With Enlightenment launching this month, Tuesdays and Fridays have now become strategy days on Black Belt Poker and the first article is now up courtesy of Blue Belt and Enlightenment Sensei Simon Mairs:

http://www.blackbeltpoker.com/articles/read/Strategy-HUD-Stats

After offering players a free Hold'em Manager, it has emerged that a number of Enlightenment students aren't particularly acquainted with it nuances, so Simon Mairs has been hard on the case to explain how some of the stats can be used to your advantage, and why it is such a crucial piece of software.

I have set myself 3 goals, which are :-
1) Beating micro stake cash games
2) Beating micro stake sit n go games
3) Beating micro stake tourney games

And when I am at a stage when I am constantly beating these games then I will up to low.

The advice I would like is what type of game should I concentrate on first or should I do all 3 at the same time.

To help achieve my goals, I am doing the dojo session on beating micro/low cash game, Reading articles on bbp, going to the academies & going to be purchasing dan harrington books on cash & tourney games.

Is there anything else I should be doing/learning from or should not be doing

Just wanted to say a big thanks to BBP for the enlightenment training program and in particular to Simon Mairs for the advice and help he has given me.  Its really helped to focus on the things i need to do to improve.  

Now if I could just get that first league win tonight :)

Sensei Channing: is he BadBeat1 on Stars?

cool 10/20 atm in $30 $10k GTD on bbp no rebuys or addons needed, railers welcome, if not wish my br luck :)

Hi people,NEXT GRADINGS.when i was at poker in the park on thursday,i heard rumours that the next gradings will be in November and the lucky few will get a trip to Australia,is there any infomation about this?

was just wondering whereabouts people posting in this forum live, or play live? maybe could organise some bbp regional live tournaments or get a few bbp players to play in regular casino tournaments etc. Im in bournemouth, and have started playing in the gala casino tournaments here, they have a sat night £25 f/o with a 4k stack and will be launching a £50 f/o from October with a 10k starting stack.

Anyone know if theres another grading planned for anytime soon?

Its official - power cuts are the Devils poison, especially when you are heads up! AAARGH!
Note to self! Lap Top!

Hi, 

Playing a very unusual structure of a tournament tomorrow and would be very interested in hearing peoples thoughts on the best strategy to adopt. 

Starting Stack 10,000 - Each player also gets a reserve stack of 10,000  which they can use if they bust in the first three levels or else as a top up after the first three levels ( Note you cannot choose to start with a 20,000 stack you must wait until you lose your first 10,000 before using the reserve stack) 

First three levels are 20 minutes 
Level 1 500/1000
Level 2 300/600
Level 3 200/400

After level 3 the blind levels extend to 30 minutes and the blinds will remain 100/200 for the remainder of the tournament with only the size of the antes increasing. 

You can see the full structure here https://www.biggamepoker.net/Tournament/SYDCHAMPS10_Event5TsandCs550NLH.pdf

I think it is a very interesting idea and like I said would love to hear peoples thoughts. 

Cheers,
Eoin

biggest bullshit ever. 10 tables, 10 bad beats 0 cash ins, work that one out? That aint poker, thats messed up surely something not right there. Can you really trust online poker?? As if it really uses all the cards aswell. WE have no way of knowing whats going on.