>be me
>be in park
>stand under tree
>getting ready to light shitty stalk spliff because I'm quitting and desperate
>mfw see two fluorescent horses/riders 20m away
>put out stalk spliff right away (only just lit it)
>hide under sleeve
>horses with police on get closer
>asks me if I have a dog
>say no
>asks me why I'm standing out here
>point to the tree like a tard
>police says, 'just getting out of the rain huh'
>say yea
>mfw they leave
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the importance of angle shootingby Gnarly, November 25
>get jj on the button
>get three limpers
>make it 6bb
>the first limper reraises to 20bb
>i snap all-in (he has 60~bb)
>he snap calls
>the board comes out
>there's an ace
>i ask him what kicker he has
>he flips over a 7
>i flip over a j
>he throws his hand in the muck
>i don't show the other j
gotta love home games. shit would never fly online
K so I was lurking LemOn[5thF]'s blog and saw this
On November 23 2014 15:19 Ryan Neilly wrote:
imo play pure nl25 for 1 week and move up to 50 for a month then move to nl100 and never play below nl100 again 30 days from now. if u have to be staked to do it, then be staked, but pissing around for a year for 5 grand on micros is just a huge waste of time.
that is a hobby with insane hours instead of what it can be.
get in the right games.
gl,
ryan
and it made me think a bit..Im playing NL10/NL25 fullring zoom atm and have some questions about the difference between games
#1 why does every1 play 6max zoom at limits higher than NL50? Is there some innate advantage, like getting more rakeback through faster hands or something? More fish?
#2 is fullring or 6max zoom generally easier at the same stake or not really a difference?
#3 how big are the gaps in difficulty moving up from NL25/NL50/NL100/NL200 etc..should I be aiming to move up multiple limits quickly once I have a solid game plan, is there a "sweet spot" limit? How many hands should I play at each limit before moving up while being a winning player?
I started playing poker in April, basically played 24/7 since then and lost a shitload of money but I learned a lot, read books lurked forums etc, decided I wasnt going to work labour jobs anymore and just do poker. I probably shouldve worked longer while I built up a good bankroll + worked on my game, but thats what I did and then unfortunately ran into some life/financial troubles so I had to withdraw most of my bankroll and lost a shitload more due to stress/playing under rolled and trying to take shots at NL50 like an idiot...
So now im only rolled for NL10, soon to be NL25 again but after making some major changes in my play I feel much more confident. I dont really want to make the same mistakes again and im going to move up in a more controlled manner. Im not sure what the best way of doing that is though. I want to go as far as I can go and Im willing to put in the effort required.
TLDR how fast to move up stakes/difference between 6max and FR zoom, advice prz
Hello peoples.
Did you guys ever go through or consider one of them longer term staking+coaching deals?
What are the pros and cons of those?
There are people offering 60-90 chops with coaching even on 2p2, just wondering what you guys think about that.
I've had some unforseen real life expenses combined with a downer after a shot at nl50, even tho it's no issue I once again kinda have to play stakes lower than I beat comfortably because I'm a risk avoiding jew
Since I sent them out to test the waters, here's my results since depositing 50 bucks since coming back
This is Nov 2013-1st nov 2013 from $50 didnt save lines + Show Spoiler +
http://i.imgur.com/VyC4sfd.png
graph from 1st nov 2013 for 2013 when I started playign serious
bb 2013 + Show Spoiler +
>be me
>be poker player
>move up to 2/5
>start winning
>making more money from poker than at my job
>but my job still brings in roughly a third of what i'm winning
>however, i could put more hours in at the table if i didn't have the job
(Deleting the vid)
Apple cider vinegar, but has to be organic/raw 'mother' type diluted with plenty of water and some lemon, don't drink it everyday. Wouldn't add honey.
So I'm about to apply for a position as a prop player for a local casino. The casino is about 10 minutes away and I plan on it being my main source of income until I finish my nursing classes. I will probably be playing mostly 3/6, 4/8 limit holdem, and 4/8 limit omaha hi-lo, with some 2/5 nl holdem. I have been told by a recent hire that the pay is 9$ + 15$, so basically 24$/hr while you're playing and probably 9$/hr while you're just waiting around.
I'm currently a part time personal trainer that get's paid 18$/hr + commission but kinda getting burnt out/tired of the job even though I love fitness and gains.
Would you guys go for the job? Do you see yourself being a slight winner, break even, or slight losing playing in a limit format? Is it reasonable to expect making 2bb's/hr on top of the hourly so basically 32$ ish per hour?
A key thing from Canfield's book and his video is this a great mindset to have, at the poker tables or in life: Event+Your Reaction of the event = Outcome
Well no shit Sherlock you might say, but if you think about it and accept the mindset it only ever makes sense to always focus on the solutions and things you can change and virtually never worry/feel bad/even talk about events that happened that you have no control over. Like Variance. Or being broke. Or the news.
Basically it means you will be always positive, except when shit hits the fan and the best reactions also become hard and uncomfortable.
