so i did the free promotion, i thought why not give it a go, and after waiting like 5 days i pretty much gave up on it since there was no response. anyway silently secretly, lp sent me my 50 which was a pleasant surprise.
after grinding 10 ---> 500 so many times, starting with 50 seems like a god send. anyway things feel different, i feel 5x smarter, experienced, and much more ready to successfully grind my way up.
still want 150-400 in pstars. trying to get my paypal verified so i can avoid the 5% bogus fee they require. that should be ready by tomorrow.
also i made a major decision to let go of my electrical engineering minor and just graduate next semester. i came from a pretty competitive high school and am managing to graduate college pretty early by about 3 semesters, but college doesn't interest me anymore, and i'm tired of being such a pos being a bitch complaining about how i don't know what i want to study. i don't mind graduating with my econ degree and coming back to school later.
i think i'll go to korea for a year and teach english/get paid try to go meet nick plott and co host with him 8^D], maybe try out this poker thing for about 2 years. if i can't make at least 70K i'll probably just pass it up for good and get a job/back to school.
anyway this leads me to another problem....i was gonna get the palm pre but i think you need like a 2 year commitment with them...i desperately want the palm pre but i feel like if i run away to korea for a year my palm pre is pretty useless and so is my contract with them...but the palm pre is so....preeeetyful. whhat to doooo??
so basically can't put money into stars, echecks/visa fails for me
can pay in paypall though, hoping to do it in 25/50/100 increments to avoid scam. or if you trust me that's fine too, if you're reputable here than that's ok too.
well the name of the blog couldn't fit me any more. i spent the past month getting from 100 --->700 only to tilt it all away.
but it feels different this time. i'm a better player (hopefully) thanks to all the good advice that is thrown around across these forums.
anyway i'm pretty much starting this blog to pretty much keep track of my knowledge and to refigure out everything in this game of poker. i plan on really dissecting all aspects/decisions. soooo hopefully some of you will help me out.
after tilting alot of my money away, i started to think, what it takes to become a good poker player and i think its rather simple:
1) discipline
2) patience
3) knowledge
i think it takes discipline to save your last 15 bb when you know you never have the best hand, to stop yourself from tilting money, to resist the urge to call bets and use "implied odds" as a cop out.
i think it takes patience and understanding that you can not make money over night. i need to remove this feeling of entitlement, just because i'm a better player than my opponents doesn't mean i deserve to win. they pay the same price to play the game, they are allowed to do w/e with their money. i need to be patient and let the money come to me, instead of chasing after the money.
lastly i think it takes knowledge. a 2 part knowledge of the game. 1 is being able to piece the puzzle, and properly hand read. making proper value bets and proper decisions during the hand while playing poker. i think the second type of knowledge happens away from the poker table, reading more indepth analysis that may include math based analysis, to 1st person accounts/memoirs. for instance me and my friend used to argue about esp. in brunson's super system, he talked about rushes and esp. i'm a pretty math based kinda guy so i kinda scoffed at the idea of esp/rushes saying it's just variance. my friend countered with "so you don't take the word of a guy whose played poker his entire life?" i still think it's a load of bull shit, but their might be a speckle of corn in that bull shit. maybe positive thinking/rush makes you play better and it just carries over into out playing opponents with no cards, and then picking up good cards and getting paid. anyway kinda went off topic a little bit. so there. my 3 tenants to winning this game.
i'm not anyone special or famous but uh i just wanted to say thank you to each of the following (to me they have been the most helpful) (in no particular order)
edzwoo (good advice + he's funny)
sicks macks (seems pretty good natured + good advice)
evilsky (damn good advice)
fraser (damn good advice)
collegesucks (good advice + good threads)
exalted (really good threads imo)
lemon (helps me rethink my decisions)
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