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October 15, 2017
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Hi
I am awful at these things but hears the intro – So im in my 30s from the UK and I am quite addicted to this game. Started playing a few years ago grinding 2nl and recently have been playing at 25nl and sometimes 50nl when the cash games have been good. I do not have a recent graph to show you guys because I played on sites which do not support PT or HM.
Why leave the cash games?
- Mostly the enjoyment factor
- Reg upon Reg the higher the limit, in cash games.
- I think in the time it takes me to break even or show any profit at 50nl, I would be decent a MTT’s/SNG’s
Bankroll roughly $800, playing MTT’s from $1-5 and the odd $10. I have played a few MTT’s when cash grinding but never put in much time or effort. Also playing sng’s to keep myself busy but currently struggling to find a schedule of tourneys due to work shift patterns.
Some results below on this link
My pocket fives profile, not much to look at
Goal
- I would just like to bink a MTT, not concerned about the cash prize just the bink.
- Make a poker MTT schedule which gets the volume in but I also go for runs. (Did my first 1/2 marathon this year)
- Keep this updated, to keep motivated and use the sites for some active learning.
The Dream
- Have a big year on the tables and go and squeeze one out on my desk at work (Quit my job).
My Plans
- Playing the monster series on PartyPoker next week cant wait for that and may have to move the bankroll across a couple of sites.
- Train for the next marathon
My leaks
– I go with my hand to early in a MTT, for example flop bottom set and even though theres a straight out there, bigger sets. I do this because I think the MTT’s are micro level I expect people are never folding over pairs and top pair etc. I also have the mentality of you don’t make many hands so when you do go with it.
– Not 100% sure on ICM yet
– Working out my range for calling based on events/situation. Sometimes I miss a key fact for example its a bounty mtt and my range should be wider due to the bountys. This is probably due to the amount of tables.
– Probably reg-ing to late so i am a push fold stack within 10 hands of sitting down
Pros
– I like playing deep 50bb+
– mental game is pretty solid, I do not tilt easily. If I do its just a hellmuth.
– Understanding the bubble pressure
– I dont know if this is a pro or a con but sometimes I have made hero calls based on a plays nationality 😉
Any advice is welcome, good luck at the tables.
May 12, 2017
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Welcome and good luck!
There are lots of great series here to fix whichever leak you want to battle first, including some really good ICM stuff.
As a fellow runner myself, I think there’s a huge correlation between the two.
Enjoy.
TPE Management
April 6, 2010
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welcome aboard!
February 5, 2015
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The Riceman shall respondeth to you in time, fellow Englishman. Once the Riceman has taken you under his wing…fortune awaits.
October 15, 2017
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So mixed results since I made this post.
Pro’s
– Had a couple of FT’s, and binked one but it was a very small field and small prize pool.
– The uni section is pretty cool and some videos are actually entertaining “sticking it to the man” was probably the best video so far.
– Not in profit but that was expected
– Learnt alot from playing and understanding some basic spots which you wouldn’t see in a cash game
– Absolute abuser of button pressure but this has also back fired and I look like pretty stupid and dont make the cash
Con’s
– Didn’t know how to play balanced when i was the big stack at the FT, had a few friends tune into the stream and they said I should have been more agro when we got down to 5 handed. At the same time they said I was hard to read.
– I think I put myself in awful spots sometimes or attempt to bluff the wrong person
– Motivation playing $1-$5 MTTs
– Mite be punting of a stack to soon, I mite be taking to much of a risk to soon but then I have a mindset of I need chips to win and if i am the tightest player on the table where never getting any action unless we are crushed. Probably another balance issue.
– Some videos in the uni, the mic’s quality makes me not want to watch the video
– High agro factor players, feels like I am getting destroyed by them.
– Making the big folds on the FTs eg, 10/5 nit goes all in for 15bbs and I cant fold AK and offcourse has the american airlines. It was a 4th v 5th flip on the FT so from that point I dont think I can fold AK..just a awful spot when you haven’t seen the villian play a hand for the entire FT.
Questions
Should you always just aim to beat the bubble? – I want to play for the bink and I cant do that with 10-15bbs.
should I have a 4bet bluff range in the micros?
How do you keep motivated? I love the game but I struggle after a long day to play another 4+hours of poker.
Sorry if this was a bit of ramble, I just had to vent
TPE Management
April 6, 2010
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I’ll speak to the motivation factor for you. I think two things work for me. Setting personal challenges (bankroll goals, volume goals, etc) and surrounding myself with other players to talk poker with, but also to give us a kick in the ass when we lose motivation. Join skype groups, make friends with some other TPE members, etc. I think that is the single best way I have found to stay motivated.
February 5, 2015
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Move up stakes. Don’t play when tired or under the weather.
I know it is easy to say “move up stakes” when you don’t have the roll, but speaking from personal experience I just punt away $$$ if I play at micro stakes. Conversely, when I am playing a T which is too expensive for my roll BR wise, I seize up and always try to limp in to the $.
You need to find a middle ground.
Having said this, if you are newish to tournaments then it’s probably best to stick to v small stakes. Then again, if you have no motivation whilst playing, you are unlikely to be learning a lot. It’s a hard call…I can give you one pointer…the 27-180 man $15 turbos on PStars are excellent MTT sit n go’s. They are always firing up, only take an hour or so to run, and because they normally run at 80 players max, your roll of $800 is almost adequate, so long as you are a winning sit n’go’er.
And finally,
Daveouk said:
“ I dont know if this is a pro or a con but sometimes I have made hero calls based on a plays nationality “[Image Can Not Be Found]
Gee, not sure what happened to the emoji there…but I think this is probably a “con”.
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