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Is this pa or NJ? 9bb is currently impossible on eu stars at nl200. I doubt linus could break 7bb there

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On March 06 2022 10:37 Stroggoz wrote: Is this pa or NJ? 9bb is currently impossible on eu stars at nl200. I doubt linus could break 7bb there

This is on Bovada where even higher than 9bb is possible hahaha. It has among the worst software on the internet, limits you to 4 tables, and is incredibly slow. You get about 250 hands an hour 4 tabling. You can play zone which is their version of zoom but I find winrates to be much lower in those games. It's extremely difficult to identify fish unless they are short stack or happen to limp. Also the toughest regs in the USA are typically grinding those. So I've kind of settled on 4 tabling regular tables for now.

On March 06 2022 15:03 lostaccount wrote: ill come check out ur twitch stream when im bored n if ur playing. ive been just investing in the crypto space

Yeah I love crypto also. You should checkout bovada/ignition, it's kind of the land that time forgot. Although the games are harder now than they were a few years ago, there are tons of fish everywhere and after midnight USA it's pretty damn wild especially on the weekends.

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On March 06 2022 16:50 lostaccount wrote: cool but i dont know if i have the patience to play poker anymore. the grind is tough now

Yeah I totally get it, you used to play much higher than me (when I wasn't tilting my roll off lulz). It was a tough pill for me to swallow when I realized I had to get coaching to beat 50z for a decent rate because I was about 0.4 bb/100 adjusted after about 80k hands. It was shocking because I was winning 10bb/100 adjusted at 25z and the games became exponentially tougher one level up. But I kind of just got addicted to the challenge and luckily the money at those stakes isn't meaningful to me so I just focused on trying to win and beat people like in a video game. And looking back thats the approach I should have taken my entire poker career. LOL

i 4bet everything :D

GTO otherwise ppl are frigging maniacs been playing zone tho

whats ur playstyle? u look for fish and exploit them?

On March 06 2022 21:26 EzPzLmnSqz wrote: whats ur playstyle? u look for fish and exploit them?

No I just fire up 4 regular speed tables and play whoever is there, but there are always 1-2 fish on every table on Bovada. I actually joined Poker Detox CFP at the beginning of Feb and so I'm learning and implementing their exploitative mass data analysis strategy. So I'm actually becoming more and more maniacally aggressive with each passing day and my winrate keeps increasing. It's a very fun and exciting way to play. Definitely not nut peddling anymore. lol

The reason I decided to go that route was that I realize the value of information and working a full time job I really don't have time to do all the research and strategy development myself and still put in volume. This is a good way to not have to second guess myself and have a complete strategy at my disposal. Very happy with it so far.

On March 06 2022 15:39 Xervean wrote: Show nested quote + On March 06 2022 10:37 Stroggoz wrote: Is this pa or NJ? 9bb is currently impossible on eu stars at nl200. I doubt linus could break 7bb there This is on Bovada where even higher than 9bb is possible hahaha. It has among the worst software on the internet, limits you to 4 tables, and is incredibly slow. You get about 250 hands an hour 4 tabling. You can play zone which is their version of zoom but I find winrates to be much lower in those games. It's extremely difficult to identify fish unless they are short stack or happen to limp. Also the toughest regs in the USA are typically grinding those. So I've kind of settled on 4 tabling regular tables for now.

Nice, I heard that site dried up. All of the US state pokerstars sites are soft as hell last time i looked. (15bb+100 at all stakes is doable, imo).

On March 07 2022 06:51 Stroggoz wrote: Show nested quote + On March 06 2022 15:39 Xervean wrote:   On March 06 2022 10:37 Stroggoz wrote: Is this pa or NJ? 9bb is currently impossible on eu stars at nl200. I doubt linus could break 7bb there This is on Bovada where even higher than 9bb is possible hahaha. It has among the worst software on the internet, limits you to 4 tables, and is incredibly slow. You get about 250 hands an hour 4 tabling. You can play zone which is their version of zoom but I find winrates to be much lower in those games. It's extremely difficult to identify fish unless they are short stack or happen to limp. Also the toughest regs in the USA are typically grinding those. So I've kind of settled on 4 tabling regular tables for now. Nice, I heard that site dried up. All of the US state pokerstars sites are soft as hell last time i looked. (15bb+100 at all stakes is doable, imo).

Its definitely a lot tougher than it was a few years ago but its still extremely soft compared to other sites. Like there are always 1-2 fish and sometimes more per table at the regular speed ones.

Thats awesome that those US pokerstars sites are so soft. Unfortunately I live in Oklahoma which has Indian casinos and they probably bribe people to block that stuff. lol

Very strong comeback !

Would love to hear more about this maniacally aggressive style. What's the goal? I'm sure you're living quite comfortably with the SWE job so it must be for the competition/love for the game.

On March 14 2022 13:14 Nitewin wrote: Would love to hear more about this maniacally aggressive style. What's the goal? I'm sure you're living quite comfortably with the SWE job so it must be for the competition/love for the game.

Yeah I'm living quite comfortably and don't need any of the money generated, so my plan is actually to just use my winnings to acquire more and more bitcoin for long term holding. Also I think at this point it really is just mostly for the sake of competition that I'm putting in volume. I think I mentioned above that I tuned in to most of the Doug Polk vs Negreanu streams JoeIngram1 was hosting with Landon Tice. And there was just something about the excitement and passion they kind of still had for the game, especially Landon, that got me kind of wondering if I could still win in the modern era. Also I always kind of felt like I had a little unfinished business in poker since I blew my opportunity to make a lot of money during the boom due to being a tilting degen at the time. You can probably read over some old threads on here for the lulz. I went busto countless times and then grinded up from nothing only to have a few bad sessions and go busto again tilting high stakes trying to get even. I didn't end up getting this under control until just before black friday hit. But better late than never I guess. lol

Eventually I kind of just decided to go for it at 25nl, even though I could afford to play much higher, I decided it was important for me to prove that I could still win at microstakes first. And I decided to treat it more like a video game with different levels as opposed to a way to make quick easy meaningful cash. So I started off low and discovered I was still beating 25nl for a very nice rate, but was somewhat of a "rakeback pro" (without rb at the time) at 50 zone. So I got coaching and began beating 50nl. Then leveled up basically. And that's kind of the process i'm following. Staying at a level until I get a good sample in and prove that I'm winning at a nice rate.