Torrentleech, anyone have an inv?by ggplz, June 13
Hey guys,
I'm looking for an inv to torrentleech and figured some kind soul on LP might have one to share
Asking here reminds me I haven't posted a blog in a while. I've been wanting to get back into that for a while and a lot has changed with me from the old LP days some may remember still.
"Talented amateur MMA Fighter Elias Garcia is profiled during training, as he prepares for his June 23 title fight. At 19 years old, Garcia's skill level surpasses that of many veterans of the sport. Garcia is the cousin of UFC number one contender Anthony Pettis. Coaches and fellow fighters are interviewed, including his next contender. Student Producer/Director Kenneth Williams."
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This documentary is a decent watch for any fight fan. The filming didn't seem top notch, especially since I think this was shown on a local TV station in Wisconsin, but, the storyline and interviews with such fighters as Sergio Pettis, Anthony Pettis, Erik Koch, Ben Askren, Allen Belcher, and Duke Roufus, pick up the slack.
Yo! How we all doin, boys and girls. I really think the tutz's "Change your ways" blogpost was left somewhat unfinished and with a lot of questionmarks. So I thought that among the conspiracy theories suggested by tutz(there were many vids) were some plausible theories and some crazy but whatever my idea is that if you want I can create a thread where you put me in the position of defending the thesis of ONE conspiracy theory suggested by tutz and I would do my best to present the theory in several key points just as many of you suggested tutz do it just to see where it takes us and see some world class trolling ofcourse . Crazy theories create crazy threads so here is your chance to put any conspiracy theory no matter how crazy under test and I would try to present the strongest arguments of the conspiracy theory and defend it. It's not that I believe in every theory out there but I know enough on each of them so it would be a fun discussion. So - choose your crazy conspiracy theory you want me to defend. Let the Conspiracy shoot-out begin.
Showdown pasa33: shows (three of a kind, Fives)
Hero: shows (a pair of Tens)
pasa33 collected 29368 from pot
Summary Total pot 29368 | Rake 0
Board
Seat 1: Hero (big blind) showed and lost with a pair of Tens
Seat 2: MarkusG91 folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 3: Klebanov999 folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 4: PokerrPieter folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 5: peelme1 folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 6: BriDge2PaiN folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 7: soniccccc111 folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 8: ineb26 (button) folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 9: pasa33 (small blind) showed and won (29368) with three of a kind, Fives
I just watched the video of Brad Booth talking about how he has a gambling problem and is in a huge amount of debt to countless backers. He also admitted to straight up stealing money from WCGRIDER. He was crying and looked like he was at rock bottom.
It got me thinking and I decided to share some of my experiences.
I definitely used to have a horrible gambling problem and was in denial for many years. I have never played a pit game in my entire life but I used to constantly play high stakes cash games while on tilt and under rolled. However I only did this with my own money, and never on the money of other people. If I had people feeding me an endless stream of cash I never would have learned anything. I was only staked one time for 3k back in early 2007, and it went really well and my backer was paid back 6k and I profited the original 3k. Unfortunately when I was back on my own money the next day I tilted it playing 5/10 and was broke again. My backer, Ket, told me that he was cutting me off for my own good because I would never learn anything if I continued down this path. He told me I need to learn the value of money and that I should grind 1$ sngs until my fingers bleed. I knew he was right and that advice stuck with me even though I didn't follow it for a long time because my addiction was so powerful.
I eventually got to the point in late 2008 where I was completely broke and I had no way to get in action. I was at total rock bottom. My credit cards were all maxed out, I had 2-3 bank loans of like 2-3k each, and lots of school loans. I had too much pride to start messaging my poker friends begging them for staking money. I talked to my parents and they agreed that it was time for me to grow up and get a real job. I went and got a job and for 9 months I lived with my parents and 85% of my income went into paying back debts. The road to recovery was long and hard. I had a lot of time on my hands and read countless books and spent many hours working out. I started practicing meditation and spent many hours analyzing myself and trying to understand my addiction and its triggers. Yomer from LP gave me 200$ to play 10nl on and I doubled his money and paid him back. From that point on I never went broke again, even though I did have a few relapses where I would lose 40-50% of my bankroll I never put myself in the position where I had everything on the line. As time went on my tilt control started to get better and better. I started meditating more and more and had a few really huge breakthroughs and realizations. The first time I read the book Siddhartha it was essentially a religious experience for me. It opened my eyes to so many things, and I no longer view the world in the same way. I finally made the decision to quit trying to move up in stakes and to just grind the small stakes games and be happy with what I had. This gave me a lot of peace, and I was finally able to release much of my ego.