It is on a day like this one...by RiKD, November 14
a little later, a little earlier,
that you discover, without surprise,
that something is wrong...
That you do not know how to live and that you never will know.
You sleep, you walk, you continue to live,
like a laboratory rat abandoned in its maze by some absent-minded scientist.
But rats do not spend hours trying to get to sleep.
Rats do not wake up with a start, gripped by panic, bathed in sweat.
Rats do not dream and what can you do to protect yourself against your dreams?
Time, which sees to everything, has provided the solution, despite yourself.
Time, that knows the answer, has continued to flow.
You are afraid,
you are waiting. - Narrator (The Man Who Sleeps)
There's been too much talk about rake, hating pokerstars, and the games dying. We should all just watch some of the older seasons of the Simpsons. I swear I started watching some again because of old rebroadcasts on tv, but I don't remember them being so good/funny when I was a kid.
Some episodes off the top of my head if you want to get started:
-Season 2: One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish
-Season 2: Bart Gets An 'F'
-Season 2: Dead Putting Society
-Season 2: Lisa's Substitute
-Season 3: Bart the Lover
-Season 4: Homer the Heretic
-Season 6: Bart's Comet
-Season 6: Homer the Great
-Season 7: Homer the Smithers
-Season 7: King Size Homer
-Season 8: Mountain of Madness
For myself, most episodes involving Mr Burns, Homer, Homer+Lisa, Bart, or Moe being the main characters usually end up being pretty decent for the most part.
On November 12 2014 11:32 ggplz wrote:
I think there are a lot of reasons. Some people just change nickname or move sites. Others can't keep up with the evolution of the game and go bust or get tired/burned out. Some finish University and go into real work. Also, i think generally people think of poker in a temporary and short term way so it's often dropped when other things in life demand more of them. I think there's also a sort of pre/midlife crisis people have between like 24-30 where they feel the game has or is meant to have ran it's course for them and they see something else they want to or feel obligated to do.
Just a few things about PS: PS games are just bad to play due to the rake, seat scripting, multi tablers everywhere and the fish to reg ratio. PS don't care about the quality of the games and no advertising budget in the world will draw enough players to feed 90+% regs 12+ tabling the site. I feel AMAYA care even less than PS previously did but with their massive debt they are so limited in what they can actually do as well. The thing is that the AMAYA deal kinda sealed their fate and not because AMAYA are bad but because what currently sustains PS i.e. the mass volume fish chasing nit culture will slowly die off but until it does they won't change. Sorry but the advertisement budget or whatever else people say justifies their rake paid is just plain wrong.
When I play there I have to open 40+tables per session and start another 8-10 per session to find decent fish at low stakes. That's at low stakes, I mean, come the fuck on! Any reg with a brain will seek fish the same way b/c the rake will eat you up playing vs regs. That's NOT fun for players or the fish but that's how the rake structure makes people play. The structure of the cash games forces you to play non-competitively and that's just wrong.
What PS need to do to improve the games and make it better for players is to lower the rake at low/mid stakes to allow players to actually climb up stakes and allow weaker players to do slightly better. This will result in better midstakes games and more shot taking. You know, allow players to actually have a shot at becoming poker "stars"? They also need to cap the number of tables people can play to 4-6 and revamp their VIP system to be easier to climb (due to reduced volume) and to actually feel rewarding. That means the 10(?) fish 1 tabling your limit will be easier to play with too. The reason 12+ tabling became so popular was because there were enough fish on each table to justify it but now it's kind of evolved where the regs that couldn't multitable have mostly quit leaving mostly multi tabling regs. Since everyone is multi tabling, the fish are incredibly hard to find and play against and seat scripting grows in popularity every day, making it even harder. That means 1 person (not seat scripting) can search/compete on 12+ tables to find 1 fish whereas in days gone by it may have been only 5-15% of players were 12+tabling and the rest 1-6 with fish mostly 1-2 tabling in amazement. PS'll never make these kinds of changes in the near future though so your option is either crush HSNL or midstakes+ PLO, high stakes tourneys, go play eurosites or quit / do stuff IRL.
im quoting this post because it's the last one I saw, but it seems to be a common line of thinking. everyone who makes the argument "lower rake -> healthier games" totally ignores the fact many people who quit previously will re-enter because it becomes worth their time playing again, and many new regs will be attracted and successful in entering. sure you'll get a short term boost in your profitability and "health of the games" or whatever, but in the long run poker will converge to an equilibrium where only the best and hungriest players will be making any reasonable kind of money (it'll be mainly people who are too scared to leave their house or people in poor countries with internet access and at least some education but few other prospects, e.g. eastern europe, since these types have the fewest alternative viable options).
a situation where a mediocre person can make a decent living at poker is inherently unsustainable because the world is full of mediocre people who want to make easy money and poker has zero barriers to entry. in the long run it doesn't matter what you do to rake. lowering rake just attracts more new young regs prepared to throw their lives into the game and dilute out the easy money. point the finger at amaya all you want, but the fact is gravy trains need barriers to entry to last and a poker grinder doesn't have them.
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