I'm gonna write about some of my habits and some new habits I'm looking to form.

I started doing time-restricted eating last week. I heard about it via the link and researched some more on my own. Essentially, I only eat/drink within a 12-hour window. So, if I have a coffee at 9am, I wont eat/drink after 9pm. Unlimited water whenever, and it allows for 2 cheat days/wk. The general theory behind it is it improves metabolism/cell recovery. Leads to muscle mass gains , fat loss gains lowers cancer/other disease risk. Research on a 9-hour window shows more gains and also improved endurance.

I've started up my meditation practice, again. I've gone through around a dozen 1week-1month meditation practices over the last 4 years. It seems to be a tough habit to develop. Intellectually, I know its super high ROI and super easy to do--yet somehow can't sick to it. This time I'm shooting for 10minutes/day. I've been doing it the last few mornings, and I plan on doing pre-poker session once scoop wraps up.

In other news, I started using shoes that have very thin soles. They have a really strong grip, too. It feels like I'm walking barefoot but with protection versus sharp objects. I can feel it when I step on the stem of a leaf. They work great at the gym and seem good for general city wear. Seems like a good value at ~$100-200.

Also, I ordered a white noise maker(travel version). It's to improve sleep quality. It creates a constant soothing noise to drown out outside noise, which allows for better sleep. I'll add it to my sleep-kit. I always sleep with earplugs, and I black-out my room. I figure the white noise should add some resistance to being woken by outside noise. This setup might seem a pretty wild.. but yeah, I'm a light sleeper. I typically wake up 2-3 times per night, on average, in ideal situations.

Alright, scoop has wrapped up. I'm pretty disappointed in my play. I played pretty poorly some days. I needed to be playing much more exploitative(with my silverstar showing). That said, I was +EV-- as there is still lots of value in SCOOP. Most my NLH buy-ins were under $33, and I played most the medium/high PLO stuff.

My deepest runs were FT bubbling a $100 PLO and a $55 PLO. Down around $2k on the series-- nothing too exciting. Of the action I bought, I'm up around $20k. One of my friends binked a scoop event. I'm running super hot in staking this year(for the first time), so that's sweet...

Right, so on to planning. I'll be getting started on the Sydney live grind. My hope is that a couple of the better regs go to WSOP to chase those IRS taxed dreams-- so I can boost my hourly. My plan(loose plan) is to grind cash/mtts here for 3 months, then head off on a vacation somewhere. Maybe come back, maybe go elsewhere.

I'm actually not going to set volume targets. I've got so many other projects going on that call for my attention. Those projects are going to have "multiplier" effects on my hourly. That said, I rather focus my willpower in those regions, relax on volume, and enjoy the probable net gains.

I've really got to fix up my monies situation. I know I've talked about this a bunch lately, but I'm sort of trying to motivate myself to get moving. I'm a contrarian by nature.. but I really sense a bubble is near. The business cycle rarely lasts >8years, and we are at 8 years. Also, hysteria seems to be maxed out. I'll be moving monies out of USDs over the next week.

BTC is now less than 50% market cap and seems to have some real scaling issues and lots of negative press. That said, I'm going to be re-balancing to lower coin-specific risk and keep my big bet on the blockchain technology. Thus, I'll be putting 30-40% into some bigger market cap altcoins once we see the hysteria subside.

Remember there's unlimited ways to meditate. Would consider something like taking a walk through nature a form of meditation as well as walking circles around a pool. For some the drive home from work may be very meditative. Washing dishes, cooking food (something effortless that you already know how to make), taking a shower, laying at the beach. Standing up, sitting down, laying down, or perhaps even hanging upside down.

Personally enjoy being around water for meditations.

Surely the state you may want to reach can be very difficult in some mentioned above. Yet still possible anywhere under any circumstances.

Was fun watching your deep scoop runs, congrats man played really well from what I saw.

I think you are referring to mindfulness, which is a general state of awareness throughout everyday life. I like to do that, I find it quite pleasant.

