The here and now

So this gonna be the post about where I'm at now! Pretty much what I've been doing since November and why I've  not really been around on PKR as-well.

In November I decided to continue searching for ways to improve my game  and did some searches for poker communities ect I came across the obvious Two Plus Two, joined here but then also found a website called PocketFives which i'd never heard of until this point. I signed up turned out to be a really good site, I made a post in the community section introducing myself and explained my situation and that I'm trying to improve my game and gave them a list of things I'd read and brief history so they had an idea of where I am at and best way to move forward. A couple of guys replied basically the consensus was coaching is the best way forward for me and I sort of agreed and thought yea that sounds good. I contacted a couple of people and ended up speaking to one of the coaches there who looked through a Hand history for me and said what he thought.

After a few chats with him he showed me a website that was for staking(PartTimePoker) and this is ideal for me because basically I'm a bum student with not much money to myself. So I signed up to this site and looked for a staking deal. What I found here was much more than I expected. I found a deal that was aimed at long time investment and the people running the backing would also coach me.

So essentially, here is my deal. They will stake me at this point to play in the $2.50 180 man sngs on PokerStars and give me instructions on how to play optimally. Then when I get to grasps with their strategy they would move me up in levels and start putting me in MTTs as-well as the possibility of live stake in the future. My cut is 35/65 and the game sets were of 600 per set then divide up profits after and no makeup. So this has been a pretty sweet deal that I am still in now except for I am now playing $5.50/$1rebuy mtts along with the $2.50 180 man sngs.
My game has definitely improved since joining this stable another beneficial part of this was that there are others being staked and coached so we talk about it all the time ect and can improve  in group talks.

Rest of the year and Aims


So this is what I'm hoping to do with the rest of my year. Got a PKR meet up in June in Southend always good being my home town :), Then in july I'm possibly going on holiday and if not a holiday then I'll probably hold out for an august leeds meet. In september will see how funds are because there are a few side events at EPT london that i'd like to take part in.

From may 11th- September 22nd i think is my summer holiday this time is going to be fully concentrated on poker, mainly in my stake and will probably put a few hundred on PKR to play too as I could always use some profit that is 100% mine to keep me going during summer.

Long term, as mentioned I'm a student at university and after my current course finishes in a years time then I'm going to most likely to a PGCE at a more local to home university and then teach. But I've already come to a deal with my parents where I can spend a year living at home to try to do poker professionally for a year and see how I go. This will be two or three years down the line I am hoping by this time to be playing in the higher stakes already and hopefully I should be a much better player by then.

Hope you all enjoy the read
Peace