The Balla' Plan.

it all sounds really great in theory, and saying a bunch of cool stuff is cool, but i dont think its that easy in practice. and i really think two tables is too few if you really want to do it for anything other than a hobby

as for your list, if you actually want to have any kind of longterm success, i think something that trumps everything you said, is to not withdraw from your bankroll almost ever. its arguably the single biggest pitfall that people have that disallows them to reach the stakes they could and should play (although, when i think about it, at the same time, people often are playing stakes that are just too high for their skill level, or are a little underrolled, so.. i dunno)

assuming you do everything else properly, its just sooo important. even withdrawing like 1k when you are at 5k is a massive massive leap backwards if you are trying to get the highest hourly in the smallest amount of time "safely"!!

On April 19 2011 10:13 rockman255 wrote: it all sounds really great in theory, and saying a bunch of cool stuff is cool, but i dont think its that easy in practice. and i really think two tables is too few if you really want to do it for anything other than a hobby as for your list, if you actually want to have any kind of longterm success, i think something that trumps everything you said, is to not withdraw from your bankroll almost ever. its arguably the single biggest pitfall that people have that disallows them to reach the stakes they could and should play (although, when i think about it, at the same time, people often are playing stakes that are just too high for their skill level, or are a little underrolled, so.. i dunno) assuming you do everything else properly, its just sooo important. even withdrawing like 1k when you are at 5k is a massive massive leap backwards if you are trying to get the highest hourly in the smallest amount of time "safely"!!

Wouldn't a notable exception to this be paying your coaches with your bankroll profits? Obviously if you buy too much coaching you won't be able to to move up, but if you invest some of your winnings in a coach and use some of it to move up, wouldn't this be more ideal than simply investing all profits in the next shot?

the point is to get better though, thus two tables instead of four. I want to be able to tighten up my play right from the start. I don't want to learn many bad habits.

Great advice about bankroll, that's what I fucked up on last time if you read my busto blog.

On April 19 2011 11:18 Surprise wrote: Show nested quote + On April 19 2011 10:13 rockman255 wrote: it all sounds really great in theory, and saying a bunch of cool stuff is cool, but i dont think its that easy in practice. and i really think two tables is too few if you really want to do it for anything other than a hobby as for your list, if you actually want to have any kind of longterm success, i think something that trumps everything you said, is to not withdraw from your bankroll almost ever. its arguably the single biggest pitfall that people have that disallows them to reach the stakes they could and should play (although, when i think about it, at the same time, people often are playing stakes that are just too high for their skill level, or are a little underrolled, so.. i dunno) assuming you do everything else properly, its just sooo important. even withdrawing like 1k when you are at 5k is a massive massive leap backwards if you are trying to get the highest hourly in the smallest amount of time "safely"!! Wouldn't a notable exception to this be paying your coaches with your bankroll profits? Obviously if you buy too much coaching you won't be able to to move up, but if you invest some of your winnings in a coach and use some of it to move up, wouldn't this be more ideal than simply investing all profits in the next shot?

i mean i guess so, i should just assume HEM / PT3 / some kind of website membership are included, but these are really negligible when compared to the kind of withdraws i read about, like people taking half their roll when they hit 2k, or something like that

i mean, i dont remember the cost cause its been years, but i assume even the "expensivest" pt3/hem is only like 200-250 tops, and the website memberships are like a paltry 20-30 bucks a month or less, arent they?

and i suppose you can usually get to the nl25 or higher before doing either, and as for coaching, if you social network, you can often get free sweats, i dont think anyone in their right mind should be paying like 100/hour or whatever ludicrous amounts some people charge, unless you have a really good idea, and we're talking way down the road imo, that should never be the first avenue of ways to improve outside of just playing

i need some perfect micro stakes players to stalk on the tables

i would be delighted to just watch them play without even seeing their hole cards.

i think i could learn a lot that way.

right now i'm waiting to finish a semester of school and get a job till i can start poker-ing