The sitting meditation I practice is a bit different, though. It's hard to practice with too much stimulus around me. The general gist is this; First, I get comfortable and try to be aware of my breath/body. Then, I become an observer of my thoughts, effectively "distancing" my consciousness from my brain. If I have thoughts, I try to just watch them. Also, sometimes I'll have anchor myself to the breath if a train of thought starts moving. When I do this well I see swirling colors blue/purple colors quite often, and sometimes I get these fleeting "ahhh" moments of bliss.

Ty for the compliments on my play. Yeah, I was playing well when I ran deep. It was the lack of focus I had on those days where I'd bust everything except 1-2 mtts and be distracted while playing.. That said, I should try to focus less on the negative stuff. I did play well most of the series.

Sydney live PLO is much deader than when I left. Yikes-- bad news. The championship series starts in 2 months-- so I think I'll stick around even if my hourly is half what it was before.

Strange thing about Australia. If you order a long black(americano-- 2 shots of espresso+water) in downtown Sydney, its ~$4 everywhere. However, an extra shot is $0-.50. So, you can effectively order 2 coffees for ~$5. Or, if you are like me, you can go to the casino and get a 3 shot americano for $1.50. W00t.

Update on the vivobarefoot shoes(super thin soled shoes). I've had them for around a week. I have noticed my arch is flatter and my toes are more splayed. This is in one week of ~3-5km walking per day. Also, after long days of walking my heels would be a bit sore. I realized that I'm striking my heels on the ground when I walk. I'm putting my foot too far forward, and lifting rather than peeling my foot up too early. This ends up having my heel striking the ground. Also, it's clear these tendencies contributed to my huge arch. I never had any sort of feedback before because I've been wearing foot-helmets all my life.

I've been paying attention to other people walking, too. I'm doing it wrong, and other people are doing it even worse. Lot's of other people also overstep/heel-strike. Also, a large number of the general public are walking duck style. I can't imagine this being good for knees/lower back..

I believe poker players tend to be less emotional than the general public. First off, its mostly male, which(on average) are less emotional. Second, because of the nature of the game, I believe it attracts people with more emotional resilience. It would be tough to be a poker player and go on raging tilt every losing session.

However, even among poker players, emotions play a huge role in the decision making process. There is a large difference in the level of play between your average player that is stuck or is winning. I've consistently underestimated this, and haven't incorporated it enough into my decision making process.

The reason is a matter of perspective. I'm quite stable with my play. By default, I assume others don't vary much in their style of play. Also, the nature of poker (losers being mucked) makes it hard to realize what is going on. If you look around, you'll notice the more experienced winners are much more interested in whether a player is winning or losing than a kid from the deep internet.

You know, there is a decent reg in Sydney who plays fairly well, wins in most games, and doesn't seem to understand tilt dynamics well. He doesn't table or seat select much, and will attempt to play a game on his phone while playing a live game. There is another reg in Sydney who plays poorly(for a pro), table selects well, seat selects well, understands tilt, and focuses on the game. I think the first player plays better technical poker(by far), and the second makes more money(by far). You know what? I'd say the second player is a better poker player.


Yesterday, the game was sick good. A guy was blind raising most hands, 3betting ~20%, and sitting on 200-500bbs. I had moved to his table, got good position, and made sure to continue topping-up to max every time I had less than 90% starting. I proceed to lose 5 buy-ins ripping it in 60-80% equity for a few hours. After 8 hours, I get down to 50bb, don't top-up(first time), and flop top set with the nut flush draw. I get it in 4-ways, and watch betting/calling in a side pot. It's a big "cooler", a whale with a wrap, a loose reg with 2 pair open-ended, and 2 pair with the second nut flush draw. I scoop the main pot, and watch a big side go to a smaller full house. I play a bit more, and get to the river and make a thinnish value bet in a straddle, raise, bet/bet pot versus the whale. He calls without thinking with his head hanging saying "you win, you win" to which I proudly show my thin vbet, and he flips over a better hand. On the turn he just so happened to have a worse pair, a worse straight draw, a worse flushdraw, and on the river he binked trips and checked. I go home after 10 hours.

