me + poker

here's my random Q:

do you ever plan to go back to school or do something other than poker? or to take a long poker break to do something else with a plan of going back?

On October 17 2009 15:29 k2o4 wrote: here's my random Q: do you ever plan to go back to school or do something other than poker? or to take a long poker break to do something else with a plan of going back?

I've thought about school a lot and I'm not sure, I think I will certainly go back to school if I get set for life from poker, or if I come to the realization that I have no chance at getting set for life from poker. Not sure what i'd define as set for life though. I think if I went back soon i'd probably have to take a light load of classes and continue playing poker

do you mind that my name was inspired by you? do you feel threatened by me?

Being about the same age as me, do you find it hard to have friendships with your monetary situation? Like for instance people just acting as if they like you because you buy drinks and stuff?

is it easy to overcome that or do you find that you're mostly just friends with the friends you've had throughout your life.

On October 17 2009 15:36 ParadoxPLZ wrote: do you mind that my name was inspired by you? do you feel threatened by me?

no my name has too many z's

ApocalyPSPLZ

On October 17 2009 15:36 CrownRoyal wrote: Being about the same age as me, do you find it hard to have friendships with your monetary situation? Like for instance people just acting as if they like you because you buy drinks and stuff? is it easy to overcome that or do you find that you're mostly just friends with the friends you've had throughout your life.

Yea I haven't developed any close relationships except with people I already knew before I made money really, and I find it harder and harder to like people unless they have money. That sounds pretty shallow, and I can like them for who they are etc, but not as much as my friend. its much easier to 'be myself' around people that won't feel weird when i say shit i lost 25k today or whatever, aswell as they are much easier to trust, don't have to care about freerolling someone for the night etc. its harder to have them as an equal since if you pay for stuff they feel like they are in your debt and i just find it much easier to have a good time with poker players and/or people that don't care that you have money or have it affect the relationship

who was the drunkest in london thursday night?

also just shipped $190 to you on stars and ill have my brother ship u the rest on ftp
and lol fish&chips and a bottle of water for 25 pounds.. room service is the most expensive shit!

oh also crownroyal doomer made a nice post regaurding what you said
http://doomer.liquidpoker.net/
its in the spoiler

On October 17 2009 15:49 hansen jr. wrote: who was the drunkest in london thursday night? also just shipped $190 to you on stars and ill have my brother ship u the rest on ftp and lol fish&chips and a bottle of water for 25 pounds.. room service is the most expensive shit!

don't forget we ordered 9 peronnis or however you spell that beer's name.

hmm, i guess i would have to say that eric was the drunkest, frinkx is a monster he was like chugging that vodka and filling his glass totally full of it with like a splash of redbull and was still very coherent, impressive

Can you give a brief overview of your poker career and your path to the highest games?

Hey man,

Sorry to hear about the 200k swing.

I recently changed my diet from very little fruit/vegetables and mostly fatty unhealthy meals to a vegan diet (cant eat meat or dairy) b/c i wanted to force myself to question everything i eat, i.e. 'oh that looks cool, wait, wtf is that?'. When i switched i anticipated there would be other changes as well after lots of chats with loco and vegan friends.

I should state that before i switched i was often feeling stuffy/bloated after meals and didnt feel like playing that much and tilted pretty often, maybe - 2 or 3 bb/100 in tilt, which is obv more than what some people beat the game for. After making the change and having been on it for a month i dont tilt anymore. I dont have any downtime due to bloated/unhappy feeling and always feel full of energy and alert. I've noticed weight loss (~20lbs) without really trying to excercise and different effects such as my skin looking/feeling a lot better. Imo, this is all pretty fucking awesome for a poker player in particular where your entire life is focused into making the correct bet/call.

Idk what your diet is but imo you should try this out. It really helped me stop tilting 99.99%. I try to eat as much raw food as possible to get the extra benefits lost from cooking vegetables. I pretty much eat similar stuff most days and just modify it however i feel like, adding/removing stuff, etc.

If you're interested, or just wanna implement some of this stuff into your diet try starting off with a smoothie every day for breakfast and see how you feel.

I have this monster every day (~1.5 litres) with some variation:

- Spinnach
- Arugula
- Avocado
- Banana
- Melon or beetroot (beetroot takes a bit of getting used to, stay away early)
- Water/ice to help blend up spinnach/arugula first and cool it down.


Hope that helps.

I'm on AIM if you feel like chatting.


Got a few questions for you too but cant think of any right now, i'll ask you on AIM sometime ^^

- David

On October 17 2009 15:56 Shad wrote: Can you give a brief overview of your poker career and your path to the highest games?

Well I started with playing live $5 sngs with friends at 16, and my friends APOCalypsPLZ, and Pacifist had been doing really well online, Apocalypse eventually made it to 25/50 cash before selling his soul to the WoW devil, and Pacifist had a score of over 50k in a sunday major before focusing on school. Pacifist sent me my first $10 I believe, and I used to bounce questions of apocalypse alot.

I started out with low stakes SNGs and random stuff, I read books and learned decent SNG strategy, eventually making it to the $100 SNG level before switching to cash-games. I also played some MTTs. I remember the first day I won over $1000 was from one of those $20 180 man sit-n-goes. Me and my best friend alex went out to an expensive restaurant that day.

