Hi, My name is Rıza, I am 26 years old and from Turkey.. I'am No-Limit Holdem player and I am learning PLO.. I play nl50 and NL100 mix... I am playing poker for 3 years.. I live in Turkey and a lot of rooms closed to my country.. I have no job, only playing poker and I want to be pro poker player.. And I want to better today than yesterday..

Sick name!

Welcome to the forum buddy! We have not had that many players from Turkey join so thank you very much for saying hello! Seems like you play at a solid level - any graphs to brag?

Which site is it you play on?

Hi,I am 32 years old and from good Ol' Blighty :).Officially I was born in Dublin,and still love my Irish roots,the UK more specifically England has become home.

I am a No Limit Soldier I play NL25 at present. Although i enjoy PLO,the swings just ain't for me.I like getting it in as an 80% fav,not Flipping most hands.

I have always played on PokerStars. I've also never had any Rakeback deals as naive as that sounds but it just never crossed my mind. I have now got 4 months off work so will be playing all day,every day so a new deal works really well.

I have gone with Party Poker,purely because I love playing live and they offer Grand Prixs and other live games.Added to the fact,I also have accounts at the majority of rooms with a higher Rakeback % made Party my only real option.....But im more than happy there from the looks of things.

Well thats me,I will try and get involved in and around the place.

Run Good boys( & gals if we have any)

Hiya JP , id recommend giving Betfair a try also , 35% flat rakeback +10% extra rakeback for the bankjob promotion so 45% in all. , and Betfair is on ipoker which is a busy network .Its also quite easy to find loose games at most hours of the day on the ipoker network.

Hi @LFCchris Cheers for that.I already have an account through Betfair though.Also the sports side is pretty active so I cant even say its dormant for a re tag.To be fair,I'm not a fan of IPoker either,even with the changes made.

Hi Guys I am also new here .
I am 32 years old I own a small software develpment and administration bussiness.Playing poker on and off for about a year.
I used to play on pokerstars NL5 and NL10 where I was bumhunting and did really well. Took some breaks durign the summer and in october 2015 I signed up for masters degree which is much harder and time consuming than I initially thought so I had to cut big chunk of my poker hobby away.
Took few less exams and adopted a bit this semester so I have more time so I can devote some extra time in poker.
Deposited 100e on StanJames 10 days ago and grinded NL10.
Now I am sitting on 250e by my name.I feel I could have much more but I am paying off river too much and have big holes in my thinking process.
But I am confident I will eventually get there.
Plan is to grind NL10 until I get to 400 than take a shoot at NL20.Also I think I need to gather some fellow grinders around me for motivation and improvements sake.
Aside of Poker my hobby is playing acoustic guitar, walking my dog, running ocasionally and eating in all kind of exotic restaurants with my wife.
Looking forward to meet ppl from this place and improve on my poker jouney.
Cheers guys.

Hey buddy welcome!

Yeh PLO is quite a beast and can really get the best of us down! Getting in AA pre flop and it being a flip is cray cray

PArty is a good shout! Alternatively if you did want a good rake back deal I would go for BetVictor where you receive 30% rake back, 20% deposit bonus and our Top 500 $55k monthly rake race!

Do you try and satty into any of the other DTD events? Whats the biggest live comp you have played?

YOYOYO

Sounds like you are completely crushing those 10nl games! Think we have a beast here!!!

Which has been your favorite fancy restaurant to visit and why?

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Hey buddy welcome!

Yeh PLO is quite a beast and can really get the best of us down! Getting in AA pre flop and it being a flip is cray cray

PArty is a good shout! Alternatively if you did want a good rake back deal I would go for BetVictor where you receive 30% rake back, 20% deposit bonus and our Top 500 $55k monthly rake race!

Do you try and satty into any of the other DTD events? Whats the biggest live comp you have played? [/quote]

Hi there @Jon-PokerVIP

Thanks for the welcome.I might give BetVictor a look actually,as it is probably the only sportsbook I haven't already used.