Post black Friday I worked two jobs to save up for a live poker bankroll. When I had enough money saved up I continued working 7 days a week and when I would get off work I would go grind at the casino. I got about 3-4 hours of sleep a night. This continued for about 3-4 months and I had a huge run where I didn't lose for 5 weeks. I completely paid off all of my credit card debt and school loans. I'm now completely debt free and am looking to potentially buy a house or condo soon. I quit my second job about 3 months ago and am very well bankrolled for 2/5NL cash games live. I still work a full-time job that I really enjoy, and I just play poker for the intellectual challenge and enjoyment.
I'm a huge bankroll nit and take absolutely zero chances with my money. I will continue working on my game and trying to improve because I really do enjoy playing. I have no desire to play poker for a living, and have no delusions of trying to become rich from it. At this point it is just a nice source of income that I can get from doing something that I enjoy. I no longer feel the gambling sickness inside of me, and when I lose I just accept it instead of feeling the sense of "desperation" that I used to.
I was certainly lucky in the sense that I had parents who allowed me to stay with them while I got back on my feet. I was also able to discover Buddhism and use my time training my mind instead of coming up with schemes to get back in action. I would say that I am probably in the minority of people who are able to overcome the sickness. I think that in the case of many people they would be much better off giving up the game completely.
I am extremely happy with my life now and to be honest I have no regrets. Without my experiences I wouldn't be the strong person that I am today.
Had one of the easiest sessions of my life yesterday, and all for one very simple reason, people loved showing me their cards. I meant to blog about this when playing at the Aria, but goddamn does it pay off to be on everyone's good side at the table. I'm no Daniel Negreanu, but I do like to talk at the table a lot in a casual friendly manner, and be overall supportive of players' actions. I quickly came to realize that when people like you, they want to do you favors. From Vegas to the homegames, you can get a lot of free info when people are eager to show you they werent bluffing you, because nobody wants to take their friends' money right?
I was able to get out of two big hands last night when villains showed me their cards IN THE HAND lol. I folded AQ on a QT8ss flop after villain swore up and down he had J9, and I said "if you show me that hand I'll fold" and so he turns it over, wtf lol. I gave him a hearty pat on the back and let it go. And another spot with another villain when I had something like KT on a 89Jss flop and he showed me QTo. I didnt even know these guys' names.
It's amazing how nice people can be when you're friendly with them. Just thought I'd share, always try to be jovial at the tables, you can end up saving a lot of money.
Nothing is what it seems to be
All of this is an illusion
All you think you know
All you experience
All you fear
All is none
And it is all connected
Once you see it
Infinite Love
Seek the truth
Do or do not, there is no try
But I'm just crazy
Finally reached supernova played all day to get it. + Show Spoiler +
http://i.imgur.com/CfT1W.jpg
I remember thinking when I was at 5plo that if I ever reached midstakes that I would have no problem being motivated even if I just broke even and working to get sne. Just need to get to 20k so I can play 200plo and go for sne next year.
I still have a bunch of leaks none of my bluffs seem to work and my red line is plummeting need to study more.
My plan is that my edge is going to come from my health and diet which brought me to this and I am starting from now on, I know there is another poster on this forum (cant remember name) who does this caveman diet anyway pretty good listen.
The dangers of wheat: http://www.redicecreations.com/radio/2012/04/RIR-120429.php
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. Crazy theories create crazy threads so here is your chance to put any conspiracy theory no matter how crazy under test and I would try to present the strongest arguments of the conspiracy theory and defend it. It's not that I believe in every theory out there but I know enough on each of them so it would be a fun discussion. So - choose your crazy conspiracy theory you want me to defend. Let the Conspiracy shoot-out begin.
(three of a kind, Fives)
