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Daut   United States. Feb 13 2007 22:26. Posts 8955 | | |
Just a quick comment on the hand i posted last time. I talked it over with some very good players and the one who's opinion i consider highest (i wont say who cause he likes anonymity) told me he shoves here cause of stacksizes and folding with that little less on a paired board seems really hard. But if we were a bit deeper he thinks flat calling he could be a very very smart play. I agree with him (assuming we werent too too deep, in which case it would become very hard to get any value out of sets on a flush board).
Ok, so my first full month at 25/50 is over (I got back from pca on the 11th and started playing on the 13th). here are my stats for the month for PLO and NL respectively:


Things went pretty well for my first month at higher stakes, I dont think I ran particularly well or bad, so I hope this is sustainable. Ran pretty bad in omaha at the end there but I still feel I have a pretty significant edge in the games on stars.
ok, so i basically made 150k the past month. Now for the ballerism:
So I called my credit card company earlier because the limit on my card was $1900 a month and I needed it raised a bit for hotels and flying to tournaments and stuff. I'm on the phone with some lady when the following mini-convo comes up:

After that, she asked me if I wanted my credit card limits raised up to 35k, the highest I offer. My mom (also on the phone, it was a 3way call) yelled at me for telling her I made that much and I decided to just raise them up to 6k, enough for hotels/flights/creditcard roulette degeneracy at restaurants.
Oh yeah, one little tiny rant. Pokerstars wont sponsor me for the monte carlo tournament, WTF.
| Hello Ryan,
My name is xxxxxxx, I work in marketing at PokerStars. I recently
received an email from Tamar regarding a sponsorship for you to our Monte Carlo event. Unfortunately we are choosing not to sponsor any additional players to Monte Carlo at this time. This decision has been made in part because of the ever-changing state of online gaming in the U.S right now. We are scaling back much of our U.S marketing and sponsoring players located in the U.S falls under this part of the budget.
Please feel free to reply with any questions, and I'll be sure to be in
touch if our U.S marketing strategy changes in the near future.
Best regards, and congratulations on your PCA win!
Talk soon,
xxxxxxx
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That sort of sucks considering last year's champion is on team stars. I hope the US online stuff clears up. I really wanted to be a part of team stars and bring a young face to some of the tournaments. Oh well, its just donkaments.
My new goal for the year is to have my cash game winnings for the year surpass my PCA win total. I think it's attainable, ill be playing a lot of poker this year, and I basically have to avg 130k a month or so, which is hard but doable if i put him like 40k hands a month.
Ok, thats a fairly long blog entry.
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Fayth   Canada. Feb 13 2007 22:29. Posts 10085 | | |
yo daut ship a bigblind so i can buy a nice gift to a girl ~_~ |
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Im not sure what to do tomorrow when I see her, should I shake her hand?? -Floofy | |
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CrownRoyal   United States. Feb 13 2007 22:51. Posts 11386 | | |
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Narious   Canada. Feb 13 2007 22:54. Posts 4800 | | |
Wow, Congratulations on a huge month, and goodluck in the future. Though, by the sounds of things you won't need it  |
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MilZo   France. Feb 13 2007 22:55. Posts 1333 | | |
All those red lines in your PT stats clearly show that your are a big loser, sir. Quit poker NOW!

