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NewbSaibot United States. Jul 01 2012 18:47. Posts 4946 | | |
to be a gansta. I mean to be back playing online. For starters lets give a quick rundown on my live experience -
Total live results playing homegames this year:
So as you can see, pretty much a whole lotta nadda. God what a grind live is. Visiting the ATM for money, driving to random places across town, eating and drinking like shit, playing till 12am, coming home exhausted and smelling like smoke, getting 6 hours of sleep before going back to work and doing it all over again. Sure it has some fun elements, the whole social aspect, but it's still such a chore doing it, I dont know how anybody does.
So I decided to try a new deposit method for Hero and lo and behold it worked! I gave Bovada a brief shot a few months back and the software is so punishingly crippled it simply is not worth playing there. Plus the withdrawal system is gimped, and you're lucky to get a check in 2 months it seems. Meanwhile Merge keeps humming along nicely. Despite BF there still seems to be a decent play pool available.
That being said, dipping my toes in the water on Hero today felt really really good. It's just so remarkably nice to be able to play at home, with the window open and a slight breeze blowing by, cup of juice in one hand, mouse in the other, just relaxing and watching the day fade away from the comfort of my leather computer chair. I just dont see myself going back to live. I mean, I'll play every now and then just to say whats up to everyone and have some beers, but thats about it. In fact, playing online today was such a joy that it has completely shifted my focus on job relocation efforts. A few months ago I was scouting Vegas and other live poker mecca's to see where I would like to live and grind. But fuck all that shit now, online is the only salvation. This points me back square at Vancouver again. Joeingram did a great service with a recent blog detailing his impression of Vancouver. I cant say I'm a fan of the rain or cold, but good god being able to play back on Stars again practically makes it all worth it. Plus Vancouver has its perks when it's not shitty outside. More on that later.
So to get off to a good start, I went and upgraded my old HEM license to a HEM2/PLO2 license. You see, for no reason whatsoever other than to keep things interesting, I've decided I want to try and learn omaha. But not by learning from other people's mistakes, but by learning from my own. I want to teach myself how to play. It seems like the best players at any given game today are always self-taught. There's just something unique about learning from your own experiences and developing your own thought processes that cant be rivaled by coached efforts. That isnt to say coaching doesnt have its place. No professional athlete can ever say to have truly "taught themselves". But, I just want to see where this goes by using my limited knowledge of PLO thus far.
As it stands I know the following:
The rules
You should almost always be drawing to a nut hand
You want to have 2 pairs of cards that play well together
Danglers suck
Pot control (not quite sure how to implement other than checking OOP vs aggro opponents)
Pretty much never fold to a 3bet IP
Be weary of bottom set
Here we go!
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Stat.Quo Somalia. Jul 01 2012 19:37. Posts 1227 | | |
"God what a grind live is. Visiting the ATM for money, driving to random places across town, eating and drinking like shit, playing till 12am, coming home exhausted and smelling like smoke, getting 6 hours of sleep before going back to work and doing it all over again. Sure it has some fun elements, the whole social aspect, but it's still such a chore doing it, I dont know how anybody does. "
I did this for a while, it sure is a hassle, plus in Toronto there are no near casinos by, each one is at least an hour and half away for me.
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NewbSaibot United States. Jul 01 2012 20:39. Posts 4946 | | |
PLO4 at the moment. Probably NL25 once I feel like depositing more, and hope to get to NL200 (via more deposits) which is my fav limit. |
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