poker star in the making

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curtinsea United States. Apr 15 2007 10:40. Posts 576

How I started

I started playing real money games on pokerstars November 7th of '05. I had felt I was doing well enough at play money games and that this pokerstars thing would be a breeze. So I made a deposit of $50 (big money!) and entered a five-table $10 + 1 sitngo. Much to my chagrin, I donked out in 30th place. Undeterred, I immediately entered a three table, with similar results. Now I was concerned. I had donked away half my bankroll in just over two hours. I took a deep breath, and entered another five table. This time, the results would be favorable, as I took down the tourney (ps tourney #14820307) and $139 for first place. Third time's the charm! Kick ass, I'm going to be rich. Win a couple of these a day and retire from my day job. I knew poker would be easy! WRONG
The road from here would not be so rosey.

Where I've been

Over the next year I searched for my niche, a level where I could find consistant succes, but so far this has eluded me. I won some but I busted out even more. Donking out of 11 dollar tournaments got too expensive, so I moved down to lower buy-ins. But the players at that level don't know when they are supposed to fold, so bluffing is hard and suckouts frequent. Still hard to win. And mistakes, boy I make them a lot. Calling when I know I'm beat, playing weak hands weak, not maximizing big hands, stuff like that.

Where I'm at

I play a lot of 2 table turbo sng tournaments at various buy-in levels. According to sharkscope, I lose about a dollar a game on average. I think I need to get away from these tournaments, because my cash percentage isn't good and I just give money away. You might find me early in the AM (west coast) at ring tables, usually at .02/.05 tables. I call this 'still fishing'. Just wait for premium hands and get paid off every time. Slow grind to make any money though.

Where I'm going

I hope to improve my game enough to get in the black. Dreams of becoming the next Moneymaker have faded, but I still think I am a decent player. I have little live table experience, but I am planning to play at least one bracelet event at the WSOP this year (most likely event #27 on June 16th). I expect to get creamed, but it will be a fun experience for me anyway. If I cash, I'll play another event. In the mean time, I like pokerstars, and the crowd at Liquidpoker.net have turned out to be fun to play with. I have been watching some of you play, and am in awe.

I'll be trying to build my rep by knocking you guys off! So beware haha.

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tomorrow, for sure