Truth! EV deals in spins are the way to go unless you're a strong badass. Hourly here is a bit under $40 at the moment with about $17~ abi. I did play some KO briefly a while back, they are pretty fun and rowdy. Lots of splashing around.


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Got in 8.5h 2 days in a row, pretty solid grinding. Was getting in 10-11h sng grinds while doing the WPN LB a few weeks back although that's pretty excessive and I wouldn't really wish that kind of grind upon my enemies.

Here's MTD:



I don't think I can continue winning at this clip but I can definitely play better more often. Enjoying this while it's happening though. Lots of interesting vs reg spots popping up lately and it's so hard to not get really into them even though most of the wr just comes from recs.

Got 2.5h of study in so far this week and am feeling a rare excitement to continue to do more than my intended 5h. I can feel things getting a bit loose so looking forward to a tune up during the quiet times during the upcoming family weekend.

Been diligent on eating nicely with veggies at every meal and getting in good exercise every day, feeling less and less like a piece of garbage which is unfortunate because that's what of my go to self-owns. One thing I want to make into a habit right now is waking up before 6 every day. I keep bitching out and hitting 6:05 or something. Have to catch it now otherwise everything will slowly unravel.

Happy grinding fellas!

Who needs rakeback when you are crushing this hard. I was a 18 mans player back in the ($15+1) good ol days, but definitely remember you crushing the 9 mans. Gl man, hope things will keep going well for you!

why u want to wake up so early buddy ? ?)

also would you mind to post your graph in BIs ?

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We went to battle many times at the 16s back in the day. In GL!

Nice man! Thank you for the kind words.

Productivity, getting 2h+ of grinding or whatever else I can while my family is still asleep is valuable and gets me ahead of my intended schedule. If I'm waking up at 8 am every day I just can't get in a full honest days work in.

npnp!!

Here is my week in BI form:





cheers man!

Look at me now! 8 years later and I've skyrocketed to boosting my abi by a dollar! Thanks man .



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Hours: 37.5/50. Missed 2 full days for vacation. Looking back I could have made more effort to punch out the hours in the earlier part of the week knowing it was coming. 50h weeks going forward I don't think are going to be insanely difficult but I need to be be better prepared for when I'm afk for a period.

Study: 5h/5h. Feels like a solid amount. Want to make sure I keep the icmizer stuff to a minimum and focus hard on postflop spots. Managed a nice nearly 2h study session yesterday sporting a hangover which is a trophy deserving achievement.

Food: Was great during the week, vacation got a bit sloppy at moments but am home and back on track and have my wife on board so that will make it easier. Same goes for exercise. Got a hungover workout in yesterday but missed Friday and today. Just can't continue letting myself off the hook, have to make it happen.

Going to keep the same goals for the week as I think they are just slightly out of reach for me at the moment. Would like to make it all second nature as soon as possible so I can start piling on more things to get done.

Here's my guy having the time of his life smashing some ice cream this weekend



Cheers guys!! Hope everyone has a Lucky week

subbed. Gl man

Glad you're doing well so far!

Do you still see a future in it or was it more of a '15 minutes of fame' sort of thing? Regardless, adding 'male model' to the resume has to feel pretty good.

Oh the good ol' days of $15+$1s!

I remember when it was considered rude/stupid to load games with the same grinder, so there would often be times where the Sippin was registered for the next 15-20 games and I'd reg the ones under him, so there'd be 40+ lobbies with 1/9.

Cute kid, but it's not too surprising considering his Dad is a model.

I know I miss them Those were some reggy f'ing games.

Thanks man!

Blessings to you abarone. 99.9% sure the ship has sailed. I definitely broke the algorithm to take it as far as I did, but I really felt on the verge of getting some goofy deal with a fast food chain or crappy brand of underwear.

Lolol I was just thinking the other day about the "respect" in $16s to sit there and avoid. Was a nice perk of having a star on sharkscope knowing some regs would avoid you. Some of the drama in STTF was out of control, man.

The dude is actually a spitting image of his mom (stop hitting on my wife bro!) I figure eventually once he's 7-8 he will have a full beard and people will be able to spot the resemblance.

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8.25h today. Have a wedding to attend on Saturday so am going to look for 9+ Tues-Fri. I think I'll start posting some hands ITT, getting some discussion could be cool and isn't really a thing that exists in STTF anymore and I could use some more of it in my life.



GL fellas!

GL boss! In for the ride

GL mate will be following.

I have recently started playing some mtt's, and am not sure where to start with improving, all I know is that am really uncomfortable playing on shallow stacks - so much easier when playing cash - and I get lost quite a bit when it comes to calling shoves, the push fold part of that is easy cause just been using the charts at pushfold.

A friend told me somebody he knows spent a 6 months studying charts and ICM and is now crushing it, but was thinking last night how important is this in the mtts that I will be playing, they are small field sizes no bigger than 250 people its always 6 max and there is never any antes. Was also told that ICM is only important on final tables, if thats the case then, I would assume ICM isn't as important in 6 max mtt ft's as opposed to FR mtt ft's.

Could you point me in the right direction towards resources I could use to get better in these areas?.

Thanks

Cheers buddy!