I do use satellites for the events at DTD.Mainly the live ones in club though rather than online.Although I will be using online sats now more through the software.Up to present The biggest in terms of BI was by far the Irish Open which was scary for someone playing £ < 500 events normally but my wife treated me to it as a surprise.Ive played quite a few UKIPTs and the 888 live series in Europe.My wife thankfully has an interest in travelling so actively encourages them so she gets a weekend somewhere different. :).The IO was just an experience,I cant buy in to those ever again,I just wanted to experience it.My wife is currently saving for the next big one,its always been a dream to play in a WSOP like everybody i think,but shes promised for our anniversary in two years time she will treat me to ME in Vegas.Shes always wanted to go there to visit so gets something out of it also.Now if i was scared in the IO,that will be a whole different level.

Hello All

I'm shoveandsee-obviously.

37 year old American player here, just enjoying the site and looking to improve. Best free content on the net, so I decided to join the community. Internet poker is a challenge, with my tendency to tilt being my biggest nemesis. I'm a winning small stakes (100nl-500nl) live-amateur player. My strengths being my ability to read players and situations in a live game.

I'm currently grinding 2nl on ACR. And trying to maintain the discipline to move up levels as my bankroll allows. Usually what happens when I deposit online is I get impatient move up stakes and its either busto or robusto. I did make money with this strategy last year but after loosing a few small deposits this year I made this last deposit and decided to attempt and do things the "right way." Jury is still out if I can make it. The funniest part is that I can stack off $300-$900 dollars live in a relatively brutal way and it really doesn't affect me that much-but stack off $2 3-4 times and it really gets under my skin. What can I say-I'm working on it-lol.

Outside of poker I'm a writer, husband and father.

And that's all I got to say about that-

Best of luck to all us newbies!

Just a quick one to introduce myself

I'm Jordan
19 from Stirling in Scotland
been grinding for just over a year a few hours a night and abit of reading too

Stuck in micros on pokerstars playing zoom and tourneys

Gl everyone

Yo! All the way from the US!!! Awesome for you to join us buddy and thanks for the kind words!

It is funny what you say about the money differences between live and online and how it effects you - Its a very common problem and I have been there myself!

So whats the biggest live pot you have ever won?

We have all been stuck in the micros at some point buddy! Just know there is a light at the end of the tunnel!

How did you get into poker? Do you play any live games?

Hi guys.
I am 30 years old , playing poker for fun for about 6 months.I play 6max NLHE, regular tables.Crushed nl5 on pokerstars with 15bb/100 over 40k sample,now I moved to nl10 on StanJames which is running pretty good lateley.I take this thing mainly as a hobby so I dont take this things too seriously and dont mind being called recreational player ether ( taking more laid back approach of grinding and learning , not mind too much about downswings and not having too high expectations(dreaming poker is easy way to make riches and becoming pro in a year).I expect from myself to make lot of mistakes and also quiet few bad call downs on river(which I belive is my main leak atm).
Plan for this year is to beat microstakes and climb to NL100 by dec 31.For that I play at least 2hrs dailly of 6 tables. Sometimes even 6hrs which pisses off my wife and my dog :).As a warmup I set aside 30 mins to analyse marked hands from pervious session and during session I listen poker prodigy subliminal audio. Aside of poker I am working as software developer, love cooking and try to improve in martial art called Muay Thai.
And yeah my dogs name is Laika and I dont like fish sticks :).
Cheers

Hi,

My name is Dan, i am 25, i was taught to play poker at the age of 13 by my Dad, obviously i didn't play for money other than a few £5 games around friends before i reached legal age.

Just to give you a bit of insight into my background, i’ll tell you about my most memorable poker moment and what made me realise i have a potential in the game. It was actually a free roll on party poker, they were giving away PS4s and i managed to win a tournament with 4795 players to take down the only prize. Even though it’s a free roll i still consider this to be a great win considering the size of the field, that being said i’m an Xbox man so i didn’t even keep it.

When i play cash i tend to play short stakes, usually in the region of 10/20c - 25/50c.
I play a lot of sit and go’s anything from $5 to $30, however I prefer multi table tournaments as they are low risk and high profit.

I will play any tournament, usually i try and gain entry to the big sunday tournaments through satellites. To be honest i'm yet to win anything i would consider exceptional but that being said i rarely have the bank roll to play large tournaments & the satellite tournaments are usually a bit of a coin flip.

My largest cash to date is a 4th place finish in an 888 "Wednesday challenge” event in December 2015 which returned just shy of $2000 from a $35 stake (i'm pretty sure i go into this through satellite). I have various 1st places and final tables in their daily $5 R & A tournaments and a lot of other deep finishes in different games of all sizes.