And I have inside Pokerstars sources confirm me that their refusal to sponsor you comes from that clever little Cardplayer interview, which content was related to farting in general and how to use it at a poker table in particular. They feel this is not something that can positively affect the state of online gaming in the U.S right now. But of course they'll be sure to be in touch if their U.S marketing strategy changes in the near future.
fArt Protoss ftw! Gogo Bigballz! |
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hansen   Sweden. Feb 13 2007 23:20. Posts 1964 | | |
and my goal is like 20k a month i need to move up
gogogo |
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Svenman87   United States. Feb 13 2007 23:27. Posts 4636 | | |
Doesn't the fact that they are questioning the stability of online poker raise anyone eyebrows?
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Ket   United Kingdom. Feb 13 2007 23:46. Posts 8665 | | |
| On February 13 2007 22:27 Svenman87 wrote:
Doesn't the fact that they are questioning the stability of online poker raise anyone eyebrows?
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i guess you havent heard the vicious rumours going around that some sort of legislation was passed in the usa? |
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Svenman87   United States. Feb 13 2007 23:51. Posts 4636 | | |
| On February 13 2007 22:46 Ket wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 13 2007 22:27 Svenman87 wrote:
Doesn't the fact that they are questioning the stability of online poker raise anyone eyebrows?
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i guess you havent heard the vicious rumours going around that some sort of legislation was passed in the usa?
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I'm talking about the questioning for poker on PokerStars... They recently said they will remain open for USA players but this is like wtf? |
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Baalim   Mexico. Feb 14 2007 00:26. Posts 34302 | | |
they are simply not investing in adveritizig for USA since its EV- |
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Baalim   Mexico. Feb 14 2007 00:26. Posts 34302 | | |
Anyway i remember Ryan always talking about how he will quit poker and have a regular job...
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iop   Sweden. Feb 14 2007 01:59. Posts 4951 | | |
| (Interesting anecdote about my Credit Card situation: I had a bad credit history and had been refused Credit Cards a couple of times in the past. Around Feburary 2005 with my new improved financial situation I again applied for two more credit cards. For fun I decided to apply for a Gold Visa and a Platinum Visa expecting to get refused. On the application forms for both of them I stated as my profession : Professional Poker Player and for expected yearly Salary I just made up a figure of $300,000. I sent the two applications off expecting to get refused. Two weeks later a brand new Gold Visa card with a $20,000 Credit line and a Platinum Visa card with a $30,000 Credit line arrived in the mail. Money talks =) |
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Milkman lol i didnt spend half a thousand on a phone so i could play it cool and be all stealth | |
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Good work. But plz, some work on those paint thingys? At least colors! |
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Muhweli   Finland. Feb 14 2007 03:20. Posts 10663 | | |
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Floofy says: my dick is easily bigger than 90% of guys i checked it on the net | Floofy says: i im also doing movements | |
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humPah   Finland. Feb 14 2007 03:47. Posts 1544 | | |
| On February 13 2007 22:20 hansen wrote:
and my goal is like 20k a month i need to move up
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20k only lol wtf you suck at life. |
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Joe   Czech Republic. Feb 14 2007 03:52. Posts 5987 | | |
ryan, did the lady on the phone really say "omg wtf marry me pls"? pretty funny if its true would like to hear that conversation exactly.
btw do u also play high stakes stud? just wondering since u wrote the big article about it.
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[vital]Myth   United States. Feb 14 2007 05:21. Posts 12159 | | |
god you're such a sicko dude |
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Click the mouse, lose the house. | |
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ggplz   Sweden. Feb 14 2007 05:35. Posts 16784 | | |
so amazing
awesome you're keeping us updated too 
gl man and give me some luck too lee DAMN |
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if poker is dangerous to them i would rank sports betting as a Kodiak grizzly bear who smells blood after you just threw a javelin into his cub - RaiNKhAN | |
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DooMeR   United States. Feb 14 2007 07:59. Posts 8562 | | |
dude i seriously LMAO'd at that picture. "LOL baller" with that stupid ass face was so GOSU LOL! LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL |
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I just saved a bunch of money on my car insurance, by running away from the scene of an accident. | |
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DooMeR   United States. Feb 14 2007 08:02. Posts 8562 | | |
and btw i assume the person is rekrul that commented on your hand? -_- |
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I just saved a bunch of money on my car insurance, by running away from the scene of an accident. | |
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qwerty67890   New Zealand. Feb 14 2007 08:02. Posts 14026 | | |
this makes me feel sick  |
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DooMeR   United States. Feb 14 2007 08:08. Posts 8562 | | |
this inspires me tbh. I love the fact ryan is doing well =) |
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SKoT   United States. Feb 14 2007 08:38. Posts 1768 | | |
cool stuff, keep it rollin |
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Highcard   Canada. Feb 15 2007 17:17. Posts 5428 | | |
It saddens me to think my goal for a year is attainable for you in a month. |
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I have learned from poker that being at the table is not a grind, the grind is living and poker is how I pass the time | |
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Floofy   Canada. Feb 16 2007 01:37. Posts 8708 | | |
daut is at same time worst and best blog
its really good but its depressing lol
its fun to read some micro stake player talking about his 200 bb downswing at 5 nl and how his life sucks, makes be feel better |
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asdf2000   United States. Feb 21 2007 04:26. Posts 7708 | | |
| On February 14 2007 07:02 DooMeR wrote:
and btw i assume the person is rekrul that commented on your hand? -_- |
i guessed the same thing
who knows tho |
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Grindin so hard, Im smashin pussies left and right. | |
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