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If Carlsberg did dull poker blogs, they'd do this one
monkeyman:
Here goes, I"d thought I"d have a crack at this blog malarkey not because I think anyone gives a damn about what a low-stakes fish like myself has to say, but I"m hoping it might, by means of constructive criticism and outright abuse where necessary, enable me to work out where I"m going wrong. In my mind Harrahs have a gold bracelet with my name on and Victoria Coren is going to bombard we with marriage proposals sometime soon. Back down on planet earth I"m likely to be found trawling the depths of whatever $5/$10 fishfest I can be bothered to log into on any given day and will probably have to continue in my call centre job until that letter from Full Tilt finally arrives asking me to confirm acceptance of their sponsorship offer.
To start things off, a little bit of background. I"m primarily an internet player. Norfolk is a great place to live if you like unspoilt countryside and inbreeding but is next to useless if live freezeouts float your boat. Although I"ve played in this season"s APAT regionals, 3 APAT nationals (luton last year, Cardiff and Edinburgh this year) and been to Las Vegas twice live poker is at a premium in my part of the world. I"ve got a rotating list of 12 poker sites on my computer the most frequently used of which are Full Tilt and Betfair. If you are at a table with a character call "Simonthemonkey" or an abbreviation of this, the chances are its me. I also masquerade as "Whatafish" on Virgin, "Imafish" on Sky and "Idrivedractors" on Bluesquare.
I"ll start things off with a short lesson on playing discipline. Recently, Chris Ferguson turned no money at all into $10000 and his intention was to demonstrate the importance of bankroll management. I"m not personally acquainted with the guy (and as an atheist I don"t believe he exists, but I digress) but I suspect that at no point during his challenge did he stumble home drunk at 2.30am on a saturday morning after a night clubbing, switch on his computer and start to play 5 card draw for the first time ever without knowing the rules of the game.
APAT:
Fantastic opening post Simon, good luck with the blog.
Mikeyboy9361:
Had a little chuckle at that. But $5/$10 low stakes!!!!! Did you mean 5cents/10cents, cos that is low stakes, but $5/10 certainly aint, well not in my book any way.
nosey-p:
I dream of playing $5/$10
monkeyman:
If only I really meant $5/$10 cash games, I really should have been more explicit. On the odd occasions when I play cash, I"m a 5 cent 10 cent man normally. $5 or $10 is my usual tourney buy in. whoops! ;D
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