I basically grinded up from .25/.5 after that while in highschool to $25/50, probably using around a 30 buy-in rule. I had the most trouble with the jump from 3/6 to 5/10, I clearly remember being very overaggressive as a compensation for the new stakes. I had a cardrunners subscription and would read a lot of forums as well as discuss hands with other players.

On October 17 2009 15:50 MezmerizePLZ wrote: oh also crownroyal doomer made a nice post regaurding what you said http://doomer.liquidpoker.net/ its in the spoiler

it's funny how often im reading a poker players thought and think "this is almost me"

i have a question for u which i have been wondering amongst successful players:
1) r u happy with your profession--life?
2) ever think of doing something else?

depending on your answers 2 these 2 questions i will have a 3rd one

I switched to being like a 95% of the time plo player and play mostly 3/6 through 10/20 6m/hu and am always looking for people 2 discuss hands, although i'm a very feel oriented player and by no means consider myself to be great, but have been getting good results for past couple months. feel free 2 add me msn or aim.

On October 17 2009 16:01 concrescence wrote: + Show Spoiler + Hey man, Sorry to hear about the 200k swing. I recently changed my diet from very little fruit/vegetables and mostly fatty unhealthy meals to a vegan diet (cant eat meat or dairy) b/c i wanted to force myself to question everything i eat, i.e. 'oh that looks cool, wait, wtf is that?'. When i switched i anticipated there would be other changes as well after lots of chats with loco and vegan friends. I should state that before i switched i was often feeling stuffy/bloated after meals and didnt feel like playing that much and tilted pretty often, maybe - 2 or 3 bb/100 in tilt, which is obv more than what some people beat the game for. After making the change and having been on it for a month i dont tilt anymore. I dont have any downtime due to bloated/unhappy feeling and always feel full of energy and alert. I've noticed weight loss (~20lbs) without really trying to excercise and different effects such as my skin looking/feeling a lot better. Imo, this is all pretty fucking awesome for a poker player in particular where your entire life is focused into making the correct bet/call. Idk what your diet is but imo you should try this out. It really helped me stop tilting 99.99%. I try to eat as much raw food as possible to get the extra benefits lost from cooking vegetables. I pretty much eat similar stuff most days and just modify it however i feel like, adding/removing stuff, etc. If you're interested, or just wanna implement some of this stuff into your diet try starting off with a smoothie every day for breakfast and see how you feel. I have this monster every day (~1.5 litres) with some variation: - Spinnach - Arugula - Avocado - Banana - Melon or beetroot (beetroot takes a bit of getting used to, stay away early) - Water/ice to help blend up spinnach/arugula first and cool it down. Hope that helps. I'm on AIM if you feel like chatting. Got a few questions for you too but cant think of any right now, i'll ask you on AIM sometime ^^ - David

oh and this seems pretty awesome dude, happy for u and impressed u managed to cut meats like that, i would definitely be interested in hearing how u r running your diet as i myself have been in a routine of dieting/exercising for last few months & have always thought of going vegetarian but haven't had the courage/discipline to do it.

On October 17 2009 16:25 CamilaPunt wrote: Show nested quote + On October 17 2009 15:50 MezmerizePLZ wrote: oh also crownroyal doomer made a nice post regaurding what you said http://doomer.liquidpoker.net/ its in the spoiler it's funny how often im reading a poker players thought and think "this is almost me" i have a question for u which i have been wondering amongst successful players: 1) r u happy with your profession--life? 2) ever think of doing something else? depending on your answers 2 these 2 questions i will have a 3rd one I switched to being like a 95% of the time plo player and play mostly 3/6 through 10/20 6m/hu and am always looking for people 2 discuss hands, although i'm a very feel oriented player and by no means consider myself to be great, but have been getting good results for past couple months. feel free 2 add me msn or aim.

1) yea i really love it, i feel like i've lacked in the social aspect that I would get from attending a college, but i feel very confidently that i prefer what i'm doing now, and have gained life experience in different areas. I've always been competitive and poker allows for maximum competition better than all realistic jobs i can think of. I've also always wanted to accumulate a lot of $ for as long as I can remember. I used to want to be a lawyer for no other reason than it was the highest paying realistic job I could think of, luckily for me poker came along and I think its rare to have a well paying job that you enjoy. The enjoyment I get now isn't the same as it was before, but its still far better than any other job I could have at this age or likely any age without A LOT of work.

The only real problem i have with poker is explained by viffer in his well:

'poker leaves you with little since of acomplishment at the end of the day, and if you are a true degen then you dont do any thing productive out side of poker to make up for it, like i could volunteer to help kids or some thing but instead i spend my time supporting single moms when not playing poker.'

2) Not really, just considered going to school for something I would enjoy and seeing where it would take me, but I would still be playing poker for income during school almost certainly.

And sure PM me your MSN

very good content + links in this blog, it really echoes the thoughts of our generation in this specific line of work

its great that lower stakes players can draw inspiration from your rambles

how big a part of your game is 4betting?
what kind of sizing do you typically like and how do you change it based on stack sizes/opponents?
what kind of hands do you like to 4bet and 5bet shove as a bluff?

when i lived with u i prolly asked u everything i could think of, and dont think theres much i could think of asking that i dont already know.. but that was like 2 years ago. So my question is whats changed.. whats the most different stuff in ur life now than 2 years ago when we all lived together.