. Alot is about being present in the sessions. So involves timed sessions, reminders through my session in terms of simple messages etc. That bring me back to reality (and away from being attached and just reactive). I really love this quote and think it's so powerful for any poker player that is influenced by swings in their sessions, just read it yesterday: "You only lose what you cling to." So simple but also deep and cuts to the heart of one of my attachment issues I have around my bankroll size at the start of a session versus during the session! The mental game is all about thoughts and how we process information and stimulus I think, so for me my main tactic on that front is going to be to remind myself of correct view style information throughout my session. Then from the purely brain point of view, not playing when tired, and getting into the habit of being controlled at the tables, which for now is all geared around playing nothing higher than 25 euros :Smile: So far going OK, it was late when I started playing after the league yesterday, and I felt tired. So I only played a few games. Just played 13 games... and despite losing a few back to back managed to stay focussed and calm and turn it around. Also stop when I felt tired :Ok: This was the way the session went in order of games played. 0 is a loss, and 1 is a first place: So I lost 5 of the first 6 games, but then won the next 7 :Thumbsup:

Hey funkyfish yes for sure. But in theory it's probabally plus ev with this promo to just open shove every hand... and if you bust claim the prize in the channel :P and I guess not really in the spirit of the league but just funny thought that came to me. I won't be doing it lol, and yes... if someone claims it before you then, well, your luck really sucks for that game haha :Angel:

Haha love this, thanks for bringing even more fun to an exciting league night! Also this is great haha "First to bust: 1*€10 ticket" As it's a rebuy, it's basically a freeroll to double up... unless of course two players have the same idea and one person get it's all in and claims before the other. Then the other player will seriously be out of luck! :Laugh:

Despite posting I was going to play €25 limit only in my last post... I did not stick that. :wonder: I played some 25's... a fifty again... heck I even played a €200 at one point. Unfortunately this is just gambling. You might as well just go to roullete and spin it on odd or even if you are playing with just 3-4 buyins... Fine if you want to gamble and enjoy gambling. The thing that seperates professional poker players (and some recreational players) from gamblers at the table is control. I enjoy playing poker but I would much rather be a winning professional / semi-professional poker player than a gambler poker player! Of course every hand is gambling, but in the long run the pro's win because they stick to a method that is shown to profit over time (bankroll management / playing sound strategy). I have a long way to go to become a semi pro / pro poker player, but It's been an ambition for a long time and I enjoy trying to achieve it :happy: So... Plan for next 250 games is to play nothing higher than €25 HUSNG. Am going to be setting up some routines where I can. First is to play just 50 games a day for first 2 days. No more. If I hit my 50 quota then stop. This is to start introducing more control into my sessions. Looking forward to the high tier of the league tonight! I managed to rack up a few points in the medium tier yesterday, so here's hoping for a few in the high tier tonight! I've just withdrawn £20 from my poker bankroll to buy some food/drink (non alcoholic) for the league games tonight. Nice that the poker balance can pay for snacks for the last league night of the week 😏 Despite reckless earlier approach so far did well... bankroll now at: €746 after the £20 withdrawal :cash: Next update will be after I played 50 25 euro HUSNG games.

Hey Dennis, yes this is true. Will have to be a bit more disciplined going forward or will end up busting for sure!

Enjoy read the style of your blog how is it going at the tables?