Hello TPE nation!
Longtime listener to the podcasts, I was a member of Cardrunners for a while then I made the switch to this site because all I play is MTTs. I am a fireman, pilot, and card magician, but my true passion is poker. My goal is to transition into being a professional tournament player in 6 years (my 40th birthday). I love MTTs, and I love to win. There's no feeling like shipping a tournament!
I am a NLH grinder on Bovada, and I use the tracking software “Tournament Indicator” to track my opponents and my play. I play 1 to 2 tables at a time, $2-$20 buy-ins (my bankroll on Bovada is $2000); I play about 60 hours a month and see around 3000-4000 hands per month.
I am looking to find other grinders who play on Bovada, and talk strategy and hands. If anyone is interested to talk over hands that you have, or just want to talk strategy, I'm in. I know that to get good at something you have to surround yourself with others who want to get good as well. I believe that's true with anything in life, and poker is no different. Shoot me a message or reply here!
Have a great day and I look forward to talking to you.
~SIGABA
November 17, 2013
Hi Sigaba,
Welcome to TPE! I'm a Bovada grinder as well, specifically playing Turbos right now. I was into card magic for a long time – actually sold a lot of my magic collection to build a poker bankroll 🙂 Would be happy to chat anytime! I'm on the East Coast (NC) and usually play the nightly turbos starting around 9pm.
Jason
Good to hear from you Jason! That's cool you're into magic too. Maybe we can trade tricks. I know quite a few and I'm sure if you had a magic collection, you know quite a few as well! Mine are mostly card tricks; some coin tricks too.
You're probably grinding right now. It's about 11:40pm your time. I'm in California. Just finished up a session. I played 2 mtts and got 3/194 and 20/902. It was a good night! Nice for a change – I was on a lull for a while.
I have a few hands that I would love to go over. Do you have any?
Where is the best place for you to chat? Here, or over skype, or over the phone? Doesn't matter to me, I just want to talk poker.
Have a good night. ttyl
~Steve
November 17, 2013
Sounds great!
Mine is steve.barton.888
Hey Jacob, I typed in jacob.tryba and got 3 different names in Skype:
Jacob T. – United States
Jacob Tryba – Agawam, MA, United States
Tj Jacob Tryba – United States
Jason I sent a request to you.
June 18, 2013
January 27, 2013
January 27, 2013
I like Bovada for the reasons you guys described. It keeps a lot of the regs out. By having anonymous players, HEM and PT don't work. But there is one tracking software that does work … Tournament Indicator. I think that by having that software it gives you a huge edge against the competition.
January 27, 2013
Me too, yet to cash a 5 figure. My biggest cash so far is $3300. I've been so close to to four figures, but it's just slipped away every time! Sometimes I will get to a final table and everyone wants to chop so we all get like 2k, but I never agree. I always want the win.
Isn't that the whole point of the game? To win? Why else do you play tournaments? It's like getting down to the last two teams in the playoffs and instead of having a SuperBowl they just decide to shake hands and call it a tie. LOL. What's the point of that?
And first place is where the money is. I feel like if the guys are asking to chop, they must feel like they have a disadvantage. Which means I am the favorite. I'm not going to give up that edge. Maybe my mind with change with time, but the reason I play is to win the tournament. Win, win, win, all the time. Not sometimes, everytime.
I feel like grinding now. I'm going to go play some cards
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