Hi All,

I'm still finding my way around PokerVIP. So many questions I have about this website, Like the design is pretty flawless I would imagine a big investment has went into getting this (bad boy running). < That would be a good screen name.

Hats off to the owners and all of the coaches, who are the creators? Who owns this well oiled machine?

Anyways I introduced myself last week which got me thinking about using this site as a blog. Not exactly too sure if this is encouraged? Am I doing the right thing by creating a new thread? Punish me later If I am not following suit here an apologizes if I am not, slap my arse and call me sally.

The Negative:
Party Poker Played 4601 hands what an absolute night mare, A piece of me hole... to say the least.
- Fuck all Dollar bill back on the rakeback?
- Bingo Poker at its highest form - too many bad beats.
- Time outs on tables and not been able to join back a table for 10 Minutes? - Shower of absolute bastards. That pissed me right off.
- HUD data inaccurate due to player ID not been displayed
All of this lead me to playing poorly and I lost my €10 deposit with a €10 euro Bonus and I re-bought for €10 and lost that as well. 20 quid down. The great depression came and I was forced to sit on the naughty step for 3 days before I could re-invest my hard earned dole money. (Gotta love the freeloaders)

The Positive:
- I setup a new account with PP and... Got a rakeback Deal! Entered a tournie last night and came 3rd and cashed for €57. My preflop JJ all in got called by another deepstack with KQ off. - He Rivered me.

- Had some success with cash as well and my bankroll is now at €80!! (Get in there) That's about 8 re-buys for me so as you can imagine I'm feeling like this big boss right now.

Can anybody tell me are cash players better then Tournament players? I done alright last night playing High, Medium and low stacked! Lady luck obviously siding with me in certain low stack 18-25BB all ins.

Delighted to be back over on IPoker, I chose PP because they have the retail shops which allows me to use a PP cash card so I can use this service like an ATM for withdrawals which is a very handy option to have!
I noticed most of the big bosses on here use Coral - Assuming this is the better rakeback deal?

Where do I go from here:
With my $1.90 Rakeback and €80 Bankroll. The sky feels like the limit.
However in the realistic part of my mind I'm like right, need to grind this out at the micros, get a lot more flush so I can hire a poker coach buy a Panda and hang out with Phil Ivey for a few days.

The only thing about IPoker is that most of its players are European.. with no actual statistical information that backs up this next question.

Why do I get the impression that European players are tighter then American/Canadian?
I've noticed that it is mainly the tighter players that are playing during the day and if my memory serves me correctly based on some of the coaches advice on here, it is advised to not play too many hands with these sort of players. Would I be better putting in my volume at the later hours where there is a higher demographic of looser players? hmmm


Eager to learn more on Huds and Stats I watched StewieStags video "Poker HUD Stats: Explained". This was very helpful content! I copied my PT4 HUD to match and took a rake load of notes which I plan to use in my sessions over the next few days.

I still haven't made any poker mates which means that I've started talking to myself a lil bit.
I have an imaginary friend. Says his name is frank...So me and Frank are talking through hands exchanging player information and double barreling hot motts on Tinder.

Me and Frank are gonna hit the gym now and have primitive conversations in the Sauna.

Hope you's are all smashing it!!

Talk to you's later!