Hi @DEVILPOKER

I have played in Sheffield but only once and not too aware of the cash games. I would give you the same advice as I gave @Gus Fring and that would be to see if there's a "baby cash" game played any time. On the bigger tables, if you are new to playing live poker, this will be picked up by the regs and they will target you. It's good for experience and can still be profitable. There are groups on Facebook such as the UK Poker Chat Group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/456494531068175/) where you could post and ask what the games are like in your area

@DEVILPOKER Hi D, and welcome aboard.

Yes live is softer, but it is also a different game than 6max, even micro stakes. Live people play looser ranges, their stacks are shorter while the initial raises are bigger, and almost every pot is multiway. Play tight from EP, and while overlimping in LP is ok in a couple of instances, calling a raise only makes sense if stacks are deep enough to warrant it. Don't get fancy, almost all of your money will come from value bets, not bluffs.

Live tourneys are total donkaments, play is terribad, you will easily know more than at least 80% of the field, but structures and rake are even worse. But they are a safer way to sit down for the first time, since your potential loss is capped.

My path over the past 10 years was the same as yours: started online STT then MTT, eventually online cash. Got the live bug and tried it out, I love the social aspect as well as the making money part. My advice is to not think in exact terms about BR right away. There will come a time for that if/when you want to move up in stakes, but for now, if it's money you can afford to lose, just play your game. Obv keep track of all wins/losses, otherwise you will become just another punter who lies t himself about how good you are.

In the "lifestyle/off-topic" section I have a "Live poker" thread, mostly just my personal blog of random shit that happens to me, but there is some info about taking notes at the table you may want to check out. Also my thoughts about BRM and how it's changed as I debate moving up.

Final piece of advice: get there on the river. It's great for your bottom line.

There is so many approaches you can take like the guys have mentioned above. Another approach you could consider, is to just keep playing online and dedicate some time each week for study, get a bigger roll together so you can go straight into the 1/1 limit, upside of this approach is your still getting a lot of hands in, whilst getting better.



I have been using an app called Poker Income to record my sessions, its pretty good considering its free

I would never be a full time live poker pro unless I lived somewhere where there was action 24/7 like Las Vegas.

To be a live pro you need so many options and the chance to play in a good game at any moments notice. In the UK back in the day I played 7 nights a week at the local Grosvenor casino and made maybe £100k in a year BUT the games started to slow down and profits decreased then it came to the end. For me this was a 45 min round trip so fuel was an expense...if I had to get a hotel or food or whatever those profits would have been crushed so travelling for poker has never been an option for me.

Even Vegas for the WSOP is not that bright of an idea....for 99% of the people who go there. A lot of dellusion thinking they can beat

1) Flights
2) Hotels
3) Rake
4) Buy ins
5) Food
6) Car/Cabs
7) Booze
8) Drugs

etc etc.......If I went to Vegas for 8 weeks it would cost like

1) $1500 flights
2) $5000 Hotel/Accom
3) $2500 rake (min)
4) $20,000 buy ins
5) $1500 food
6) $500 car/cabs
7) $2000 booze
8) $0 drugs

Total = $34,000 ish. Win a Venetian $1000 entry for $50k and your barely up.

So I will stay at home and play online tournaments, have zero costs and make steady solid profit on the cash game tables.

You playing any time this weekend @Gus Fring ?

No I have had to put live on hold for the moment, because of mental problems I hadn't played any poker for like 4 weeks, so miles behind for cfp, so having to just concentrate on that. How about you mate hows things with you?.

Ah fair enough mate, I hope things pick up for you

Not too bad here, not played live much, went last night to play the bowl comp, got a busy few weeks so dont know how much I'll be playing there

Thanks



Whats the bowl?. You mean busy with poker or real life stuff?. I wanted to get to Didsbury cause think they got a biggish mtt coming up at the start of July. Wouldn't mind playing that £40k SPT event, so fingers crossed can win a seat for it.

Anyone playing some live cash over the next week or so?

I believe @fergrberger has been getting in on some action out in Vegas!?!?

I can confirm I have been playing in Vegas. I can also confirm so far I have been unsuccessful. Busto from the main event, going to be going pretty hard at the cash games I think for the next few days before going home now!

Ah damn sorry to hear about the main bro! In b4 a sick spin up story tho!

Did you go Ash?, I really wanted to go, but the gods thought it would be fun to give me a cold instead

Yeahhhhh, made a small profit in the end! Was up quite a bit but then there was a huge hand, pretty much a £400 pot, I had the nut flush draw on the flop, AQ4ss I had K9ss. THREE all-ins in front of me! Ridiculous Have to call for that much money! One guy had QQ and quadded up on the turn! #GameOverManGameOver!

Urgh would of been nice if they all had a set , defo go to the next one....thats if the bugs dont get in my fucking way

Hows everyone's live grinds going?

Mines been put on hold, cause I have this silly idea that I might bink a nice mtt on Sky, was thinking the Sunday Roller, then go and try out the £5/£5 game that runs at 235

Oh yeh I saw there £50k GTD was coming back...just as they decide to fuck all their affiliates!

In a crazy world you would think they would keep the affiliate, ask them to market this big event and everyone wins...crazy thinking eh?

Yeh ikr, totally retarded, its barely moved since I last looked at start of the week, there is now 86 registered for it, and by my calculations after they have raped the rewards freerolls + the other freerolls they have every day + the big 50 seat freeroll at weekend they will be close to having nearly 200 registered, and thats if everybody that wins a seat hasn't won one before. I will be amazed if this doesn't run with an overlay. I could be wrong because it does say unlimited rebuys, but how many are going to be able to afford to keep dropping £110 a pop, I wont be.

I would say tho they have generally never had overlays...which now I think of it...quite weird? I remember some mad £1k WSOP one which seemed like it was gona have 3 runners then all of a sudden 50 popped up from nowhere!