I get home and find out a friend is losing his mind. Sigh, what can I do? Nadda. I go to sleep. Shortly after, I wake up to some sort of banging. I check my phone, its 7am-- what is going on?! There is construction going on the same floor as my bedroom, on the building attached to my house. People are literally banging metal together on a residential street, at 7am, 15 feet from my bed. Meh. Can't sleep now. I get up and check my phone. My sister is stressed out looking after my mom, and my mom is nuking her system with antibiotics she cant afford to treat symptoms of a sickness she can't face. Sigh... these are the times when most regs would go in and play some solid C-game poker. Today, I rest (and print that equity).

Well, more whining from me;

Another 9/10 game, play 12 hours into the early morning. Another 5BI loss, and the construction workers are back at 8am. Yeah, I'm running bad-- good thing staking is going well...

Earlier this week I started supplementing with a natural substance for performance enhancement/spiritual gains. It's had some interesting results thus far. First off, I'm having a much harder time remembering my dreams-- which is quite unusual. Of the dreams I remember, they are more abstract/cryptic. Also, I had a specific verbal message delivered to me in a dream that was verifiable and incorrect-- the first time this has happened.

Emotional effects are the most noticeable difference. I feel emotions more intensely, and I am more perceptive of the emotions of others-- Is this what Its like to be a feminine woman? Anyways, live poker reads at the table are sharper. Large empathy increases too-- I felt compelled to give a dealer a hug after she got into a fight with a player at the table. In general, I feel like hugging and ****ing way more than baseline.

Meditation is easier and has a different feel, not really sure how to describe. My mind is calmer in general. Cognition is impacted. To me it feels like I think more efficiently, considering the relevant factors more accurately. People describe "creativity" increases, but to me it seems like more simple/precise "thought trains". Also, visualization of objects through cognition is more vivid.

Anyways, I'm barely into the game. I'm going to try and keep my lifestyle very similar to pre-dosing and go for 8 weeks.


In other news, I met up with a lady on okcupid. Turns out she suffers from PTSD-like problems. She is suffering (big time) and was searching for a new doctor the day we met. She's had her symptoms treated for awhile now, but no doctor is willing to actually try and address the core problem. I find it interesting she just ends up in my life. Obviously, I'm informing her about treatment options I've studied.. (Oh yeah, and obviously no attraction).

edit: just re-read this post and looked at my avatar. Pretty funny I have a healing ward from 2010-- never would have guessed I'd be posting these sorts of things

lol wug natural substance?

Yeah.. not stating explicitly.. I'll leave it to the readers imagination

as i dont really play in casino and clock less than 24hours,
is it rude to seat change in e middle of the game?

also what do u think of the staking nowadays ?

Eh, it can be considered rude. It depends on why they think you are moving. If you are moving from one side of a person to another side, its more obvious you just want position. It also depends on the person. Some people dont seem to care, while others dont like to think they are being "hunted".

Staking is a tougher game in general. I'll be doing less and less moving forward. Still possible to make money of course.. wouldn't recommend too many players to get into it though.

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Well, I'm going to rant more some more about variance. The numbers might be of interest to y'all, but I'm mostly off-loading some frustration, then going to exhaust myself at the gym.

I'm now in the midst of a 1500BB downswing(only 2.5BIs at 10/20-- phew). I normally play my C-game more frequently when I'm losing, and my A-game less frequently. This downswing has been strange in a sense that I feel I've played a higher % of hours in my A-game and C-game. I have made some medium-mistakes (mostly sizing) that are uncommon for me, and also some solid reads/plays that worked out. The games have been more splashy(more blind potting/raising), so they have been higher variance, and in "actual" BBs its closer to a 800-1000BB downswing.

Still, if I play around the variance calculator... If I input ~7bb/hr winrate, 27.5 hands/hr, above average variance for live PLO FR, and ran a variance calc for the last 50 hours(reasonable inputs imo). Over 1000 trials the worst run was -1400BB, and the 95% confidence interval lower bound is -660BB. If I cut my winrate in half(unreasonable, but cool proxy), the worst run in 1000 trials is -1500BB, -795BB is 95% confidence interval. Also, for fun, if I am losing-player at 19bb/100, -1705BB is the worst out of 1000 trials, and -1200BB is the 95% confidence interval.

So, I'm running somewhere between .1%-5% worst case scenario, likely somewhere closer to the 1% mark. This should happen once every few years... Unfortunately, it has happened to me twice in 5 months.

