MrWickwire

No I don't think there is a gambling tax in England (yet). I live in Ireland and there is none here and I'm almost certain England is the same. Think the governments are on about bringing it in in the future but for now your £50k winnings are all yours! ;-)

I would be well up for joining this. As OForce said I have no friends that are into poker seriously and have been looking out for something like this. I'll add you on Skype over the weekend if that's ok??

Thanks for the replies guys, I will take all  of your advice into consideration. Glad to hear I'm not alone on this. Gl at the tables! ;-)

The start of your story sounds like exactly where I am right now. This is good motivation for me knowing someone else has been like this and it setting similar goals and doing anything to achieve them.

 

Best of luck on your journey and I'll be keeping an eye on your progress. May we both run good! ;-)

Firstly great post man!

The simple answer to your question for me would be YES! I think if people outside of poker knew how much strategy, maths and controlling emotions etc was behind a good poker player they would have to respect that person.

I think you got it spot on with what people outside poker think of it "They laugh at you and scoff at you and say oh you are just saying that because you are in denial you have a gambling problem", this is the exact kind of reaction I get from some people when I tell them I play poker and to be honest sometimes it really p*sses me off! But then other times I'm like hey I don't have to explain myself to you as to why I play poker, if they can't seem to grasp the concept behind the game it's not worth trying to explain it to them. I sometimes tell people it's no different to buying company shares etc that too can be a form of so called "gambling" but they don't seem to look down at that atall!

Sorry maybe went on a bit of a rant there, but again good post man! ;-)

Ya I feel the very same way as you do, just away too mentally drained after work to play.

I think I already have a decent balance of social interaction & physical exercise as I play team sports 3 times a week although diet and meditation could def do with being better!

Thanks for your reply and I hope you achieve your ultimate goal! ;-)

Great results man, well done!

Yes I must agree his small 4b was kinda scary but I had my mind made up that I was going to get it in against him pre-flop. I'm glad to hear that both of you would get in it pre aswell and it answers my question so thanks so much for the feedback guys, I really appreciate it! ;-)

Yup I must agree with you I think I should have just called the 4-bet especially when it was so small and if the flop comes A-high like it did and he has AK well so be it, I think my biggest mistake was that I just had my mind made up pre-flop that I was ahead of most of his range and didn't mind getting it AIPF after seeing the KQ hand which was a massive mistake I think especially when I had a decent stack. I only had 25 hands which is a small amount to be profiling a player with and that had a factor in my decision. Oh well i'll learn from it anyway. Thanks so much for the feedback, I appreciate it! ;-)

Really love the live vids please do some more! Thanks man keep up the good work :-)