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Herrow!

So i went broke. The odd tournaments i played at gala were still keeping me but realistically they didn’t cut it, something had to be done. I had to get backed, i took Jamie and Dave up on a live backing deal, and Ash on an online deal. and so far my life has been so much easier, I was able to withdraw my online rolls so i had some liquid cash and i was able to continue playing poker whenever i wanted. In my eyes i feel like it was the correct move for me.

I would like to talk about this hand and my thought process.

http://www.pokerhandreplays.com/view.php/id/1952938

• So far his image has been pretty tight. He has only shown down alot of good hands and i also have him noted as an excessive limp folder. My image has been reasonably tight but i have started to change gears and became more aggressive as we are embarking the bubble.
• When he initially makes up the small blind i’m putting him on pretty speculative hands, suited and un suited connectors along with low pocket pairs and high suited 1 gap connectors, even pocket pairs would be funky though because he is more likely to raise into me than make up the BB
• After my raise when he calls i feel like his range has become high suited connectors, ragy suited aces, i find that alot of people will call a raise after they have made up because they feel that if they dont they have wasted 1/2 a BB, i dont feel he will ever be strong in this position because at this stage of the tournement he would want to try take down the blinds and antes, not play a hand out of position.
• So the flop comes Ks-8d-7h , one diamond to go with my Ad-Qd, and he checks, i feel like the only possible thing he could of hit would be a King or a set at best. I of course “C” bet the flop, he flats. Im pretty sure he is just floating with a strange draw, like 9J, TJ, TQ, 8Q? There the only logical hands i can put him on the rest he is definitely in my eyes raising me.
• The turn is the Kd, he checks. I pick up equity and decide to barrel the turn with my new found equity. I also see the second K as blocker for him to ever have a king, it also makes no change to his draw.
• The river, Kh. HE JAMS! i just don’t think he is ever doing this with a king & every draw has missed, i guess he could be doing it with an 8 or a 7 but if he has either an 8 or a 7 he has played the hand so strangely and i just don’t believe him.

Simon

xoxo

P.S. Comment to let me know how you feel about this hand.

Oi oi! First blog should be fun.

So I’m relatively new to the poker scene, only 7 months old and 1 month professionally but id like to think im fairly well educated for my poker age. Some would say I rushed into playing poker professionally after quitting my 9 till 5 in a kitchen & on a bad day I would agree, but hell for the most part of it, its AWESOME! I’m not going to lie though there is a little man on my shoulder telling me to get a part time job at least for now in case things go tits up. When I first got embarked on the road of a poker pro I got myself some pretty cool mentors, Jamie “TheGrooouuuch” Sykes and Ash “Il0v£mymummy” Mason. Little did I know that was only the start, I was quickly introduced to some of the best online players in the whole entire world! My network then included the EPT Deauville winner Jake “neverbluff67″ Cody, top 100 ranked player of pocket fives Tom “hitthehole” Middleton and Leggo Poker pro Rob “patonius2000″ Woodcock alongside an assortment of other ridiculous players.

For all the people that are reading this that are seriously considering going down the line of playing poker properly here are some lessons from me. They might sound silly but at the time it seems like a good idea. Mistake number one, after I binked the 42K GTD on Full Tilt for $8K I decided to have a $3k roll and withdraw the rest, at this point in my career that’s not such a bad move considering I was playing solely on Full Tilt . The bad choice was buying a 2k laptop with the money I withdrew leaving me with a couple of hundred to love on. There was me thinking well if I can bink this ill bink everything consistently, how Naïve was I to think that, sure id win the odd tournament live for a couple of hundred quid to keep me afloat, it just wasn’t enough for the comfortable “do what I wanna do” lifestyle I was after. After this bink I then went on a down-swing and with no liquid real life cash, I found myself struggling to do things but still managing to spend what money I had on nights out and trips around the country to do silly things to an extent. My second mistake was TAKING SHOTS! As fun as it sounds to enter a tourney with like 10% of your bankroll to hope you bink and get an instant bankroll it isn’t fun when you bust and realise that your bankroll is dwindling at an alarming rate, its much better to stay fluid for a longer period of time because when you go busto your fucked. Bankroll Management is so important and it is stressed to me all the time, and believe me, I have been punched in the neck for going outside of the guidelines, cheers Jamie.