Trainer_jyms,
I think she's hot. And that's all that matters to me
Who is she?


grnydrowave2,
Yes, I did read the links. Thank you for them. As mentioned earlier, I know about bankroll and part of my looking for a new site was to strictly adhere to one. At UB and PH, I didn't. There, I deposited enough for a few SNGs so I could evaluate whether I liked them enough to be my new home. And that is where the sample history came from.

All the 600% increases in my £20 investments, I eventually lost due to NOT adhering to BR management and so I am gonna be strict from now on.

As for bad beats, yeah, they happen. It's poker, I know. My only point in mentioning them was that I was shocked at the looseness of the play. 4 guys in all in pots, regularly?!

My reason for posting this thread in the first instance is simply to ask whether you know of sites that aren't so anarchic.



Ash256,
I apologise if you think I want to take on good players, I don't. As I said in my first post, I want to avoid loose cannons and sharks. I just wanna play against people, like me, who are learning and have a desire to play properly. To replicate, just to even a small degree, the knowledge and play we see on TV and read in our magazines and books.

And I don't know why I am giving off the impression I think I am good - as I don't and I am doing my best to point this out. I have a good grasp of fundamentals - of ABC poker. That is all.

I think I've played circa 18,000 hands thus far. 5 times I deposited £20 and 5 times, I generated consistent results at $5 SNGs, realising money finishes every other game and turning each investment into £120 within 2 weeks.

And for sure I have huge leaks and I can't even begin to appreciate teh play of Negreanu and co, but in the bad beat examples I gave, the opponents played far, far worse than I

As for cash v tourney, it's strange. I can easily make as much money as cashing in a tourney in minutes - without having to defeat 7 others first! But once I do make it, I am reluctant to bet it for fear of losing LOL! And strangely enough, I find it easier to handle the variance in a tourney. If I lose 1/2 my chips, I am still in the game. If I lose 1/2 my chips in a ring game - I have a mild heart attack!

I want my cash game to get better - as that's where the big money lies but tourney play is where my results are better. And I also get more entertainment value (a 45m tourney for just $5) which is great right now.

As for finding somewhere to grind - that's why I've posted!

Thx guys!


ps: as a side issue that's popped up in replying here, can you please explain why cash & tourney are seen as completely different games. And, more importantly, why world class players in one can crash in the other?

Surely the concepts of good play is the same for both and I can't see how Helmuth, for example, can be such a poor cash player. He still knows his hands, can bluff, can read people as though he has x ray vision etc.

The only answer I've ever gotten is that cash can be more open as you're not afraid to bust out on a coin flip as you can rebuy. But the rebuy is obvious. It still doesn't explain, to me, why good players struggle to succeed, why they're seen as different or why any decent player would risk a 50-50 decision in either format, unless they had sound reason to do so.

(if this requires a separate thread - just let me know and I'll repost).

Thx