This downswing also has a different feel than the rest. The same week I experience the largest BB downswing of my life, I've micro-dosed myself into a emotional sensitive state. Topped yesterday off by striding out of the casino with a t-shirt into the biggest downpour of a fall/winter Sydney. Lol.. ****s getting extreme.

I'm quite curious how other live regs would respond in my scenario. I haven't seen any of the regs in the pool(including losing regs) here lose as much as me in a week, although, stop-losses and I'm paying less attention to that-- so its possible its happened and I missed it. I imagine playing badly, or temp quitting poker would be probable responses.

In other (good)news, bitcoin still going to the moon. Will be selling some shortly to cover $AUS downswonggggggs. Hoping it hits $2k, then will sell around $3300..

Whoa, played the biggest pot of my life(?). $27k AUD in a $5/$5/$10 $1500max game. The hand was blind raised to 20, limp, limp, limp, btn makes it $80, SB call, I call (AA64r) in BB, call, call, call, HJ makes it $500 with $1270 behind, button call($11k behind), SB calls ($1600 behind), action is on hero($12k).. who pots it to ~$2750, CO allin, btn tank calls, sb calls, we go to the flop

($9k total, side between me and main villain is ~2k, villain has $9k behind)

td8d4h

We have the Ad.. I jam, he calls.

He flips over j997, no fd

Turn queen, river 4.

He scoops $27k.

It sort of sucks. Not only did I lose the biggest pot I've ever played, but it was actually a pretty close decision too. I'll explain why I thought this was a close spot. For instance, if I couldn't get $2k into a side pot with villain, I don't think I would have 4b these aces.

Some reads;

CO is a whale and stuck 6-7k. He's got a fairly wide range, mostly high cards that limp/4b here. I'd expect to see mostly KK/good QQ, some AK/AQds type stuff, some ds rundown type stuff, and rarely AA.

Btn has been raising 60-80% on the btn. Often he will size less than pot with weaker parts of his range(but not always). A tricky whale who likes to bet/call and is sticky post-flop.

SB is tilting breakeven reg and has a wide range for calling the btn raise/3b.

So, I think calling is +EV, but less +EV than in most scenarios. Like, I think its only worth a few BBs. For a few reasons; first, we dont get much value on A-hi boards. I think deep villain isn't going to bluff A-hi boards a bunch with 2 short stacks, and the two SSs aren't going to jam many A-hi boards. If I call, we go to the flop 4 ways. SB is known to open jam lots of medium strength hands that he can't fold on the flop. So, I'd often be facing a $1600 bet into $2200 with a $10k effective stack behind me. Then, also there is just playing dry AA OOP v an aggro whale in general being not the most optimal situation. So yeah, calling doesn't seem like much EV.

If we pot squeeze 4b, we can get the SPR to 1 with the main villain, and get a (smallish) side--effectively eliminating positional/play ability disadvantages. Now, I think this villain is actually going to play correctly against a jam-- so we don't get to print any monies getting him to fold a pair/gutter on a 2tone board(or general folding mistakes many players make in these SPR ~1 spots).

In the main pot, we are pushing around 5% equity;

AdAs6h4c 29.80% 171,501 14,617
KK, AK$ds, AQT$ds, AQJ$ds, JT87$ds, T986, QJ98, AQQ, QQ$ds, QQK, RROO, AA 23.96% 137,285 12,994
*$ds, RR$ss, AK, A$ss, K$ss, QT9$ss, QJT$ss, 987$ss, 986$ss, 875$ss, 764$ss, 654$ss, 653$ss 22.17% 128,628 8,879
60%!7% 24.07% 139,963 9,053

In the 3way small side, we are pushing around 9%

Hand Equity Wins Ties
AdAs6h4c 42.20% 249,934 6,563
*$ds, RR$ss, AK, A$ss, K$ss, QT9$ss, QJT$ss, 987$ss, 986$ss, 875$ss, 764$ss, 654$ss, 653$ss 27.98% 163,500 8,856
60%!7% 29.82% 174,999 7,860

In the ~$2k main, if we assume he folds most single suited aces and RRA, he folds ~10% and we take $500 dead. The other 90% we are pushing 10% equity.