I do play live tournaments from time to time, i grew up with a couple of local pros, one of which was a 2015 bracelet winner and the other picked up 1st place in the UKIPT Isle of Man last year. I’m constantly talking tactics with them, which i find a big help and they have both offered to go over my hand history, to show points in my game i can improve on.

I would definitely be interested in any recommendations you can make to help improve my income and If there is anyone willing to back me to help me make the transition from skilled amateur to pro i will be forever in your debt.

Thanks for reading,

Dan

Yo Sharky!

Sounds like you have the perfect mindset and approach to the game. Even tho you are a serious winning poker player you treat it as fun and don't let it take over your life. Really like it!

Quite a few of us in the forum are into MMA and i personally trained at a Muay Thai gym in the UK so have been around it a fair bit! Brutal sport but one amazing discipline to train in!

Any links to that audio?

Hey Dan! Really nice intro there and i totally get why that tournament still remains as your best or most memorable achievement. I had a similar story where i won a live tournament when i was 18 and even tho i have had multiple wins for 5-10x that amount it is still probably my best poker memory! I think it is basically the moment you really feel a buzz about poker and yeh just always great to come 1st!

If you are interested in freerolls and winning value added prizes check out this thread i made about the online poker league Here. Basically 80 events, all $5 entry, $25000 in added prizes and only like 30 runners in each tournament. This past week I have won an iPad and a PS4!!! Get involved!

Thx man. Yes I feel its the best mental enviroment for improvement.Realistic and stress free.



Yeah MMA is great , bet you also loved Connor loss past weekend . For me perosnally Muay thai is the best martial art in the world.Love everything about it, brutality you mentioned, tradition and toughness one has to endure to become good at it.



I dont think there is couse I got it thru some group by , but I can share if you want.PM me and I will send you somehow.

@Jon-PokerVIP

Something around $2.8k... And of all games it was $1-$3 (300NL) NL game. Total profit was a bit over $1400 for the hand. Crazy hand really-

We are playing 9 handed which is standard. Mr. big stack over raises (which he and most other players do anyway at this game) from mid position to $27 Two players call. I'm in the BB with A's. I make it $115. He calls and the other two fold. Though I was kinda thinking (that is hoping perhaps-ha) either of them could have shoved as both had effective stacks (and never should be flatting $27) of less than $250 after the initial call.

The flop comes out wonderful 773 rainbow. I check and this guy grimaces at me like I did something wrong, looks at the dealer and quietly declares, " F#%$ it, I'm all-in."

It was sorta funny. It was one of those hands that was so funny (or ridiculous perhaps) that laughing and crying weren't gonna be that far from each other. I mean he can defiantly see that my stack is well over $1k. This guy isn't a competent player-but he wasn't drunk either.. I learned early (and the hard way) that if you can't fold TPTK or Aces in certain spots you can still beat this game-but if you can you're going to beat it for a heck of lot more. Fortunately, I had played with the guy more than a few times so my visual tells were pretty reliable. It just came down to the simple he didn't have a 7 here, it would have actually been more likely for him to shove 3's into this board (I know that sounds crazy-b) but I still waited a minute before I called just to make sure that his body language was in line with thinking.

This will sound sick but I kind of wished he had the 7; he'd be unlikely to shove and I wonder if he bet all three streets at what point I would have been able to get away from my hand... The body language would have been different but I just would of liked to know...

Long story short (too late!) I called and turned my hand over. The crazy thing is this guy squinted at my hand and insta-mucked his cards before the dealer even had dealt the turn! That was pretty great.

On the weekend, in the city (as the saying goes) you'd think $100 wouldn't buy a loaf of bread. However with my wife's work we moved away from St. Louis and so all the more need to get better at online.

Hey,

Really am enjoying the site and enthusiasm. Thanks for your response to my post-

Hi everyone, I'm Sean and I'm a mid-high stakes PLO cash game player and coach. I'm from the US (San Francisco) but have been living abroad ever since graduating from university at the end of 2008. It's a lifestyle I really truly enjoy and was made possible because of poker. You can currently find me in Tokyo

I'm also the new lead PLO instructor here at PokerVIP and have my first video recorded...and if I ever get over this disgusting cough I've got I will narrate it and hopefully have it out for you guys very soon!