{"id":83782,"date":"2020-04-23T09:21:05","date_gmt":"2020-04-23T09:21:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog?p=83782"},"modified":"2021-09-02T08:18:58","modified_gmt":"2021-09-02T08:18:58","slug":"james-alsop-wins-148-buy-ins-on-way-to-cash-game-leaderboard-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/james-alsop-wins-148-buy-ins-on-way-to-cash-game-leaderboard-victory.html","title":{"rendered":"James Alsop Wins 148 Buy-ins On Way to Cash Game Leaderboard Victory!"},"content":{"rendered":"

You probably already know the Cash Game Leaderboards<\/strong><\/a> are incredible value, but ask James Alsop<\/strong> if you need a second opinion. The 30-year-old poker pro, who hails from Brighton, padded his bankroll with almost 150 buy-ins by taking down the $0.10\/$0.25 leaderboard.<\/p>\n

James first discovered poker<\/a> when he was still at school and spent most breaks playing the game with friends. He instantly fell in love with it and knew as soon as he was 18-years-old he\u2019d have to try playing online or in a casino.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs soon as I was 18 I started playing online. Me and my friend would go round to each other\u2019s house and grind for hours through the night. It was at a time when Poker After Dark was on TV so we would be there grinding and watching that, only dreaming of playing in those games (and still are dreaming!).\u201d<\/p>\n

The past three or four years have seen James take the game more seriously. A couple of large live tournament scores, including a career-best \u00a335,000 for finishing sixth in the \u00a31,100 WSOPC UK Main Event<\/strong> at Dusk Till Dawn, are the result of his hard work and dedication to poker.<\/p>\n

\u201cI started taking poker more seriously 3-4 years ago when I realised there was good money to be made. You can be your own boss, make up your own hours and have your own lifestyle, apart from when you\u2019re grinding leaderboard of course! I\u2019ve mainly focussed on tournaments<\/a> in those four years and had my biggest score this time last year at Dusk Till Dawn where I had three cashes in one week for around \u00a360,000<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve since transitioned to playing cash games, mainly NL50 and NL100 late last year. I started paying for coaching in February this year which has done me wonders and helped win this leaderboard.\u201d<\/p>\n

For a winning player like James, the Cash Game Leaderboards make it possible to win plenty of buy-ins. James got his hands on 148 buy-ins<\/strong> through his play, cashback, and the $2,000 top prize.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe promotion is insane! Where can you win, in my case, 80 buy-ins for the level you\u2019re playing just for volume? I don\u2019t think you can. I didn\u2019t even know how good the cashback was<\/strong><\/a>. That in itself was worth another 48 buy-ins! Plus I made 20 buy-ins at the table. I\u2019m not sure a player at this level could make 148 buy-ins.\u201d<\/p>\n

First Cash Game Session Sets The Tone<\/h2>\n
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James Alsop in action<\/p><\/div>\n

James decided to play $0.10\/$0.25 instead of his usual stakes due to the fact he would be playing more tables than usual and for much longer hours. He knew he was going to win the leaderboard after his first session at the partypoker tables.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs soon as I had done my first four-hour session on Monday morning I said to my Mrs (Shana is also a poker player) I have won this, I\u2019m not letting anyone pass me. She knew when I said that she wasn\u2019t getting any attention that week! She wished me good luck and said see you on Sunday evening!\u201d<\/p>\n

An epic grind began at 08:00 on Monday and finished at 01:30 the next day. James played six tables of fastforward<\/a> all day long. Having earned 500 points, James knew the road ahead was a tough one.<\/p>\n

He set his alarm earlier on the Tuesday and had specific break times. Now having more structure to his sessions, James worked out he was 15 hours worth of grinding ahead of second-place, gaining him a little more breathing room.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought I could relax a little for the rest of the week, which I did, but it became squeaky bum time on Friday and Saturday when a player had earned 1,000 points and would overtake me if I didn\u2019t play, but that wasn\u2019t going to happen! I upped my volume, playing six tables of fastforward plus six regular tables on a second screen.\u201d<\/p>\n

Overall, James put in around 80 hours at the tables and MyGame shows him as playing 140,000 hands<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s total insanity! I didn\u2019t even play that throughout the whole of February!\u201d<\/p>\n

Using MyGame To Improve At Poker<\/h2>\n

What is the key to becoming a successful cash game player? James is definitely an advocate for putting in plenty of hours away from the tables.<\/p>\n

\u201cStudy, study, and study. This has brought me on leaps and bounds. I hated the idea of going over hands probably four months ago but ever since I have I have just become better and better. Obviously, partypoker has no HUDS now, but they have MyGame. While looking through that, I saw it was a great model for learning<\/strong><\/a> and I\u2019m sure it will get better the more feedback they receive.\u201d<\/p>\n

You may recall an article published on the partypoker blog recently by Juha<\/a>, the head of our Game Integrity team. Juha explained some of the measures the team is taking to make the leaderboards a fair grind. James added his thoughts on that subject.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor anyone saying there are bots and multi-accounting going on, while this may be true, partypoker is going their upmost to eradicate this. I had phone calls every day while 12-tabling making sure that it was me playing. I would be asked about specific hands, what hand number was on my screen, how many tables I had open etc. They are doing a great job when it comes to stopping people being a***holes and exploiting the system for monetary gain and for an unfair advantage. There may be a few occasions of it happening, but it won\u2019t take long for them to be caught.\u201d<\/p>\n

Congratulations to James on his superb win and fantastic performance at the tables. There\u2019s no doubt we\u2019ll be seeing the name James Alsop again in future.<\/p>\n

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If you already have an account with us, click here to open partypoker and hit the tables!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You probably already know the Cash Game Leaderboards are incredible value, but ask James Alsop if you need a second opinion. The 30-year-old poker pro, who hails from Brighton, padded his bankroll with almost 150 buy-ins by taking down the $0.10\/$0.25 leaderboard. James first discovered poker when he was still at school and spent most<\/p>\n

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