Now, I think playing post-flop we are going to be in a neutral EV to negative EV position. Hes going to fold most the flops we crush, and we will fold most the flops he hits hard. Also, I have a read that the CO whale has {KK} most of the time based on what he said/showed the other side of the table. So, I can fold flops like KT9, KJ9, KT8. When its all considered, we are printing a few hundred in EV preflop by 4b>flat, so I believe it's justified.

edit; would have been close to breakeven on the last 2 weeks if I won that pot.
reported largest pot seen by all players(me included) at the table in a 5/5/10 $1500 max.

Wow, good size game it seems.

I might not get this variance calculator thing completely, but when you only enter 50 hrs as the sample size, it only means how bad you can run within that 50 hour sample, no? So, it seems obvious that losing 1500bbs in about a week's worth of hours is super hard for a 7bb overall winner. But it doesn't mean that it's that hard to lose 1500bb over hundreds/thousands of hours. If you entered 1000 hours instead, the chances of losing 1500bbs will probably go way up.

Also just intuitively 1500bbs doesnt sound that bad for PLO. Heck I've lost 1k bbs at nlhe over 15 hours.

*puke*

gross spot dude

Perfect play, nice flop, great spot, bad turn.

This depends on the players. If the "blind raise to $20" utg gets going, its typically a more gambool crowd and the game can play much larger..

Yeah, its how bad I can run in a 50 hour sample.

You are right, I was under the wrong impression. I'm surprised no one else seemed to notice or mention the error I made. Thanks for pointing it out.

I played around with the calculator to get more accurate numbers. If I put in a 1M hand sample (multiple lifetime hours sample), I'd spend 4.59% of time in a downswing of at least 1500bb. This is considerably more than the stuff I was coming up with before.

1.66% of that time it would be 2000bb or more, which is currently where I am hanging out..

So yeah, I'm not that close to .1% territory. 3000bb is .21%, so its probably around 3100BB for 1/1000. (This is for a 7bb/hr winner playing at a +7bb/hr through the sample).

I think being in a ~3100BB downswing less than .1% of the time does not sound intuitive... Probably because its not accurate. The inputs are quite dynamic.

Yeah, it was quite unfortunate..

I'm going to post about today (a typical day-off) for me here in Sydney. Normally, I take a day off after 7-11 hour session(I only stay >7 hours if the game is really good). It ends up being around 1-2days off/wk.

Wake up 12:30, shower(hot)/get into gym clothes, make coffee, eat a small breakfast, check email, do staking/money/life chores..

Get to the gym around 1:30, walk by 4-10 people on cardio machines to one of two empty squat racks. Squat, bench, romanian deadlift, finish off with 10x star-planks immediately followed by a low-plank with elbows-in at 90degrees until I shake to the ground (2 sets). Go sit in the sauna for 15minutes and start conversations, cold shower 2-3 minutes until there are people waiting for the shower, go back in sauna, cold shower again... Go home.

Bust out "natural micro-dosing agent", ingest. Go to the grocery store, get food. Eat protein bar or smoothie. Lie down, close eyes, meditate. This feels fantastic. Gym+sauna/cold shower+micro-dose and breathing has my mind/body into a state of ~bliss. I had my first >1second vivid imagery last week. It was very cool. Actually, it was overwhelming/unexpected-- I ended up bolting up with eyes wide-open.

Go to the kitchen, bust out speaker(essential cooking device), and cook steak/veggies. I had a very strange experience while eating... While I was eating the steak I kept on thinking "I am eating a cow" and feeling unsettled, and then tried to focus on the yummy taste to drown out the unsettling feeling. This persisted for most the meal and was very strange experience that I'm not sure how to describe with words. I ended up not being able to finish the steak, and threw out the remainder(very atypical).

My roommate tells me we have netflix(wtf, been here for >3weeks and didn't realize), and I decide to watch avatar. Turns out, its not on netflix, so I head over to the documentary section. I ended up throwing on cowspiracy. For those that haven't seen it, its quite an informative and moving film. It ended up being an emotional experience for me. After the film I did some fact-checking/researching.. and it turns out that animal agriculture is far worse for the planet than I had previously thought.. Whoops.

