Deuce to Ace

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Back in 2006 I learned and started to play poker! I played mostly 1$ SnG's at Bwin and I managed to win like 1$/hour it was my first year inUni and I thought well to win something like that I would be better just getting a real job and I kind of just quit!

In june 2011 I heard the story( a fake one now I know) about a portuguese(Im from portugal as well) kid that went from 30$ to 1/2 millions in like a year or 2, a fact from his alleged story motivated me strongly to start playing poker again because he said at first he was winning like 1$/hour and I thought well I was making that so perhaps I can get to millions as well!

First of all I'm not really disapointed to know that the story was fake first because on the first month I couldn't make 3k like he said he did!!! And I was bashing my head thinking if he only played cash how the heck was this possible!! Second and most important of all because now I can become the reall portuguese poker prodigy though I like the word genius more eheh

With that being said what I want to know is going from Deuce to Ace is really possible and what does it take?
I'm in Uni and I have a part-time job as I'm slightly degen I can still put 20-30k hands per month if I have to, I don't want to rush things just want to do it right!
But I mean starting with 50$ and grinding your way to the micros and up the ladder if I take my time studying, analysing sessions, reading articles watching videos playing, not going crazy with my bankroll and knowing when to quit can it be done?

Is it really possible to go from 50$ to 2M$ in like 2.5years? and if so what would be the most important things to achive it? mental strenght, organization, game skill, learning ability, patience, motivation or would you simply had to be a genious?

I intend to play mostly 6max cash all the way and later on try to specialize in NLHU and maybe PLO(mostly cause the action is there right now)!
Is it better to go for SNG's MTT's? or the path(by path I mean the games[NLHE/PLO/etc] and where you'll play them[cash/sng's/HU/MTT's] you take isn't that of a big weight on the balance?

My road from deuce to ace is just starting any guidelines would be apreciated!
Sincerly,
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[robbyd86]

time studying, analysing sessions, reading articles watching videos playing, not going crazy with my bankroll and knowing when to quit can it be done?

if you do this, then it is very possible. Just know that it will take a long long time and you probably won't always feel so chipper b/c of downswings etc. It will be super tough..... i haven't done this yet myself, but i've come a long way from where i was. Just have to keep at it, it's a huge time commitment.

If you have a vid subscription and access to the Private Strategy Forum read these articles by aejones. It kind of paints a picture of what it takes to get to the top.

#1 link
#2 link
#3 link

best of luck to you!

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Thanks, yeah don't have a subscription yet! but hopefully will soon and will defo take a look!
Hope I got what it takes!
[edit:] ok, so to got what it takes as soon as I got paid from my day job I'm going to get a subscription on LP, I bought up HEM 3poker books with my own money as an investement and I think this would be a good investment as well, I'm just dying to read those articles -.-!!! and also see some videos to keep improving on my way from deuce to Ace :P

All the best,
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[JamesMa]

IMO videos are way better than books in terms of time spent vs info learned. There's definitely some good info from books as well but a lot of books seem to have a lot of common knowledge as well.

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I'm getting my LP subscritpion later today when I get back from work!

If you could recomend me any videos that will help me crush the micros I would really apreciate it!

Thanks again,
All the best,
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[robbyd86]

Leggo has put out a ton of micro content lately and will likely continue to do so in the foreseeable future. A lot of good info can be found in this intro to micros thread. As far as videos, I think all the coaches do very well, so just filter for micro stakes and go nuts . If you need a starting point, I'd say steel108, his videos got amazing reviews, i'll link a few of his micro vids below.

Like Jamesma said, books are kind of mediocre for acquiring knowledge. If you need some book references you can browse this book thread. Tons of good info in there. I would suggest Ryan Fee's ebook (link is in that thread) b/c it's free and will lay a good foundation for you.

Steel108 leakfinder he did for me at 25nl, was very helpful

Steel108 50nl part 1 and part 2

Steel108 work away from the tables

There are a number of other good vid reccomendations i believe in the other threads i linked. If you need more just ask, gl!!!

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Tommorow is my day off and friday i'm only working 5hours so yeah these couple of days Ill just go nuts wathcing the videos and reading more posts trying to find more info to improve!

Thanks again!