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Bigfella42:
I must admit my previous efforts at writing a blog have been pretty poor, as I tend to drift in and out at ever increasing intervals. However, persistence is to be encouraged so I"m going to try again, although this time for just a month or so.

As we approach June, this is my biggest poker month of the year with my annual trip to Vegas to try to win the world, or failing that drink lots of Coors Light and high five people at the three card poker table when I hit a hand.

As well as Vegas, there"s the small matter of the APAT Masters at Wembley next week and I"m pretty fired up for the month ahead. I"ve had a busy time with the dogs in Ireland this year, so I haven"t played as much in recent months but I"ve taken the opportunity to work on my game and I"ll talk more about that shortly.

I"m in a blogging mood at the moment and hope that lasts! I"ll also include some random poker thoughts as we go on as if we relied on deep runs and cashes to keep this going we might struggle!

Who knows, I might even work out how to post the occasional picture!  

Des:
Very much looking forward to keeping up with your adventures in Las Vegas Glenn.  Should be a corker!

Bigfella42:
There was no getting away from it, 2012 was not a good year in terms of poker results for me. Over the course of the last few months I"ve reflected a bit on why this was, as I put a fair bit of volume in but failed to deliver anything significant.

Poker is a hobby to me but I"m competitive and want to be as good as I can be. Like many, I read the forums and poker magazines and there was something I kept reading that hit home with me. Various players were talking about how they had stopped learning at a time when the game was developing at pace, and I thought that was something that applied to me also. When I first started playing I was the rockiest player you"d ever met and over time I added a few moves to my game. I think that I ended up somewhere between the two, but I was getting into lots of tricky situations when I really shouldn"t have been there.

So, a few months ago I decided to join a poker training site and have spent many hours watching the videos and reading the forums. Different things work for different people and at the end of the day I think these tools can help you to re-focus on your game as with me I think I can be my own worst enemy sometimes. I think confidence is a huge thing too and after a long break from online mtts I"ve started playing a few low stakes ones and took down a 750 runner one a few days ago with some other deep runs and I do believe the training site has helped me iron out a few leaks. But time will tell!

One of the contributors to the training site is Sam Grafton, and I"ve particularly enjoyed his videos. He"s a hugely talented player with great results and getting any insight into his game and thinking is of great benefit. What is clear is that many of the contributors play different styles and I think every player needs to find a style that suits them and go with it. Focus and concentration are two words I"m trying to embed into my game as I think mindset is a huge thing. 

So, my confidence is high and the only way is up! Unless I don"t win a bean in which case the only way is down  ;D ;D  

Roll on Wembley.....

duke3016:

--- Quote from: Bigfella42 on May 27, 2013, 22:36:08 PM ---
Focus and concentration are two words I"m trying to embed into my game

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Bigfella42:
Looking forward to the APAT Masters this weekend. Will be nice to see an APAT event as part of the ISPT weekend and I really hope it all goes well for the organisers as they"ve worked hard to try to make it a success. I decided from an early stage that I would only play the APAT event and haven"t tried to qualify for the big one. The main reason is that I  have to work next week so no point entering a tournament when I can"t commit to it.

Friday night is apparently being spent in Gerrards Cross with Mr Baker promising to show us the delights of the town. I"m booked into a hotel situated in a service station so that sounds like a good enough excuse to stay out for a nice few hours.

When I was a kid I dreamed of playing at Wembley but I don"t think this was quite what I had in mind. Still, should be a one off experience and let"s hope it lasts more than 90 minutes!

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