Get text from local girl who is bored and wants to come over... thought-provoking.. but negatory, rather be alone. One of the first times okcupid has failed me, unfortunately. I find the quality of people quite high, or perhaps I'm just running hot.. Anyways, get on okcupid and fire off a few messages.

Come check 2+2 and start writing. Here I am. Somehow, 12 hours have passed since I woke up. I'm going to spend the rest of the evening researching a vegetarian lifestyle. I've flirted with the idea before, it may be time..

Yikes, sorry to hear that size of a pot didn't go your way.

How do the games in AUS compare to other parts of the world?

Interesting. Curious if you feel bad about eating a cow or about destroying the planet with the farming for cows. Sounds like both. I've considered vegetarianism, but mostly for the distaste for eating sentient beings (pigs?, not so much cows), and also for potential health benefits. Not so much to save the planet (lol me). Just curious where you stand, or end up.

Above average quality games relative to world.. I'd say its better than Calgary when there isnt a series in town.. but you have to pay for it. Rake is around 2x typical us/cdn rake, no phones/devices at the table, tables are 10 handed(no space), cost of living is around 2x, and floor rulings are laughable. As far as softness, I'd say its somewhere between tampa 2015 games and LA 2015 games. I think I'd net around the same playing 25hrs/wk in Calgary as I would playing 25hrs/wk in Sydney, with less variance. At >30hrs/wk, making more in Sydney.

I plan to leave immediately following the tournament series, and I'm considering leaving earlier.

I'm not sure the reasons why I felt bad. I think its probably a combination of animal welfare and earth welfare. I didn't quite fully realize the costs of eating meat(destroying the planet costs).

I've written about this before.. what it comes down to is its so damn inefficient to eat meat. There are all these "hidden" costs. A link to them is here. Fwiw, the "numbers" vary wildly and the people at the website I just quoted tend to use the more conservative, "better-case" scnario numbers. For instance, a meat syndicate organization estimated a pound of beef was ~445 gallons/water, while another institution used a figure of ~8000. I believe the film quoted ~2500. Reality is probably in the 2500-5000 range.

Anyways, for a tldr, here are the main eye-openers;
-Animal agriculture is the leading contributor of harmful greenhouse gases. (It's not transportation or energy)
-1 pound of beef uses ~2500 gallons of water
-5% of water in the us is domestic home use, 55% is animal agriculture.
-A farm with 2500 dairy cows produces the same amount of waste of a city of 411,00 people.
-1.5 acres can be used to produce 37,000 pounds of plant-based food, or 375 pounds of beef. 1/6acre to feed a vegan, 3 acres for a meat-eater.

Anyways, I could go on for ages(the link does). I haven't touched on half the issues.

There is a bunch of money/power in the meat industry. The whole system is corrupt, which is probably the biggest problem. Although, the hardest to measure.. Major "environmental" institutions create a paradigm where the consumer should be conscious of water use(shower length/laundry) while they are aware that food choices are by far the most relevant water-use issue. They choose to ignore that part of the problem(the biggest part) and they point fingers elsewhere while collecting donations from animal-agriculture interests

~1110 land activists were killed in Brazil over the last 20 years. The meat industry is clearing rainforest to make space for animal agriculture. They don't want people bringing this tragedy to the attention to consumers-- so they kill people who try.

Health-wise vegans/vegetarians outperform meat-eaters on pretty much every health-marker other than B12 levels. That said, they are more health-conscious in general with variables that are hard to control. My belief is that eating low-moderate amounts of organic meat can be part of a healthy diet. It's not so much the health impacts of eating meat that deter me from it.

Animal welfare is a whole other can of worms... I struggled watching animals being slaughtered on camera, yet I support this activity by eating them? It seems a bit unusual to me.

You know, this gives me an idea. It would be an awesome model for a charity.

What if, I set up a grill in a park with a sign offering "Free meat". Next to the grill I would set up a VR headset. In order to get the free meat, people would need to spend 5 minutes watching an informative video about animal agriculture, and witness a slaughter. Then, they would have to slaughter a cow in a VR simulation. It would be convenient, because I can cook the meat while they are in the VR, and once they are done the video/slaughter, I can give them a couple meatballs, for free!!

