Sincere Apologies

Don't really know where to start this post so I'll start by saying sorry. Sorry for displaying my last post and not telling you guys whats happening, sorry for not being around as much as i was (RTR and bloggerment..etc...). There was a reason for not being involved with poker for the past months and that reason was depression.
November particularly was a distressing month for me. Me and my girlfriend had split up (again) but this time for good, i had fallen out with a few people from my football team and had to leave, i had suffered from paranoia which almost saw me quitting my course, and to top that a relative that has helped out my family an extraordinary amount over the last few years had past away. This not being enough to smite me, but i was also on a very bad run in poker for the few days in which my bankroll lasted.
It wasn't until early December, after taking some great advice off friends, family, colleagues, and such that i overcame a lot of this, a new start i felt was in order. I managed to sort my head out.
This sudden burst in self esteem saw me through my problems. i decided to stay on my course, now not caring what anyone thinks of me. I have found a new girlfriend who had also split with her boyfriend at a similar time and so we came to help each other through it which made it alot easier. I am also awaiting a confirmation of my transfer to a new football club which happen to be top of the league in the same league as my previous club. and i have accepted death as an inevitability.
On the poker side of things, i am currently grinding a small bankroll at low stakes just to build things back up again. Everything now is looking up again and i am very happy as opposed to weeks ago.
As for Christmas and new year coming up soon, i would like to thank everyone who has supported me, everyone who has read my blog and everyone who i know. I would like to wish you all a very merry Christmas and a happy new year x x

ATB

Yours Truely

portdeco20

It's All Come Crashing Down

Ive Been Tagged :(

That Scottish rebel mair tagged me and I'm not happy about it! lol.

If you get tagged it means...

A) Link to the person that tagged you and post the rules on your blog
B) Share 7 random and/or weird facts about yourself
C) Tag 7 random people at the end of your post and include links to their blogs
D) Let each person know that they've been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog

so...random things about me....

• I won the welsh indoor athletics championship when i was 14 or 15, went on to British finals but couldn't make it because i was ill.
• Ive only ever had sex with one girl once...lol....because I'm not a man whore amatay...not because i can't get any!
• I have every episode of friends on DVD.
• I like to play the guitar, and sing!
• I am genuinely a nice guy ;)
• My curtains have flowers on them lol (ones from when i was born- i get the mick taken out of me!)
• I would love to be a psychiatrist, i like helping people with their problems.

Sorry guys, tom (gravedigger), felix (thanks for all the fish), check in the dark, dremeber, spid.....had to be someone, now get tagging!!

still need advice to the previous post guys!, struggling big time :(

Changing my game

Some changes are good

<<<< some are not!

I feel now that a change in my game is needed, to do this I'm going to ask my readers for a few pointers. I'm wondering what allows all of you to play the best poker possible. What allows you to concentrate fully on the game at hand and have 100% focus when needed. My play is lacking, i can feel i am just another fish playing low stakes and not even excelling at that!!


My play is going downhill apart from when, now and again, i get the occasional outburst of pure genius shown in tournaments mostly.


Can i get some feedback please:


Is there anything you do before you play that helps you to concentrate?? do you listen to music whilst playing? are you talking on msn while playing? multi tabling??


Any poker books you recommend on poker strategy? any help to try and improve my game is gladly accepted, cheers

I Cannot Multi-table

First of all i just wanted to mention the bloggerment. I came back from the pub sitting with 1.1k in chips. I got lucky against mair, sorry about that. And soon lasted until the final table where it got to 4 players left. It folded to me in the SB, with rob in the BB, who was being quite tight i figured he was going to pass a lot of hands here, I pushed with a low ace and he quickly calls with QQ :( out i go.

After that i decided to multi-table a few SnG's and a few ring games. I did absolutely appalling in cash and soon went down about 5 buy ins, this bad luck/bad play continued right through until i decided to quit there on the cash table front. My ass got saved when i cashed in 2nd place in the last SnG i was in and brought me back up to just about even for the night.

Im going to play a few mtt's now and i hope to do well, because i could do with a decent result..its been a while and I'm due lol.

Few First Hours

I hit the tables late this afternoon and played some long hours right through late into the evening. I have played many SnG's and a few tournements aswell. I think i cashed overall in just 2 sit and go's out of something like 10, which aint to good, im not happy with that at all. As for the tournements, well they didnt go to well either. I didnt manage to cash in any despite reaching near the bubble in one of them.

So far, i must have only played 7 hours of poker at the most but ive seen enough cold decks to make an eskimo freeze, suffered so many bad beats to last me a few weeks and im just so sick of poker already. Also, i got so bored playing which i dont think ive ever felt before. I usually love playing!

Even though i have had some rubbish results in the past few hours i managed to place 1st in the last 18 player SnG i was in and that brought me break even to my starting roll (only $2 lost tonight) so its not all bad.

Back..

Hey guys! Im back blogging again. Still a lot a lot more poker to come from me.

Apart from the bloggerment, its been over two months since ive played poker and im not really sure how im going to get on, well no one does really but it seems all blank to me once again, much like it was when i started playing. This break, i think, will prove good for my results. Now all i have to do is try my best and hope i succeed.

My new strategy is to stay away from cash tables for the meantime and try to excel, at what i think my strength is, tourneys and multi table SnG's.

My first SnG on the first night back i managed to bag a 3rd place finish in a 18 player SnG, so started off on a good one. Thats all ive played tonight, hope to play again soon.