Hi dude, I would advise by practicing 6m hyper sng's. There are few resources better than actually doing the thing. Hyper players have always kept their strategies close to the vest but I do know tonkaaa has put out some vids discussing hyper strat on youtube. You will figure it out as you quite quickly especially with a cash background.

I would also say that knowledge of ICM/charts is important but I would prioritize hand reading and postflop ability. I'd rather be sauce123 and be braindead at shoving/calling than mediocre post but a genius at ICM.

If you play pure cEV every hand before the final table you will definitely be making mistakes. Playing some hypers will also help to give you some idea of where and when you can use ICM to leverage your opponents or where they can leverage you.


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6.5h today, wow shameful! Going to take my fellow out swimming and have a nice study this evening and perhaps play more if any games are going.

great ev,
but still I have to/want to ask:
why u dont play sng mtts ? dont u think u could make even more there and mainly its good preparation for mtts ?
obv I think I know some of your reasons, but still want to ask

It's a bit weird I didn't dabble in them, I should have been mixing them in when I was grinding 180s/MTT's in May + June. If I was certain I'd make more playing them then I'd likely switch but I can't be sure and I have a pretty nice low variance grind occuring at the moment so I am not in a rush to switch just yet.

Couple other reasons too, I prefer playing 6m poker. I don't have a problem with 9m but I find 6m more fun. STT's give me flexibility with being available to my family, grinding 18s I would be grinding 180s and MTT's as well and that is usually 7-11 hour blocks of the day where I am simply unavailable to help out my wife. There were some days where I'd gone deep in MTT's and be around 12h into a day and I knew things were falling apart in the house. It's just part of life I know but in order to be willing to get back to that grind I'd want some more $ certainty.

I might have to try some of that "Lucky" beer, could be the key

good luck at card games m9.

nice to see you back baller definitely highly inspirational in these current dark days for poker

Old time SnG hero returns and owns?? Yes pls.

Insta sub. Remember running into you in 30 hypers many years ago and being proud that I could hold my own against THE sippin_criss.
All the best man, looking forward to reading about you crushing

It's the beer of choice around these parts but you won't hear many people tell you it's good. Thanks buddy, gimme your address maybe I'll ship you off a Lucky in the mail.

Thanks man! Certainly an interesting time for poker. The days of being able to show your buddies how to smash $20 sng's and quit their jobs are long gone but there's still piles of $ to be had out there.

Hey man thanks so much for the kind words! Man those good old $30 hyper days seems like beyond forever ago.

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Last couple days



30.5h on the week so far. Going to have to push the limits to sneak 50 in but with some earlier wakeups it should be doable.

I'm in this no mans land right now where at this point I would always feel the discomfort of what I've decided to do (eat a vegetable, exercise, grind lots) and just go eat McDonald's and take a day or two off. The thought of taking a day off for no good reason has crossed my mind a few times just because I am a bit tired. Pretty ridiculous considering one of my main intents here is to push through these exact types of phases and come out the other side of it.

Having the awareness of what I'm feeling and reminding myself what I intend to do is helpful and the good things I've been doing are becoming more habitual. I tend to fight stress & being tired with food, alcohol, and avoidance. It creates a vicious cycle.



It feels quite a lot better to just pump out my thoughts in a journal and have a quick workout or something than it does to smash 2 bacon mcdouble's and a poutine washed down with some Jameson. I'm just so used to making the wrong decision like I am drawn to it without any thought.

Going to get up at 5:30 tomorrow and pop off a study before my grind and see how many hours I can log.

GL fellows!!

Big fan of yours since the 16/9m days. I remember I used to get really nervous whenever I accidentally registered one of your games :P

GL with this thread!

I would try to do the same thing sometimes but there were so many damn regs it was pretty hard lol. Better to take the reg his money anyway amirite?

That's pretty funny. Thanks for the kind words man.

Man, do you remember that original thread with the I just want the fish his money guy? HOLY that was funny.

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Good week



47.2/50 hours. Almost got 50.

2.25/5 hours study. Ended up being heavy on maintenance pf garbage too. Big fail. Just an issue with wake up hours still.

Either 5-6/7 on exercise. Diet has been solid, went a bit ham at a wedding last night but I kept it reasonable with 2 beers somehow. Keeping it to 2 beers at a wedding is a trophy deserving achievement for me and the thing I'm impressed with myself the most this week.

I give myself about a 7/10 for the goals this week. I'm still figuring out timing of days and when is the best time to do what. "Creating my systems" so to speak. I won't beat myself up about it but I know where improvements need to be made. Things are not so simple with a dang toddler. Luckily my stepdaughter will be home soon from a summer visit with her dad and she is a huge help and an awesome kid.

Wow sippin, that ev roi is at 15,5% really very sick.
I'm amazed how many hours you can grind, having a child even. I can not play more than 30h a week.
Could you comment on how you are facing your day? if you play all sessions in a row with a little break in the middle.
I really do not know if I'm lazy, but I can not play more than 3 sessions of 1h in a row, I need to sleep about 30 minutes or take a break of 1 or 2 hours to play again. So it is very difficult to overcome the 6 hours a day, if I want my poker day to end before 18:00 hours of course. I usually get up around 9:00.
I even give it a 8/10: D
ty!

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