It would have to be an immersive experience, like VR, to be effective. I could also set up an eating area. I believe a distraction-free environment with free cell phone chargers >10 ft from seating so that participants are less likely to be distracted while eating the meat.

Ahaha, What a wicked idea. flipping that "free" to deliver a message. You know what? I think it would be hilarious to have weapon options in the slaughter simulation. A sword, a big knife, a dullish axe, and a rocket launcher. I think >70% of people would choose the rocket launcher. The kicker? Well, the rocket launcher would malfunction in the simulation, and would insist the participant choose a different weapon.

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I'm in a tough spot for grinding pokers at the moment. I'm forced to wake up at 7am 1-3 times per week due to construction next to my bed. The days are random, and frequency around 1-3/wk. So, I either have to move out, suffer major sleep loss, or start playing afternoon games.

I could give 2-weeks notice, and spend another 1-2 days searching for an alternative room to use for 1 month(and probably pay an extra $200-400). That seems like a poor option. The other option is afternoon games. They are not as good or big, but I think its the best choice. If I grind ~2-10, I can get to sleep by 11 and not have to worry about construction. Game selection would cost $50-100/day, though.

Or, I could just **** off completely. The tournament series brings my hourly from ~50-70 to ~70-90 and offers some more variety and variance-- is it really worth paying an extra $2k to live in a cold noisy place and earn $50-100 less/day due to game/hour selection limitations? Seems like no.

You know, I hate making life plans and then having them **** on. It sucks to have committed a bunch of time and energy to getting setup here, just to have to leave due to unforeseen unpreventable circumstances. I've sunk hundreds of dollars on food/supplements/bikes/cookware that are meant to have a life-cycle of months, not weeks. Not only that, but the time and energy finding a place to rent, figuring out best exercise options, best food options etc.

All those things I just mentioned are sunk costs. Costs that have been incurred that can't be recovered. One of the biggest fails in business decisions is treating sunk costs as relevant variables in future decisions. I shouldn't be treating them as variables moving forward-- even though emotionally it feels like I should.

Also, there is the other even more compelling factor that I seem to ignore; Obviously my heart isn't in the game. I should have moved on to other endeavors long ago..

I was listening to pink floyd's animals while I read the last post.

Rational action pertaining to sunk cost is counterintuitive in the human psyche...

Very interesting idea. But to be fair, if people are going through with the whole VR cow slaughter, you should at least grill them a nice ribeye and not some stinkin meatballs!

Buy up bitcoin and etherum. In the past year bitcoin is up %550 and ether %2k+. It should offset some pots and pans costs.

I'm going to check out that track, I'm not familiar with it.

In regards to sunk costs.. Yeah, I remember struggling to wrap my head around the concept in university.

Haha, yeah, this is true. A tough ribeye though, 10+ chews per bite. Gotta taste that guilt.

mooncoinssss. Yeah, this is the only reason I ain't poor right now. Big crypto bets.

That said, I have 1 horse grinding WSOP and may pick up another, maximizing variance towards the end of my career? Weeee.

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Listened to a podcast today about sauna use. There is a study going on in Finland following 2000 middle-aged men that is looking at sauna use and controls for a huge host of variables exercise/obesity/cigarettes/diet(and more relevant variables). 19min+ 4-7 times per week is associated with ~50% decrease in cardiovascular-related death, 65% decreased risk of Alzheimers(wtf?). Also, it drastically lowers all-cause mortality (aka, increases longevity). The difference between 14 and 19 minutes is high, the extra 5 minutes providing far greater benefits. They mentioned studies looking at HGH (Human growth hormone) show 100-200% increase from sauna use. Link here

In unrelated news.. I'm finding time to get into altered states and playing around with attempting to leaving my body.. Sort of, its more like I'm still in a body but in a different setting.. Not really sure how to describe. It's confusing, difficult, and strange. I feel as if I'm taking instruction/getting helped. Will continue to explore and perhaps share experiences.

edit: Whoa, I have 4k poasts? cool.

might want to edit your mooncoining too